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ftnimmla Enterprise
[Awarded Rhame Certificate In 1934 for Best General
Make Up and in 1935 for Best Advertising
Display of All Virginia Weeklies
Member, National Editorial Association, Virginia Press
Association, Virginia Press Circulation
Audit Bureau
Founded by
JOHN W. EDMONDS
June 30, 1881
ALFRED B. G. EDMONDS
JOHN W. EDMONDS, Jr.
Owners and Publishers
ACCOMAC COURT HOUSE, VA.
Entered at the Postoffice at Accomac C. H., Va., as
Second-class Matter
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1936
“NOBODY SHOOTS SANTA CLAUS’* —BUT
ONCE
Wise-cracks, like range-raised poultry usu
ally come home to roost. Perhaps, a modem
Achilles sulking in his tent (Empire model)
may now doubt the accuracy of his prophecy,
with which we head this editorial. Business,
Industry and Finance are attacking the New
Deal with the “wim, wigor and witality” of a
Max Schmeling staging a come-back and if
any combination has had its stocking more
satisfactorily filled by and through the policies
of the Roosevelt Administration, than B. I. F.,
we haven’t seen it on the ticker tape. Not
only has the New Deal stuffed this over-size
hosiery but it thoughtfully checked in advance
the possibility of runs (speaking in a purely
financial sense), and darned all holes with
dividends.
Whisking swiftly over the national land
scape with his reindeer since 1933 and dropping
down innumerable smokeless chimneys in the
industrial centers, Santa left gifts making no
distinction between elephants and donkeys as
recipients. Here are a few, a very few of
the surprise packages.
Westinghouse Electric Co., net earnings,
1st half 1936, $7,937,978 as compared to a
deficit, 1st half 1932 of $3,292,128. U. S. Steel
Corp. net earnings, 1st half 1936, $16,238,727
as compared to a deficit 1st half 1982 of $33,
670,722. General Motors Corp., net earnings
1st half 1936, $140,572,546 as compared to a
deficit 1st half 1932 of $14,854,425.
Which means, that Eastern Shoremen and
others among millions of stockholders in thous
ands of corporate enterprises are now getting
checks instead of alibis. Nevertheless, we are
thrilled by the combat. The courage it de
mands is so in contradistinction to the jitters,
fantods and pole-sitting displayed previous to
1933 by the elements now keeping time to aj
Mickey Mouse rhyme while sniping at Santa
Claus’ paunch and flowing whiskers.
We pause to read from a report by that |
conservatively ever watchful guardian, the!
U. S. Chamber of Commerce. “The course of;
1936 may show this as the best year in physical
volume of business since 1929.” And yet,
“Nobody Shoots Santa Claus?” Tut, tut, Al.
You’re all wet.
However, it is inspiring to see staid busi
ness men prancing around gaily bedecked with
sunflowers. It shows how quickly ragged in
dividualism gets back to rugged individual
ism, after donkey-power has pulled it
out of the bog into which lack of foresight
trapped it.
America is still the “Great Melting. Pot,”
when a Coughlin, a Hearst, a clerical thirst
censor, a Knock Knock Knox, a Mencken, an
ex-President and a few very late Democrats
can use smelling salts and unite in a common
objective, even if it is only to “shoot Santa
Claus.” But, we do hope that this open season
on the patron saint of little children, closed
banks, bankrupt businesses and mortgage
smothered fanners will correct one self-evident
weakness of B. I. F. — nearsightedness in the
face of a depression.
In the meantime, as a sedative for jangled
nerves, the magazine, “Banking,” organ of the
American Bankers Association offers this opin
ion:
“Business activity continues to expand
with little regard for the traditional uncertain
ties of an election year. The quadrennial period
of campaigning finds the country assured that
defeatism has itself been defeated and deter
mined that the fruits of this major victory
shall be held ... It would appear that funda-,
mentally more important at this juncture is
the fact of the recovery.”
If B. I. F. collectively are determined to
direct a punitive expedition upon the New Deal
there is nothing we can do about it. Of course
we are off the “Gold Standard,” but we wonder
how the farmer felt who performed the autopsy
on the goose that laid the aureate egg. “No
body Shoots Santa Claus” — but once.
LOVELINESS THAT BECKONS
Summer, adorned by September in her
going away attise lingers on the Shore and the
heart is filled with an unaccountable wistful
ness. Through the morning mist the sun fil
ters and touches us with a gentle warmth
while from the ripening corn fields and the
woods come aromatic scents that make the
breath come faster.
We think this “time of ripening ears,” as
the long vanished Nanticokes termed it, is
drenched with an unsurpassed beauty. Like
every gesture Nature makes to seize our senses,
it quiets the pulse while yet it stirs our inno-j
cent being.
Later, there will be more gorgeous decora
tions as if nature would use a rhapsody of|
color to disguise the chill and somberness that
comes with a dying year. Now, there is noth
ing but vivid evidences of life and growth and
the fruition of the earth and man’s labor.
therein.
Against the noon-day sky, looming taller
than they really are, the pines seem to brush'
the drifting clouds. Below them, the yellow)
tasselled tops of late corn sway slightly as if |
green uniformed ranks they crown werej
marching onward. Stripped to the stalk, other!
fields of grain point toward a completed cycle
of nature’s handiwork in a harvest crop. ]
Refreshing coolness lifts from river, creek1
and bay where the water shows white beneath I
the bows of the fussy, sputtering pleasure'
boats. There is a softer, deeper luxuriance
acquired by old gardens and a spiciness in their
mingled perfumes at eventide.
Along the highway, crepe myrtle rests eyes
tired with the monotony of utility and the
thoughtful wayfarer offers a prayer to those |
who visioned the charm and value of the way
side planting. |
High above at early dawn the fish-hawk1
whistles, and below at night, silver scales!
splash and flash. Along the ditch bank the
Bob White calls, and in the velvet darkness,
little hoot owls dwell upon their ancestral tree.
Over all, from field to town, melody fuses in
separably with color.
There is a tomorrow and there was a
yesterday. One we can never capture and the
other may have slipped by unnoticed. Butj
today now calls us out into the open that we!
may forget the “petty round of irritations,” I
under the spell of an alluring loveliness that
is ours, for the desire of possessing it.
******
CONSTITUTION DAY
September 17 is the anniversary of the
day in 1787 when the constitutional convention
of the 13 original states completed the docu
ment under which the country has lived since
it was finally ratified during the following year.
Some people say this document was created in
the “horse and buggy age,” and needs radical
overhauling. Others believe that a system of
government that has produced such a wonderful
development, should not be lightly changed.
Anyway the people living under that gov
ernment have made a most marvelous prog
ress. The constitution would never have lived
as long as it has, if it had not been very astutely
framed, so as to satisfy the claims of different
localities and interests.
The independent colonies of 1787 had very
conflicting desires. Virginia and South Caro
lina had different ideas from New York and
Massachusetts. The country and the city folks
and the debtor and creditor classes had sharp
contentions. But somehow those wise old
statesmen satisfied the conflicting states by
giving them local self government to a large
extent.. They managed to reconcile the differ
ent economic classes, by giving everybody a
chance to help elect the officers of the govern
ment.
Today we have great differences in the!
views of different sections, yet not as great as
the conflicts of 1787, when it took many weeks
to go from the outlying states to the capital
of the country. Today our country is bound
together by railroads, motors and airplanes.
The men who created a form of govern
ment that has lived nearly 150 years performed
one of the greatest deeds in world history.
They could not foresee all the marvelous indus
trial development that has occurred, which calls
for new laws from time to time. Human na
ture today is about the same, and the plans
the founders made for regulating it are still
to be viewed with high respect.
******
WHAT SCHOOL MEANS
As the young people are starting out for
their year of study in schools and colleges, they
ought to have a clear comprehension of what
the schools are trying to do for them. The
American people place their first dependence
upon brains and intelligence. Education de
velops these powers. If these qualities exist
in a community, it will go ahead. If they are
lacking, it will decline. If the voters of a state
lack brains and intelligence, they will be left
far behind in the march of progress. ,
Without the fundamentals, the old time
“three R’s,” people can expect no success in
daily life. If they are to be useful as citizens,
they need much more. They should read so
easily that they will constantly grow better in
formed, they should know enough about his
tory and government and business so that they
can take a useful part in the community.
Hence it is vitally important that the
schools carry on their work successfully. They
should have competent teachers, all children
should be required to attend them, they should
be generously supported and kept open for a
school year of normal length.
These aims call for large expenditures of
money, though none of it should be wasted on
excessive costs. Merely spending the money
does not produce brains or intelligence. The
children must work. The best teachers may
fail, if the pupils do not want to learn. Par
ents must work daily to convince the children
that their future and the future of the Country
depend upon good effort on their part.
The school book is the tool by which the
boy or girl rises to power and success. Failure
to use that tool means disappointment in life.
Faithful application to its lessons opens the
door to hope and opportunity.
News Of Other Years
Fifty Years Ago
September 4, 1886
Mrs. Dr. B. C. Kellam is visiting
friends in Washington.
• • •
Mr. John D. Grant, of Richmond,
is home on a short visit to friends
and relatives in Accomac.
• • •
A race will come off at Metomp
kin Beach on next Saturday between
the skiffs of Thos. E. Parks and
John Ross for a purse of $20..
• • •
A festival will be held at Episco
pal Church in Pungoteague next
Thursday. Proceeds will be applied
to church purposes. The public is
cordially invited.
• • *
Mr. T. H. Bayly Browne was nom
inated for Congress on the second
ballot by the Republicans of this
district in Convention at Tappahan
nock on Tuesday last.
• * *
A reward of $200 has been of
fered by the N. Y. P. & N. R. R.
for the arrest and conviction of
persons who placed obstructions on
track near Princess Anne recently, j
“ * * ;
Miss Alice Bayly, an interesting
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J.1
and Margaret A. Bayly, formerly of j
this county, died in Baltimore on j
the 29th ult. in the 17 year of her
age. I
• * •
At a meeting of the School Board |
at the Fair Grounds on last Wednes- j
day the following trustees were
elected: G. S. Mapp vice Raymond;
R. Hutchinson, resigned; Wm. T.
Wise vice Dr. John W. Kellam, re
signed; Charles O. Disharoon to fill
a vacancy.
The sick of our town, except Miss
Sallie Parramore, who has recently
been added to sick list are now on
a fair way to recover. Mrs. Judge
Garrison is very much improved in
health. Dr. Wm. R. Parramore is
still very weak but out of danger.
Mr. Wm. T. Winder, ill for many
weeks, has gone to Baltimore in
pursuit of health.
• * •
Dr. J. L. Buchanan State Super
intendent of Public Instruction, has
issued a circular, under date of Au
gust 25, 1886, announcing that the
sum of $183,081.30 is now ready
for distribution, the apportionment
being at the rate of 30 cents per
head of school population. The sums
specified are subject to the order of
county and • city treasurers, who
shall make requisition in due form
upon Second Auditor of the State
for the amount specified, and as
soon as the money has been re
ceived into the County Treasury it
shall be the duty of the Treasurer
to inform the County Superintendent
in writing of the fact. The following
are the apportionments for the two
Eastern Shore counties: Accomack,
$2,779.29; Northampton, $1,007.49.
Leemont
Rev. J. E. Wharton, of Baltimore,
has been called to the Leemont Bap
tist Church and will preach here in
the afternoon of Sunday, 12th inst.
The erection of the Leemont M.
P. Church tower and spire which is
to be eighty feet high began Au
gust 26. Mr. Edward Merrill, a car
penter of Pocomoke, has received
the contract for the building.
This section of the county is
very prolific in the raising of the
sweet potato. Notwithstanding the
varieties are all small, 1190 barrels
are reported to have been shipped
from Parksley station on one day.
Dr. A. D. F. Ewell and wife, who
have been spending a long vacation
in the fertile and prosperous dis
tricts of Kansas, are expected to
return to their Virginia homestead
by the first of October. A large con
course of friends will be ready to
greet them on their arrival.
A public meeting of the citizens
of Leemont and community was held
at the Methodist Protestant Church
last Tuesday for the purpose of
adopting active measures and for
creating a common interest in be
half of the public schools in this
vicinity. Plans were also consum
mated for securing the services of
Prof. Wimbrough as teacher and
principal of the Academy, who has
already served in that capacity for
a short period to the great advan
tage and satisfaction of all the
friends and patrons of education
here. An effort will also be made to
secure a first class assistant so as
to make the Academy here one of
the finest schools in the county.
A very pleasant and enjoyable en
tertainment was given on Wednesday
night of August 25th, 1886, in front
of one of our homes, the resi
dence of Mr. D. H. Johnson. The
\ long porch of the buiding from
| which the exercises were given, was
beautifully illuminated with Chinese
lanterns. A respectable audience, who
had assembled at the appointed
hour, were seated comfortably in the
yard under the trees. The program
opened with music and gymnastics
and was followed with numerous
short speeches and dialogues.
Misses Carrie, May and Lena
Johnson, Mr. J. S. Scott and Misses
Camilla and Lizzie Bowne, visiting:
friends from Philadelphia, were the
participants and sustained well all
their parts. The dialogue entitled
the “Train to Monroe” is especially
deserving of mention. The parts
were supported by Mr. J. S. Scott,
Misses Carrie and Lena Johnson.
Miss Carrie, who is quite young,
took the character of a boy and
acquitted herself well. Miss Etta E.
Johnson was the organist for the
occasion and frequently varied the
exercises with good instrumental
music. The program was closed with
a short address by Rev. J. Wright
Norris. Miss Rosa Barnes and Miss
Rosa Gillespie, from Mappsville,
were present and enjoyed the exer
cises.
County Court Proceedings August
Term 1886
Edward S. Wise was appointed
and qualified as Supervisor of Pun
goteague District to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Wm. Jacobs.
The following surveyors of public
roads renamed to wit: Henry L.
Crockett, James H. Nelson and Au
gustus J. Parks.
The following were appointed sur
veyors of public roads towit; Syd
ney Hopkins, Ezekiel Baker .Win
field S. Byrd, William Northam of
E. and Noah Davis.
Petition of Major E. Selby and
others, for public road. Report of
viewers filed, order to open road
payment of costs and appointing
Sol. T. Johnson a commissioner to
receive proposals.
Petition of A. W. Rew and others
for a public road. Order excusing
Stanley J. Lewis from serving as
viewer and appointing Edward T.
Parks in place of.
Petition of Fletcher Drummond
and others for a public road from
Parksley to Leemont. Order accept
ing for county road and tendered
by “Parksley Land and Improvement
Company,” upon condition of its
making bridges and culverts on its
land, and P. W. Parks on his land.
• • •
Wedding Bells
Mr. John J. Gunter, a promising
young lawyer of the Accomack bar,
and Miss Florence Custis, a charm
ing and popular young lady of
Onancock, were married on Thursday
evening last. The ceremony was per
formed in the Episcopal Church at
Onancock, Rev. Jno. McNabb of
ficiating. Fifteen bridesmaids and
groomsmen attended the wedding
couple, who marched to the altar
under the inspiring tones of Men
delssohn wedding march, charmingly
rendered by Mrs. Tibbie Lawrence.
The groomsmen were first at the
altar followed by the bridesmaids,
who formed a semicircle and await
ed the coming of the bride. As the
bride leaning on the arm of her
brother, Mr. E. 0. F. Custis, who
gave her away, the groom advanced
from the vestry room and met her
under a horse shoe arch of asters
and lillies, and the vows were taken
which united the happy hearts in
life bonds. The bride attired in
cream surah and white mulle, and
the bridesmaids in pink and blue
surah made up as pretty groups as
ever was conceived by poet’s fancy.
The universal comment was that
never had they seen prettier bride
and bridesmaids.
After the wedding ceremony the
wedding party repaired to the resi
dence of Judge B. T. Gunter and
were handsomely entertained for
several hours.
The following acted as bridesmaids
and groomsmen on the occasion:
James T. Gunter and Miss Lizzie
Custis; Mr. Chas. Puryear, of Rich
mond, Va. ,and Miss Jennie M. Cus
tis; E. 0. F. Custis and Miss May
Gunter; J. W. Edmonds and Miss
Clara D. Custis ,of Baltimore; John
Wyall ,of Richmond, and Miss Bes
sie Gunter; Otho F. Mears and Miss
Blanche Northam; Thos. W. Black
stone and Miss Maria Pitts; John
W. G. Blackstone and Miss Eva
Hart, of Portsmouth; Dr. L. James
Harmanson and Miss Susie Pitts;
Lafayette Groton and Miss Maggie
Custis; Dr. G. Fred Floyd, of North
ampton, and Miss Maggie Finney;
Louis Finney and Mies Sadie Pitts;
Dr. H. S. Pitts and Miss Maude
Davison; Frederick Gunter and Miss
Sallie Thomas ,of Northampton; Jen
nings Waples and Miss Lee Swan
ger; Mr. Robert L. Shield acted as
The presents were numerous, cost
ly and very handsome. Similar event
was never ushered in under happier
auspices—no similar occasion was
ever brighter in all its surround
ings. The service which was render
ed at the altar by the happy at
tendants of the wedding couple coujd
not have been more acceptable, the
greetings of the large concourse of
friends at the church to witness the
wedding ceremony was never more
cordial and the welcome extended at
the reception was all that the heart
of the most exacting could have de
sired.
The bride and groom left on the
early morning train Friday for a
tour of several weeks to Niagara
and other points of interest north;
Many heartfelt wishes for their
health, long life and happiness ac
company them.
Continued on page 9
STEPS GOING DOWN
’ ’ By John T. McIntyre
A Review by Frank McLean, Acting
Associate Professor of Public Speak*
ing, University of Virginia
John T. McIntyre’s novel suffers
from a handicap; it .is not only a
prize novel, but it is America’s entry
in the All-Nations Prize Novel Con
test ,in which a round dozen na
tional winners are competing for a
sort of world championship. Chosen
from more than five hundred en
tries, it is now under consideration
in the world finals. And, even worse
than that, it is the unanimous choice
of the American judges. When a
book, a horse, or a cocktail formula
has all that against it, it has to be
good to satisfy the public.
»ycu, 10 avoia Dealing in til®
bush, “Steps Going: Down” is an in
teresting piece of work. It is long
ish, but the reader’s attention will
rarely lag; it is not one of those
arty stories which leaves you guess
ing about where you have been,
where you are going, and what it
is all about. It has the virtues of
being straightforward, intelligible,
and it moves. It is romantic enough
to please those readers who want to
know how it comes out, and who
like a bit of color in fiction. It is
realistic enough to placate those
who demand hardness and factual
ity. But I don’t think the author
thought much about these things.
He had a pretty good story to tell;
he knew his people and their milieu
rather well; and he must have got
considerable enjoyment out of put
ting the words down, one after an
other. Most readers, I suspect, will
hardly require more than that.
I should call “Steps Going Down”
a “tough” story. The characters are
not persons whom most of us would
care to invite to tea. They run all
the way from hard boiled to the
thoroughly despicable. The scene
is that part of New York (presum
ably) which lies between the drab
habitations of the barely respect
able and the slums of the down-and
out; that is, it is that section of
the city which neither residents nor
visitors ever think of . Here, in
rooming houses that are not quite
what they claim to be, in hotels
that are not patronized by the pub
lic, exists a class that asks no more
of society than to be let alone. Here
in Mr. McIntyre’s novel, we meet
with a strange set of people: women
who swing between virtue and pros
titution, men who are always, and
for various reasons, avoiding some
one or something. This is a field
that has been little exploited in our
fiction, so that “Steps Going Down”
can claim a certain freshness.
The story concerns one Pete, a
product of the alleys, who has, in
his youth, acquired a police record.
When we first meet him he is in
hiding, not because he has done
anything criminal, but because a
friend has, and he fears that if he
falls into the hands of the law he
may say something which will in
jure his friend. Being a personable
young man, he falls into the favor
| oi ineima. whose own past is none
i too much to her credit. She sets out
| to befriend him, rather against his
will, for he knows that one of the
I easiest ways of tracing a man is
j through his friends. Step by step,
his flight from the police takes him
; down among the outcasts. But he
| is clever and resourceful, and time
j after time succeeds in eluding not
! only his enemies, but also the friend
ly Thelma. In a sense the story is
a saga of misfortune.
This is the story Mr. McIntyre
tells without pathos, without senti
ment, without moralizing. He is
perfectly objective. His people do
not waste time in self-pity nor in
reproaching one another; nor does
the author pity and reproach them.
When Sadie, who has lived respec
tably for some years as the wife
of cocaine addict Ken, goes back to
her old walk on the streets, the fact
is regarded as regrettable but neces
sary; one has to eat ,and while it
is better to own a business of
recognized respectability, one must
do what one can, the garment is
cut to suit the cloth.
In a sense "Steps Going Down” is
a sociological document. I hesitate
to say this, for fear that it may be
understood to mean that it puts the
novel in the class of books one
ought to read. Perhaps it is such a
book, as damaging as that admission
may sound. However, I prefer not
to think of it that way. I enjoyed
it thoroughly; I believe that most
readers of fiction will do so too.
For loan of these books, apply to
your local library, or the Extension
Division, University, Virginia.
LETTERS TO THE EDITORS
Calls Attention To Benefits Of New
Ferry
Peninsula Enterprise
Accomac, Virginia !
Gentlemen':
Re: The Establishment of
dependable and frequent fer
ry service across Chesapeake
Bay.
Realizing that your journal must
be deeply interested to have us ac
complish our purpose in the estab
lishment of this super-service, we
are glad to announce that with pos
sible capitalization of $2,000,000.00,
we own the terminal points in Cape
Charles, Northampton County and
in York County, Virginia, and
will make necessary improvements
in the way of piers, slips, approach
es and channels for this service and
build two steel, diesel operated, twin
screw, double-ended ships with a ca
pacity for 100 cars each. Our in
itial operation will afford a schedule
of five round trips a day for each
ship, with a departure from each
terminal every two hours from 5 a.
m. to 11 p. m., a great improvement
in mail and delivery service.
With this initial schedule we hope
to induce a traffic that will justify
the use of two or more ships and
an. increased frequency of departure
from each side every hour in the
day and night."
- -These - ships will cross the Bay,
from near Seaford, York County to
Cape Charles, - Northampton County,
in. a little over an hour and will
serve< the North and South through
travel in connection with the James
River Bridge at a great saving in
speed and economy to the Eastern
Shore- and the lower Peninsula as
no other crossing can; the National
Colonial -Monument and the Williams
burg Holding Corporation and the
Huntington Maritime Museum at
Newport News to the point of put
ting them on the shortest North and
South thorofare, a direct, economical
appeal. to tourists to visit these his
toric spots as it travels North and
South as against other routes that
more or less circumvent this area.
Commercially, it will aid the Fed
eral operations most expeditiously,
and give the seafood interests of
the lower Peninsula the broadest
market and better transportation.
In connection with this ferry service,
Yorktown, Jamestown, Williamsburg,
Langley Field and Newport News
will have a better service to and
from Northern points with speed and
economy, and the combination of the
James River Bridge Route South
through Suffolk with this ferry ser
vice will establish a through North
and South Route that will effect the
shortest route North and South from
Florida to New York, with most con
venient stop-overs in the lower Pen
insula and at Suffolk. Intercourse
afforded between the Eastern Shore
and Richmond, the West and Wash
ington, D. C., by these ferries is
not to be had any other way.
With a population of 60,000 or
more, the counties of Accomack and
Northampton alone, and the balance
of the Del-Mar-Va, “The Peninsula
of Plenty,” a rich territory, is well
worth tying to the mainland of Vir
ginia and Richmond markets.
Being aware that you are vitally
interested in the area to be served
by this ferry, we are taking this
means of advising you that our
charter has been granted, corporation
duly organized and our architect is
preparing plans for our boats and
our engineer is preparing plans for
our terminals, and that the two ships
can be financed, even though they
cost about $700,000.00 apiece.
Our attorneys, Bernard Meredith,
Richmond, Va., Ashton Dovell, Wil
liamsburg, Va., J. Brooks Mapp, Kel
ler, Va., Senator Warner Ames,
Onancock, Va. and W. A. Dickin
son, Cape Charles, Va., have a pe
tition before the Northampton Court,
over which Judge John E. Notting
ham presides. This petition pre
sents our application for a license
to establish this service, showing
that we are qualified and that it will
be a convenience to the communities
connected.
Your cooperation, attention and
influence is sought to support this
application to come before the
Court on September 14th and prob
ably be set for hearing on or about
September 22nd.
Thanking you to call for any ad
ditional information desired and your
acknowledgement of this letter with
suggestions, we are
Yours respectfully,
E. S.-Yorktown Ferries Corp.,
James Edwin Cuthbert.
Bernard Meredith, President
County Convention
Of W. C. T. U.
Melfa Union Will Be Host To
Unions Of County Thurs
day, September 24th
The Woman’s Christian Temper
ance Union will hold its annual
county convention at Melfa, Thurs
day, September 24th, with morning
services at 10:30 o’clock, afternoon
service at 2 p. m. and the evening
service at 7:30 o’clock.
Each Union is urged to be re
presented and to bring a report of
the year’s work. Everyone wi'l re
ceive a cordial welcome and the
preachers are especially invited to
attend this meeting.
Delegates will take a box lunch
Coffee will be served at the noon
hour and also supper by the hostess:
union.