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AYics from ( umhtrland North Carolina Visitors Return Home After Visiting Mother. Mrs. Bryant

Mr. and Mrs. lestt r A Bryant have returned to their home in Mi. Holly. N. C.. follcfcving a week end visit here with his mother. Mrs. Georg ie Bryant. Sunday. Jan. 25. was the birthday anni versary of Mrs. Bryant, yvho un fortunately has been in bed for several days with an attack of llu. Mr. and Mrs. Larkin C. Garrett had as their overnight guests. Fri day, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Reed Fitchett. of Greensboro, N C. Guests during the past week end of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Craw lev were Miss Jane Crawley, of - Richmond, and Mr. and Mrs. .1 A Moulton with their son. Joint Ad kins. Jr., of Raleigh. N. C. Week end guests ot Mrs. Mar garet 1’ Boggs at Woodlavvn" were her brother and sister-in law. Mr and Mrs. J. Leake Pitts, of Roanoke.

Petersburg Visitors Mr and Mrs. Andiew E. God ^ey motored to Peleisburg, Sun day. for a visit with Ml and Mrs, Jionald Murray. They were ac companied by Mrs. it L Lovins ivho visited iter daughter. Miss ilargaret Lovins. * A field meeting of Oak Grove. TTear Wallet. Mt. Moriah. Fitz gerald and Jenkins Churches is Scheduled to be held at Fitzgerald Baptist Church. Feb. 4. 8 p m. All members are urged to be pres ent. Also, an important meeting -»n the Fitzgerald Baptist Church be held 7 p m Feb 6. , Among the recent guests of Mr. •and Mrs M. M George and fam ily were Mrs L. V). Miller. Mrs. Gordon Miller and Miss Coleen Dawson, of Cartersville. N. K Huskey, Brenda and Steve Huskey and Miss Nancy Dillard, of Rich mond. Scarcely a home ir, Hie village has escaped the flu epidemic. Mrs. Meriwether Y au g li a n Smith and her soils. Bill and Buck, accompanied by Miss Maty Eleanor Godsey. visited the family of George J Whitlock. Sunday, m Cartersville. Vouth Program An interesting piogram on service was presented last Sun

day night at Antioch Methodist Church, conducted by the Antioch Young People, under the direction of Mrs. Cecil Brown. Those taking part were Misses Gwendolyn Fos ter and Ruth Asul. Dickie , Vaughan. Kelly and C D Rid dle, Jr., and Johnny Asul. The oc i casion was the fourth Sunday evening service ol toe Cumber land Charge Youth Fellowship. Mrs. Lillian C. Guthrie, who has been the guest ot her son-in law and daughter. Mi. and Mrs. Charlie Goodman, leit Friday for an extended visit with Mr. and Mrs. Brunch Loyd of Natural Bridge Mi and Mrs. M B Newton. Miss Sarah and David Newton were dinner guests Sunday, of the Tev. and .Mrs I i\ Reynolds, '•ervices were conducted Sunday morning by Mr. Newton for the Rev. Mr. Reynolds, who was in disposed and unable to preach.

Visit Sister Mr. and Mrs. j. C. liayes visited Mis sister. Mrs. Rosa Townsend. Sunday, in Buckingham county. Miss Dottie Jean Brown, who Mas accepted a position as private secreatrv for L. Ralston Curry, assistant manager in the adjust ment department of the Bank of Virginia. Main Street Branch. Richmond, was the week end guest of her parent: . Mr and Mrs A. E. Brown. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Vassal" will be glad to know his father I 11 Vassal", of Charlotte C H . who ha. been critically ill at tin Lynchburg Genera! Hospital, is improving. Guests of Mr. and Mrs. E H Vassal" last Friday and Saturday, were Mrs K J Roberts and her three ehildien. ol Richmond Dinner Guo-ls The Rev Fred Macro also Cliai e K.iMv and ha ii.V.d Mor gan. students of Union Theologi cal Seminary Richmond, were . dinue:" e ■ Sunday, of Mr and Mrs, L. B Dauby a Oakwood Friends heiv of Mrs Alice A Tilman formerly of Powhatan will be interested to know she has recovered sulficieni ly from a re cent paralytic stroke to be re

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moved from St. Lukes Hospital Richmond, lo the home of her uaughter. Miss Nancy Davis, in Norfolk. Mr. and Mrs. L. N. Hamner. of West View, and Mrs. Alvin Rey nolds with her son. Alvin. III. of Richmond, were guests. Saturday, of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Crockett. Attends Meeting Mrs. Virginia Hutchings at ti uded tlie committee meeting on Agreement of the Virginia League for Nursing. Monday, in Rich mond. held m tiie Baruch audi torium at the Medical College of Virginia Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. James T. Wil liams and their daughter. Kathy, of Lexington, are me expected week end guests of Dr. and Mrs. E B. Nuckols. Mrs. C. K. Oodsoy returned to Richmond with her husband. Sat urday. after spending a few days here as a guest of Mr. and Mrs. J L (rorisey

HONOR NATION,\l. Gt \RI) A Hiree-cent National Guard commemorative stamp will be put 1,11 sale m Washington on Febru ary and will be available at most post offices throughout the country the following day. The central design of the stamp de picts a National Guardsman, Hanked by scenes of war and peacetime activities. Hitchhiking Makes For Happy Marriage F R A N K FURT G erma ny - -The Germans approve of hitchhik ing. not only ;,. a form of trans portation tint a a means of trapping a husband To add to th'-a charms, half i.f Gr i minis s hitchhikers, who are women, employ heavy lip stick. eye shadow and false eye la lies. in addition to gay scarves and short ,-lcirts. With these lures, women often manage to extend a short ride into a trip to the altar. Hus bands are scarce as women out i umber men by more than three million m Germany Favorite prey of German hitchhikers are American and German truck drivers. The driver may see a girl standing demurely by the road and stop to pick her up. As soon as he stops, there may emerge from a nearby thicket a husband, a load of luggage and several chil dren. ready for loading on the truck.

Boxer Is Kayoed Two Times in One Fight WASHINGTON. D C —The spec tators at the boxing match had hardly taken then scats for the be ginning of the bout. The bell rang and the fighters rushed to the cen ter of the ring. Boxer James Walk er went down for ih<■ count of ten. After the count. Walker stag gered to his feet. Enraged by the taunts and jeers of the spectators, he challenged one spectator near the ring who was jeering especial ly loud. The spectator cocked his right arm for a haymaker and let go Hu connected Again Boxer Walker went down upon the floor for the count of ten Driver of Gin Truck Goes on Whisky Spree CHICAGO—Police here spent 10 days looking for Dumonte Ashley Parker, a truck driver and his missing truck. Parker's employer had reported that the driver had disappeared with a load of 750 cases of gin. The officers finally 'ound Parker tipsy in a tavern. N.-ar the en trance of the tavern, the police found the truck, short 25u cases of Rin. Parker vehemently denie-i appropriating any of the gin when he was accused of its theft. "I drink whisky myself, he ex plained

Sunny Side Mr and Mrs. J L. Carter are enjoying their television very mucli. Inaugural ion day. Mr and Mrs. B. C. Garrett and Mr. Her bert Goodman enjoyed the cere mony and the address with Mr. and Mrs Cartel, but they did not stay to see the parade. Our local hunters cm not seem to regret the closing of the sea son since success in the field has been very limited Sunday school at G:ove Church has been quite irregular during January. The Rev. J. S. King will keep his regular appointment there. Feb 1 at 10 a. n. Miss Lillian Gut.hne spent the week end at her home here. M. A. French has received word that his brother. Claiehce French, of Atlanta. Ga.. is confined to the hospital following a heart attack, but he is making satisfactory im provement

Duke Psychologists Are Grappling With Black Magic, Hexes DURHAM. N.C.—Duke Univer sity psychiatrists now are grap tiling With black magic.” and hi xing spells" in particular Dr Vernon Kinross-Wright. Duke neuropsychiatrist. recently urged the Southern Medical Association to take a closer look at black magic and hexes. The majority of hex victims have serious mental illnesses, he declared, but some do not. For instance! a 32-year-old man recently camel to Duke Hospital offering from gripping pains in his stomach He couldn't eat. and his thirst was excessive. He believed he was intended to die of starvation, imagining he had been 'spelled" by a local magi cian for having cheated a partner in a business ejeal. He came tn Duke because he had heard that the psychiatrists could hypnotize people and "take things off their minds.” but he reserved the right to visit a "conjure man” in a nearby city before Duke doc tors actually tjreated him. T heard Some three weeks later." Dr. Kinross-Wnght said, that the hex has been success fully removed and the patient was in good health.” This man was not a severe mental case and could not be called such, the Duke doctor de clared. unless the same label were put on most of his friends and rela tives who confirmed the alleged hexing A matt who thinks he has been placed under the influence of a spell is not in a normal state,” the Duke neuropsyehiatrist says. “He must, of course, be highly suggest ible and must also have committed some act that makes him feel guilty."

This Yarn Is Salty One With Seasoning \’F\V YORK CITY—Those little suit shakers on the nation's dinner tables carry a heavy load—more than 92f>.000.00|) pounds a year. That's the amount of table salt Americans sprinkle on their food annually, according to estimates of \n orican Can Company, which rto vi loped the fibre salt box with the a] iminum pouring spout. The euntainor-making company’s i timate was based on a national av( ra :e consumption of six pounds f table salt per person for season Thi- i in addition to the salt already in food or added by can ’ rs and paekers.

Guinea The Rev J. S. King brought a splendid message to me congrega tion at Centenary Church. Sun day. Week end guests of J K. Mea dor and family were Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Meador and son. Glenn, and Mrs. Meador's mother. They were en rontp from Florida, where they siient their vacation, to their home in New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. William Johnson and son, Billy, of Freehold. N. J . have been visting at ‘Forkland " Mrs. C. C Smith recently visit ed relatives in Washington. D. C Richmond Guest M-Sgt. D. J. Matson, of Rich mond. spent the week end at his home here. Mrs. E. S. Walker., Jr., of Farm ville. spent the week end in the W. D. Walker home and was a Sunday luncheon guest in the Leigh Womack home. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Wootten. of Burkeville, were Saturday guests of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Walker. Sunday luncheon guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Stratton were Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Garnett and children. Edmund. III. and Betty Sue. and F. D. Ferguson. Sunday Guests Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brown and son, Bernard, were Sunday lunch eon guests in the J. C. Dennis home in the Raines neighborhood. In the afternoon, the Frank Brown family visited Mr. and Mrs. Roy Dennis and family, near Burkeville. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stimpson and children. Geraldine and C. T were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Gray Stimpson. of Raines, and attended services at Brown's Church. In the evening t lie Stimpson family attended serv ices at Center Presbyterian Church, Cumberland. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Stratton and F. D. Ferguson also attended services at Center Church, Sunday eve ning. A good many of the neighbor hood people have been confined to their homes by sickness. Their many friends wish them a speedy recovery.

Cartersville Floyd Dabney and Bill Pleasants are on the sick list. Miss Lily Bogert and Edwin Whitlock, of Richmond, visited relatives here. Sunday. Mrs. M. E. Blanton. Jr., spent Tuesday in Richmond.

Mrs Ted Flippen and son M: and Mrs. Roswell Snead -am: family and Phvliss Snead, of Richmond. Mr. ami Airs. Dixie Moore and son. Dix. of Ni rflok and Mr. and Mrs. Charles p.:' of Rlk Hill, were pue is of lv and Mrs. N P. Snead dinar-' the week end. Richmond Visitors Mrs. H. B. Plea} ants \i. • 1! • B Pleasants. Jr and son Berk ley. Mi's, g L Blanton, and M G L. Blanton. Jr spoilt Mond e in Richmond. Mrs. Karl Boggs and Mrs Ma - garet Whitlock are on the sick list. The Rev. Mr. Mas n is 'pend ing this week with relatives in Bowling Green. Nine men from the Cartersvilh* Baptist Church attended a Bro therhood Meeting at Dillwyn Bap tist Church, last Wcdnesdn night. Scout Troop Ijee Short, field scout execti

ti-.e. met intere'id m efle and bios in the Cartrrsville Baptist C cl Monday n ht tf° m! K' plans to pH a Scout troop start ed m Carter'ville. Dinner nests ! Mr an! Mrs j Alex lMn.one. Bunda.1. were \V f; p.,rke' . Powhatan. Mt and Mrs '• 1 K Hluiit-m of Tam wo'rh V. and Mr: <; !. Bkm i,n and daughter Vtvtaii. train Chantilly.’' and Mr. and Mis F!inil 1 tabnev «1 M \Ja 'ha ! i ;.-.e Dabney Mi ., r »•' Plem.n . Mr Mai \ Cycle, rove and Mis Kan Braggs .veif in Richmond TliurJdiy Mr and M" H T Cole visi t'd relatives neat I ovinvstjon dur ing the past wPek Health Impi't tt1' Mr Krle Jotv- lnn'rovitl fi :n a recent lllums Mrs p. D Irvin.1 has returned to her home litre alter spending • onie tiit'C with Mi and Mrs. Carlton Irving

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