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(From air old friend comes a letter. He says that of all the stories ever printed in this column through the years, the best one was about twenty years ago, about the darkey passing the cemetery and reading the inscriptions on the tombs. Since I am inclined to agree with my friend, it occurs to me to run the story again, for the benefit of the many who may have forgotten, or the many readers who have come along since that time')

It was a hot summer day, and a tall, lazy-looking darkey was walking along the grassy path just outside the white

On Ecrstern Buying Trip

Norman Davidson, Jr., and John Davidson of Davidson Plywood & Veneer Co., Los Angeles, are on an extended business trip to the south, middle west, and east. They will visit New York, Boston, Chicago, Memphis, Louisville and many other cities, and will return about June 15.

folks cemetery. He kicked up the grass with his toes, and amused himself by reading aloud to himself some of the inscriptions on the tombs.

On a tall granite shaft he saw an inscription that caused him to stop and ponder. It read:

..NOT DEAD BUT SLEEPING.''

He just shook his head incredulously, and remarked aloud:

"HE ArN',T FOOLTN' NO-BODDY-BUT JES' HISSE'F.''

Buys Los Angeles Ycrrd

Jesse C. lfexberg, who was recently released from the Navy, in which he had the rank of Lieutenant Commander, purchased the yard,of Chapman Lumber Co., 10806 Central Avenue, Los Angeles. He will operate it under the name of the Hexberg Lumber Co.