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On a Sunday a certain "cullud" Preacher, discovered that the senior deacon had failed to provide the wine for the communion service. It was the proverbial eleventh hour before this dramatic discovery was made, and then there was a hurried conference with heads close together in the back of the church. Finally they grasped at the offer of an old sister who lived close by the church, to bring over some of her home made wine. She brought it over. None of them had any idea what kind of wine it

J. O. HANDLEY OPENS YARD

J. O. Handley, well-known Northern California retail lumberman, has opened a retail lumber and building material yard in Carmel. Carmel Builders Supply is the name of the new concern.

Mr. I-rumber Dealer:

was until all had been served, and then the fact that it had been made out of green persimmons came home to them very quickly and definitely. Their puckered mouths told them.

The Preacher was stumped for a minute, but only one. Triumphantly he rose to the occasion, when he announced:

"Brethe'n an' siste'n ! Wid youall's, pe'mishun we is gwine to omit de singin' of de Doxology jest fo' dis one time, an' we's gwine to WHISTLE IT INSTEAD!"

wooDwoRK JoBBERS MEET SEPT. 23-24

The sixth annual meeting of the National Association of Woodwork Jobbers will be held at Edgewater Beach Hotel, Chicago, September 23 and 24.