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Victor Mill Second Hands

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The Office Force

Walter Leon Bruce--
Paymaster and farmer.

Mr. Bruce came to the rescue
of the Company in 1910, A. D.
He has made a splendid paymaster
and has served well in every
capacity for the upbuilding of
the community. He is a member
of the I. O. O. F., Masons,
and K. P. Mr. Bruce is following
in the steps of the Bible
patriarch, Jacob, who had 12 sons.
Mr. Bruce has seven sons and
we predict that the name Bruce
will not become extinct at least
for a generation or two. He
says of himself:

He handles the cash
He eats the hash:
And when at home,
He applies the lash.

We presume that is said in
connection with the chastisement
of the boys as we readily
believe Mrs. Bruce could easily
defend herself with the aid of
the famous rolling pin.

Olin Alfred Gaines--
Assistant Paymaster and sportsman:
Musician (banjo). Mr.
Gaines came to Victor in 1904.
His service has been continuous
and he expects to be retired in
twenty years on a pension. Mr.
Gaines is a living exponent of
optimism. No matter how blue
Mr. Ballenger may be or how
ho in the collar Mr. Bruce may
wax, you can always get a smile
and a joke from Mr. Gaines.
His courteous treatment of vis-
itors at the window has won
friends for himself by the score.
It was told the writer of this
narrative that Mr. Gaines was
very fond of nature and the
mountains. His judgment is
considered so good that when an
opinion is needed regarding the
pulchritude of any of the fair
sex that a statement from him
setttles the whole affair.

Mr. Gaines has traveled
extensively but stayed around
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home more extensively. He
fishes, hunts, drives a Ford and
lives happily. When he goes to
the mountains he says "I Pine
by day and Balsam by night"

Ira W. Garrett:--
Shipping Clerk, Notary Public,
School Trustee, Mason, I. O. O.
F. and Sec. Democratic Club.
A splendid Public Citizen.

Mr. Garrett succeeded Mr. T.
M. Marchant as shipping clerk
here at Victor, coming here in
the year 1905. He is acquainted
with every department of the
office and is well qualified to
take care of any work thrust
upon him. It was thru his
efforts that a Bank was organized
atTaylors. Mr. Garrett, while
yet a young man has two child-
ren old enough to be in college.
Gordon at Citadel and May at
Limestone. His chief
enjoyments are outings wit hhis
family. Reasonover is always a
mecca for him and his family.

Odd Fellows Banquet.

On November 27th, the I. O.
O. F. held their annual banguet
in the lodge hall which is up
stairs of the Y. M. C. A. A
large crowd was present and a
very enjoyable time is reported.
Several visitors were present
and gave inspiring and helpful
talks. These meetings always
are the means of bringing to-
gether the different members
and of knowing of the work of
this noble fraternal organization.

Mr. J. H. Garrett, affec-
tionaely known as "Babe" won
the distinction of having no
"seconds" for a continuous run
of three weeks. He would
doubtless have made a record had not
the night shift caused his looms
to get out of shape. We
congratulate Mr. Garrett and would
have put his beaming conutenance
in this issue of the Bugle
but we failed to get him
introduced to the photographer.

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With our churches

Since the last edition of the
Bugle some very noted improvements
have been made in the
heating arrangements at both
churches. At the Baptist chruch
Rev. Mr. Brock the pastor, has
installed a real heating system
with steam and to say that it is
a splendid success only uses
words which any ordinary
individual would use. It is the very
latest model (1927) and people
need not fear of ever getting
cold at the Baptist church. The
writer has noted with some de-
gree of enjoyment that the
Baptists would not be content with
any heating arrangements
unless the heat came from the
water, while our good friends,
the Methodists, used a different
mode for heating their building.
The latter have the largest Hot
Air furnace that could be
bought to heat up their building.
Both systems have their
advantages. The steams heat is fine if
you get up the steam and do not
have too much water in it. Our
experience with the steam
heaters was that too much water was
hard to generate any steam at
all and the radiators. As to the hot
air furnace, well, the preacher
should supply an almost
adequate amount. The furnace
heats up rapidly and cools more
rapidly. It takes very little
water to run a furnace. We
congratulate both churches in
their accomplishment.

The most over owering, over
shadowing and over mastering
preacher that has come our way
in some years was the recent
visit of Dr. Vipperman who held
a week's revival here at Victor.
I do not know when I have
heard a man of greater learning
pertaining to the Bible nor a
more profound scholar. We
shall always cherish those
splendid sermons and we believe they
will bear fruit for many years
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to come.

The Methodist folks were
fortunate in having Mr. Chick
sent back to them and feel that
he too will enjoy another year in
our midst.

The churches are arranging
to have Santa Claus land his air
plane in the ball park on the
night of Dec. 24th, and a
committe from each church will
meet him and escort him [piece of the page missing, it could possibly be "to the"]
churches where exercises [piece of the page missing, it could possibly be "will be"]
held. The children will try and
be at the churches on that
evening and if any children should
be sick and could not be at the
church, why arrangements will
be made to take care of them.

Rev. J. B. Chick has been
returned here as pastor of the
Victor M. E. Church for the 3rd
year. Bro. Chick is and able
man and we believe this will be
one of the best years in the
hisory of the church, if this church
will stand by him. He seems to
be more determined to put the
church on top than he has ever
been, and we hope that with the
help of the members that this
will be a record breaker for
Victor M. E. church.

We will have services every
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock,
and Sunday evening at 7 o'clock.
Epworth League meets at 6:00
o'clock every Sunday evening.
Mid-week prayer serices every
Wednesday evening at 7:30.
Sunday school every Sunday
morning at 10 o'clock.

Mr. J. H. Lowe is Supt. of
Sunday school, and has had
charge of this school as Supt.
for 7 years and has been very
successful. He is a splendid
man and we all love him. His
whole heart is in his school. The
Mens Bible Class is taught by
Mr. Hatcher who is one of the
ablest teachers in the country.
Come and hear him once and be
Convinced.

The doors of the M. E. church
are open and a hearty welcome
awaits you Every Sunday.