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DOTE ISSUES BONDS. \ tl ! il Watts, S. C., Sattidy nite. J11 deer edditoral,?pleeze say in yore payper that the farmars nashu- j ti nal and peeples bank of watts s c is; b off. the war tax are too high furjii bankin. and then i see where i am [ f goner git in trubble with my na-i< bars, every since i give the notis v of my bank in yore payper Henry | s v.oe v,;nn navpr to mv hous neerly! i " " ? - e'-ry day. i sees that he wishes terj bee ther hed derrector. then when'j s i air. up toun you see that my ole! jj frend pres Cheethum is talkin ter'a mee all ther time and he keeps js bringin up bout ther bank an i n knose that it wood bee but nattaral I that press wood want ter bee ther1 hed derrecktor. then agin sum of | my nabars has bin hintin roun me J bout ther kine of kolataral whitch they wishes ter put up in ser bank, askin me ter look oaver a "surtin ^ cow with horns fore yeers ole, red with white spots" an i seas that i is goner hafter refuse sum good nabur a lone or go in ther cow bizness an as i kounted on bein a ^ Koniror- an nnt. coin in ther cow F 0 bizness i is out. * i see that Uncal Sam who lives in * washuntun has vollanteared ter ^ ther war. he is gittin up a large ^ kumpny to go oaver with him, an 11 as he may nead sum munny he is 0 selling sum bonds. Now it have struck me if on eman, even if he c are Uncal Sam, can issure bonds e and sell them why cant dote smith do the saim thing, i talkt the t whoal thing oaver with lizzie and * while she do not look at the matter s as konfidententially as I do, it do a seam ter me that the idear are a P good wun. so i run up ter toun a tuther day and seed my frend judge - J ?m?t r*lone hp- ^ fioianswircn anu imu il*jr j^muo w , foar him and it have his conkur- *' rants and i sais ter him i am afrade j s ter trust the idear to a laryer so ^ you git me up a form for my bonds v and i will git them printed at the pres and banar and will git the saim croud whitch sole Uncal Sams bonds behine them an flote a few a thousand right hear in abvul and a watts, s. c. so he got doun his form n book and at it he went, but he said e he wood studdie the matar oaver to ' its merturity and send the form by 0 nex male whitch he did. Via hnnri whitch he sent an whitch * i wisht printed reed as follars and if korreck plees print bout ten thouson fur a startar. "United States of America Precinct of Watts, S. C . a Know all men by these presents that I, Dote Smith, of said United States and Watts, S. C., acknowlI e edge myself bound to bearer in the sum of one thousand dollars, which; amount I promise to pay fifty years j from date, to the payment of which |. with interest from date at four per^ cent I pladge myself with all my Q rights, titles, hereditaments and; ^ appurtenances, hereby binding my-,'e self, my heirs, executors and ad-, L- nrii ! V ministrators by these presents. ness my hand and seal this Jany. I ^ 1st, 1918. Done and ratified at I ^ Watts, S. C.f the day and year al- , , . i n ready written. Now i have red oaver this here: form an as a furm frend and not as b a laryar befoar you have printed j ? sed bonds pleese give saim yore j fi prayerful konsiderration and see' 0 that evry thing is all rite, i wood ^ like fur sed bonds ter specify if intrust is not paid till end of time ^ with prinsipul so as to maik sed * J- -- ' ? ~ nniner as DOS Donas as iung mm ? r-.r? ? . sabul whitch peepul up north like as they do not want ter go ter the trubbal of seekin moar invesments. I wood like ter give them a good permanint invesment. git this fixt ^ rite. c: then sea bout this hear herrydi- ^ terniints. if that includes houshole w and kitchan furniture and cows ^ strike it out at wunst, as it reeds to S( me like that it mite be a mortgage s1 on sed pursunal propartie. I has q alreddy swoar that i will nevar b give a mortgage of my houshole and t, kitchen plunder, nor my cows, so n see to this. Then agin i wisht you S( to pay pertickler strick attention to ^ that klaus whitch said that i bines >j miself, an my airs and executions 0 etc. fur ther payment of sed bonds. now i do no tmine bindin out my Si adminnerstaits nur ther execution- j-j er, as i is goner range it so that y dick sonlie will be pinted to this t . offis, an i has warned lizzie if i j ^ issure sed bonds not to be pinted terj neether wun of theas plaises. so i j a kin handle this, but you see bout g, the bindin of myself an airs, now; i will not bine my airs out to payith I heas bonds and least off all myself f F it meens that we must wirk it out. ^ o sur. i Then i wishes vou to look into \ he check law and sea if these onds cood be took fur a check and f not paid in thirty days cood a elar be indited fur so dooin. this 5 a verrie important mattar and i ^ant sum of yore best law on ther ubjec befoar i has gone in where cant git out. But keep the idee quiet bekase as oon as it gits out that bonds be ssured the market bout watts s. c. .nd abvul i feer will be fludded. o i wishes ter git my bonds on ther narkit befoar the plan is ginnerly :none. Yours as iver, dote. UMPED INTO SEA TO SAVE GERMANS 1 Americans Risked Lives to Rescue Huns on Submarine Destroyer Captured. ] Base of the American Flotilla in British Waters, Nov. 26.?It is now ermissible to give the details of he capture by Americans of the en- < ire crew of a U-boat that was sunk < >y depth charges. The explosives i ad disabled the U-boat and forced i t down, bumping along the bottom l f the sea and striking terror to he hearts of the crew. Then the i ommander, in order to lighten her, j mptied the tanks. To the great relief of the crew, | he U-boat responded and arose to < he surface with such a rush that ome of the Germans were thrown ( bout and injured. The U-boat ap- j eared on the surface within sever- t 1 feet of an American destroyer, 'he submarine's hatch flew open i nd the Germans scrambled out of c he conning tower, coatless and j hoeless, ready to swim for it. They j ned up along the narrow deck t rith hands in the air, shouting, s Kamerad." r Jumped Into Sea. C The U-boat remained stationery t nd the destroyer moved close up j mA tinovo/l o lino wViipVi the Ger- t lans made fast. This was no soonr done than it became apparent j hat the crew had succeeded in pening the seacock, for the sublarine began to settle at first slowf then more rapidly. As she did so he Germans leaped into the water nd swam toward the destroyer. . iome of the American sailors jumpd into the sea to rescue the injured The last German was lifted board the destroyer, the hawser ttached to the U-boat parted under he strain and the U-boat disappeard. | Made Comfortable. All the Germans were given teaming hot coffee and dry clothng and were otherwise made com- * 4-Vio *?nt> fn +V10 KflQP. UIUXUIC XVI UIV iuu vv ??.V ? , ne of their number, a machinist, ad suffered greatly from shock and xposure, and died on the way. He ^ ras buried with full military honrs from the deck of the destroyer, he American commander officiating] j ? t what was the first funeral so far j eld in this war on an American estroyer. When the destroyer reached ^erij ase the prisoners were almost rholly clad in American naval out- * ts.. They appeared especially fond c f the American shoes, which were * tie first they had ever worn. , F lMERICAWS Utl FRENCH HONORS v len Told to Keep Medals in Posset- t sion But Not to Wear Them. j t With the American Army in t ranee, Nov. 26.?The French war t ross has been conferred on the 15 \ .merican officers and men who v fere cited with their company by 0 le French general commanding the c actor in which the Americans were j. tationed at the time of the first r lerman raid in the night of Novem- ? er 2-3. The men were decorated g >day and were informed that they c iust keep the medals in their pos- 0 jssion, but must not wear them un- a 1 congress gives its authorization, t 'he ceremony was an impressive y ne. f An American major general pre- t ;nted the decorations and cita- c ons, giving the regimental colonel h lose for the men who were killed, tl hey will be sent to their next of a in. J h In referring to the action of this si merican company, the French v 2neral said: ' f "On the night of November 2-3 jh lis company, which is in the line IV 'or the first time, met an extremely violent bombardment, despite which t seized arms and offered such stub)orn resistance that the enemy, al,hough numerically superior, was )bliped to retire." The general specially cited in the )rder of the day Corp. James D. jresham and Privates Merle D. Hay * m, T IT"?<?wy,n Hied ma i nomas ?r . JLUIIX 1511 vf >. jravely in hand-to-hand fighting' vith the enemy, who has penetrated ;he first line." The others cited were Lieut. Wiliam H. McLaughlin, Lieut. R. 0. Patterson, Lieut. E. F. Erickson, Sergt. John Arrowood, Corp. David M. Knowles and Corporals Homer ind Givens and Private Charles Massa, William D. Thomas, George Hurd, Boyce Wade, Robert Winkler and John J. Jarvis. U. S. MAY BE ABLE TO SETTLE RUSSIAN TROUBLE .'resident Wilson Has Gathered Some Facts ac to Situation and May Act Without Delay. Washington, Nov. 26.?Word revived by the state department indicates that the United States may fet bear a vital part in the settlenent of Russia's troubles. The folowing facts were learned: First: The Russian northern armes are threatened with starvation ind this may cause a new revolt. Second: The Lenine-Trotzky government is in wireless communi:ation with Berlin. Third: The new socialist govjrnment raised banners at some joint near Petrograd, threatening ,o overthrow Bolsheviki. . Fourth: Notice of Trotzky askng for an armistice i3 before Presilent Wilson. It may afford an opjortunity for the president to irouse Russia to the German peril hrough such ringing messages as he ient to the Moscow conference and nay afford an opportunity for the >verthrow of Lenine and Trotzky ;hrough a pointed ignoring of sugjestions by the United States and he allies. -RANK CARWILE EXPRESSES HIS ufiwiun Mrs. Frank Carwile suffered a ilight stroke of paralysis of the tongue Saturday and shows very little mprovement at this writing. She :onfined to her bed. Her sister, Miss Maggie Cochran, has been with her :or a few days. The weather has been cold for ;he last week and several porkers lave suffered a sore throat. McMurray made an address to the ^.ntreville school on the pig and joys corn club Tuesday. If the ipeakers will furnish the feed the )oys will do the rest. 30 cent cotton. Gee Whiz! ' Who :an stand it? The drunken negro driver who lad his employer's car without his :onsent and ran over and killed hat officer in Greenville Monday, ihould pay the full penalty of the aw if it takes his life to do so . The idea of a person being hurled nto eternity on account of a drunken fool is terrible to think of. \.nd the devil who sold him the lijuor is just as low down as his boss Satan) wants him to be. And yet ve live in a country where we have >rohibition of liquor but not devils vho make and sell it. Well some; of hem are going to that country vhere they wWl get mighty thirsty. We have read your editorial on he country's backbone and are of he opinion that you are wrong as o the cities and towns being the tackbone of the nation. Who built hem but the man behind the plow? Vere it not for his support they irould cease to exist and the doors f every store and cotton mill would lose at once. Who is feeding the Lilies and our soldiers but the farner and yet you give him very litIe credit. Does Editor Greene foret the fact that he came from the ountry and the farm? The boys f the country are just as patriotic . sthose from the cities and towns, ake them from this country and ou will easily see the sons of the armers are in the majority in the raining camps and when the test omes to battle for their country's! onor they will be the bravest ofj lie brave. We have two enlisted! nci the other one is too young orj e would be there and if the timej hould come for your humble ser-| ant to shoulder his gun in the de-; ense of our women and American omes we will not be found slacking 7e do not write this in a spirit ofj I antagonism nor do we aim it tc ! start a controversy but don't hit the j farmer so fearful hard for we are ! e:oin2 to defend him and his patri i otic sons every time and don't yoi ! forget it. ! ADDRESSING MAIL TO MEN AT CAMF Memorandum Issued Giving Com plete Instructions Regarding Soldier's Mail ALWAYS GIVE FULL NAME Much difficulty is experienced ir handling mail for soldiers on ac ; count of improper or insufficient ad j dress and to reduce such mistakes ii | the future a full and complet< j memorandum on the subject ha: , been prepared and issued by th< ' statistical department of the 30tl Division. The memorandum als< gives all necessary instruction re garding the manner of packing am r addressing, date of mailing, content: which will be allowed in, etc., pack j ages destined for members of Amer ! ican forces in Europe. It follows: "1. All mail should be very de finitely addressed; that is, not onl] j the names of the larger organization! but the smallest unit to which s man belongs should be put in ad dress, thus: JOHN DOE, * Co. C. 118th Infantry, Sevier Branch, Greenville, S. C "2. The full name of the addressee should be given as there are to b< found a large number with the sam< name and initials in camp. "3. The return address of th< sender should always be placed or letters and packages. "4. All packages should be secure ly wrapped and packed in substan tial boxes and address written ir ink. Perishable matter ought nevei to be packed in pasteboard boxes a* ! it is liable to decay and run, ruin | ing the package and making it anc I other mail hard to handle. Penci j marks are easily rubbed off, and be ' ' * * x. 1 J ' | come Diurrea wnen wei oy uecayet ! matter. "5. Christmas boxes for soldiers ir Europe. The following extract from Bulle I tin No. 63, war department, Wash ! ington, D. C., dated October 26th j 1917, is of great value to those desiring to send Christmas boxes to th< soldiers of the American Expedition j ary Forces in Europe: I "(a) If Christmas presents ar< sent by parcel post, they must con form t othe specifications below un der "b." "(b) All boxes shipped by ex press should be limited to twentj pounds in weight, measure not mor< ! than two cubic feet in volume, be ol j wood, be well straped, and shoulc I be hinged or screw on top to iacnitate opening and inspectin. No per ishable food products, other thar j those inclosed in cans or glass jars ; should be packed in any such ship ; ments. "(c) Mail and express mattei j should be addressed as now prescrifr ! ed by postal regulations, and botf | classes of shipments should b< marked 'Christmas Box,' and shoulc be sent care of the Commanding General, port of embarkation, Hoboken N. J., pier one. "(d) The commanding general, port of embarkation, Hoboken, N J., will cause every parcel, wheathei a mail or express shipment to beopen ed and strict search made to see thai nothing of an explosive or othei dangerous charcter is loaded aboard ship. "(c) The contents of each package will be clearly stated on the outside by the proper words which J will clearly indicate the general na| ture of the contents. The shipment | of Christmas boxes may begin imj mediately on the publication of this bulletin, and n oboxes will be forwarded overseas which do not reach Peir 1, Hoboken, N. J., on or before December 5th, 1917. The name of the sender must be clearly marked on the outside of each box." i i MANY TROOPS TRANSPORTED Washington, Nov. 26.?Troop ; movement figures to date indicate that the railroads of this country have safely transported approximately 1,500,000 soldiers to training camps and embarkation points since August 1st, according to a statement just made public by Chairman Fairfax Harrison, of the railroads' war board. Five hundred thousand of these men have made journeys neces ) ; i Fowl P I 5 | j A big ?Thanksgiving ' || turkey, fat, juicy, & ii II nice if but for a n editor I'm 1 }| too high priced, for he, poor o 1 d soul, couldn't fi 1 |f in his pocket change to buy an old pewte: the rich man's table adorn and leave the hungry and forlorn 5 11 in his grief the cup and INI UN 3II Mil Nil "If II II "II II II !{ I I I I ' li i i i i 7!! II II 5 f! I!) II) 'If II II ii *** *** This is merely anoth versatility of our Linol too, when the occasion fishy, but 'tis true. ?Buena V 1 1 1 g ? sitating overnight travel and have li been moved in tourist or standard tl sleepers furnished by the Pullman r 1 company. r On one of the long hauls, 8,000 0 J men were moved from a training " camp on the western coast to a a '{point on the eastern coast, a dis- 0 * tance of 3,700 miles in a ilttle less " than a week. The men travelled in h ' sixteen sections, each section com- e prising 12 tourist cars and 2 bag1 gage cars. In order to centralize the fur- P * nishing of sleeping cars at points " most convenient to the government Cl ? and to utilize these cars to the best a " advantage, the Pullman company S( - changed the supervision of the sup-1 a * ply and movement of these cars' *s from the headquarters of the com-P J pany at Chicago to Washington,'11 " where they stationed C. W. Henry,! " assistant to the superintendent of! ^ car service. Mr. Henry, in his head-' " quarters at the offices of the rail7 roads' war board, has been in daily P J touch with the office of the quarter^ master general, and on receipt of ' requests from military authorities " for sleeping car equipment has seen ^ * that the cars were rushed at once' s< 1 to the points needed. I ^ ? As a result of this co-operation ^ ' between the government, the rail-j ^ roads, and the Pullman company,) half a million soldiers have been spared the discomforts of making g 1 long trips in day coaches. 5 To assure the safety of the men I +V10 -rail-marlc VlflVP JldODt- . Ill tiaiiaiVy bliv a ***** w 4- _ ed an average speed of 25 miles an p i hour for all troop trains except when freight cars needed for the j u transportation of equipment are in. eluded in the trains. The speed is! . ' P' " then reduced to 20 miles an hour. . ? m : FORMER AMBASSADOR GER- t\ ARD STATES SOME FACTS ^ 1 PLAINLY AND TRUTHFULLY c, tl " The Manufacturers Record. ^ ! Former Ambassador James W. CJ 1 Gerard, who represented this coun- rj "itry at Berlin for some years, prob-| ; ably knows the Germans and the ^ German situation better than any S? 1 other public man in America. He was on the inside with the oppor- jn 1 tunity of studying conditions in jn Germany and the meaning of the . war, and he had there, and he has ge also in this country, the opportunity to see what the pro-German activities in this country mean. And SF so Mr. Gerard has something of a er right, as an American citizen and the former Ambassador to Germany, to call the nation to realization of the situation as he sees it. pr In an address in Pittsburgh last ^ week Mr. Gerard said that the time: for repentance of disloyal American . j. [and pro-Germans sympathers has ' passed, and the day is at hand when | J every person must decide whether | he he is for or against America. Andise j to this he added a vigorous, red- j \v] j blooded statement, which some weak-j iir oetry 4 I ind enough r locket So I'll have to s poor editor < 1 ?to drink, dregs of the howling each week that delinquents pay up Mill! Mil It t er example of the , ;ype. It can read, demands. Sounds ista (Ga.) Patriot. ngs may think too strong, but which hose who know the situation will ecognize as justified: Americans are to be congratulated u uieir enona cu mauce uerznans 1 this country to be loyal, but there re still many under the protection f the American flag who are snakes 1 the grass. The time has come, owever, when they must say whethr they are for or against America. We should "hog-tie" every dis-jyal German-American, feed every acifist raw meat and hang every raitor to a lamppost to insure sucess in this war. And our traitors re not all German-Americans, but 5me men high in public life are iding the Prussian cause. There' I no dirtier chapter in American olitics than the crusade of these len, whose names you know. WHIPPLE OUSTED BY COLLEGE BOARD rofeaaor at Univcriity of Virginia Accused of Unpatriotic and Disloyal Utterances , Charlottesville, Va., Nov. 27.? eonidas R. Whipple, adjunct profesof journalism at the University of irginia, today was dismissed from le faculity by unanimous vote of the oard of visitors for "unpatriotic nd disloyal, if not seditious, utter-' r.ces," made in an address at Sweet riar College last week. Action by le board was taken at a special leeting held to consider charges of isloyalty made by the alumni and ersons prominent in Virginia affairs. President Edwin Alderman, of the' niversity, in asking the board to dislino WKmnlo oif WQQ WlllTU ' uoo rr vu *w .. ...r le's deliberate purpose to conduct a ir-reaching campaign for the prolulgation of sentiments simlar to lose expressed in his address. Whipple was quoted as saying demo acy was not safe in America and lat he subscribed to the campaign ind of Morris Hillquit, Socialist mdidate for mayor of New York,* ither than buy liberty bonds. The board found Wtappie guilty ? "unpatriotic and disloyal, if not H iditious, utterances, at a time H hen the United States is defend- H g its people in the most devastat- H g war of all history." His offense H as held to be aggravated by his< H nding advance copies of the ad- H ess to the newspapers and by the H ict that "his utterances received H lecial significance because they H nanated from one of the faculty H : the university." H The board asserted that although H was committed to the theory and actice of freedom of academic |H ought and expression, it regarded hippie's utterances as "a gross " ' ? * J H >use 01 ine ireeuum ui apwui. Mrs. Joe Wilson has returned me from Chester, after a visit of veral days to Miss Plevna Seal, |H lio is still at Dr. Pryor's. She is H| iproving. I