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1 DARLINGTON WELL SPOUTS
WATER 148 FEET.
Suddenly Broke Loose, Shooting Barrage
of Water, Shale. Rock ami
Alum Over Tank.
Darlington News and Press.
Some comment and u certain
amount of inconvenience has been
occassioned by the very peculiar antics
of one of the wells belonging to
the system of the local plant. A few
weeks ago traces of alum were discovered
in the drinking water, and
this increased until it interfered with
its drinking qualities. Just about
this same time one of the wells got
on a spree, apparently of the homebrew
variety, for the well itself was
entirely responsible for all that was
being done. Without a moment's
ngrnini, the urol 1 irnt vprv hllRV and
started a geyser of its own, something
that had never been attempted
by any body of water in this flat locality,
topographically speaking. It
is ?ur actual fact that the geyser
spouted to the height of 14 6 feet,
throwing up large stones and pieces
of shale, some of these going entirely
over the tall tank.
The stream of water went up in
the air fully one hundred feet, coming
from six inch pipe; and broadening
very much as the stream got
higher. This well had always been
^ vell-behnved. For more than seven
years it had been a quiet, orderly
well. To break out in one night in
such a performance was startling to
all. The alum deposit was directly
tiaced to this intoxicated stream of!
water, and samples were at once
sent to the state chemist, after having
also been subjected to chemical
tests locally. Every test made established
the fact that the water
can continue to be used as heretofore,
and that there will be not the
slightest danger in doing this. Manager
T. M. White went immediately
detail and was painstaking and most
accurate in all that he did. He assures
all users of the water that
there Is no danger, and that ' everything
possible will be done to get the
well to settle down to good behavior
again.
The state chemist has asked for
more samples of the water, stating
that while there is no danger, it is
very difficult to arrive at the real
facts. Hie has been investigating for
about ten days now and Mr. White
is looking for an official statement at
any time, and this will be given to
the public just as soon as it is received.
In the meantime pipes have
been connected with the flowing well
in the park, and this water is being
used. The water from the well that
is on a spree is being pumped out
and only water from the other wells:
will be used as soon as the tank isj
cleared of the alum water. In addi-!
tion, another well has been worked j
upon for some time, and this will j
be an entirely new one which will j
fy'.- soon be ready for use.
I The whole occurrence is to some'
? 1 "V extent inexplicable. The new geyser j
k \ ^la an old well with a good record. It
?:,i. never misbehaved before. Why it
i should suddenly go through such acrobatic
performances, in u perfectly
SI flat country, whore the pressure has i
to be comparatively slight, is hard to1
urderstand. Sorue are inclined to1
the opinion that if the well had
L ' thought a little it might have given
% samples of something very much bet^
ter than alum. Others incline to the
^ opinion that careful search should be
^ mode for oil in these greasy days of i
K gushers. Still another group of
thoughtful philosophers think that
there are a very few men in Darlington
capable of offering some Peason^
Able explanation, to whom the matter
might be referred. In the mean-]
|| time, let it be remembered that the
r "water is safe, even for addicts to
BV other beverages.
I Improvement Club Meets.
? The Improvement Club of Dillon
g held a small but interesting meeting
ft on Friday afternoon. Owing to the
5 resignation of the president. Mrs. L.
Bfc Cottingliam, Mrs. L. C. Braddy was
6 elected to succeed her. Mrs. A. J.
k Evans was elected Vice-President.
O The Board of Health has asked the
co-operation of the Improvement
P Club in having the business portion
MM of the town cleaned up this week.
B Although the club will not hold meetK
tags during the summer months the
|B work in the different departments
will be carried on.
J! Revival Meeting N'exf Week at the
W Baptist Church.
In accordance with previous announcement
revival services will begin
at the First Baptist Church of
PP Dillon on next Sunday. June 12th. Dr.
John E. White, pastor of the First
IB? Baptist church of Anderson, will
arrive on Monday and preach twice
|B dally for ten days. Mr. J. B. McC?vy
of Laurens is expected to be
BH^v hare next Sunday to begin hlg work
ZZL .aong leader during the meeting.
KB The services will be held at 4 P.
M. and 8:15 P. M. A cordial inviB
Wlon has been extended by thc paslor
to the people of the community
|B. attend the services.
Meeting Postponed.
The regular meeting of Maple
WW Camp No. 120 W. O. W. for June 14
^MR -haa been called off. The next meetrB
tag will be held June 28.
?w. V. Jones, Council Commander.
B'V. t. Hall, Clerk.
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THE DILLON* HEKA
COUNTY NEWS.
Mallory
Mr. Henry W. Parkam died here on
Saturday afternoon after an illness
of more than a week. He was buried
on Sunday afternoon at Bethesda
church. His pastor Rev. J. L. Mullinix,
conducted the funeral service in
the presence of a large gathering of
friends and relatives.
Deceased was born in Marlboro
county nearly 80 years ago having
passed his 79th birthday. He served
in the Confederate army in Co. G. of
the 23rd Regiment of S. C. volun
teers and after the war was married
to Miss Amanda Townsend who survives
him. Two sons William W. of
Latta and Arthur L. of this place survive
him, while one son Thomas C.
precedcd him to the grave a few years
ago. Deceased was kind of heart,
jovial by nature and a consistent
member of the Methodist church for
more than three score years. All his
life hait be<n one of activity and
usefulness and he clung to the farm
till a year or two ago when his advancing
y<ars and the loss by fire of
his residence he gave up what had
been a life long pleasure to him, for
his farm was always the neatest,
cleanest and best in his community.
After relinquishing his farm not j
content to be idle he merchandised
until the last day he was able to be
out. He was ill about a week prior
to his death with some organic heart
affection but all realized that having
passed the alloted span of life that:
his days were numbered. Having
made friends easily the number who]
will miss him is large.
Messrs. Ed. Townsend and Monroe
Hill of Bennettsville attended the
funeral of Mr. H- W. Parham on
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Galloway of
Florence and Mrs. It. M. McCowan
of Tryon, N. C, were here Sunday.
Messrs. v. ]_?. and Julius Fairish
of Bennettsville attended the funeral
of Mr. H. W. Parham, their uncle.
Rev. J. L. Mullinix goes on Tuesday
to Williamston, S. C. to be under
observation of his old family physician
for a few days.
Mrs. Kate Kennedy of Collins, Ga.,
visited here Sunday with her sister,
Mrs. W. J. Galloway of Dillon,
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Sellers.
School will close here this week.
Friday night, June 10th, the primary
and elementary grades will
have an entertainment; Sunday, June
12th Rev. P. K. Crosby will preach
the commencement Bermon at 11
o'clock, at the school building, and
on Monday night, June 13th, the
graduating exercises will be held.
Rev. S. L. Watson making the address
to the graduating class. The
public is cordially invited to attend
all these exercises.
Mrs. J. C. Harrelson went to Florence
Thursday where her daughter,
Miss Thelma Culbreath received her'
diploma as a graduate nurse.
Miss Leila Culbreath has returned'
to Sellers after a successful year's j
work teaching. Miss Culbreath hav-i
irg taught in the same school for the;
past three terms.
The many friends of Miss Eliza-;
beth Page are glad to have her home
foi the summer, she having taught,
in the Bishopville High School last !
term.
Misses Ruth Sellers, Eva Crosby,
and Elizabeth Ritch attended thei
commencement exercises at Columbia!
College last week.
Misses Elizabeth Celeste and Nelle'
Sellers are at home after a successful
year's work at Columbia College,
Miss Elizabeth having received her
diploma and 1st prize on her china
painting.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Page attended
the Shriner's meeting in Charleston
last week.
Mrs. Ellen Bass of Latta spent i
Sunday with Relatives In Sellers.
Mr. ana Mrs. Kenx smith and little
son David have moved to Charlotte,
N. C., where Mr. Smith has a
position.
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Fork.
Miss Coleen Bethea of Greensboro
is spending the week at home.
Mrs. H. M. Henry and sons, Kirkland
and Hugh, of Emory, Va., are
visiting Mrs. L. J. Fort.
Mrs. S. A. Owens and little Eula
Mae Moody spent last week with Mrs.
Maxy Adams of Dillon.
Mrs. C. E. Taylor spent Sunday at
Tabor, N. C., with her sister, Mrs.
Sam Carmlchael.
Mrs. Austin Edwards of Latta is
spending some time with relatives
here.
Misses Willie and Sadie Moore,
students of Coker College, are home
for the summer.
Mr. Elbert Fort and Mrs. Ruby
Fort Carmlchael spent Sunday at
Marion with friends.
There will be a beeting of the
Fork School Improvement Association
at the school building Friday afternoon
at four-thirty o'clock. Everybody
?s cordially invited to be present.
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Notice to Members of Dillon Post No.
32, The American Ijeffion.
You can secure your American Legion
badges by calling for them either
at the Post Commander's office or
at the American Legion Club. Not
more than one half the members have
come for the badges yet and you are
urged to get these at once.
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LI), DILJjON, SO' f H CAROLINA,
Revival Services j\t J
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5attpMcyfl|rQ^F . -, -a;-. .. Z-1
^HggasB^g^-:.'- ilBf>
Dr. Jolin E. White, Pastor of the l''<
('., Who Will Conduct the Ke\
ginning Sunday,
HIXDIIKDS D1K IX FliOOD.
Property hisses Kstimated at Ten
.Million Dollars.
Pueblo, Colo.. June 5?Three times
during I he last 4 8 hours the waters
of the Arkansas river, breaking
from their course, have inundated the
greater part of this city with the
resultant loss of probably not more
than 2 50 lives and property damage
estimated at $10,000,000. This loss
is attributed chiefly to the first flood
of Friday night and Saturday morning.
The second and third floods of
this morning and afternoon found
little of value not already ruined by
the waters .and were looked upon
with concern only because they hindred
rescue ?nd reconstruction work.
First estimates of the dead, based
upon reports from excited eyewitnesses
who told of seeing hundreds
of bodies swept through the streets
of the city, are considered greatly
exasperated. While no official count
of the fatalities has been attempted,
it is said the death list probably
will not exceed 250, if that high.
One hundred bodies have been recovered,
but it is fen red that when
the mud and debris which fills the
streets and buildings in the flooded
atea are cleared away more will be
found.
Relief work is progressing under
the directions of Red Cross officials
and Governor Shoup. The greatest
danger at present is from pestilence.
Food is being rationed. Those
without funds with which to purchase
provisions are being cared for
b> the Red Cross and other agencies.
To those who have funds, .-.lilitary
permits are Ijeing issued allowing the
holder to buy only a limited amount
of food from local stores.
Pure water is at premium. Peo
pie have been warned to boil water
before drinking. In anticipation of
a typhoid epidemic a large quantity
of typhoid anti-to\iii has been called
for and will be administered as soon
as available.
Five hundred persons are in temporary
hospitals as a direct result of
(tie nood, according to J. E. Moorhead,
secretary to the governor.
There are case.s of chickenpox, typhoid
pneumonia, diphtheria and one
or two cases of insanity.
The entire city is under martial
law and 150 troops ai\? patrolling the
city with orders that all persons are
to be kept out of the restricted area
and to shoot if necessaryTroops
have received orders to
!?? <?? mi viDiiui'H irum entering tne
city. No persons not members of the
national guard will be admitted.
The Red Cross today cooked o car
load of meat to keep it from spoiling
and this will be distributed to the
needy.
Governor Shoup returned this afternoon
by automobile to Colorado
Springs from which place he expected
to answer the message from
President Harding and Senator Nicholson
at Washington in regard to the
measures needed to help the situation.
Col. Pat. Hamrock, adjutant general,
commanding state troops here,
said tonight it soon would be possible
to ascertain something definite
on the disaster.
It is impossible to obtain any accurate
information on the number of
dead or the number of bodies recovered,
as military headquarters is
without communication with the east
and south sections of the city.
When the first report of the new
flood came this afternoon soldiers
conducted a hurried search of buildings
and In one found a woman
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THURSDAY, MOKMNC, JI NK 9. 192
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! stand ink in water up to her armpits :
U.nd holding above her head u baby 1
five hours old. The mother and baby 1
werL. taken to a hospital, where it |
Has said tbiy could not live.
Three United States army air-i,
planer are on the way to Pueblo to- j,
n.'rht from Dodge City. Kan. L
| According: to Colonel Hanirock the t
| machines will be used for observa- j
tion and scouting to verify reports ,
!of further flood dangers.
Fear was expressed for tht> safety j
I of people living in towns on the Ar- j
' Kansas river below Peublo. There ,
I a as no way of spreading a warning ,
(from here. It was impossible to get '[
|into other ections of the city or out,,
iof the city from the south.
The heavy rains today and tonight (
[again made the roads almost impas-t
'sable. j.
I Just before the afternoon flood, the '
'military rushed seven soldiers across t
the viaduct to the south side. The As- .
jsr.eiated Press correspondent accom- j
|panted the troops, the journey being1,
made through some of the worst de- j
vastated districts.
i On eitliei side the ruins of princi[pal
structures, twisted and torn by j
the flood, stood In mud and stagnant j
'water, iligb water marks showed t
th" llood had reached nearly to the (
Isccond story. In the union station'
the high water mark \tas 11 feet. At f
the Congress hotel hundreds of per- (
st;ns were fed. coffee being made .
with litliia water. The egg;* ran [
out eariv mis mommy and ham and
{steal; was on the menu. Tonight j
|then- was chicken, cold roast beef
and ham sandwiches.
No one has had a bath or a shave ^
Jsinco the flood. !t has been impos- '
jSible <ven to wash on"'p tare and _
hands or obtain a change of cloth- '
ing. !,
Pueblo. June f??A graphic story
of flood was given to the Associated i*
Press today by M. J. Valley of Denver,
a Colorado & Soul hern railioad
engineer. c
Valley was marooned with four j
[other men for 12 hours. At one t
time his companions had to nib his! i
limbs and body to keep his blood t
I in circulation so he could stands
alone. ,c
1 "I had been in u parage with a|c
friend to pet his car." Valley said, if
."When the flood waters swept into|(
;the garage. We climbed into the car.it
then on top of it. jj
' "The flood waters reached Us even s
jthere and we climbed into the sec- i
jond floor of the building and when t
ithat became flooded we smashed a. t
'hole in the roof and stepped out on
it. 5
| "The water crept on us there and f
jit looked as if the building might go f
so we stepped out on a pile of debris j
which had been stopped by tele- c
'phone wires. for three hours we j
Istood there m the rain and dark- (
; ness which was lighted up only by ^
several fires. Then the improvised r
I raft gave way and we climbed back ?
]on the garage, finally cutting a cable r
front th(. telephone wires and with t
the aid of this got on to a higher t
building. r
"From here with the aid of the )
cable, we rescued three men who s
were being swept past us by the cur- j
rent. s
"Houses were being swept down ^
the street past us, many of them with f
people inside crying for help. I don't r
know how many of them there were r
nor how many of them escaped. r
"We were rescued by a boat crew
at 9 o'clock Saturday morning. s
In the Union garage one man was t
rescued Saturday. He had floated ^
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1AITKI1
TIIE SOI.!l> SOI/TH.
'laiiN in tin* Making tot- Htiilding L"p'
a su-oiig Republican rail} in
l?i\ie.
K. i'osto. .Murray. Washington
on- .. n.n-r.: ci i 1. New.- and (Jou-i
Wushiut ion June 6? Building ui>
part} is a slow process anywhere, 1
nil particularly so m territory in!
k-hioli the conditions have been ad-'1
i-rse lor two generations. Mow long
l wiii lake the Republican orguni- !
ation to get on even terms with the')emocrats
in the South if the wisest :
ossibile policy of rebuilding is adop- !
?<1 and consistently followed is a i
uestion. It would takc. a good deal
onger even under that ideal assutup- 1
ion than the average observer out-j
ide of the SouHi imagines.
However, it is just as well to take
tote of the fact that President Hardng's
administration is proceeding, at 1
he start at any rate, along rational
relI considered and systematic lines'
owarus such a reorganization of'
Southern Republicanism. The plan is
he best laid, and thus far the most
aguciously administered, that has yet,
liaracterized a Republican national;
eginie.
President Harding is working for
lie establishment of an "era of good
deling" similar to that which came
n the days of Monroe and lie ap arently
possesses in a high degree
he personal qualifications requisite!
'or this Executive achievement. With,
Secretary Hughes as his wheel horse,
11 diplomatic matters, aided to a very I
m porta nt degree by Secretary Hoo.?
r's actual knowledge of present day
' reign conditions, the President is
Encouraging Secretary Hoover to win
lie confidence and appreciation of
he business community for the ad-]
11 i 11 i8t ration, while its political
igents in the various sections seek
to strengthen the Republican fences
wherever they are weak or defective.
I'tilizing Credit Issue.
While the plan for reconstruction
.n Southern Republican orgunizalions
where they havte been most wofully
lacking is proceeding tinder the
general advice of Representative C.
uasconi siemp, 01 v irgmia, wno is
special counselor of the Harding administration
as to party matters below
Mason and Dixon's Line, the
President and Secretary Hoover are j
making it plain lo the agricultural !
md commercial community at large J
that this administration hopes to.
'loosen up" credits to a considerable;
^xtent through the medium of the,1
Inderal reserve systemNo
matter what may be the facts
is to whether or not th(. Wilson ad-i
ministration overdid the process of,1
lightening up credits, the farming
md commercial communities seem to j
eel as a whole that this was the case
f the Harding administration can ef-'
ect a liberalization of credits'
hrough the operation of the federal
eserve system without doing any
mini to the stability of the financial
dundation, there is no question that
he Kepublicuns will have "put
?iie over" on the Democrats. This
vould be true in spite of the fact
bat the Democrats could themselves,
t now in control of the government,
oosen credits in a way that might
iave been dangerous at other times.
Die federal reserve margin of gold
s now far above what it was o year
igo.
Hut explanations aside, the pivsent
Kiministration is adopting shrewd
Measures to make headway in the
5outh b> capitalizing tin* dissatisfaeion
which existed over the agriculuial
credit situation in the last pe-'
iod of the Wilson regime.
Sleinp's .lol? Difficult.
All that may be gained by the Marling
administration in helping and
leasing the business community (in
ltldilil? ill flint Iitiii tlw. i'nrimii-u .....I
lie merchants and all who engage in
lade or productive investment) will
;o for little, however, in the South-'
irn States unless the race question
an be eliminated as a controlling
actor of politics. In view of the pres nce
of so many fanatics on this
luestion who are in the Republican
arty in the North and West, with!
iome representatives in Congress and \
n the national committee, it is easy.
o see that Slenip has a harder task
han Hoover.
The plan of reorganization in the
Southern G. O. P. which seems to be
inding favor just now is to select a
ew prominent citizens who are Re ublicans
or willing to be Republicans
under new conditions, and havtig
these persons each submit lists
>f other Republicans whom they recard
as representative of their comnunities
as to business and general
itandftig. The Republican national
committeeman of the State in quesion
would also submit a list. From
lie lists, perhaps the chairman of the
lational committee, would select a
lundred or more Republicans who
ihould assemble and reorganize their
>arty in the State and recommend a
ilate for federal appointments. This
vould not entirely ignore the old orranlzation.
but it would enable the!
-eorganlzating forces to securte the]
lumerlcal superiority in the official |
eorgamzation meeting.
President Harding has been told by
icquaintances who are Democrats
hat if the Republican national contention
last summer had not made
he colossal blunder of electing a
icgro national committeeman for
Georgia, there would actually hare
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VOL 27. NO. 3tt.
I'A.MOt/S AV1.VT1UX
FALLS TO DFATH.
lislabliMlieil lU'curil lor Women in
Looping i lie l/Oop Only
Weeks Ago.
Mineola, N. V., June 5?Miss Laura
inomwell, holder of the loop the
loop reeord tor women, and one of
the best Known women pilots in the
world, was kilhd at Mitchell field
nis afternoon.
Miss llromwell was flying at an
lit it tide of about 1,000 feet. She had
just eoinplet* d one loop and was
nbout to make a second when
something went wrong with the plane
and it crashed to the ground.
Miss Bromwel] whose home was
Cincinnati, was 23 years old
She established her loop the loop
record May 15 when she executed
199 loops in an hour and 20 minutes.
The same afternoon she pilotid
her airplane over a two mile
straight away course at the rate of
135 niileg an hour
Military observers who witnessed
the flight declared the girl's airplane
motor stopped abruptly as
sin- was making the upward turn of
the loop Suddenly, the machine fell
backward into a tail spin and
dropped lik? a planum t ento a road
just outside the field.
1111 ii < 11*. ,,1.. .r
ii|<crlilIU'> gasped
tin plain1 i?'ll and then rushed to
where ii struck tin- around. The girl's
lifeless body \va s found in the tangled
wreckage. Miss Uromwell had
tested In i machine before engaging
in her stunts, army officers said, and
she pronounced it in good eondit
ion.
Miss BromweH's machine went
through the first loop with the grace
of a bird. She had Just started a
|second when suddenly the hum of the
motor stopped and the plane lurched
jsidewiso. It seetncd to remain suspended
a minute and then started
l its meteoric drop.
I A dark object flew from the uiait-hine
and many spectators thinking
that the straps holding the aviatrix
in her seat had broken, shuddered
and turned their heads. It later
proved to be a seat cushion, released
when Miss Bromwell was swung clear
I of the seat us the planc started to
foil upside down.
Experienced aviators declared the
girl's apparent inability to manipulate
the control levers and in effort
tj right the plane probably was due
to having swung from the seat so
far she could not reach them..
She was flying high enough, they
said, to have brought the plane
safely to earth, although the motor
had stopped.
Mineola, N. Y.f June 5?H. H. I>epew,
manager for Miss Uromwell at
Minechi k?iif<i ?iv.11;
.... ..v v4 ? v. i vnun ui^ SU110"
nient:
"Miss Bromwell's own plane was
out of order She borrowed a Canadian
training plane, a type which,
because of Miss Bromwell's small
stature, she was unsuited to stunt.
1 warned her not to attempt to loop
it but she disregarded th<* ?n?tructions.
In the middle of the HtH:ond
loop the cushion she sat on fell out
an d she evidently slipped out of
reach of the controls and was unable
to rifiht ihe plane.
"Kxamination of the win k disclosed
<,U controls t ) be in wet king
order."
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Death Claims Cood Woman.
Mis. Mollie McK?nzie. wile of Mr.
Allen McKenzie, died at her home
tv.o miles south of Dillon Saturday
morning, after an Illness of two
w?eks. Mrs. McKenzie had an attack
ot what was supposed to be influenza
which developed into pneumonia.
She wag 63 years of ace.
l!i fdic hei marriage Mrs McKen/i<
was a Miss Jackson, a daughter
o the late Reuben Jackson. When
quite a young girl she united with
the Methodist church and throughout
bet life was one of the most consecrated
women of the community. As
a wife she was devoted to her home
and her death leavtps a void which
cannot b? filled. As a friend shc. was
kind, charitable and consistent and
always had the lo\<- and esteem of
ail who knew her
Besides her husband, who has the
sympathy of many friends in his bereavement,
she is survived by the following
sisters: Mrs. R. J. Moody,
Mrs Fodie Waggstaff and Mrs. Alice
Wappstaff, all of Dillon
She was laid to rest at Dothan cemetery
Sunday afternoon, the services
heinp conducted by Rev. Sam J- Bethea,
of Latta, her former pastor and
life-lonp friend.
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IRsly of World War Hero Here.
Th(. body of Private Goorge E. McDowell
reached hero yesterday and
the funeral will be at Mt. Cavalry
cemetery Thurs at 4 p. m. The
Local Post of The American Legion
v/ill plve the body a full military
funeral.
Private George E. McDowell went
to France with the Rainbow Dtvismn
(4 2nd) and there are a number
of ex-soldiers here who werc closely
associated with him during the war.
been a serious possibility of that
State's going Republican In November.
Others arc inclined to regard this
a:, putting the case too strongly, but
all whose opinion is of any value
agree that a great many Republican
votes were lost in Georgia and In
otber Southern States by the blunder
in question. K. T. M.