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V. ? ?.. . .? k. ,,?4 <-'***., JUL-U 1.1 HI' ' NUMBER a CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1919. VOLUME XXXI. ^OHTKlDK TOWARD PKACK Siinimonad Ta VorwOlk* ApriJ <jMh To Hwr Verdict. .^Uv As>iu-'iaUid < ? \ sharp forward stride towurd, an jrl> P?*<v hMK ,M#*U TOe coun a of fc>ur iy Parte has foully -iu i^l flen?Hu.v to fcend delegates to Vtir tillw. April 2fl. there to boar the v.er ict of the euteute Allies and associated *itd tbe sentence they, bave dm* o?ed up<)j? Her for having set the \vorl4 lame. - '.y . The x^oeral opiuion in Paris f/ouin , if that Gormany may endeavor to ^e over the hard term* and try > secure a diminution in the|$ ueverfv , hut that within. a , relatively .short mp the delegates will bow* to the In* rftahlfl and sign the contract. Ad ^ from I^mdon urt to the effect >?t the term* of tho peace treaty will )t bo made public until thoy bave bocq pKvercd to the German* The expectation in the French Capi*i j is that President Wilson will re? ?in it> France until the peace treaty signed and bring back the completed curacnt to the tJnited States. The Adriatic 1 situation, as it affects ilv oud Jugo-Slavia, Is now the chief int under consideration by -the couu [ of tour. Arthur VT. Balfour, the ritisb foreign ministeV, f? actinic as tfrnate on the council for pavid Lloyd ?orjeo. who is on a visif to Knglaud. Pending the conclusion of the peace reerocnt Oormanjr is (o bo permitted the' Allied governments to purchase rplue stocks of their raw material*, iis has been decided eoonciiil t council. The decision will penult Germany to mroeneo manufacturing and begin the cumulation <?f thfr- money that is "to required of ^her to settle the finan-i. il claims of the Allies. Tho reparation mmiBsion is investigating. tbe financial uation of Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria d Tu rVce.v a od their ability to p^y >y^r ims. Troublous times continue in Bavaria, t communists in Munich again t hold s ?pp$r hand, according to reports, ere has been further heavy fighting the streets of the city. Reinforced a! troops of thVHctffaMa governed cot rf artillery .against the communist onfbold, but arc declared to have fl defeated. Many persons arc rc ted to have been killed or wounded. Phe strike in Danzig which had been progress for several day* has ended. i strike of the bonk clerks in Berlin, ?erer, is in full awbig and the clerks Mdobeim and Ohemnitz bave 'jolifod a similar movement. Considerable fighting bas taken place the Russian frontiers. The Bolshe i have suffered severe defeats on tbe tangol and Murmask eoa?t sectors the hands of tbe Allies, but in the tb the Rumanians' bare been- eom W by the Boieheviki to retreat over ride front into Bassabaria. Petiura, kr of the Ukrainian- peasant , army, ? bas been forced to cede" ground to Bolsheviki. ecretary of War Baker who has ur, <1 in Paris, in a statement tells of Plans that are afoot for the rapid itriation of tbe American " soldiers Europe. During tbe present month of them will come borne and May 260.600- more. Ia June it is ^ to transport 300,000 men, and nuinber is to be maintained monthly ? the 1 ,400,000 soldiers are back he Pnited States. SP^B8 TO bewwp h* Hand Here Tuesday April *W!?, '? Interest of Victory Loss. hairman i\ II. Yates of the Victor* D corrunittee requests us to announce three spnakorH will be hero on Tugs afternoon at 0 o'clock April 29th ^ interest of the Victory Loan* ^ cveroi*eg will be held in the open Mouumcnt Square,-*!! the weather lit*, otherwise it will be at the den Opera House. The Halted ** Marine band from Paris Idaftd 'urni?h nnif-ic for the occasion. Fur announcements will be made next 1 w^n the usmw Bf "tl??"~$$>?afceT< ^ Jfiven out. rag^. .t Boy Killed Accidentally. ;t0 Garherdt, a 16 jear old white boy ** Hauood section, became en tan a revolving shaft at Lewrfr.'s fifteen miles south of Cam Friday afternoon aod was so badly ^ that be died Sunday afternoon ^roter hoapital. The boy waif! tin* car the haft <*ad' w%a trying the end of the rtaft by wtar * portion of his coat around it. fT>4t wound aroupd tbs shaft ??d 4 the lads body to bs beaten a?aiast fr^nd. One leg and snr wta ? to <*reral ^places a*d W injuries tbsl jmnctored his \ WKICOMK TO THK KOLDlfcKS largest Crowd Kver H?wi In Camden llm l.?lt Saturday. AYhat ha* been termed as the laigoyt crowd ?ver Mceu in thin city was here last Saturday to ioln in the colebratlon ar^nged for Kershaw Couuty soldiers. i<tc wore here from every part ol the county. mauy neighboring eountles ?an^ a good luuuy from outside the i?tato. It wa? au i'l'-al day for auch a gather ing uml wan enjoyed by all the visitors here. A . parade wan hold lu the afternoon tti?' Koldiorn asseiftbliug at Hampton Park. Led by Mr. U'W, Boykln ou horseback, then followed by Sergeant Hi*b*>n Hilton and Corporal Cantay Vli lepiguc , both winners vof Congrowlonal Medals. Lieutenant Alfred McLeod who wuh in command of Company M led the J uomP&ny. The line of march was from Hmnptou Vark around by the graded school bulldiug, thence down Broad | smvt to the street below the opera house, back to- Hajfrptou Park. The| school childreu hfd perviously marched do^nto Main street > and lined the streets. The veterans of the sixties also oWmpied a conspkdoua place in the pa rade. ?After returuing.v to the park, Jh^or* N. F. Brusinffton acted as master bf 'cercmouicK and Mr.~^L. T. Mills deliver ed t ho welcome adtfr^*- Rev- ?or>*J don. a veteran of the civil war offered | prayer. Major Gillespie of Cheraw, who had been in command of the Cheraw v^rmpany *made an addt-irRS a* did Lleu tcnant V lyler, of KenAaw; jwho several months lq a Qennan prison. His , capture resulting from bis machine SO' iug bad and landing in German terri i tory* I ? m ? Long before the parade come off many thousands of people lined the streets and it was said by nw*ny to be the large* ' crowd over seen in this city. It waa a happy day for all and one that will joug ^ After the speaking at the park, the soldier# and their friends were invited to the tempting barbecue prepared the night previous under, the direction of] Mr. tv W; Boykln, assisted by the bouse ' wivefc of-'Cnmdcn and the county. 'In the evening a play and dance un der' the direction of the ladies of the Red Cross was given at the opera house j affording genuine pleasure for a lare?o gathering. > Much of the credit of this huge under taking is due to th* untiring effort of w.y* TooTiigTaBS- 'OrWItOTiml of Camden in e*ery way. ? . tt 1. 'tojbe U?t tie ? W) on Bnturto nnd it was te.po?IW? Itor | the mepcoai*" to clone ??*. ?*? dork, off for tt?, d.y.. Vw ?*>* ttic lnr*?.t Mlm to' ??> d,y " ?'TriowT'. n?t of the oui of town of Company M who -???? bm for the day: Luther Stroud, Whltmirc, 8. ? . , Charles A. 8trnn*e., Orfa ftl Uonj. T. Carter, Lowryville ?? Harold BuUer. g c Clurleo It Jones, WjMtonjJMem, ?. wSn A Arledge, Winston-Salem,*j. ^ Frank H Burgen, Hendersonville, N. S h w2 Winston-Salem, N. O. J^erHb ElH?\ Heath Spring. 8. C. Jetbe** Faile, Lancaster^ S. C. Carsie D. Barr, Denmark, 8- ^ Vv c. Mathl#, Roekinfh?m., JJ. C.j Boy Truesdel, Kershaf^R v- ^ r..,,w.4 A Barton, Lancaster, 8. t?. X H. Clement, Heath Spring*, 8. C Knitted Weated to R^-rn All persons doing R?d Cross are urgently requested to return th? -^rnnnits^it_TTncc~ttr"th'" Red Gtw Should the room be closed they ST'b. left at the Civilian Relief room next door. ^ ^ Muiier _"7 Chairman of Committee on Wool. CAE RAN INTO TR/)IN ? ~ <v ? i - Two Aged Men Had Narrow Ewapo In Colliaibn Near Kershaw. ?# W. J. Young and M. Peael>\ pf the) Westvillo community, the former 86 years of age and the latter 75, were returning to their homes from Kershaw Tuesday in a Ford touring car, which was being driven by Mr. Peach. They reached the first railroad crossing below town Just as the , south bound train waa ? pa ??ing over it, and not seeing the train or hearing it in time to (flow up, the car<ean hvto the steps of the rear coach, the impact throwing their car back into the ditch alongside the track aad over turning it, throwing both the occupants out, and from fhe bruises on their faces it would secm^ that both alighted on their foreheads. The train wae stopped and Mr. Young ahd Mr. Peach were taken aboard apd brought back to Ker shaw to receive medical attention. It wae- a most miraculous escape for then, for while both were indeed and con siderably shaken m no Hartm *e bints were broke*. ? KetAaw Bra. ? J . . ? ? YOUTH 8KRIOU8LY SHOT A SmI TmnliuitiM To ? IVaHJwl ? Now Hawtfrrt Cap. McLeod, a young imiu ubout seveutenu yoars oit) wbo carrier the mail ou out' of the rural routes from itMi* bert wjih a hot and so seriously wound ed Saturday uight that it is feared that ho canuoJt recover. The ahooting was done by Herbert Bradley another young 'limit of the sum e neighborhood and an ^ iutimate friend of the McLedds. The' ?-iivuukHtHocoK uf the a evident lire par ticularly Had and the whole ooinmuulty is grifcf stricken, it ia aaid. Saturday- night Herbert Bradley and s? verul other ' youug men x were paying j u social call ou tome young ladiea who were rial ting Mia. J. M. Keamee, and among the late arrivals were Cap Mo l/cod and Ed Bradley a brother of Her'! bert. Scciug hia (brother's car, Ud^rad ley suggested to Cap JlcLeod that they | hide the car in the bushes, as u joke oti Herbert, and they proceeded to put the plan into execution. Mra. lleamesj saw them moving the car and . gave tbc alarm. Herbert Bradley ran out -.atj once aud the boys who were moving- the car loft it and ran off into a field and hid. Herbert Bradley, thinking they ??were probably convicts who had escaped j i from the State farm a few days ago, got his pistol from the car end fired at k the beys.' ? One bullet struck McLeod | ; in the back, inflicting a very serious wound. MacLeod was brought at once to the Town ey Hospital by Herbert Brad - ; ley who wfcs horrified and grief -stricken when be found put who he had *hpt.J HiiTeoudition is critical, '-and while there j ia some hope tfcat~'lMt may reaver the] chancee-ai*"~S5ld to be all against him. I Jfaite,- ! i ' Supervisors To Meet,/; : 'i j. Columbia, April -4. ? County Supervis ors o i South Caroldna will meet in Co lumbia, Wednesday, April 23, for the purpose of forming a statvj association. The meeting will be held in the assembly 9?ft>ni of tho Jefferson Hotel and will be at 11 o'clock iu the morning. The meeting has been ' called by the j SvAth Carolina Automobile Association!] which.JSi constantly working in behalf j of better roadK in South Carolina. The ; ~~ : r ? * ? - Association felt that an organization of J tbc supervisors for the exchange of ideas on road building, plans,, etc., would do good and wrote each of the supervisors of the state asking if they would attend a meeting in Colombia. . Practically ev er)* supervisor in the state replied in the affirmative andtbe meeting has beenar^ ranged for April 23. m One of\ the . features will be a good roads film. > Addresses will be made and officers of the association elected. The meeting will last only one day. A Pretty Store. : Tbc .Gealx Furnishing Company, (Mens Shop) opened last Saturday in the Mann block and have been having a rush from the start on th4 sale of Vaster furnishings for men. The fixtures have not all been completely installed, bu{ even in its unfurnished condition j it presents the prettiest appearance of any place in the city. One of the fea^ tu iv s of this store is the well dncssed display windows. The managers had aa expert window dresser here one day this week- and he has displayed his talent on this window. ? * ? v? - gg thes at Grace Church. Good Friday 7:30, 11:00 a. m. and 5 p. m. Batter Day ? 7 :80 and 11 :0d a. m. and Baater Carol Service at 5 '!>. m. ? Spcdal Battler uiuulc At 11 o'clock service, You are cordially invited to attend. , . ' Visitors To and From T tnfajUjrT* , (From The News. ) Mh and Mrs. Ralph Shannon, of Camden and l|ttle daughter, EtnHy, spent Sunday here a* the gueots of Col. and Mrs. Leroy Spring*. \ Walter Black of Greer, Bobby Booser, -of Newberry ; Kid Kirkland.of Cam don ; Juney McOashill. of Kershaw sre the house guests of George Fairy Poorey. M r.' and Mrs. Lawrence Mills and Lieutenant Ifrman, of Camden f t&otored up Sunday evening to hear Prof. Morse lecture at the Presbyterian church. /. George Fairy Poorey spent Thursday and Friday in Camden. ills Mends Is Camden and wide circle of Kgnktueiii the north and elsewhere rsgrst to know that Mr. Ben Tieknor, Tthe poplar manager of the Cotirt laa,ro< Haisiiif, has been quite ill for several weeks. His condition has somewhat improved in the last few days. Besides being manager of the Court 1m hi also maoages Berkshire Ian in the Berkshire Hills of M'W"> asTSe ^IV# HIHI'-BY.TKUCK tour. Huge Trucks IKKmrnstratUig the Need e* (rood R??di In the South. Two heavy trucks sent out by jJie Fire stone Tire Cotupauy, of Akrou, O., spent a few hours in Camden last Friday. They were on the return trij> froui Akron, and wefce equipped with solid nod pneu inatic tires, having been used in the great "IM*ie Parade" at Maoon, Oa. Theae trucks left Akron loaded with tires for'1 their distributing agents ^ at.. Maoon, On., and on the return trip1 were loaded with fabric from the llibb Manu facturing Co., at Macon, to be used in the manufacture of tires. After the big parade in -Macon the representatives of the truck manufacturer* put ou a ship by -truck demonstration. Fifty trucks used in the parade were loade<l with out going freight from th? wholesale dealer* of the Central City and ^shipped to Geor gia owns within a radius of 50 tulles. The Wholesale stuff was delivered , to j nearby dealers and the return trip eon-j sisted oif cotton and other farm product to be sold at Maoon. The trucks have beeu giving those demonstrations at cvory city of impor tance through which they have pasted and it ip an educational feature in good roads. The tour was in charge <rf Mr. K. Fnrr, ?oi the Akron office. Accompanying him were Mr. !>.' F. White,'' Strict manager, of Atlanta. Oa.. and Mt. -II. O. Huchan nan, branch manager at Chafrlotte,~ N. C. Mr. D. W; Oobbctt) of Akron, was along with his camera, making compara tive scenes along the* roadways, showing the difference in hauling capacity over good and <bad roads. Ho is also lodud iu tb\* movie fihu aumah interest! stories of incidents along the route that will make it well worth seeing. Mr. White, of the Atlanta ofTkv, tells us that this film will be ready within six weeks and he will put the Majestic Theatre, of Camden,, as one the show places in which this- film will be shown. This campaign la being put on by the Firestone Company itt great expense, but they fiirure that Lf it results in arousing interest in good load building in the Houth. flint it will be money well spent. These trucks over good"' roads are capa ble of making a speed of 35 to 40 miles por hour, and tbeitf representative Jells us that if Kershaw and Richland county bad a system of hard surface highways goods could be shipped from Columbia to Camden in one hour, thereby saving wholesalers the long delay by freight handling. It is an educational cam paign and is a . practical demonstration of time saved by the use of motor driven vehicles Over , good roads. ??? .i i >. . ii '...'/.i i Frank Woolwortli Dead. New Yorkf April 8.? -Frank W. Wool-' worth, who started a five and ten cent store in Uttca, Nfcw York, forty years ago on a capital of fifty dollar* and eventually became -the millionaire pto** prietor of a great chain of these .jptoree In the UnRed. States, Canada, and Bog land, died suddenly today at his hone at Oleu Cove, L. I. In addition to es tablishing a business with profits total* iug nearly eight millions yeairty. Wool worth bnilt the celebrated fifty -oae story Woolworth building in New Yerir said to be the tallest in the werid. Prison For Dobs. Moundsvillc, West Va., April 18. ? Eugene V. Debs, many times Socialist candidate lor president, entered the West Virginia penitentiary here late to night and began serving his ten year sentence 'for violation of the espionage act As the prisoner stood "in the door way of the penitentiary, he said: "I eater the prison' door a flaming revolu tionist, my head unbent, my spirit un tamed, my soul unconquerable." Ddto answered the required questions pnt by Warden Terr-ill who assigned the pris oner to cell 51. Liberty Loan Ads. - The Chronicle ha* received*/ a large number of Liberty Loan ads for the Vic tory Loan. These ads are "intended for by the merchants and business men to create latere* in the coming Victory Loan. The Chronide will be glad to use'these ads for those dogiring them, fchey can be used by. individuals or a# many merchants as want then can di vide up and place their names at the bottom oi the ads. w v Raster Services at Cstbsllc Gtanh * Mass 7-f. High Mass and Sermon at 11 o'ctoCk. Jtosary, sermon and ban* edictton at & p. m. Special music at all servkea- The public ig cordially in vited to attend. test a. <*?u5r S* Ur. 8. H.TS?B.,<# Ocnfes. ha. b*a named by Magistrate tficbotson to aet as oOMtaMa im the pl*es of Mr. J, P. Batsmen who has rssignad to go with Ihe ?|gli rtFMWbHIHy In UfiTitie-n ntsnl of the protWifen TANK TO UK SHOWN I1KRK A / ('Huidi<u People Will Ch*nfr To Sco IVlonster of BaHtekM. _ '[\j_ Columbia, 8. 0., April II.? Tho peo ple- of South Carolina have read, u lot about the manuer iu which our boy* "treated 'cm rough". The time at baud when wo will have the opportun ity at tir?t haud to wituess the destrue tlvo power of the.se mounter* that broke down the morale of the German .army and contributed so greatly to the tluol victory, Three of those great tank# will come to South Carolina. They will be shipped direct from Camp Meade, Md., to Greenville, Columbia, and Charleston It is h<n?ed that Southern fighters will be in charge of thv?<<> tanks and it is oxpected that Lieut. Arthur L. Varne doe, commanding the tartks in t&TT din trict, will be able to Remonstrate one of thettf in South Carolina. A crew of two men will operate each tault and will take, part in parades and ilemonstra t inns. Each tank is Iff feet long, 7 'fact wide, and carries a machine gun of great destructive power; develops 40 hor*c power, and has a speed of 0 miles an hour oyer good ground/ The armour plate cannot be pierced by inachtno gun Or rifle b\Ulet?-. .The weight of o*ch lank i<? ^ tons net. The gunner ?it* in u qling and operator his gun and gives directions to- his driver. 'The only means of vision arc small slit* n- tho armour plate and in actual warfare the drivers and gunners huffonuT casualties from the Gorman bul letK molting from the tremoudous heat sli?(^ipg through these slit*. Demonstration will be given to nboW the great adaptability of these wonder* ful?.machincs ; for instance it is probable tbiU the tank will be "Permitted to tum-^ We down a steep hiil at Wales Garden destroying shantieti, nerapped ... automo bile^ and tearing up trees- in its prog ress. Charles II. (herald, Secretary for South <^rolinar?nnouuccB that he has engaged > Pierre Ma*yck, the Veteran transporta tion man, to route the three tanks in their tour of tho State. The tank in the upper part of the State Will show at Greenville on the -21&t, 28ttd and 28 rd. Other towns included in the itinerary are* IMton, Greenwood, Laurens, Spartan hurg, Gaffney, Blackrfburg, York, Rock Hill, Lancaster, Chester. Clinton and other places. ? The tanks for the middle tier . of counties will show at Columbia begin ning onthe 21st. Other places to be visited are Camden, Cheraw, Darlington, Florence, Marion, Sumter and eight or ten other place*. The third tank will arrive at Char leston about the 21at and after an ex tended stay in that city will visit ueigh boring counties ineludng Williamsburg, Clarendon. Georgetown and others. . Th^se dates have not been fixed and .this ik^ merely- a tentative program. ? Meeting of Chrle LM|ue. [ The regular monthly meeting of the Camden Civic League was held In the ! Grammar He hoi on the seeottd Monday in April*. Mrs. K? K. Goodale called the! meeting to order. . Mrs. Rbame, a member of the parkj committee reported * that $1.60 had been spent for flower needs. to be beautify ,tfce parka -J- - The Chamber of Commerce haw naked j the League to appoint a committe to co?operate with- them In planning the | county fair in the fall. The League' voted to support the Chamber of Com 7 ) merce and to do all in 'their make, the falr.a. auooosg. As in preceding years the league voted to pledge ten dollars toward the Win- 1 (hrop Hcholarshlp fund. jflHH The federation of Women's Clubs of Houth Carolina meets the last of this month at Ro$k Hill. The president Or her appointee and -Mrs. Lindsay with M-isg Mary Martin ae' her alternate ware selected to attend the Federation. The] League voted to pay the railroad fargj and "all tranaportlition charges of each delegate to Hock HiU^| 7* Mrs. von Treackow, Mrs. Zemp and Mm. Muller were appointed aa a com mittee to write an article ip apprecia tion of Mrs. 8. E. -Goodale- tdr ma ay : year* a faithful and earnest member of thfe League. ;;; ? . The next meeting will be held at six tVeloafc on the square in front of the mat flrhanl * Ml* Mmtj a. Mirtin. Lg;* - " f ? ? A gyA (mm <| A ft a U ' *"* J / ? X" n^cr?i#fjf 0 Llj, J I "What ace yens views oa-tbe aubjeet M p?%Wbitio?r A -WW/* replied Uncle Bill Bottletop, "if you could regulate Ua?4t the <x>mbi?etion to good Maker there Mightn't be KICKSHAW nkwh notks I u treating Happenings Gathered t<row Tke Kr? of That W?w ilivs Stella Hough, daughter of Mr. aud Mrs. F? & Hough, uad Season Kauikcnberry, w>? of the late I^eonard Faulkenberry, all of the Fork llill MO- ?< tion, were married Sunday April 18tb. the' ceremony was .performed by Mag k( rat* Wr %. Adatas at hts home, iu tin- preeOno* ?>t a few frivnda audvreU tivtst. There will bo au ice cream supper at .Ned's OrtH* school house next S#t urduy night, the 10th lust. tor the bene at of the school The public Is cordially invited U? atteud and help out the worthy cause. The many friend** otf Capt. S. J. Ben Um? will bo pleased to loam that he in ^blo to Hit up a portion of the time now, alter several weeka of serious Mlnoss. Mr- and Mrs. T. K, Fletcher and ohlldren woro at Camdeu last > week to atteud the funoral of Mrs, Fletcher's grandmother Mrs. y. W. Ooodale. Atfw Daisy Bell McNinch, Who was ' stenographer in the office of Heuator J. O. Ma?sey.r left last Wednesday to accept. a po?dtjon iu ^e office of the Southern Producer* Company at Meg-: gett, 8. O. Dr. and Mrs. W. O. MoDowoll carried, their little Houf James, to ,the FenneU Infirmary at Itock Hill last week. He , was brought back home again on Hun daX, and we are pleased to note tlut his condition is improved. ' . W. W. I lor to 11 has contributed to the . Kra*s mugcum an egg of proportion* that entitle it to most respectful con sideration. It measures 3 1-2 inohea inV length, 6 1-4 iuches iu /diameter ?t. the middle and weighs 1-4 pound. <sr . Mrs. Jane Jone^jvife of .1. Thomas Sonm died* at their home in the Hang ing Hock commUuity very early Satur day mornJnR and was burled at Bahd IliU graveyard Saturday afternoou at 4 o'ulock, after funeral services conduct ed by Kev. 13. 11. \Jehkin?. Mrs* Jones was about <)8 years ofagoAndbaclbeen nick for a long time. She was talteh to the hospital some time. ago but. faUod to get relief. Besides her husband, she left several children gut^tjng, all of wllom are grown,.. Mrs. Annie Cox, -wife of B. W. Co* died at their home a short distant north of .town Monday nlgbt, after; be ing sick for about four months. She was 28 years oif age and leaves her bus band and four children surviving.. ., In accordance with the announcement made in the Mra last woek a welcome home was extended last Friday after- ^ noon to the retmrnoji soldier boyg of Kershaw - and th<< surrounding territory by the Kershaw Red Crtfss Organization,. ? who bad. made extensive preparations for a warm-hearted and hospitable en tertainment for them. The program was interfered with inpart by a fain storm which prevailed at the hour fixed for th?? parade, and? that feature ,l>ad to, be abandoned. But by era o'clock the rain had ceased and the exercises be gan at the Bank of Kershaw corner,, where a speakers stand had been impro vised. The Lancaster band, which had been secured for the occasion, began to dispense miwic. Mayor Gregory acted: am master of ceremonies and presented Kev. It. M. DuBose, wfio offered prayer. Kev. E. B: Jenkins was then introduced to make the welcome address. Mayor . Gregory tJie? pivsonted lieutenant Ply lcr, a home boy, who was in the avia tion service of his country and spent six months in a German prison camp, ha*hig bWU L'BptureJ when on an occasion when his machine be came disabled and -went down behind the German lines and on Cferman terri tory. In narrative style lie graphically recounted big experiences, and Its per wjpal interest, together with Its inetruc tlveneas, made hi* talk interesting and thrilling to all who had the privilege of hearing it. When he concluded, the PCC?lo^t j served their country in any ^bftneh of service and anywhere, who were assem bled at the intersection of Hampton and Marion streets war* formed for march ing under command ot Sergeant Cavltte Jordan, who waa firat or top sergeant o t $ompany M, llgth regiment ifib** the 90th division broke the famous Hln denburg tine. Headed by the^bfthd they. marched to the Red Cross room where a- bouaieou* banquet had 4>eea prepared for them, >nd where thay feasted aad danced until the wee hours brought an ?ndiog to the enjoyments. ? m'X\ 1.; la the Uat o? farmers reducing tMt cottoA 'acreage It w#a show* ^ .br ?.';.?^:Brasipru>^ had planted 336 acres in 1918 aad woufd plant 888 in i>r. Braaingtou tells via that this was a mistake fcad afcotild *?wa in 1918 with 24 ?1 aarea *e be plant* in 191^wlth 86 plow*