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LETTER WRITTEN BY L. C.
MANNING IN FRANCE
P. W. E. Co. 244, A. P. 0. 717,
A. E. F. France.
Letter written by Leftridge C
Manning in France, to his homt
jL folks:
This leaves me all right aqd 1
, hope it will find you all the same. 1
am off on my leave now, I startec
at Wednesday the 12th. I have i
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seven day leave, not mciuum^ u?v
^ elnig. It took two nights and a daj
to get here. I am at Canterets, ui
in the Pyrennees Mountains. The
town is surrounded by some verj
kjgh peaks.
They say there are over a hundrec
. large hotels here. I haven't ramblec
around much yet. I just arrivec
about 9:30 o'clock yesterday morn
ing, and it was snowing and is stil
snowing. It is about ten or twelv<
inches deep now I guess. The Frencl
men are kept busy shoveling it ofi
-1 the sidewalks.
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I have a nicte little room on thf
third floor of the hotel Delions. ]
can go to bed and get up when 1
jet good and ready. We have breakfast
from seven till nine o'clock,
dinner from 12 to 1 o'clofck, and
sapper from 6 to 7 o'clock, anj
time during these hours.
They have a large Y. M. C. A,
here furnished with large reading
and writing rooms, a dance hall, a
canteen, and a big theatre with a
seating capacity of five hundred.
March 17, 1919.
1 will write a little more today,
|\. This leaves me still all right. Everything
is still covered with snow, sc
I have to sit. by the fire and read
what time I'm not eating or sleeping.
I am going to take a trip down the
mountains to Lourdes tomorrow, wil]
try and write you all about the trip,
if I don't get tippled off the mountains.
i March 19, 1919.
I am getting alone fine. The
gf ' mountains are still covered . with
snow. It melts a little then freezes
over and snows again. It is melting
today. I spent an interesting day
yesterday in the city of Lourdes It
is called the holy city, because it
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is at the .foot of Mt. Calvary. I fol>
lowed the trail around the mountain
where they made our Saviour bear
his cross, and on up to the top
where He was ciucified, and then we
went down the other side to the
> tomb where He was placed. They
have statues placed along up the
; mountain side t representing Jesus
[ and His enemies as they went up
. rto TWrtnnfcnin. The Y. man exnlained
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t them to us as we went up.
I am/sending two packs, one of
T postal card souvenirs, and a large
j view of the city. I sure hope they
} will get there safe. I don't know
r whether you will understand them or
not, but I hope to be able to expldin
j them when I get back.
j Gee! there sure is a crowd of solI
diers here taking their leave, it looks
like a fellow might find some one
j he knows.
There is a'big hot sulphur spring
II here, and they have a fine swimming
. | pool, and shower baths; and tub
! baths. I was out and took a plunge
| in the pool this morning, it sure wa^
! fine.
\ I hope I will find a sack of letters
1 from dear old home when I get
back to camp. Well, guess I had as
Vwell close for this ^ime. Will write
i again some time when I have noth
i ing to do and nothing to write,
j With love to all.
j Private, Leftridge C. Manning.
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NOTICE TO SOLDIERS.~
All soldiers, marines, sailors, Con*
federate Veterans and mothers of
the boys, are expected to be here
Thursday afternoon to take part in
I the parade at 5:30 o'clock.
Mrs. J. D. Kerr,
| Mrs. T. G. White,
Committee on Parade.
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j JACK IS DEAD. . t
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Jack, the dog belonging to Annie
,! Hemphill Rogers, died Saturday, the
j victim of black tongue. Jack was
J no great shakes in the way of pedi.
gree, being just plain dog, but he
- was a faithful friend to the little
; girl, and her .heart is sore at his
; death.
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splendid shape to thorouj
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o meet your Easter ap
tments of new and fxc]
or afternoon wear or dre
lings in skirts, blouses
all occasions.
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HOME AGAIN.
Son Bill came in all excitement,
one day last week, saying "I've got
a piece of news for you, Jimmie
j Cothran is at home." Jimmie is at
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; home ana is dsck on we juu i.ux uc
knocks off resting every afternoon
to take a pretty girl to ride and at
night to make love to them.
EASTfeR EGG HUNT.
The Sixth Grade of the City
I School will liave an Easter Egg
| Hunt at Klugh's Park, Friday after;
noon at half past four o'clock. The
! money realized will go towards the
j support of the French Orphan adopt'
ed some time ago by the*grade.
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KEEPING THE DAY.
Mrs. Mary Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs.
; Paul Kennedy and Mrs. Foster Mc:
Lane went up to Due West Sabbath
1 afternoon and visited friends. They
; found the people keeping the Sab:
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were taking an afternoon nap.
: FREE SHOW TO VETERANS.
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j Glenn Kay, the enterprising mana.
ger of the Opera House, will give a
j free show to the soldiers in town for
j the celebration Thursday night. This
! is a nice compliment to the young
i veterans who will no doubt take advantage
of his offer. ^
MRS PRESSLY SICJC.
Mjrs. Tallulah Pressly has been
' seriously sick at her home at Cedar
Springs for the past several days as
a result of a ?all in which she had
the misfortune-to break her hip. Her
son, Dr. George Pressly, of Charlotte,
is with her. The many friends
of the fa%ily wish for her an early
recovery.
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ACCEPTS POSITION WITH BANK
Lieut. J. Roddy Devlin has accepted
a position with the Bank of
j Greenwood and will assume his duI
ties about the 15th, as soon as he is
| mustered out of the service. Lieut,
j Devlin is visiting relatives here, at
Abbeville and Due We?t on a furlough.
He will return to Camp Jacki
son next week.?Index-Journal.
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By all means visit our sto
the wonderful creations
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INFANT STATES
STILL ISOLATED
Restriction on Trade in Force?Censors
at Work?Although Blockade
Has Been Lifted. Poland
and Other Countries
Suffer.
Paris, April 11.?Although the
blockade has been formally .lifted
against all enemy countries except
. Germany and against Bolshevist
, Russia, restrictions on trade with
Poland, Esthonia and Eastern and
Southeaster^ Europe continue to be
exercised. There still is censorship
of mails and' telegrams and an absence
of pos^l communication with
the , "infant" States and resumption
of trade and of business relations is
virtually blocked.
The American delegates have been
pressing in the interallied council fo?
a modification of the censorship, but
the system as regards Europe remains
in force. The associated governments
therefore remain in the po
sition of giving with one hand by
lifting the blockade and with holding
with the other by maintaining commercial
censorship. It is hoped, nevertheless,
that there soon will be relaxations
in 'or a removal of the cen(sorship.
I The business situation in Poland,
j Esthonia and the other new States
illustrates the entire dependence of
trade on communication. The blockade
no longer ertists for these countries
in theory, but owing to the absence
of postal or cable communicai1
tiori business men jn Poland for instance,
are unable to place orders
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| with the outer world or arrange for
a resumption of business relations.
; One Pole who reached Paris with
, the Polish mission this week brought
| no-less than 180 important' letters
j which will reach the United States,
.thanks only to this special oppor
| tunity. Other business interests r in
' Warsaw and Lodz and similar trade
j ah'd industrial centers of the new
i state can not even lay the preliminary
foundations for business with
; the United Stafts until a mail route
is established and the commercial
censorship is modified.
European censorship of mails and
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at means if you will get 1
signed by celebrated ma
plete assortment of Suit
irdrobe of the most part
iced and values extraorc
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cables to European neutrals continues
in full force. Complaints, backed
by evidence, are constantly being
received in Paris. These are to the
effect that the censorship is being
utilized not alone for the legitimate!
purpose of preventing or hampering!
trade with Germany but also to give!
the nationals of the country exer^j
rising the censorship an unfair advantage
over American competitors
through information extracted from
business correspondent. The assertion
that all important business information
obtained from American
! mail was being registered, tabulated
and studied for the benefit of
British trade, was constantly made
! in Scandinavia before and after the
| entry of the United States into the
| war. American business men who
j recently have been in Scandinavia
' assert that they received the distinct
impression that this, system was still
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in vogue. In one case an . American i
business man with extensive connections
in Europe is said to have
found a circular*letter to his agents
on the business condition, in ,his parfirtnlo*
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HUNS TO HOLD OUT ,
. FOR FOURTEEN POINTS
Berlin, April 10.-?Count Von
Broekdorf-Rantzau, < foreign ( minister,
speaking before the National
Assembly at Weimar today said Germany
would not sign a peace treaty
which deviated in any essential from
President Wilson's 'fourteen points.'
"The financial demands to be
made in the peace treaty are obviously
causing as much difficulty to
our opponents as those regarding
I territory," the foreign minister said.
"It is impossible to solve the question
of financial claims without ne'/
gotiating with our experts at the
conference ta/ble. We will give a
! clear account to vour opponents rela-.
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tive to their demands'^jid our ability *
! to pay." % i\
j "Our opponents," continued the
minister "cannot dismember and
paralyze Germany and ,-at the. same
; time extract from the resources of
the country the enormous sums they
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s, Dresses, Capes, Dolma
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ASTER
IILLINERY
This will be a busy f
reek in our millinery, \ <
epartment. Our dis- \
lay of exclusive and
rtistic hats will be at
s best this week. Dozens c
1 dainty, summery hats a
le first time. Included a
riginations are hats in her
ther wanted colorings..
)ERSON
Abbeville
expect from them. For that purpose
we require the release, industrially *
and agriculturally, of the important
west, which contrary to the armistice
terms, is cut off from the rest of
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Germany. .
"We need to have the blockade
speedily raised and we require the
importation of .foodstuffs on condi- t .
tion which will make their purchase' ,
possible. /
"All the states which participated
in this war find themselves in the
same distress and hardly a nation is
not disappointed by a peace that is a
terrible danger because of the en- .
couragement given by it to disrcp-- v v
tive forces." v !
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NOTICE TEACHERS' \
y EXAMINATION
The Regular Spring Teachers' Examination
will be held in the County ^
Court House at Abbeville, on Satur- j
day, May 3rd, between the hours of^
9 a. m., arid 4 p. m. 1 -1
W. J. EVANS,
4-l-3t. Co. Supt. of Education.
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