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-VoL. XXXIX --MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1919.NO 2 COUNTY WORKERS FOR REL[EIN NEAR EAST . As has been announced elsewhere m these columns, a nation wide cam paign for funds to be used for relief work In the neir East will be con ducted from January 12th to 19th, inclusive. Mr. R. J.. Alderman is Chairman of the "American Commit tee for Relief in the Near East" in Clarendon County, and has organized the various committees for the coun ty drive. The county will be divided according to townships, and the fol lowing chairmen and their workers have been appointed in each township: Plowden Mill 'Township. Gilbert Hodge, chairman; workers, J. M. McElveen, W. W. Johnson, Joe D. McFaddin, P. R. Alderman, R. E. Thompson and A. P. Howie. Sammy Swamp Township. B. Walker Holliday, chairman; workers, H. D. Thomas, J. M. Mc Faddin, Z. B. Andrews, A. S. Corbett, N. G. Broadway, J. W. Cochran, M. S. Stukes, Henry fBlanding, T. M. King, Arthur 'Felder, W. T. Briggs, J. M. Gibson. Fulton Township. N. L. Broughton, chairman; work ers, H. L. Baxley, R. C. Richardson, Jr., Mrs. J. W. Weeks, Mrs. 11. A. Brailsford, Mrs. C. W. Bates, Mrs. D. R. Lide Douglas Township. John F. Turbeville, chairman; wqrk era, W. J. Turbe. ille, W. I. Casteen, W. L. Coker, Mrs. D. L. Green, Miss Pearle Wheeler. Santee Township. H. C. Cousar, chairman; workers, Charlie Wells, Webb Sprott, J. M. Rawlinson, Joe Sprott. Manning Township. L. H. Hlarvin, chairman; workers, A. I. Barron, T. F. Coffey, W. M. Plowden, A. C. Bradham, J. W. Wide man, Thomas Nimmer, S. O. O'Bryan, H. H. Huggins, E. C. Horton, Charl ton DuRant, R. C. Baggett, H. J. Bomar, C. R. Sprott, I. L. Appelt. St. Marks Township. C. M. Fulton, chairman; workers, Allen Holliday. New Zion Township. D. McFaddin, chairman; work , Joseph Rittiner, John Buddin, , v. J. N. McCord, J. I. DuBose, J. .Millsap. Calvary Township. D. Leslie Tindal, chairman; work ers; Miss Jessie Curtis, N. T. Broad way. Harmony Township. J. M. Graham, chairman; workers, Edgar Nelson, Mrs. S. O. Plowden, Kennedy. Sandy Grove Township. J. H. Ham, chairman. Mt. Zion Township. Leon F. Galloway, chairman; work ers, J. S. Holliday, E. C. Coskrey, Calvin Baggett, D. D. Plowden. Concord, Friendship, St. Paul and St. James Townships. J. M. Plowden, chairman; workers, I. Y. Eadon, George Joseph, J. E. Rowe, W. R. Davis, D. C. Mason, J. T. Touchberry, E. J. Roberson, W. II. Anderson, C. R. Touchberry, D. O. Rhame. o NEX'I' WAR LOAN APRIL Will be Called Thanksgiving instead of Liberty. Lynchburg, Va., Jan. 7.--Secretary of the Tre"-ury Glass announced at a banquet here tonight. that the next loan woul be floated in April and suggested that it be called a "thanks giving loan" instead of liberty or vic tory loan. Mr. Glass, who recently returned from the battlefields of France, paid tribute to the valor of the American and Ailied troops and to France.. ITALIAN MINISTER D)EAID Charge of Embassy Succumbs to Pneumonia. Washington, .Jan. 7.--Count F. Miniscalchi-E~rizzo, charge of the Ital ian embassy, diedl todlay from pneu moiia, which followed an attack of influenza. No arrangements for the funeral have been made. Co--nt Miniscalchi-Erizzo had been in, Washington only a few months, ha' 'ne been assigned temporarily as co--nsellor of the embassy here when Count V. Macchi Di (Cellecre left for Europe with President Wilson. lie had been in the diplomatic service a number of years and represented his count11ry at the capitals of several of the Balkan States. Baron P'ietro Arone Di Valentino, secretary of the embassy, has~charge ~of the embaisy affair.. 5, PAYMENTI OF AL.LOTMENTS H'ouse P asses Bill Without a D~issent ing Vote. V Washington, Jan. 7.-T'he House passed~ without a dissenting vote to dlay a hill directinr the paiyment of allotments to families of soldiers on appIlications filed with the wvar risk insuirance bureau pior to July 1, 1918. The qua rterm aster corps suspendIed ihm~a ,'yments whlen it took over the bureau's work. 'mbilican Leadler Mann severely cr5?-~1 the e 'spension. "It is a gross andi buring outrage that a country which can give $100, 000 000 to help feed the starving \countries of Eurone should fall dowvn on a siminle task like this," Mr. Mann said. "Untold suffering has been cnnse' by the incompetence of some one. It Is a disgrace." EX-PRESIDENT P) Will be laid to Rest Wednesday After noon Without Pomp or Ceremony Sagamore Hill DEATH SURPRISE TO NATION Victim of Blood Clot in Lung Cause by Rheumatism-Had Returned from Hospital Apparently Improved. Oyster Bay, N. Y., Jan. 6.-Thec (lore Roosevelt for seven years Pres ident of the United States, died a his home at Sagamore Hill, at 4:1 o'clock this morning. The famou American, exponent of "the stren ous life," who had fought in the Span ish-American war and risked (teat hunting big game and exploring th jungles of Africa and South Americ passed away peacefully while asleet the victim of a blood clot in the lung resulting from inflammatory rheum i tism traceable to an infected toot from which he suffered twenty year ago. Without Pomp or Ceremony. Col. Roosevelt, twenty-sixth Pres dent of the United States, will be lai to rest without pomp or ceremony i Young's Memorial Cemetery in thi village Wednesday afternoon. He wi be buried on a knoll overlookin Long Island Sound, a plot which h and Mrs. Roosevelt selected soon afte he left the White House. In the words of the clergyman why will conduct the funeral services: "America's most typical mal known in every corner of the earth will go to his grave as a quiet d< mestic, country gentleman, beloved b his neighbors." After prayers at the Roosevel home, at which only members of th family will be present, the funera service will be heid at 12:45 o'cloc in Christ Episcopal Church, the littl old frame structure where for year the colonel and his family attende divine worship. Simple Service. At the request of Mrs. Roosevel no flowers will be sent. The altr will be decorated only with laur placed on it for the Christmas sea son. Also in conformance with Mr: Roosevelt's wishes, there will be r music and no eulogy, but only th simple service of the Episcopi Church, conducted by the pastor, Re George E. Talmadge. The church, founded in 1705 and r built in 1878 will accommodate le: than 500 persons, so that admittan( will be by card only. These card it was announced, will be issued fro; the colonel's office in New York, an will be given only to relatives an intimate friends. Sympathy from Everywhere. Cable messages and telegrams < condolence, not only from fello countrymen of high and low degre but from distinguished citizens < many nations were pouring into Oy: ter Bay tonight by the hundreds. A express heartfelt grief at the passin of a great man and deepest sympath for Mrs. Roosevelt, always devote to her distinguished husband and on of his most trusted advisers. Th widow is bearing up bravely unl< the shock of his sudden death, con ing so soon after that of their vouing est son, Lieut. Quentin Roosevelt, wh lost his life in a battle with a Gei man airman last July. Hastened by Grief. The death of Col. Roosevelt is b( lie'-l by the physicians who al ten |e I him to have been hastened b grief over Quentin's death couple I :+n:: iety over the serious woundl s ife'red b" Capt. Archie Roosevel whie fight rg in France. Ile wasi por't- of his ro'dlier son1 and their heroirnm but ne was a d voted fatther and he grieved for' th one who gave his life for his cour try as well as f'or the other w~ho wva woundled. I Ie hid his surie'r'in fror the world, howvever, in the hope thu he might set an example for othe fathers and mothers who had give their sons5 to the natio'n. Ihealth Shatteredl. Cot. Roosevelt had been preac'hin "A meric'anism" andt few realixed tha his health had beeni shattered. It wa betlievedt that the r'uggedl constitutio which had stood him in such goo steadl through so many years o "'strenuous'' life wvould not fall h ir ant that he would regain his usur health. H1is messages of late howeve haid been delivered through the mc dium of (ditor'ials of pultic state ments insteadl of as addresses. Endl Ca me Sudden'Ily. Even to his neighb~ors in Oyste Bay, it seemed impilossile that lif hadI ended soI suddlen ly for the r'oug: r'ider hero of Spanish war (lays; th~ statesman who, as Governor of Nes York and as Presidtent, had wietle the "big stick" so fearlessly; t he hij gamne hunter of tropical countries; th c!itizen who preachedl preparedtnes long before hiis country entered th. wVort~ld flict. Apparently neither Col. Roosevel nor his wife hadt any foreboding tha (tenth wVouldl so soon still his activ, mnindt and hody. It was only yester' (lay that Mrs. Roosevelt sent a lette' to Charles Stewart D-'ividson, ch'iir man of the general citizen's commit tee app)Ioi ntedl to wvelcome return ing soldtiers in Newv York, announcing than the colonel would acc'ept the honorar: chairmanship of the committee. Ready to Serve. "The rheumatism has invadedt Cot Roosevelt's right hand," wrote Mrs Roosevelt, "so he wvants me to wvriti that he has telegraphed his accept ance. Thin note Is tn nasure you +ha THEODORE ROO0 (SSES AWAY MC - he will be at your service by spring time." It was at 4:15 o'clock this morn ing that the former President (lied in his sleep, painlessly. His death was due directly to a blood clot lodged in 1 one lung, the result of inflammatory rheumatism. "Put out the light, please," were the former President's last words, They were addressed to his personal . attendant, James Amos, a young . negro who had been in his service t since he left the White House and 5 who was sitting at the foot of his s bed. - Breathing Heavily. - Some time later Amos noticed that i the patient was breathing heavily and e became alarmed. He left the room to call the nurse who had been sum , moned from Oyster Bay ,yesterday. , When they returned Col. Roosevelt - had breathed his last. They called Mrs. Roosevelt, the only member of s the family who was at home. 'T'here had been a family gathering Christ mas (lay, but as no alarm was felt over the colonel's condition, the chit c dren who were able to spend the hol iday with their parents had gone tc s different parts of th'e country. Cable Me;sages. Cable messages were sent to Major e Theodore Roosevelt, who are in serviet r in France, and telegrams to Mrs Nicholas Longworth, to Capt. Archie o doosevelt, who left yesterday with his wife for Boston where his father-in law died Saturday, and to Mrs. Ethel D, Derby, who was at Aiken, S. C., with - her two children. Mrs. Roosevelt telephoned to hei husband's cousin, Col. Emlen Roose. t velt, of New York, who started im. e mediately for Oyster Bay, and to the 1 colonel's secretary, Miss Josephin k Stricker, who also was in New York e I iss Stricker gave the sad news to s the world through the Associated d Press. Col. Roosevelt was visited twic< last evening by Dr. .J. A. Faller o: this village. r Complained of Heart. 1 At 10:30 o'clock when the secon< visit was made, the patient explained . to the physician, "I feel as though m o heart was going to stop beating." Dr Faller had no reason to believe, how wver, that Mr. Roosevelt was in any I immediate danger. So certain was h( that this was true that Mrs. Roose velt and the nurse retired. s One of Col. Roosevelt's New Yorl e physicians visited him Friday but al though the former President was sif n fering some pain from the rheuma (d tism, he made light of it, laughin d and chatting without restraint. Col. Roosevelt called to Sagamor Hill yesterday a village barber whos ,f work he liked. v "I'm feeling bully, John," he said "bu. I sent for you because I don' f feel like shaving myself today; so ge ready." ll Col. Roosevelt's final illness datei from last February. It was on th, fifth of that month, that following a1 d operation on one of his ears, he wa e removed from Oyster Bay to th e Roosevelt Hospital in New York. H, r remained there until March 3, mean - while undergoing two more opera Lions. o Two months later he insisted oi keepin" speaking engagements ar ranged for him in many cities an until the fall continued to give fron - the platform his views on interna tional affairs. y In November he was forced to re I turn to the hospital for treatment o s rheumatism. Today, through an an nouncement by his physicians con. cerning the cause of his de ith,. s became knowvn that three wen'ls he -. fore he left the hospital to return t e Sagamore Hlill oni Christmas dlay. hi .. had suff'ered a pulmionary emb ol isn s which nearly Proved fatal. 1 - t .Taft Very Sorry. .Harrisburg, Pa., Jian. t.--Com mei 1 mg oni the death of Mr. Roosevelt WVm. HI. Taft today said: "'I am deeply shocked by the death of Col. Roosevelt. I saw'hiim in th< j hospital six weeks ago, and he seemec a to be very vigorous. lie was si' feringj 1 from rhetnomtismn, but hiis v'oice wa I strong, hiis personality was as vigor. f' ouis as ever and his interest in thi iquestions of the day as tenise and m~ I acute as always. r "'I mourn1 h1 is loss personally, anud 1 - greatly r'egret it for- the sake of Ii .. country." Asked if lhe thought Col. Roosevet' death wvould affect the intlernatIiona rfuture oIf thle nation. Mr i. Ta ft replied "That's a very diflicult question tc mnswer. Is influence aund adlvice were m iportant. HIis platriotic. A merican ism will be miiissed, (If courPse, I amii Ivery, very sorry." Tlribiife From- I inghes4. Newv York, Jan. ti.C harles Evanis Hughes today pa id high t ribute to Col..Roosevelt, declatring hiis greaxtest service wvas in the last years, wvhen as a private citizenl he had arouse'l the nation out of its fethargy and mdr!ifferenace and10 supp1)lied thle d rivinlg -force of a ceaseless and1( powerful de n.nmand which lay beh md the efforts which madec victory in thle wvorld war poss5ible ." "The death of Cot. Roosevelt," Mr. HuItghes added, "is an Irreparable loss to the nation. HIis virility andi' cour.. age wore a constant inspiration. Hie , orsonlified thle americanism of wvhich .Ie was the most doughity champion. Hie demanded the recognitionl and pear fornmance of our niatioal obligation in the wvar. IEVELT NDAY MORNING "In response to his patriotic cal lay the safety of civilization and il this hodr of complete victory th whole world is his debtor." Aeronaut's Tribute. Washington, Jan. G.-Ten airplane from Hazlehurst Field, Long Islant flying in squadron formation, circle Sagamore Hill this afternoon an dropped floral wreaths around Co Roosevelt's home, the War Depart ment was informed by the command ant of the field. Licut. Col. M. S. Harmon, corn manthant of Ilazlehurst Field, also in formed the department that an air plane watch would be maintained ove Sagamore Hill day and night uint the hour of the funeral Wednesday. Bryan's Tribute. Baltimore, Jan. .-William Jer nings Bryan here today paid the fol lowing tribute to Col. Roosevelt: "The rare qualities that won fo Col. Roosevelt a multitude of (levote followers naturally arrayed agains him a host of opponents, but his deat puts an end to controversy and hl will be mourned by foe as well as b friend. "lie was a great American an made a profound impression on th thought of his generation. IIis pi turesque career will reform a fasc nating chapter in our national his tory." Gen. Leonardi Wood's Tribute. Camp 1'unston, Kan., Jan. G.---Ma Gen. Leonard Wow made the follow ing statement after he had receive word of the death of Col. Roosevelt "The death of my friend, Theodor Roosevelt, brings to me a great pei sonal loss and sorrow, but keen an (deep as these are, they are but th sorrow and loss of an ;ndivi(ual. Th national loss is irreparable, for h <ieath comes at a time when his sere ices to this nation can ill be spare( Never was America more in need o his frankness and courage, his hel. criticism and far-seeing wisdom, tha I at present. 11 is entire life and wor was one of service to the nation; se vice for whatever he believed to I right." o PA XV ILL LEI EMS. The Paxville Woman's Christi: 'Temperance Unioi, will meet ne: Tuesday afternoon, .January 14th, a room of the graded school buildin ''his being the first meeting of ti new year, it is hoped every memb of the union will be present, and an visitor will be welcome. Misses Iva Geddings and Pea Broadway left Monday for Rock Iii to resume their studies at Wintihr< college. Miss Ruby Kelley, of Summerto and a student of Limestone colle< 1 visited her sister here, Mrs. Ilowal Tisdale, last week. Misses Alice and Emily Broa( way left Saturday for near Turbevil to begin their rchool duties. Miss Geraldine Bowen has returi ed to Gaffney to resume her studio at Limestone college. Mr. J. M. Geddings has receive news that his son Graham who -- wounded in France has landed New York. Miss Hattie ierlong left last We( nesday for Elio ce where she is teac ing this session Mr. Marion Graham froi nea Manning has the railroad agency her and will move his family in a sho: time. M~Iiss T helman McIel~od has returmu from a visit to re'lativyes at F'lorene Mi. Eugene Brown has returned i Greenville to resume his studies IFuirmninUtn iversity. MdUCH! COTTON IN STORAGE St ate Warehouse Now Holds 'Te Million D~ollars in Staple. C'olumbia, .Jan. 7.--T-lhe Sta te War<( house syst em, according to Commhi sionier W. G. Smith, is storing mior coittOn than at any otheir periodl C its history. It has in its keep am pr~ox imately $10(I,000t,000 of the staph Capt Smith said today that th farmecrs of Soith Carolina are en tainlly holding theiri cotton for hiigh-' miarket, wvhich he mad he other col toii experts of the Staite freely ore diet will coime. GO)V EiNM ENTl HUt I.lIN( Newvport News, J1an. 7.--Fllames which for ai time t hreatemned the t otoi dlestructioin oif the armiy port, of emi ha rka tion head quariters here tonight were conitinedl to one wing oif the' imi men'ise fra me s tructurme by the arm; anil city firec dena rtmn)ts. Theu wim0 destroyed was the office of the Medi cii1 corps, andl as most of the contentI were remnoveid the~ damage will no0 everedu $25,000, it was 'st imnated toi night. ENGINE TPJO'UPJ,F, Miller and TLiot. M. F. Btro'- i hr'ne of two C''rt ins airn'in-" fron T r'o Fiu'i'I. V-i.. ren route to Camri "veo'nt of anoine troie ind wvil ennd the nifrht hm-.( TFh'v exneet t< '.""me thoir nivh' in th" morning~ 'av re on -iir rnoin mail aervice. SUMM[RTON NEWS I TERS[LY TOLD Miss martha Walker, the efficient book-keeper at the Manning Oil Mill ginery, spent the Christmas holidays with relatives and friends in Spar tanburg county. Private J. F. Hunsucker of Marl boro spent several days here last week with relatives antI friends. r Mrs. II. II. iMledlin and children I spent the Christmas holidays with relatives in Marion county. t - Mr. Elberta Soyo ur, who has been - engineer on the North WeNstern for a i number of years, is now at the navy - yard in Charleston working. We wisht - "Al" well. - Mrs. Florence Rogan and children f of Sumter motored down to our city % Sunday and spent the day with her o daughter, Mrs. L. H. Davis. Mlr. L. II. Godwin who is in the navy o at Charleston, andI MIr. C. L. Codwin - of the aviation corps at Iake Charles, - La., spent the Christmas holidays t with their parents here, Mr. anl Mrs. V W. J. Godwin. I Lieutenant Ellison Capers of Allen t town, Pa., and Miss Katherine Capers I of Durham, N. C., were called home e last week on account of the death of ' their father, Dr. EIllison Capers. 1)r. Capers was a most excellent citizens I and his many friends mourn his un timely <death. . - Mrs. P. J. IHolliday antI Little Ilelen - Lee, are spending some time with rel - atives in Columbia. Mrs. N. II. Williams of Asheville, N. C., is spending some time with her mother, Mrs. L. M. Davis. j. Miss Alice Jones spent Christmas - with relatives andI friends in Dur I ham, N. C. : Mrs. Wallace Mlathis has returnel e home after spending the Christmas holidays with relatives at Winshoro. di Miss Sudie Davis, principal of the t e Cross Road school, gives the honor e roll in her school for the month of s December which is as follows: John Elliott Rowe, Irene Billups and Clif. 1. ton Bronson. f There are a number of cases of t "flu" in this section now, while it i seems those who are ntaving it. row k are not as sick as when it. first hit here last fall. Mr. R. C. Barwick is e also quite sick with typhoid fevei and has been for the last several weeks, but his many friends hope for him a speely recovery. Mr. C. R. Touchberry one of oir n energetic young farmers has bought t the 1)eas plantation west of here, the n piice i . is understool was something like tht ty-five thousandl dollars. Mr. c" .J. W. Broadwlay has bought the Fair view farm owneil by Mr. W. D. Allen. y A letter received from a Red Cross nurse in London by Mirs. .1. .1. Wilkie rI states that Sergeant Willie J. Wilkie 11 is in a hospital there doing well. It. p will be rememberel that Sergeant Wilkie was reportel as dying on Oct. 10th with lobar pneumonia. This will e he very gratifying news to his many c1 friends who are anoxtons to see hiin return home along with many others of our boys. Ic .Jutging from the great number of tobacco beds that, are being planted in - this section the farmers are going into .s the tobacco busi ess rather beavy this year, anl most of them are very di :inxious to have a warehouse at. this s place, ai the matter is bing con sideredl by the business men of the town and comimunity, while as yet no . decision hias been reached. The new year is upon us, and every boly seems happy over what. was ac er complished Iduring the past, year, and i are now lookiig forward for ev: i a t better ye: '. .'.rI every effort will be put, forth V orr fai'neirs to make I sullicient f od f'oi' home consumiojlin, a. and somc .a go to the All ied ('oun - o triies. WVh ile t he cottoin er'op wilI not ,t Is' n('gleted( by any' imeits as bine: as th l it'e holdls otp an ywli'rt' around ; what it. is now. AlIthough to look a rou ntl over the counotry ando see the gi'eat amlount oif cotton that is niow i n being held foi' bettei' prices it hiarly looks li ke it. will be niec'essa rv tot grow( i toto muichi cot ton thItis yea'. W~hile .. ste' thinik t he nills ar'e runin tg .. short, anid th't the piie will soon ad. e vaiice, and thIiis we bhtpe wilI <.oon f ha~pnen. If t here are any petnole on . ' i'rthI that. do'wrves Ithih iti'ces for < .what. they 'le ' we cerita ink'y tinok it. is thle poorit hardl worked f tr''r' ' .. who work thle yeai' r'tond. Alrevi' v I r env tel them ar'e now. at wor'k..al . iuig prtepar'atioins for' this yeari's ciroiif .~ wile othlots are not thioueh with th''i I918 c'eo, as thbert' art' still lots of ttonbi in the ti('hl anti ntioch tee y't Ih: ginne-l. "Goodtt lhvi' Iraince, hielloe Aimerica;."' That is whti~t the signinhg oif the A rmiist itc' meanit tot hundiir:'ds ot' thont etaeds oft Ant'ricatn oeiritts. An itIhis soni ls ot' motthe'rs, tathters, sistet's, I bi'oIt'ers ainit swe'thlearts, anmi has lw11 the mea:ns o' a itt;:c'h happiert Xmas be'ing silent 'acool I have 'i been intiovedt with t~e h ni r ill go'ne ont. Wh1titl' it. was titie that in a f'ew hoets thee werv'me blleedtii ime ea a ndt sorro'tw ca 'sed lby thet <d-althiof ii loved oun' abr'o. , amtl to thotse whoit art'S grieved, we who have bet'n so leky as not. tot htave a loved Ionie Iil I a sold ier's grave',. we most. symitpa thtize withI thle unofor'tunat. Yet ve ar't un..i wvilling to be~eve that. thterie is an A mericain soldlier buried itt suntv v Fr ianlce, even it were poss ible that wo'ed ive G('rmainy the vic'toi'y they > h'v on for' theli f'' a'r~in. Aw n' ovthankfulwve all shiouhl be that I gi'"tht e et strueigge we have just > ''ht, teo a. i'h . our loss wv's so e .s'"all. Out of thirty ovId white htovse from our town only ne eanth so fir. IORP. WILL BRGESS DIED flIGHTING { Company "B" 316th M. G. Bn., American Expeditionary Forces November 21st, 1918. Ir. C. N. Sprott, Manning, South Carolina. )car Mr. Sprott: The occasion for this letter brings iuch sorrow to my company and my elf and were it possible I wouldi ladly spare the pain which it bringsi D you yet I can not feel that I have one my duty until I offer you my eepest sympathy in your bereave ient. The official notice of Corp. urgess' death has already been sent hru military channels, as is required y orders, and my personal esteeis or Corp. Burgess prompts me to mite this letter. lie was killed while i a patrol on November 10th, and n that day he had been a member f my company exactly fourteen riont.hs during which time h.e had een) one of the most reliable and\ rustedt men of my command. lie was Iways cheerful, willing and obedient nd had all the qualities incident to good soldier and a gentleman. I ould not say more of anyone. On the morning of November 10th, Ir- company was ordered to take up position to defend a couple of small owns and to, aid an infantry battal ion on our right to advance. About :30 in the afternoon the captain with everal men went out on a patrol, mong them was Corporal Burgess, lie on this patrol they encountered m enemy machine gun nest and in he fight which followed the captain nd Corp. Burgess were I illed. I 're ;ret their death and mourn with their elatives and many friends but since t was necessary in the service of their ountry I am happy that they died' acing and fighting the enemy. Corp. llurgess' body was buried in he cemetery in the village of Ilaudi nont beside the body of his captain.. As reqiuired by orlders his personal' 'fects have been sent thru military hannels and will be forwarded to Vol am enelosing a copy of the list is personal effects certifiel to by m3 elf and witnessed by one of the o ers of the company. If there is any information w ou desire further you may writ Ind I shall he glad to comply he request. Assuring you that you have 1l leepest sympathy, I at, Very sincerely, .John D. Varlick, 1st. Lt. 316th M. G. Bn Comd 'g. "B" Compt --- -- DIATII OF .MRS. E. 1). SPR Florence Woman Succumbs to tacks of Pneumonia. Florence, Jan. 4.-'this town, again made sad today when th nlouncement went out that Mrs. Richardson Sprott., the beloved of Mr. E. Davis Sprott, had away at her home in Ves'4a, -d reet, from pliomoniia, superindu,, ' by a severe case of influenza, whici .wize' her on ('h ristmas Day. Mirs. Sprott, with her husband aim hillren. lovel to Florence abou three years ago, and had become pop ilar in all walks of life. As a Chris. -ia she w; as devout and was prom. iment iml all the work of the Cent ra Methodist Church, of which she was a member. She was thirty-two yea rt thI. ' - --hl. 1Be su'e to see the surrender of antire German (Fleet. At the Pas' January 15th. as c"cu rredI, that being Caht A. Mlood, who was killed in a omie Ii ime laat suimmer, and to tut all the other boys from Ch~f loll, .who fought bled and die . aur freedlom and liberty le.t a' is say: "Beoloved s .ns who iway, To fig~ht for ibert'ty ; we 1 n hie; though soiis of fame, tha thou mai nmade its fr'ee again. Thy blood was shed on the bat tle wId. I"ari o'er' th' ocean dleep, and o'ay I we( oinit withi solemn tears tt lit phai'o wheire thou do'st. sleep. Anda -ver't prayt that G oid in hiis love and 'By "nard thI le place whiere t hou do'st. ic. Until t he day when he shall teal I lis saints to himself on high. .\it that we all your' sorrowini rwndias, he ptlietnt and withstand' vr'ont t~l byiv st'rn natture's h and., n tius tuin' (if sad dismiy, ,. 'dhnussiv' he'. and in t he nrij' u h hon hast pido. Thy gti'iry may i rondsi~t andi homte. 11(r -or' an.l144am ''e iwd to thec', fot' a svori pean lhat now lhas 'omei. Antdl all we (coulo vish, is that t hou hadst lived, to' s'' Mnel !l'rts cr'ownedl. TJo h'''r thv aorv and iraisi's suing. PTo free-h~na We~i honi' the leigislatuire will pa15 hei hill wthich will he askhe'd for hv mall1 aount oif money to ask fori' Iways fivor'ed voodlio'd ''n and talkc vill not hoiibl them. We hone' S'n a 01' W i'tto'ni and his co-workerf'is, in h ' tower, hwi'se. of re',irow'niat ives, 'illi e it bii"rt ni in th" hul1 that f -neon. R .mtor, Ora n'-ob,.""'an -l h'"'leston 'o''nties' want tib \ W'ebdhtasf f' osein omnr Santu " c(omeJ ow, Sen'dor Widemn.n trt the boyst n a good hnnmor and lets h" ye that I rossing. that hans so mneih heen alked of. Nmm