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1894. THE DILLON HEIIALD, DILLON SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 30, 1919. ' VOL. 23. HQ. 11.
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PRESIDENT WILSON
AID RUINS OF WAR
VISiTS CHATEAU THIERRY AND
THE WRECKS OF RHE1MS. i
lsj? No One Can Put Into Word*
the Impressions He ReeeiTed.
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Paris, Sunday, Jan. .26?(By The!
Associated Press.)?President Wil- j
son today made his first trip to the
battle front and devastated regions
visitine Chateau-Thierry and Rheims. j
At the close of a tour that took him
through a doien razed villages, ending
in the ruins of the historic cathedral
at Rheims, be made his com ;
ment.
"No one ean put into words the
impressions I have received amongst
uch scenes of desolation and ruin."!
That was Mr. Wilson's only .expression
of his feelings after a trip
every Frenchman has been hoping he|
would take before he takes part in
deciding what is to be exacted from
Germany for the devastation of
Northern France.
Through lluined Villages.
Accompanied by Mrs. Wilson, Admiral
Grayson and a very small party,
Mr. Wilson left the Murat residence'
early this morning, foregoing
. attendance at church and the rest'
which he felt he needed very much to
perform what he said he considered
to be a duty. The party first motored
to Chateau-Thierry where lunch
was taken on board a waiting train.
The party then proceeded by motor to
Rheims, passing tnrougn many ruined
Tillages and along the old fight-:
ing lines, where evidences of com-j
bat still are to be plainly seen. After;
1^ visiting Rheims the President and1
his party abandoned their motor ears,'(
IT and, boarding a special train, return-1
W ad to Paris. The last part of the)
' motor trip was made in a swirling,
\ anow storm.
. ' Where Marines Fought.
^ -The first fighting ground wasj
reached as a party neared Belleau
?l&^^>ad, immortalized in the history of
jfiflBe war by the gallant fighting of ,
fN^^Derican marines. The motor cars ,
^ I lurned off the main roads and crawl- ,
d perilously through back lanes to (
bring the President close to the place
where the fighting took place. The ,
country folk in that neighborhood are i
striving to reclaim their country from
war's desolation. The farmers were i
- " * ~V?11 flol/lc no ' i
plowing ue ancii tiv>uu ?w
the President stood beside the graves
f 100 or more American boys who .
gave their lives at that point and 1
looked across the strategic valley to
Belleau wood, a mangled mass of!]
tree trunks and underbrush, but nown
y- a national monument to the marine ]
after whom the French Government
has named the place. ]
"% Col. Edward M. Watson, of Mar- i
,tinsville, Va.. who cmomanded an i
artillery battalion in the fight andj
was later chief of staff of the Seven- i
tjr-seventh division in the Argonne i
fighting, stood beside President Wil- <
on and Brig. Gen. Willi-am W. Har- i
ris, and told the story of the battle i
in detail.
Mecca for Americana. '
Then Mr. Wilson drove up the hill
ver which the American troops 1
mashed'the crack Prussian divisions
mustered there to crush the "green- J'
horns' and where the advance or.
Paris was checked. This was near J
Chateau-Thierry and the spot promises
to be a Mecca for Americans for
many years to come. Mr. Wilson saw
Ihe ruins of bridges over which the
Americapa thrust back the enemy
linesyff this nearest point to Paris !
and The shell-marked houses which 1
ur^ived the battle of those memor-,1
Die aays.
t>n entering'Chateau . Thierry the '
^ jfojor greeted Mr. Wilson, who reg?^^ponded
quite informaly. He then <
drove on towards Rheims, passing I
along the old battle line between long
lanes of barbed wire entanglements i
mow rusting away in the first winter '
of pedce; between long muddy
-trenches reaching over the hills and
down into hollows as far as the eye
ould see, and past the wrecks of
dugouts, ammunition dumps, aviation
heds, hospitals, barracks and all the
other little left behind, by the defeated
enemy in his flight.
fc It seemed as if the field had been
sowed by Mars with the wastage of
war in the hope that it would take
I root and blossom. American as well
as French graveg lay along the roadside.
There were German graves to'
be seen, too. Desecrated cemeteries 1
were found in many cases. At a turn
in the road was found a farm, de- 1
serted and in ruins, its fields dotted '
with shell holes filed with water and 1
erusted ice. There was a constant
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panorama or uwuu^ru >?i
Yineyards, gardens and homos.
The President was welcomed at
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SOME MYSTERIES.
Seven World-War Mysteries Which
Remain Unsolved.
Writing from London, England, a
correspondent calls attention to the
fact that there are certain unsolved
mysteries in connection with the
world war. As given by the correspondent
these mysteries are:
Nicholas Romanoff's fate remains
a mytery that may never be solved.
Latest investigations fail to prove or
disprove report that he was killed
and his body buried near Ekaterinberw.
Some bones found near there
cannot be identified. If he was killed
nobody knows who killed him, or
what became of the assafesins.
What became of the pistol with
which' Gaviro Prinzip shot Franz Ferdinand
in Sarajevo, June 28, 1914,
the shot that started the world war
that has cost probably 24,000,000
lives in war, disease and famine?
The pistol was part of the evidence
against Prinzip at his trial. Nobody
knows what has become of this priceless
relic, deserving preservation in
a museum.
Did William Hohenzollem's spies
promote the plot to have Prinzip kill
Franz Ferdinand?
This charge was made in London
more than two years ago. , William
hated Franz, in whom he saw a man
who would not be a willing vassal.
William wanted war. His spies were
busy in Bosnia. What easier than to
have them aid the Prinzip plot?
This may remain one of the dark,
unsolved mysteries of th? war.
What became of the United States
collier Cyclops?
Secretary Daniels of the United
States navy marks it down as one of
the unsolved mysteries of the sea.
The Cyclops left Barbadoes on
March 4, 1918, witn a cargo or manganse,
and was commanded by
George Worley, a German, whose
name originally was Wichman, and
who had sold his property in Norfolk,
Va., before sailing on that last
voyage, from which the Cyclops never
returned.
Mrs. Worley clings to the belief
that her husband is alive.
Did Germans sink or seize the Cyclops
or was it lost or wrecked in a
storm and its survivors marooned on
some desert island? No one can answer.
Did General Horatio Herbert Kitchener
escape alive from the sinking of
the British warship Hampshire when
it was torpedoed June 5, 1916, by a
German submarine off west Orkney
islands?
Survivors say Kitchener was on
deck just before the ship sank. His
body was not recovered with those of
his staff His sister refused to believe
him dead. She claimed to have
evidence that he was alive and On a
mysterious mission in Russia.
Since the Russian revolution nothing
has come out of Russia to verify
this story. But there still are believers
in the Kitchener legend.
How did Alexander Kerensky esAuf
nf Pnccia in 1017? Tlirl hp
go disguised as a sack of potatoes?
Or did sympathizers hide him and
smuggle him ?. it of the country? He
got to London in 1918, but never
would tell, in full, the story of his
escape. It is till a myterv.
How did Gaviro Prinzip, assassin
of Frani Ferdinand, die?
Was he beaten to death in prison?
Or did he die of starvation or disease?
There is no light on these
questions. Wanted ? Another Sherlock
Holmes.
Krs. Jane Rogers Passes.
Mrs Janie Rogers, wife of Luther
Rogers, a well known citizens of the
Dothan section, died at a Fayetteville
hospital Sunday from pneumonia
following an attack of influenza. Mrs.
Rogers had been ill about two weeks.
The news of Mrs. Rogers' untimely
ieath brings sorrow to the hearts of
friends in Dillon county and elsewhere.
She was only 33 years of age
and the centre of an attractive and
loving family.
Mrs. Rogers was a daughter of
Mrs. H. Jane Bethea and her father
was the late Dr Frank Bethea. She
was born and reared at the old family
home four miles west of Dillon
and all of her life, with the exception
of four years at college, was
spent in Dillon county. In 1912 she
\vas married to Mr. Luther Rogers,
a son of the late L. B. Rogers and
is survived by her husband and four
small el ildren, the youngest being an
infant ? nly two weeks o'd.
"Whei quite a young girl Mrs. Rogers
united with the Dothan Methodist
church and throughout her life was
one of its most faithful and consistent
members. Interment was made
at the Latta cemetery.
Mrs. Rogers' surviving brothers
and sisters are Senator P. L. Bethea,
Mrs. John P. Cooper, of Mull ins,
Messrs. J. Frank Bethea, of Latta;
T. W. Bethea, F. L. Bethea and A. V.
Bethea, of Dillon,
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TAKEN FOR GOVERNOR'S SOX. I
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Newspaper Man Named Manning Had
Interesting Experiences.
The following article by A. D.
! Manning, now managing editor of
the Butler, Pa., Citiaen, 1b publish-'
led in a nvagasine called "Pep," at
(Cleveland, Ohio.
A similarity of names enabled me,
as a reporter for a South Carolina
newspaper, to score one of the most
'unusual, if not sensational, news
beats ever recorded in the political!
'annals of the state.
My sheet, a Columbia paper, had
| snot me down to unariesion 10 gei
.the "inside dope" on a political situ-;
Jation which just at that time* was
holding the state's undivided atten'
tion.
State-wide prohibition had been in
effect about four months. But Char-,
leston had been slow to close upt 1
Finally Governor Richard I. Man-i
ning, elected a short time before
iover the "wide-open" advocate, the
notorious Cole Bleas#, ordered the!
i metropolis to close not only its sa-'
: loons but also all gambling houses;
and the "red light." Still Charleston's
city officials, police department
included, failed to act. My assignment
was to expose the town's "rot-i
j tenness."
On arriving in Charleston I registered
at the leading hotel. "A. D.!
Manning, Columbia, S. C." Then!
things began to happen.
"How is the governor? was the!
greeting of the affable clerk.
"Fine," replied the reporter,!
; thinking this was the customary;
I greeting for newly arrived guests.
On stepping out of the elevator
on my way to dinner that evening, I!
! was accosted by the manager of the'
; hotel, who said: "Mr. Manning, you:
! must have dinner with myself and
family." The invitation was accepted.
I thought the manager was
! aware. that I was a newspaperman, |
and, with an eye to free publicity,
desired to be sociable.
But when the introductions came,'
at the dinner table, to wife and
beautiful daughter, '"The cat was
out of the bag."
"Mr. Manning, meet my wife and
'daughter," said the manager. "My
[dears, this is Mr. Manning, the new!
'governor's son."
My name had led the hotel people
to take it for granted that I, A. D.
[Manning, was the son of R. I. Manjning,
the states' new governor.
The next morning callers werej
waiting for me in the lobby. One
jwas the secretary to the city's mayor.
The mayor himself, it was ex- 1
plained, was ill in a hospital.
Invited to breakfast by the secretary
and later to a chat in the may-i
ior's office, I suffered qualms of con-j
science, but thought the wisdom of
j drifting was apparent.
Later, the sheriff of the county, a
supporter of Manning in his cam-!
jpaign for governor, called at the ho-i
tel to see "the governor's son." He
related much regarding the city administration's
disregard of law and
order. Solemnly he informed me
that he had closed all road houses
and other disreptuable places which,
he said, had formerly flourished in
,the districts surrounding Charles-,
ton for a radius of twenty miles,
j In the meantime several proprietors
of saloons and gambling houses
had received word that the governer's
son was in the city and was "not
a bad fellow." That night by accident
or design I was invited to a
j number of the places In question ana
, shown "that they were not so rotten
after all," that they were operated
strictly on the quiet. But the sheriff,
I was told was allowing the
road-houses to run wide open, instiituting
spasmodic raids against
,thein, though not until he had tip- 1
ped the owners that the squads were
on the war path.
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To substantiate these assertions,
the "governor's son" was taken on a
tour of inspection through the
country?this was on Sunday afternoon.
Drinks were plentiful. Music
was In abundance. There was no (
lack of "dancing partners." One
roadhouse boasted a cabaret ? very '
interesting.
The next day, Monday, the "gov- ,
ernors son" called at the city hall j
to see the mayor, who had left the
hospital the day before. And ?in \
the mayor's office at the time was a
state senator, who was intimately
acquainted with the entire family of (
the governor. ]
"This is not a son of Governor j
Manning." was the greeting thrown (
at me wnen iniroonren.
"Who said I was"? I asked.
"Sold," declared the mayor.
It made a first pace banner story
in the capital and likewise in Char- (
leston, whose mayor met defeat at
an election ten days later.
L,ook for "The River" every week
for the next 16 weeks, the serial i
story of the day by Ednah Aiken.
J NO. W. CADDY PASSES.
Popular and Efficient County Official
A Victim of Influenza.
Dillon county lost one of its best cit-'
izens and the county a valuable and 1
faithful official Friday when Auditor
Jno. W. Gaddy passed away. Mr. Gad_ I
day's death brought sorrow to hun- 1
dreds of people throughout the coun- 1
ty by whom he was known and most!
mguiy esiteuiBu 111 a peiauuai ?nu
official manner.
Mr. Gaddy was not a strong man
physically, but he performed his du-,
ties ag auditor of the county with
signal ability. He was courteous and
accommodating to everybody, black
and white, rich and poor, and his
office was conducted in such an efficient
manner that no one found it
difficult to obtain the information
they desired at any and all times.
Mr. Gaddy was serving his first
term as auditor of the county, having
been appointed two years ago
to fill out an unexpired term.
Two weeks ago Mr. Gaddy was
stricken with influenza.As he was not
a strong man physically his family
and friends were greatly concerned
over his condition. He did not take
a turn for the worse, however, until
a few days before his death when 1
he developed double pneumonia and
continued to decline until the end '
came.
Mr. Gaddy was b??m near Latta for- 1
ty-one years ago where he had a
large family connection. About 12 1
years ago he located in Dillon and 1
with the exception of a year or two (
in Latta befbre he was appointed
county auditor, the latter part of his !
life was spent here. He was a man '
whom everybody admired for his J
integrity, honor and uprightness.
Vf? io oiirrivnH Kv q w i f '
1*11 UUUUJ AO DUi TAT VU %J J W VT?AT#
who was Miss Jennie Brunson, a 1
daughter of the late Judge Brunsdb,
Dillon county's first probate judgifc;^
and one son, J. W. Gaddy, Jr., aboil? 1
ten years of age. He was a Maatfii 1
and at the time of his death held" The
position of treasurer in his lodge. He 1
was also a membef of the Woodmen 1
and Junior orders.
The interment was made at Mt. '
Holly Saturday morning, the services '
being conducted at the grave, Dr. :
Duncan officiating. The county officials
acted as pall-bearers and all 1
the offices at the court house were 1
closed Saturday.
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Jno. W. Gady.
His health had not been robust for '
some time but his friends were quite
surprised and grieveously shocked
when the news flashed that John W.
Gaddy was dead.
His early life was passed upon the 1
farm near where Bingham is today.
In early life he connected himself
with the Methodist church and sustained
by truly pious parentage he ]
grew in beauty of character and .
christian graces, and sustained rela-'|
tions with that organization so pop- ]
ular all over the southland and when ,
well matured in years selected a jew-1,
el for an helpmate in the beautiful;,
and accomplished daughter of the j
Pee Dee county, Miss Jennie Brun-j
son and to this union one son, J. W. j
Jr., was born. ,
A volumne would not be sufficient ,
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IU A CLU1 U IUC 5UVAX UCCUO ui kuio |
soldier of the cross, to speak of one
who gives life and makes the su-i'
preme sacrifice for friends and coun-j
try. One would but thrill but we live'
in deed, and die for those we love.'
Such is the history of our lamented j
friend and brother who has answered1
with so many bright jewels. We could
recount with so much tenderness the
names Curtis, Williams, Stanton, j
Cobb, who have passed to the bright |
realms of the just almost before the;
sun was mid Heaven, and in that t
land of perpetual days still shine re- 3
splendent in the live of their redeem- l
sr. Affectionately inscribed, c
H. L. B. i
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J. T. McDonald.
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News was received in Dillon Mon- t
day evening announcing the death of 3
J. T. McDonald at his home in Pam- c
plico. He was stricken with influenza 1
1 few days ago, aud when pneumonia t
set in sank rapidly. He is well and y
pleasantly remembered in Dillon. He t
was with L. Cottingham Co. for about 1
three years. He was one of the best c
men that ever lived in Dillon. He
was & member of the Methodist (
church and was a christian gentle- j
man in every sense of the word. He ^
is survived ny a wue anu two tun- f
dren, a mother, Mrs C. E. McDonald,
two brothers and one sister: Ed. McDonald,
W. E. McDonald, and Mrs.
Morgan Rogers.
The bereaved family have the
deepest sympathy of their Dillon
friends in this dark hour of sorrow.
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"The River," a wonderful serial
by Ednah Aiken, beginning in this issue.
Don't fail to read the first chapter
and you will read the others.
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LETTERS FROM fflHCE
From Worth McKinley t(> his
mother Mrs. Cora MeKinley:
Dear Mother:?I will now take the
greatest of pleaure in dropping you
a line or two to let you know how I
spent my second Christmas in France.
Well mother I can say one ihi.ig,
That the fled. Cross Santa Clans r:nQt
also to see me if I am in Frnace. He
furnished the socks this time and he
brought me a pair of socks, 1 pair
nf n n cinvps 2 handkerchiefs. 1
package of gum, 1 bar of chocolate
and a lot of nuts, 2 packages of cigarettes,
1 box of matches to smoke
my cigarettes with. Don't you think
tTiat was nice of. Him? And he laid
a 3 pound bax^-of fruit drops candy
by my socks at the foot of my bed
and I found it there the morning afterwards.
We al60 had a swell Xmas
dinner too. One hospital was invited
to eat dinner at another hospital in
this same place. We accepted the invitation
and went. We had for dinner
roast pork, boiled ham, irish popotatoes,
celery, beets and different
kinds of dressing, green peas, butter
bread, cake, 2 kinds of pie, apple nd
mine pie, coffee and after dinner we
passed by a table where wp received
another box of candy which weighed
2 pounds, pack of cigarettes, tand one
cigar issued to us by the Red Cross.
Then we went to the Red Cross hut
and had a little show and a jaz band
to entertain for the balance of the
evening and through all that time we
were served hot chocolates and cake
and when it wasn't that it was cigarettes
and pop corn or nuts, so I
Lhink I had a pretty fair Xmas but
i suppose I would of had a better
ane if I were there with you all for
it would be a strange thing to see
me home after so long an absence
for the past 18 months and that
would also be a strange thing before
my own eyes also. But mother you
won't have to worry very much longer
about me for I will be coming
home soon and I don't think the
Lime is very far off, so please have
patience aud wait for my coming
home and you wont have to strain
pour eyes long In my Estimation.
Well mamma I hope you, Cora and
papa had a pleasant Xmas and a happy
new yearjfcrhfth will soon be 1919,
which will fcok very unfamiliar to
me for it h<uL taken so long a time
to.come. \?U'mother it is getting
rery late ar^l IwUl-have to close wait_
ing for the next chance.
I remain your only boy always,
David Worth McKinley.
From Herbert English't^.his friend
Dewey Stanton:
Monday, P. M.
December 16th, 1918.
Dear Friend:?Will answer your
letter which I received some time
igo. Would have answered before
this but I have not been in one place
long enough to do much writing since
the war came to an end. I am well
ind getting along fine; hope you are
well and having a good time with
the girls.
I am in Germany now, don't know
how long I may have to stay overlere
though I hope to be at home
Xfrlllll own.
I will close as it is about time to
?o to bed so answer soon to your old
'riend.
Private Herbert M. English,
Depot Co. 1st. Corps.
Artillery Park,
via N. Y. A. E. F,
From Sergeant T. E. Tarte to Mrs.
r. D. Hutchins:
November 28, 1918
Dear Mrs. Hutchins: ? As I have
i few leisure moments I will write
/ou a few lines. I have been pretty
)usy for the last few days but have
aught up pretty well now. I sure
vill be glad when I can be at home
md take a good rest. Tomorrow is
rhanksgiving day and here I am way
>ver in Belgium. But I hear that we
ire going to have a big dinner, but
-ou know how well a fellow likes to
>at those Thanksgiving dinners at
loine. I am one of the lucky ones at
hat. Some of my friends and even my
ials are buried along these winding
rails with nothing to mark their
ast resting place but a small wooden
TOSS.
I guess I should be ve y thankful
lint I n tn nlivn nrwl T snro mil M'lllV
nillcts sang past me that I am sure
vere merit for mef Hut for some rea:on
the Hun missed his mark. I used
o console myself with the reading of
he 23 Psalm and I found it to he
he most consoling of all. Well
hank God a thousand times. I
ame through without n scratch, alhough
many of my comrads paid
he liighe; 'ce a human being can
iay for love o. home and ccuntiy.
Well its now time for mess so I
nust be going so I will cut this
short. Did you get the coupon? I
tent you one a few weeks ago. Sorry
30IH TO DEMOBILIZE - ,
Al CAMP JACKSON .
WILL LAND AT CHARLESTON IP J V
CITY CAN HANDLE TROOPS.
Said that Division is Now Under Orders
to Return Home and May
Arrive in Next Two Weeks.
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The Thirtieth Division, composed
of South Carolina, North Carolina
and Tennessee troops, are under orders
to return home and may be
expected to arrive in the next twe
or three weeks. Arrangements are being
made to land the troops at Charleston
end depioblize them at Camp
Jackson. The war department has
the matter up with the officials at
Charleston and if the troops can be
handled at the South Carolina seaport
there is every reEujTnMjb belieyj^iCljl
that the entire divisiafe^,lwflw^^^a^^ ii
j No definite plans have bteen made
for parading the division, but officials
think it probable that parades
will be held at Charleston or Columbia.
'mere are tnousanag or soutjv jiarolina
boys in the 30th division and
I the plans for landing the troops are
being watched with no small degree
of interest throughout the state.
There are probably thirty or forty
Dillon county boys in the division and
naturally Dillon feels a keen interest
in the plans now under way for their
return.
j Two weeks will be required in
crossing provided weather is good
and the dispatches are likely to bring
the news any day that the Division
lias sailed. The Dillon county boys
with this Division went over in September
of 1'J17.
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STEVENSON COULDN'T HELP
South Carolinians Wlio Violated Prohibition
I.aw in Baltimore.
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A mild sensation was created in
; Washington when Attorney General
Gregory informed Congressman Stev!
enson of South Carolina that not only
would he not intercede in behalf of
a number of well known South Carolinians
who are incarcerated in the
i Baltimore jail charged with attemptin
to ship intoxicating liquors in interstate
transportation, thus violating
| the federal bone dry law, but that he
i would ask Judge Rose of Baltimore
to make the fines hereafter six
months instead of four in the Monumental
City jail.
For some time Mr. Stevenson and
other well known public men have
:been troubled by requests from
friends to have their terms of imprisonment
reduced from four
months to two months for bringing
liquor out of Baltimore in the direc-- *
tiou of South Carolina, there being
no financial alternative. It is now
four months in jail or nothing. '
Mr. Stevenson asked the attorney
general to .-ee i! he could not induce
Judge Rose to make the term in jail
two month#!. Instead of making it
two, it will hereafter probably be
six monhs. ?'
' The method in operation at the
Baltimore railroad station is said to
work so that an unsuspecting victim
with his trunk full of liqtior goes to
the station to take his train.ije
steps around to check his baggage,
points to it and says, "That
Then the federal officer stepsT'tij>.4*pd
says, "That trunk may be youfsy
you are mine. Just come along and
tell the court about it." There is
nothing to do but come as the evidence
is conclusive.
Mr. Stevenson had also had his
secretary A. E. Hutchinson, working
<>n thr> Baltimore end of the matter
and the latter when asked today
what success he was having said,
"All I have to say is, the Baltimore
jail is easy to get into but hard to
get out of."
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Cotton dinned.
Special Agent S. W. Jackson reports
that .14.026 bales of cotton have
been ginned in the county up to Jan.
16th, against 28,014 bales up to the
same period last year, an increase of *
6,012 bales.
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Read "The River," the wonderful
serial beginning with this issue.
to hear of so many deaths in old Dillon.
Yes I know quite a few of the
people you mention that died; hope
things ore better under control at
this writing.
Well imist#elose for now. With lot
of good wishes for a nieryy Xmas to
yon, I remain as ever.
Yours in khaki,
T. E. TARTE, Sgs.
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