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^ ESTABLISHED 1894. THE DILLON HERALD, DILLON SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 17, 1919. VOL. 23. NO. 22.
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TOBACCO DEALERS
D5C0SS PRICES
WAREHOUSEMAN SECURE OPINION
FROM LARGE DEALERS.
Most of the Dealers, However, Expect
a Marked Decline in Price
Over Last Year.
Prices for this year's tobacco crop
have been the subject of no little, dis-;
cussion recently, especially among
those farmers who have hoped by putting
increased acreage in toba^o, to
offset to some extent the low prices
which they are getting for their cotton.
From authorities sources the
farmers nave been warnea agaium
putting to0 much land in tobacco.
Nevertheless quite a good deal of it
will be planted in this section, and
the, effort is being made to keep the
expense down to the minimum.
Mr. K. D. Cothran, a tobacco
warehouseman of Manning has recently
interested himself in the pro-|
. bable prices that will be paid this
year, and has written to practically
all of tbe large tobacco dealers asking
them for an expression. The answers
to Mr. Cothran's letter are reprinted
Horn the Manning Times inK'
full, and they will be of no little interest
to every planter in this part of
the State. They are as follows:
J. P. Taylor C., Inc. >
Richmond, Va.,
March 17, 1919
Mr. R. D. Cothran, Broprietor,
. Central Warehouse,
C Manning, S. C. ^ I
Dear Sir:?
Replying (o your valued favor of
the 15th In which you state that it
has been reported that the South
Carolina crop of tobacco would not
sell well this year, and that you had
heard same as coming from us.
Beg leave to say that there is no
human being who can tell what the
coming crop of tobacco will sell at.
The chances are, however, that tobacco
like all other products will
have a downward tendency for the
L next few yesrs. We certainly, hov
ever, expect to Bee tobacco bring reft
munerative prices, and while it may
not be as high as "the past "year there
is no reason that it will not sell at
a price that will pay the farmer. Our
advice to the farmer would be not
to try to increase their crop over last
year, but try to make as gopd and
as much tobacco per acre as they
posalbily can, by good cultivation and
close attention and not to place all
of their dependence on one crop.
Yours very truly,
J. P.'Taylor, Pres.
j
Br The Southern Tobacco Journal,
Winston-Salem, N. C.
March 17, 1919.
R. D. Cothran,
Manning, S. C.
Dear Sir:?
Your letter of the 14th day receiv-j
ed. Replying to same 1 beg to say that;
I can only give you my personal j
opinion. I am frank to say that I do i
not believe that prices will be as
high next season as they have been j
tbe last two. I ?believe this is the
general impression. As to how much!
lower it will be no once can tell. I j
believe that 20 centd will be about
the average, but that is under the!
circumstances a liberal estimate.
I also believe that farmers can
grow tobacco next season with a fair
^ profit. The only or the best thing tor
all farmers to do is to make their!
own supplies and then wha't tobacco1
or cotton they can. If they will, do
this, they will be safe. I shall refer
to the matter at length in my issue (
next week. With best wishes I am,
Yours very truly, '
G. E. Webb.'
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Jno. E. Hughes & Co.,
Danville, Va.
March 19.' 1919
Mr. R. D. Cothran,
Manning, S. C.
Dear Sir:?
Yours of the 16th, received and
replying will say, we do not like to
make any predictions about how!
the next crop of tobacco will sell, but
we will say this much, that prices
have fallen off tremendously in the
Old Belt since the holidays, some
pa grade fully fifty per <jent, and others
considerably, and the same condlm
tiong apply to Kentucky crops, whirh
^ "we are inclined to think is on account
of over production by the farmers
and this crop of bright tobacco will
unquestionably weigh out seventy
five to a hundred million pounds
more than the last one, and the last
one, weighed out seventy five to a
hundred million pounds more than
the previous one did, which will
make the two crops a hundred and
fifty to two hundred million pounds
more fhan ever was sold iit the
bright belt before, and this is evidently
creating a surplus which in cur
opinion, together with the prospects
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END TO NEURING'S LIFE.
War Minister of Saxony Killed in
Dresden and Body Thrown in
Elbe
Copenhagen, April 13?Herr Neurttrg,
war minister in the govern of
Saxoy, was killed at Dresden yesterJ
hnlrliora fn whom
uay uy uiogi uuwu m
the minister had refused a hearing.
The war ministry was stormed by demonstrators
who dragged out Herr
Neuring and threw him into the Elbe,
where he was shot and killed as he
tried to swim to the bank.
Wounded patients In the Dresden
hospitals says the Dresden .dispatch
detailing the occurrence, collected in
the morning in the theater square to
protest against an order issued by
Herr Neuring to the effect that the
wounded in the future should receive
only peace time pay. Five or six hundred
men formed e procession to the
war ministry and sent a deputation
to see the minister, who refused, how_
ever, to receive them.
Upon this the crowd incited by communistic
speakers, stormed the entrance
to the buildin&s. The sentries
used their weapons but were
overpowered. Government v troops
were summoned but they declared
th<ey would not attack the crowd and
inarched off after surrendering their
,irms.
An excited crowd meanwhile, had
thronged the square in front of the
building and machine guns posiea at
various points were firing on the ministry.
At 4 o'clock in the afternoon
the demonstrators had forced their
way into the main building, followed
the war minister to the upper story,
where he had fled, and dragged him
cut into the street.
After the min'ster had been severely
maltreated' by the crowd he
was hurled from the bridge into the
river. When he tried to swim to the
bank the demonstrators fired at him
and within a few moments he disappeared
under the water.
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1 be Negro Turning Back to Dixie.
Atlanta,
Ga., April 12?The southern
negro has found out that the
south is the best place after all. This
id evidenced by the constantly increasii.g
stream of negroes "homeward
bound" from the army and from the
north., 'where they set out some time
ago to find the "'promised land."
Evidently many of them failed to
find it, for, according to some of
those who have found their way back
to Atlanta, "there ain't no place like
Georgia after all.''
They are finding out that the north
treated them well just so long as
they were needed, and that when the
time came they were shoved out to
shift for themselves. Climatic cqnditiuma
and overvthine else aided in the
lesson, and they wanted t0 get beck
to the sunny south and "de quality
folks." This is a summary of how
they all feel, though they express it
differently, of course.
of a large planting this season, will
further reduce prices, and from the
present prospects, it looks to us like
if the next crop of tdbacco brings
half of what the last one did, it will
dc well.
Yours very truly,
Jno. E. Hughes & Co., Inc.
The American Tobacco Company
New York,
March 18, 1919.
Mr. It. D. Cothran,
Central Warehouse,
Manning, S. C. \
Dear Sir:?
Yours of the 14th inst, addressed
to our Richmond Va., office has been
referred ta this department for attention.
We are afraid we cannot give very
much advice as to the prices the
next crop of tobacco in your section
will bring. Prices of tobacco, as well
as all other commodities, are governed
by the law of supply and demand.
For the past several years, or since
the commencement of the war, leaf
?nhi??in nf ?n tvnps has advanced
very materially in price. This was
brought about primarily by increased
demand by this Government, as well
as other Governments furnishing tobacco
to soldiers, and it is a matter
of common knowledge that men in
the Service consume a much larger
quantity of tobacco, per capita, than
they do in civilian life. Now that
the war is over, theje will undoubtedly
be some curtailment in the demand
for leaf tobacco?as to v/hat extent.
we cannot prophesy. Further
more, it is our understanding that
the stocks of American tobacco
abroad are very low, and until the
world has created a surplus of tobacco,
as carried in normal times, there
Bhould be a demand that will show
satisfactory prices to the grower.
Yours very truly,
J. H. Mai her,
Vice-President.
(Continued on page eight.)
District Missionary Meeting.
" The Marion District Missionary
meeting was held Friday, April 11
at Little Rock.
The morning session opened with
devotional service led by Mrs. Floyd,
district secretary, wh0 stressed the
importance of prayers of the great
missionary enterprise is a success.
She thanked the ladies of the different
auxiliaries for the splendid support
given her and told them of the
advancement along all lines of work
in the district for the past year. We
| were fortunate to have with us two
'of our Conference officers, Mrs.
Kirkwood and Mrs. Major, also Mrs.
Exum of Florence District.
Mrs. Major , told of the work with
the juniors. She made each auxiliary
2nd V-President feel that she has a
great work?a work with wonderful
possibilites.
The Young People's Work was very
interestingly presented by Mrs. Exum.
After hearing reports from the juniors
and young people a hymn was
sung and the morning session closed
with a prayer led by Rev. Mr. Hook,
presiding elder of the district
The afternoon session opened with
devotional service led by Rev. S. J.
Bethea, pastor bf 'the Little Rock
' Church, using as his scripture lesIson
the 2nd Psalm.
Reports from the adult societies
! showed that Marion District is growing
along all lines 'of Mission work,
one society reporting eleven tithers
out of a membership of sixteen.
Mrs. John Hargrove in a most impressive
manner discussed the sub
JCt I VII VUI iOVIOU OV^TTOiuouip ntwi
especial emphasis on the financial
side. As a result of this earnest appeal
showing so clearly that everything
belongs to God that we are only
stewards thirty-four ladies stood
pledging themselves to tithe.
Following Mrs. Hargrove's talk and
with the same earnestness Mrs.
Kirkwood who had only a few hours
before returned from the Council
Meeting in Memphis, told of the tremendous
responsibility resting upon
the Missionary Societies as a result
of the great world war.
Mrs. L. Cottingham, ' successful
leaJer of a Missionary Study CJass,
told of the importance of having a
class in each auxiliary. ,
- Then the pledges were made, each
i auxiliary increasing its pledge for the
coming year.
The singing of the doxology and
the pronouncing. of the benediction
by Mrs. Bethea brought to a close
one of the best meetings ever held
in Marion District?a meeting noticeable
for the enthusiasm and earnestInesR
manifested by every one pres
I ent.
I St. Paul's Auxiliary received the
district warmly, officers and visitors
asserting repeatedly that they , had
I never been more delightfully entertained.
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Preparatory Revival Services, r
preparatory Revival Services will
be held every afternoon next week at
the Main street Methodist church.
The services will he held at 6 o'clock
and will last just one hour. At these
services the Pastor, Dr. Watson B.
Duncan, will give a series of "studi
ies in Discipleship.'' The sub-topics
will be as follows: 1
Monday?"The Meaning of Disciple
ship."
Tuesday?"The Conditions of Discipleship."
Wednesday ?"Defective Discipleship."
Thursday ? "Dynamic DiscipleI
shipv''
I Friday ? "The Rewards of Disci;
pleship."
I Saturday ? "The Discipleship and
Soul Winning." I
A special invitation is extended 10
' all Christian workers and to all who
are interested in their own spiritual
; life or the salvation of others.
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After the Delinquents.
A representative of the State Highi
way* Commission casually dropped in'
to Dillon the other day and some ten
I or twelve automobile owners who had
! neglected to secure 1919 licensee
j were from $10 to $25 poorer, besides
| the regular license fee, when he lefl
I town. Among them were some of the
i town's most representative citizens,
but the pleas of "being too busy to
1 attend to it" or having "forgotten
it" were of no avail and the unfor
!AU
tunates had to come across wun
the usual fine. These gentlemen
were not "trying to evade
the tax, but had neglected to
send in their applications with the
usual fee. The representative of the
; Commission explained that the owner
of an automobile was liable fcr the
whole year's tax even if his car stood
under the shed and was not used
until the last day of the year. Other
automobile owners who have neglected
to secure their 1019 licensee
should profit by the sad experience
| of their less fortunate brethren.
Postmaster Needs More Help.
Postmaster Hargrove says if the
business at the local postoffide continues
to increase the government
will have to provide more help or the
service will suffer. The Dillon office
i has been made the central' office for
all the offices in the county and the
present force is not equal to the task
of handling this increased business
and giving the patrons the service
, they should have. Postmaster Hargrove
has asked for additional help
i but has heen unable to get it. The
present force is handling twice the
jamount of business it handled two or
three years ago and the volume of
business is increasing every day. Supplies
for every office and rural route
in the county are handled through
the local office and it keeps the entire
force on its toes every minute of the
day to handle this extra volume of
work and put up and dispatch the
mails.
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D. A. R. Meeting.
The Rebecca Pickens Chapter, D.
A. R. met on Tuesday afternoon with
Mrs. Albert Parker. As there was
quite a lot of important business to
be transacted the meeting was called
for 4:30. That krith the beautiful
spring afternoon brought a good
i attendance.
' Two years ago the chapter gave
a medal for the best paper from a
, school child in the county. This
medal'was won by Miss Vera Gaddy,
and her efforts were very much appreciated
by the chapter. Now this
year some of the schools in the county
have a shorter session, some have
closed so the chapter is offering a
. medal for some high school girl in
- this town. This is bat fair to the
county and next year this contest will
be opened to all.
[ Latta has a very thriving chapter,
Lone Oak, and they may possibly assist
Dillon. The medal is one which
any girl would be preoud to wear.
Two weeks ago the marker committee
placed a marker to the grave
: of a Revolutionary soldier, Jordan J
Sellers, an ancestor of Mr. John C.
Sellers of Sellers, and the late Hon.
P. B. Sellers of the Dillon bar.
Mrs. John C. Bethea was elected a
delegate to represent Rebecca Picki
ens Chapter at the County Federation
of Woman's Clubs Which will be held
in Sellers in May.
The entertainment committee with
! Miss Mary Bethea, chairman, will
i have something for the, soldiers
['probably on the 26th. Miss Bethea's
. brother, John C. Bethea, Jr., will be
at home by then, in all probability.
Mrs. W. C. Tolar, Mrs. Otis Page,
?*!__ Vino nf Vlnron^p PnilTltv.
I ansa lutti j iviub, ^ .... , ,
Mrs. W. C. Oliver, Marion, Miss Alice
Jackson, Mrs. J. S. Thompson were
elected members of the chapter and
! Mrs. Herman Beatty, formerly Miss j
IKathryn Ingram of Dillon received a
: most hearty reconsideration from
I this chapter in order that slfle might
I ) >
Mrs. A Coke Rogers as chairman
had a splendid program. Subject: j
i "Antibellum schools in South Caro-;
ilina.*' Mrs. Lawrence R. Craig had a
i most interesting article on "Education
in Antibellum Ddys." Mrs. James
| Hargrove read a splendid paper on
I "Educational Advantages Since the
j Revolution." A paper on "What we
I can do to promote education in
j South Carolina,'' written by Miss
: Ruth Allen was read by Mrs. A. M.
Bethea.
This closed a .most interesting
meeting and will be next held with
Mrs. 'C. R. Taber.
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After the Cider Dealers.
Mayor Hamer is taking prompt
i and vigorous measures against the ;
| dealers in a certai.i brand of cider j
I that carries a kick stronger than the
i law allows. The mayor had before1
him Saturday several merchants who,
have been handling the concoction J
that serves as a poor substitute for
the real article, but each defendant
entered the plea that he did not know
jit was a violation of the law to han
die the stuff and upon the promise
' that they would discontinue the sale
I of it only nominal fines were imi
posed and they were dismissed with J
> the warning that a second offense;
1 would mean the limit .of the law.
t The stock of cider found in each es,
tablishment was destroyed in the
'; presence of the officers. It is said that j
i J the article contained 8 per cent, of j
J alcohol.
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! Liberty Loan Picnic,
j Every woman in Dillon county who
feels it her patriotic duty to assist in 1
the Big Liberty Loan Drive will please
<;be in Dillon on Saturday the 26th
| with e full dinner basket. Tbe housef
. wives all over Dillon county are exlipeeted
to put forth their best efforts
I to give the boys a pleasant day. Do
'[not prepare an elaborate dinner ?
but just good, substantial food,
ij Mrs. T. Leaholme Manning,
Quartermaster Sergeant Woman's,
i Committee Victory Liberty Loan. !
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AIR OF UNCERTAINTY
ABOUT PROHIBITION.
Legal Advisers Can't Find Authority
for Enforcement.
Washington, April 14?Legal advisers
of the government agencies in
terested in liquor regulations ex-'
amined statutes and Executive order J
today without finding specific legal
authority by which the Internal
Revenue Bureau might enforce war
*1?? T.i 1 w 1
President Wilson, under the Over-,
nan act giving him power to transfer
functions from one department j
to another, might delegate the authority
to the revene bureau, some
lawyers declared. However, thi8 still
would leave the bureau without adquate
funds to pay the costs of.maintaining
a large federal police force,
unless there is some legislation at an
early special session of Congress.
Air of Uncertainty.
Suggestions received today did not
change materially the air of uncertainty
over the question of how prohibition
is to he enforced after July
1, &r caused by Internal Revenue
Commission Roper's announcement
that his bureau had not the authority
nor the funds, to carry out the ehforcement
measures properly. Many
telegrams received at the commissioner's
office today reflected keen in
terest by individuals and organlza-1
tlons throughout the country in the
status of wartime prohibition.
Mr. Ropeir added nothing-to his
statement ip reply to these queries, it
was said. ,
A Former Order.
Legal advisers of other agencies tori
Mseovered that an executive
ora*. f the President, dated September
2, 1917, issued under authority
of the Overman act, delegated to the
revenue bureau and the customs division
the enforcement of the provision
of the Food Conservation Act
of August 10, 1917, which prohibited
the use of food materials in production
of whiskey and pared the way
for restriction of beer brewing. I
The amendment to the Agricultural
Appropriation Act of November 21,
1918, by which war time prohibition
effective July 1, was established, did
not become a law until long after that
executive order wa8 issued, and consequently
the order would not apply
to the prohibition measure.
The act of November 21,1918, provided
"tha/t after June 3.0, 1919, until!
the conclusion of the present war,!
and thereafter until the termination]
of demobilization the date of which
shall be determined and proclaimed
by the President of the United States
* * * it shall be unlawful to sell for
beverage purposes any distilled spirits.
* * The act also specifies that
in this time "no beer, wine or other,
intoxicating malt or vinous liquor
shall be sold for beverage purposes
except for export."
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RACE CLASH ENDS FATALLY.
Two White Officers and Four Negroes
Dead.
Millen, Ga., April 13?Six persons
are known to be dead as a result of
a race clash in the northern part of
this (Jenkins) County this afternoon.
The dead:
W. C. Brown, county policeman. |
T. H. Stephens, night marshal, j
Edmond Scoti, a negro; John Hol-j
loway Ruffin, negro, and two of his
brothers.
The scene of the clash was at a |
negro church meeting in% the Cars-,
well .Grove. Scott was bringing a
preacher from Waynesboro, 15 miles'
away, in an automobile, when he was |
stopped by the two officers who had j
been called to the scene because of
reports that blind tiger liquor was
being distributed. Finding a pistol
on Scott they placed him under arrest.
Joe Ruffin, father, of the three
negroes whQ were killed, drove up,
in his high powered car and is alleged (
to have opened fire. The two officers j
and Scott and three of the Ruffin (
bovs were killed there. Stephens, who:
had been especially active against,
blind tiger8 was not only shot, but!
his head and body were beaten. He j
lived nearly two hours, however.
Officers who rushed to the scene
found Joe Ruffin and carried him to
Augusta for safekeeping.
They are still hunting for Louis'
Ruffin and others who are alleged to j
have figured in the shooting.
Hundred of people hurried to the
scene.when first reports of the clash,
were received and many of these re-,
mained out all night.
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Ice Oeam Supper. .
!
There will be an ice cream supper
at New Holly School Friday evening,
April 18, 1919. Corae one, come all;
we shall be glad to have you. Bring
your dimes, bring your dollars.;
There will be plenty of good things
to eat.
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COUNTY NEWS 1
MID mis
NEWSY LETTERS BY I^EGULAB
CORRESPONDENTS, \ . '
News Items of Interest to HenlA
Readers, Ebb and Flow of tho
Human Tide. . -tjk
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Oak Grove. ^
If you will allow me space in your
paper I will give you a few dote in
and around Oak Grove.
At the Sunday school services last
Sunday morning at Bethesda church
a movement was started to raise
funds to, make improvements, on the
church building. In a short while a
large amount was pledged and raised
in cash among the members o( the
Sabbath school. It is the purpose of
those back of the movement to have
the undertaking well under way in
the near future so that work may ho
begun in the course of the next few
weeks. \
W. E. Rogers of Brownsville and,
J. S. Ralr of Oak Grove attended the
centenary meeting at frllon last
Tuesday\ *
Mr. John Daviwlayes of Florence
is visiting his br?her, Rev. Wilson
nayes 01 mis piace.
if Oscar Hayes son of Mr. Thos. R.
Hayes has recently returned from
France where he did his part in
breaking the Hindenburg line.
Nearly everybody around here in.
through planting cotton and good,
stands are seen in many fields. Corn
also seems to be an unusually good
stand.
The fine rain which visited this
community last Friday put new life
into everything.
' Mr. Brube Turbeville. of Florence
is spending a few days with his uncle. '1
G. T. Turbeville. ? ,
R. W. Wise of Lake View visited
relatives in this section Sunday.
Miss Theressa Berry, of Latta attended
the commencement at Oak
Grove School house Saturday night
Miss Dessle Turbeville is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Hammonds near Oak
Grove.
Messrs. Sellers and Tom Love went ' |&|
to Bennettsvllle Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Wis? were vis- , ,
iting Mr. and Mrs.. T. r! Hayes Sunday
P. M.
Messrs. Coy and Oliver wifle of T>~jH
Lake View were pleasant visitors In
this section Sunday. , \
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Sellers.
Mrs. W. J. Summerlin's music
class will give a recital Friday night,
April 18th. The public ig cordially invited
to attend. The exercises will
take place at the school building.
The ladies school club here, with
the help of the trustees, has recently
, ordered 200 opera chairs for the
: school auditorium.
J. We hope to have these installed by
I May 3rd when the Dillon county federation
of cIuds. meets at Sellers.
Mrs. J. T. Hudson had as guests
Sunday her brother, Mr. Bonham
| Smith and family of MuUins.
Mr. W. H. Muller, Superintendent
of the Methodist Sunday school at
Dillon gave an earnest, forceful talk
on the Centenary movement at , the
' Methodist church Sunday afternoon.
Miss Berry Bass of Letta spent
Sunday with her grand mother, Mrs.
Cherry Watson.
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Early Closing.
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We, the undersigned, hereby agree
to close our stores every day except
oo?Hw)oifo at 7 nVlnirk In th? after
noon. This agreement in effect from
dale to hold good until September
1st, 1919:
. L. Cottingham, Hargrove-Hall Co.
M. B. Blumberg, Wm. Brick, Saleeby
Dry Goods Co., Williams Furniture
Co., Morris Fass, D. H. Fass,
Vaughan Furniture Co., Jones Drjr
Goods Co., E. T. Elliott, Jr., Dillon
Hardware Co., Palmetto Hardware
Co., S. G. Saleeby, I Blum Co.
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Big Day April 126th.
Invitations have been extended to '
the people of the county to come to
Dillon on Saturday the 26th and assist
in extending a welcome back
home to the returned soldier boys.
The feature of the day will be a din-;
ner served in picnic style. There will
he addresses by returned soldiers, including
Co. Springs of Georgetown.
Music will be rurnisnea Dy a military
band. The committee In charge of arrangements
wants every woman in
the county who attends to bring a basket
of good, substantial food. See that
some way is provided for every soldier
in your community to attend.
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Meeting of Royal Arch Masons.
There will be regular meeting of
thls Chapter Monday night, April the
21st. Visiting companions cordially
invited.
E. C. Stanton, Sec'y.