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ESTABLISHED 1894. ' ?
COUNTY KEIIIS i
AND HAPPENINGS
NEWSY LETTERS BY REGULA1
CORRESl*ONDENT8.
News Items of Interest to Herak
Readers, Ebb and Flow of the
Raman Tide.
Bermuda.
~ Dry weather Just now is holding
the farmers back to some extent.
They are about through planting and
are waiting for it to rain so they can
go to cultivating.
The Bermuda school exhibited
the play "Diamonds and Hearts"
Friday night to a crowded house.
And all ot the characters did their
part well and especially Mr. Marvin
Moody, the colored bell boy. It was
enjoyed by all.
Mis8 Lillian Rogers of Nichols was
hero Friday night and attended the
play at the school house.
Miss Sarah Moody is very sick at
this writing and does not seem to improve.
J. V
Hr. and Mrs. J. B. Moody of Lake
View attended service here Sunday.
Rev. J. A. Langley of Kemper filled
his regular appointment here Sunday.
Mr. Yancy Sessions and family
were here at church Sunday.
The public is cordially invited to
attend Sunday school and preaching
at Bermuda. Come. ' ?
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MORE RAINBOW MEN
REACH HOME SHORE.
Trooos of Famous Division Reach
Newport News.
Newport News, Va., April ,17. ?
Eight thousand troops from France
including men of the Rainbow Divisy
ion from Missouri, of the Thirty-fifth
a Division from Missouri and Kansas,
and of the Eighty-seventh Division,
g^kfrom Arkaa*?s, Louisiana and Mis^^Hssippi,
reached this port today board
BftHhe battleship South Carolina end
^^^he transports Antigone and Princess
Aatoika and began to debark in preparation
for the last stage of their
trip home. I
Champ Clerk, former speaker of
the house of representatives, accompanied
by his son, Lieut. Col. Bennett
Clark, who had previously arrived
with other Missouri troops, wel- j
corned the Missouri men.
The One Hundred and Seventeenth
Field Signal Battalion of the Rainbow
Division, formerly the First Battalion
of the Missouri National
Guard signal corps, came on the battleship
South Carolina. After debarking
they marched to Camp Morrison.
The Missouri and Kansas troops of
the Thirty-firth Division came on the
transport Antigone. They consisted of
** the One Hundred and Tenth Signal
Battalion, Companies A, B, and C,
and several detachments, numbering
in all 515 officers and men: One Hundred
and Tenth Sanitary Train, am-J
bulance section, Ambulance Compan-J
ies 137 to 14b inclusive; headquart-l
era field hospital section and field
hospitals 137 to 14J inclusive, total- j
ing 946 officers and inen; One Hundred
and Twenty-ninth Machine Gun,
Battalion, Companies A, B, C, and
D, numbering 744 officers and men;|
One Hundred and Thirtieth Machine!
gun Battalion, Companies A, B, C, i
and 0, numbering 804 officers and i
| men; detachments of the One Hun-;
dred and Thirty-ninth and One Hun-|
dred and Fortieth Infantry and. 64
sick and wounded officers and men.i
The Eighty-seventh Division men
arrived on the transport Princess Matoika
and consisted of 899 officers
and men from -the Sixty-fourth Infantry,
including field and staff and
Companies A. B, C and D, First Battalion,
with sanitary and supply detachments.
Also on the Princess Matioka were
Ijase hospitals numbers 1, 9, 17, 52,
58, 67, and 68, totaling 1,186 officers
jr and men; evacuation hospitals numm.
bers 1, 2 and 4, with 511 officers and
^^Limen; mobile hospital No. 1, unit K.
^^1 Headquarters detachment of the
Sixty-ninth Infantry Brigade, One
Hundred and Tenth Supply Train
headquarters company, sanitary detachment,
Companies A to F inclusive,
and motor transport companies
detachment, all of the Thirty-fifth Division,
numbering 713 officers and
men also were on the Princess Matoika
es well as casual companies
and sick and wounded, numbering
*91 fficers and men. (
DILLON BOY MARRIES.
Herbert MeKenzle Weds Miss Ruth
Moody of Florence.
The following from the Florence
Daily'Times will be of interest to
many Dillonites:
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Moody an'nounce
the marriage of their youngest
daughter, Ruth, to if&rbert McKensie
of Dillon on Sunday, April 20,
at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs.
Pearle M. Howard, on West Cheves
Street, the ceremony being performed
Iby the Rev. S. B. Harper, pastor of'
the bride.
Throughout the ceremony Mrs. W.
D. Harper played the piano, Mrs. A.
J. Johnson sang "O Promise Me."
The young couple entered to the
strains of Mendelsshor.'s wedding
march.
The following attendants entered
the parlor and formed a semi-circle
where they awaited the coming of the
bride: Miss Valerie Parrott, maid of
honor; Mrs. Pearle M. Howard, dame
of honor; Miss Bessie McKenzie, sister
of the groom, with J. Kendall
of Ansonville; Miss Bessie Britt,
niece of the groom, with Mr. Mohl of
Lake City. The bridegroom, accompanied
by W. P. Howard of Island
Grove, entered next. Then came little
Margerite Woodard carrying the ring
in a large white lilly. The bride then
advanced upon the arm of her brother,
Ralph Moody of Clemson College,
who gave her in marriage.
The bride wore a lovely gown of
crepe de chene, with a big white picture
hat, white gloves and shoes and
carried bride roses showered with lil-1
lies of the valley.
Only the near relatives and a few
friends were present. After the ceremony
the guests were invited into the
dining room where the wedding cake
was cut apd served witli pink and
white ices.
The, marriage of Miss Moody is a
matter of muoh social interest. She
is a graduate nurse of the Florence
infirmary. Mr. McKenzie is a popular
young man of Dillon. He has recently
come to Florence to go into business.
Mr. and Mrs. McKenzie left on the
evening train for Florida. Their
many friends will be glad to learn
they will make their home In Florence.
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TWO LITTLE GIRLS
BURKED TO DEATH.
Hones Path Children Lose Lives in
nuu.
Honea Path, April 25?The homes
of J. R. Lust and W. H. Monroe were
shocked esterday in the death of a
daughter from each. The little girls
four and five years old, were burned
to death when the barn in which they
were playing caught and burned to
the ground. The fathers of the children
were in town on business and
there was no one near enough to the
barn when it caught to render any
[assistance.
It seems that Mrs. Lust had left
some matches in the fork of a tree
near the wash pot where she had had
some washing done and the children
took them and were playing around
the barn. In some way in their play
one of the matches struck the tie
of a bale of cotton and set the cotton
on fire. There were several children
present and the two who lost their1
lives were over behind some of the
bales of cotton, which were under a
closed shed of the barn.
When the fire started, all way of
escape for the two little girls wasj
cut off. By the time the children's;
mothers reached the barn it was lo j
| flames and they were unable to ren1
-> T-. ~ tho
uer any iieip. in a icr? mniuivo wu?
little ones had burned to death.
Little Jennie Lust was one of seven
children of Mr. Lust, while Mr.
[Monroe only had two children and,
loses his little daughter, Marie. Mr.
Lust, the owner of the barn, lost j
[nine bales of cotton, two or three tons
of guano, all of his feed for his stock,
a buggy and cariage and some farm
implements.
The little remains of both children
were buried today in the family burial
ground, services being conducted
by the Rev. B. F. Allen and the Rev.
T. W. Munnerlyn, pastors in Honea
Path.
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Discharged Soldiers.
Ferman Gaddy, Dillon, concrete
i worker.
' T, 6. Tartee, Dilloa, ehowaxaa.
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RETURNED SOLDIERS '
j ENJOY CELEBRATION'
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AIRMEN CAME FROM FAYETTEVTLLE
AND GAVE THRILLS.
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More Than 3000 People Participated; \
in Ceremonies Held tu Dillon 1
Saturday. t
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A large crowd ? estimated at a
more than 3000 ? participated in f
the welcome given the returned solHlni-o
of nil 1 on fintnrdnv The crowd h
come from all parts of the county and fc
everybody seemed to want to do their t
part toward making the day one long p
to be remembered by the soldier boys, t
The returned soldiers came out in c
their uniforms and presented a fine c
! appearance as they walked about the t
grounds and mingled with tyie crowds.
It had' been arranged to have a pa- n
radeJjut word could not be sent to a
the ^ldier boy8 in the county in the I
limited time at the disposal of the 1
committee and this feature had to v
be abandoned. i?
A Victory Loan demonstration y
l was combined with the exercises n
and several eloquent and sti - I
ring addresses were made during a
the morning and afternoon. Follow- i(
ing the address of welcome by Mnyor d
Hamer, the speakers were introduc-J
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ea oy viiairuiuu muuci hi mc ivi- i
lowing order: John McSween, who at r
the conclusion of his splendid ad- a
dress, called fdr Miss Margaret Mc- h
GLrt and presented her with the g
German helmet given by the local a
committee for the best county cam- b
paign slogan. Then followed Mrs.
John T. Slatter, who has done splen- p
did work throughout the state in the fc
liberty loan campaigns; Dr. E. W. b
Sykes, president of Coker College; s
Mr. Lynch, chairman of the 6th dis- p
trict, and Capt. Hougardy, of New k
Jersey, a member of the famous 27th t!
division, which took such a promi- t;
nent pert in the breaking of the Hin- v
denburg line. < 1
At the conclusion of the addresses i
subscriptions were called for and l
more thaa $60,000 was raised. tl
Dinner was served on the grounds a
in picnic style. ii
The Airmen Arrive b
A feature of the occasion was the
arrival of the airmen. Captain ^
Saunders and Lieutenant Behr, s
who came over from Fayettevllle in *
a -new type of Curtis plane. This z
feature had been extensively advertised
and all throughout the day it
was no uncommon sight to see a n
group of individuals here and there ^
looking skyward in search of the n
airplane. Every now and then some *
mischievous lad would shout, "Here
they come,'' and thousands of eyes
would begin to search the heaveng for
the daring birdmen. About 4 o'clock
in the afternoon, when the crowd had a
begun to despair of seeing the aerial ^
visitors, the plane was discovered x
high above the tree-tops crossing Cl
Little Pee Dee river, and in a few g
minutes it was soaring several thous- u
and feet in the air almost over the g
center of town. The plane wa? driven $
by Lieut. Behr and Capt. Saunders p
acted as pilot. Shortly after reaching a
the city and while ^about 4000 feetj0
fn the air, Lieut. Behr made a grace-jg
ful loop-the-loop which thrilled the;x
thousands of spectators on the g
ground below. After making several
circles above town the plane was ^
headed for the beautiful meadow just
beyond the river where the daring ^
young airmen made a graceful landing.
They were met at the field by
Moeers .Tames SDTUllt and Boyd
Welch who brought them to town
where they were entertained until
later in the evening when they left n
for a short trip to Murrel's Inlet. The v
return trip to Fayetteville was made E
Sunday afternoon, quite a large b
crowd being present to see them leave fi
on the return flight. E
Capt. Saunders is a native of Bir- E
mingham, Ala., and spent about 14 a
months in France where he partici- a
pated in a number of aerial battles. c'
Lieut. Behr is a native of Brooklyn. N.
Y., and has been in the service, ii
quite a while. Not only are they skill- I.
ful airmen, but they are polished gen- b
" 1 14 ?*** " nlnociiro t n t
itemen, ana n was a rcai )i??nU.v ?
the Dillon folk to entertain them o
during their brief stay in the city. a
Capt. Saunders and Lieut. Behr
were delighted with Dillon's landing tl
field. They did not hesitate to say e
that it was ideal from every point of e
view and it is not unlikely that it fi
will be given a place on the nap. Be- si
l>EATH CLAIMS VENERABLE CIT-1
I ZEN.
tlr. Wliittington Hamilton Dies at
Advanced Age of EightyNine
Years.
When Mr. Whittington Hamilton
tassed away at His home two miles
vest of Dillon Friday the county
ost one of its oldest residents end
be community in which his long
nd eventful life had been spent lost
, citizen who had always been a
riend of all mankind.
Mr. Hamilton had been in failing 1
lealth for several years, but he bore
lis afflictions with the same fortitude <
hat he had shown in meeting the i
iroblems of life. A few days before <
he end came he lapsed into semi- i
onsciousness and passed away like <
ne falling into a gentle slumber af- i
er a day of physical vtoil. <
Mr. Hamilton was an extraordilary
man. He was one of eight sons, j
,11 of whom lived to a ripe old age. i
Jorn on the second day 6f February :
830 be was just in his prime when ]
rar between the sections was declar- i
d. Shortly after his enlistment he ]
/as wounded in the thigh and re- 1
aained a cripple throughout his life,
le returned to his farm and by thrift ]
nd industry accumulated quite a i
arge estate which he held until his j
eath. / '
Mr. Hamilton was known as a 1
riend to all mankind. He was ever ]
eady to assist a neighbor in distress ]
f nr i
nd no one erer appemeu iu unU >? ,,
elp without receiving it. In the years
one by it was a qommon saying ><
mong the people "if you are in trou- ,
le go to 'Uncle Whit.'
As Mr. Hamilton came of a very (
&ng-lived family it will be interestng
to record here the dates of the ,
irths and deaths of his brothers and (
isters: John H., born in 1819 died (
a 1893; Wilson W., bom in 1882 ,
illed in Mexican war in 1846; At- ,
hur, born 1824 killed by A. C. L. ^
rain in 1902; Tobias, born 1826, (
rent through Civil War and died in ]
891; Stephen C., bom 1828 died j
904; Rachael T., bom 1833 died (
898; Dr. W. W.t bom 1834, went (
hrough war and died in 1912; Bry- j
nt W., born 1837 and killed in war (
a 1863; Susan McK., bora 1840,
ut date of death unknown.^ t
Mr. Hamilton is survived by his ,
rife wh0 was Miss Carrie Jane Jack- (
on, and the following daughters: ^
rrs. R. B. Taylor, Mrs. R. R. McKen- j
ie, Mrs. Sella Herring and Mrs.
.ouisa Jackson. (
Mr. Hamilton had been a lire-iong ]
lember of Pleasant Grove church,
'he interment was made Saturday <
lorning at the family burying ground (
svo miles west of Dillon.
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Box Snpper a Success.
The Improvement Association gave (
Box Supper at Harllee School 1
ouse Thusday night April 24th. 1
hree bpxes brought 113.25, chance *
ake $10.15, won by Miss Etta Sue 1
ellers. Free cake walk, the lucky (
umber being won by Miss Etta Sue
ellers. Ice cream and ale brought *
15.00. A voting cake, for the most
opular lady was then sold. Contestnts,
Misses Pauline Cobb, (teacher 1
f Oakland school, Mable Watson and
allie Carter, (teachers of Harllee.) '
his brought $127.00; won by Miss 1
allie Carter. Total $165.40. '
The patrons and teachers of Harl?e
school extend their thanks to the
eople of the neighboring communiies
for their,liberality.?"Teachers." .
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Joe Bennett Passes. i
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News of the death of Mr. Joe Benett
of Latta was received in Dillon i
rith sorrow. Several years ago Mr. j
tennett was engaged in the live stock :
usiness in Dillon and had many |
riends in this section. He moved to
iillon from Me?oll and later from
lillon to Latta. When stricken with
ppoplexy several months ago he was
traveling salesman for a Macon
oncern.
lg close to the main linfc of the A. C.
i. and near the river where it will
e easy to locate from quite a dis-1
nnce in the air it offers exceptional'
pnortunities to the flying squadron I
t Camp Bragg.
T?Ko ..nl/lioi-c! aninvail thp a Tift ).
X lit OV1UIVIO VUJV/J vv* v>?v ? J
tie larfte crowds that came from ev- j
ry section of the county seemed to
njoy it equally as well. Music was j
urnished by' a band from the naval
tation at Charleston.
MANY DILLON BQYS !
BEACH Hi YORK
117TH ENGINEERS UNDER COL. j
J. M. JOHNSON ARRIVE.
Many of the Boys Receive Decorations
for Heroism Displayed
Under Fire.
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New xorx, April zo?me cruiser:
Pueblo arrived from Brest this afternoon
with 1,799 troops including the
117th engineers complete. (North
Carolina National Guard), consisting
of forty-three officers and 1,390 men
of the Forty-second (Rainbow) division.
Other troops on the Pueblo included
one officer and seventy-eight
men of the 117th engineer train and
casuals.
Most of the men of the 117th engineers
were recruited from North
md South Carolina and were commanded
by Col. John M. Johnson, of
Marion, S. C. A number of the officere
and men wore the Croix De Guerre
and, many others, it wa8 said, had
been recommended for the D. S. C.
The 117th was first engaged in
bridge and road building from Lune
dlle to Sedan and later was brigaded
is an infantry regiment with the
187th and 168th infantry of the Rain
bow division in which it saw much
bard fighting. It was the 117th that
built the bridgo across the river
[)urqc, over which the 165th regiment
(Sixty-ninth New York National
Juard) crossed for the famous action
bf July 28, 1918.
Toward the close of the war the
jngineers under Col, Johnson, it was
said, were nicknamed "Tank Orderlies,"
and the "Death Squad," because
of the extremely hazardous nature
of the duty they were called
upon to perform that of advancing
before the tanks and, under fire, cutting
barbed wire entanglement^ and
bther Impediment placed by the enemy.
Lieut. Don B. Morrow, of Oklahoma
City, Okla., in command of one
)f these advanced detachments, came
through unscathed after many evcltng
experiences in the Argonne Forest
and-St. Mihiel.
Col Johnson, who went overseas as
i major eighteen months ago, and
iron two promotions abroad, was ac:ompanied
by Major R. L. Hnghes of
Lcs Angeles, Cal., the i gimental adlutant.
The 117th, it was stated, suffer~
* tl.i. wapa
;d 937 casualties 01 wnicu wc.?
Stilled by high explosives and gas.
The regiment was scheduled for
2amps Jackson, Lee, Dix, Sherman,
Jrant, Kearney and Lewis.
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Mills Buying Seed?
Columbia, S. C., April 28?Farm;rs
of the south have been making!
i spirited fight to hold their cotion
and cotton seed until the price
idvanced to a point where they felt
hat they could sell at profit. It .is
)f considerable interest that some of
the farmers have been able to get a
?ood price for their cotton seed"provided
they would invest money in
Liberty Bonds. The following statenent
is from a letter from Mr. J.
S. Wannamaker of St, Matthews,
Chairman for Calhoun County, writng
to Mr. Chas. H. Barton, the
State Chairman: v 1
"Mr. C. Fitzsimons voluntarily told
rae to tell my people to buy "Victory
Liberty Bonds" and he would Duy
Llieir seed in car lots up to 15th day
May at $71.00 per ton f. o. b. at
shipping point. They promptly sold |
lim about 800 tons at this place and
he has had to call a halt until seed
?ould be handled. I think you might
get Mr. Elliott to join you and induce
Swift & Co. and the Union Fertilizer
Company to crush some seed. I can
sell the Bonds if I can get seed to!
more?I believe Mr. Fitzsimons is
doing all lie can."
The Union Seed and Fertilizer .
Company haw advised they havO|
never Slopped buying seed and .ire j
now actively ;n the market.
WM. BANKS, i
Director Publicity, j
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Capt. F. M. Niernsee, commander
of Company B 324th Inf., arrived
this week from Camp Mills, New York
where he has been stationed since ar- j
riving from overseas, mustering out!
:he Casual Company of which he was
n command.
SNGRAVED CARDS ? Let us have
your order for engraved visiting
cards. All styles. The Herald.
PLTS LP DILLON'S PART.
Chairman Hargrove Deposits $40,000
to Secure Like Amount from
Government.
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Dillon county has deposited its part
of the good roads fund and now it
is up to the government to deposit "
a like amount for the purpose of
building good roads in the county.
Chairman Hargrove of the board of
commissioners hag deposited $40,00$
and the government will meet this \
with another $40,000 which will bo
used in building a good road from
one end of the ^county to the other.
The plan, as stated by Chairman
Hargrove, is to build a good road
from the Marlbor0 line on the west
10 me Marion line on me eaft. rne
road will go through and extend beyond
Lake View. The old road will
be followed except in certain places
where it will be practicable to eliminate
curves without too great an <
expenditure of money.
Work should start before the summer.
The government money will be
available in the next few days and
when this fund is in hand contracts
will be let for the construction of o||
the road as outlined above.
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Delegates Leave May 12. \
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Columbia, April 28?3L statement
issued by the South Carolina Cottont
Association says that the South Carolina
delegation to the Southern cotton
convention to be, held at New ~
Orleans on May 14, 15 and 16 will v,
leave Columbia on the afternoon oC
May 12. The delegates from South
Carolina are expected to go in a body.
They will arrive in New Orleans on
the night of May 13.
The delegation from South Carolina
will be composed of Governor
Cooper, Lieut Gov. Liles of Orangeburg,
Commissioner of Agriculture 0.
Harris, J. H. Claffy of Orangeburg,
J. Skottowe Wannamaker of St.
Matthews, T. P. Cothran of Greenville,
W. L. Grary of Laurens, W. W.
Long of Olemson College, B. F. Me- .
Leod of Charleston, John T. Mackey
of Camden, Paul Sanders of Ritter,
William Gifford of Gifford, R.' G.
Rhett of Charleston, L. D. Jennings 6f
Sumter, Ira B. Dunlap of Rock Hill,
Douglas Mclntyre of Marion, T.. 0.
McLeod of Kingstree, B. H. Moss of
Orangeburg, A. M. Denbow of Bamberg
and C. E. Summers of Newberry.
It is expected that all of the members
of the delegation will attend.
The first day of the convention at
New Orleans, says the statement, will
be devoted to receiving reports as to
the progress of the campaign in every
section of the belt on cotton acreage
reduction and the holding of
"itlnn for ppmnnprattve nrices.
The second day of the convention
will be given over to the organization
and discussion of plans for putting
into operation of the Foreign
Marketing. Exporting and Financing
Corporation.
The third day will be given over
to the organization of a plan for prop_
erly banking and financing the cotton
business and various allied interests
of the South, and a complete and
thorough organization of the cottonv
associations in efrery atate in the cotton
belt. It Is planned, says the statement,
to have one complete cotton association
for the entire belt, each
state to have an organization, which
is to be a member of this parent organization.
** * ? UVvvrrhtrtovif
t'ro^ress ui uic mviv?.v??
"The farmers, merchants, bankers
and business men are continuing to
stand together" says the statement"Desperate
efforts have been made to
separate their ranks, but all of then*
have proved unavailing. Our ranks
present a solid front. A complete ^
victory is absolutely certain.
"During the last few days we have
received bulletins from every state in
the cotton belt. All of them are of
a most encouraging nature. The pres
ident of the Louisiana organization
reports that the reduction of cotton
acreage in that state totals 32 per
cent. All of the other state8 report a
heavy reduction. Texas, the biggest
state in the cotton belt, is assured of
a reduction of over 30 per cent."
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Ministerial Association.
The Dillon County Ministerial As'" li
mppt at tho Methodist
oi/naiiuu IT >>i *<*wv? _
Parsonage on next Monday at 11 a. m.
The topic for discussion will be "The
Church and the Returned Soldier
Boys." Rev. John H. Graves of Latta
will open the discussion. Following
this address an open discussion will .
be held.