The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 03, 1919, Image 1
P.NUARY 3, 1919. NUMBER 38.
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died at
mora
the result of uu automobile uoci
?Li which oceur iVd Thursday ubout 1
ffoVlock uear McHride'v ('ross Hoads, Mr.
1H- H. King, of KiQKMltf, mot hi-, death
I when hln akull was crushed beneath the
j| overturned car. Mr. Kiug, accompanied
by his wife and three children were re
i -turning -home from Bethune where they
*had spent <'hriKttms.
No very accurate aeoouut of the ac
cident can be obtained, but It seems
; that on account of the very muddy con
dition of the road, the car skidded and
, turned <vropletely over, regaining an
ppriffht position, though spilling all the
1 afrccivpauts. |n Home manner, the head
of Mr. King was eaught beneath the
I $ar and so badly crushed that death
'?} followed within a few minutes. The on
I ly damage done to the car was a broken
windshield, from which Mrs. King re
ij Reived a very painful though not so
i. tious cut. Neither of the three child*
a ^fcu was hurt in the least. ? Sumter Item.
7 Mr. King was tt native of Rethuno in
this county and the funeral and burial
occuired there- Friday afternoon. He
p at ,one time in the live-stock busi
? ?ess in Camden, dissociated with his
brother Mr. \V. . \Y. King. He is sur
i vlved by another brother. Mr, I .en wood
i King of Sumter.
New Officers Installed.
The following new officers <?t" the
Ma? >nic Lodge who were elected some
tfme ago wen- installed Friday night,
Encember 27th :
\\\ U. '/em nv worshipful -master; F.
\\. y vans, senior warden ; W. F. Net
tles, junior warden ; W. (leisenheimer.
treasurer; F. ,T. Shannon. Jtrd, secre
tary ; F. I). Campbell senior deacon ;
r. B. Bruce, junior deacon : J. H. Os
borne and M. Billings, stewards;
Vfc ( 'oleman. tyler.
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t Services at Baptist Church.
pfc^Rpecinl cull is made to the ineui
m of the Ilaptist Church to bo at
i:&uuday morning service. At this
?vice an election of Cbureh officers
r>tbe enfculng ye at* will be -held ifttl
ery member should have his part In
[g. Sunday School will begin at 10
lock. Regular service at 11 :15.
Strangers in the City are cordially in
|ed to these services.
IK GREATEST THING IN LIFE"
vAV. Griffith Produetpln to lie Shown
The Ma jostle Moiula.v.
.latest thins in lifo ! W ha is
* . *re is it to bo found? I> WV
Urifrth . .
master producer of master
pieces pi - ^
to you an answer to
this uuesti.. , ...
- Now vou will smile atnl
now ft tear-j ? ' ... il , , ?
. hroll silently down your
? lee , ut > wjj| have found fhe
??*,t M ^t,m, ? lbe (Jrrrtti'Kt
TWn^n.I-re. ?
Now Major
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. fvvard Mills.
MtturiJ, forAier)v irf tb(,
(loiwrtnWBt of riliversitJ of
^olti^i ''-JMT" A'flH i ven his majority
>n (Vtooei 26. aoeoUng to a letter
m-cived in Columbia ffitcrday t?y bis
filter. Miss Mary Mi?.;. Major Mills
is in the department rj&as and liquid
firp and ba.s boon in Fucp ?inee early
Kprinff. H? is on louv?'| absence fr.>m
tljp university. ? Wednp<*y'? State.
Marria*ev<
Mr. Tillman Alford. olttoi-k Hill and
Mifts Alice Cauler, of Onden were mar
ried on December 31st.
Mr. Kichard Habson Jfi-sh. of Ker
nh?w and Miss Nellie Ani DeHruhl, of
Oassatt were married on 4cembor .'list.
On December 26th. Mr^ltobort Les
lie Moore, of Luugoff. 8. 3., and Miss
Kate Knlinn Bell Hranhni, of fllaney.
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A Deplorable Art-lent.
1 Truly one of the most rftettabU- ac
cident* that has occurred in this city
was that of last Thursday^ afternoon,
'Wln'ii little Jr T, Phillips. lr.. better
known to roost every one het<*s "Sonny"
accidentally shot WiMiam J<fenston son
of Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Joiston. It
happened while they with 4mc other,
boy* were near the outrtkirts f the city
Htartmft for a hunt. The shotpras from
h shotgun, the load tearing I a hole
through the rhild'K abdomen. tTho acci
dent occurred near Cedar Cre-4 Jam?
NVe] y, who was in the pariy. picked
up the little Johnston boy aril hurried
to -A. W. Oreene'* residence, naced him
in Mr. (Jreene's car and riirthm hira to
the Fennell Infirmary. In tho m^an
time Drx. FenneH and Steven* harl re
sponded to tbo rail for n ' doctor and
followed Hjrht after -the other car to
the hospital. When thoj reached the
little fellow it was seen that there was
no possible b<rpe of ftavinf his life a ad
he died about 7:30, something like two
and a half hours after he \ra* *?hot.
? tto H; HIU Record.
mmmmmmutinmrnrn ,
CALLED FOR QUICK THINKING |
Shipper of Burning 8hlp, With Cargo !
of High Exploalveu, in No Posh
tig n to Hasitate.
The < Vphulotila wh?j deeply loaded
with ?hellH, mid her < lii II ? rooms were
Oiled with T. N. T. f?r the Italian
army, writ** It. K. Crop Ivy In the At
lantic. She whs well In tlu* midst
of th? convoy proceeding down the
Thumea, and had juxt paaaod beyond
the aubinarlne net. when u thin pencil
of amoke wuh mm to rlao from tho
eoruer of No. 1 hatch. It happened
to catch t lu? third officer's eye flrat
ami ho callHl Humroy'a attention to it
^??.?wnv had soup*W
M-uson uii the orsi trT; ? w.Tuuary and
tin- nchxum promise* (O Im> io unusual
?no.
Among the U ? day arrivals iuchlrie
IV F. Clifford of Boston who plans to
remain for the mouth of January. Mr.
Clifford Is a dally golfer over the link*
of ? le Camden Country dub. Cecil
1 1 origin u n of New York City was a guest
for a few days enroute for Palm Beach.
Mi*. 0, D. Vail of (ieucva und Docv
tor and Mr*. F. C. IL Moody of New
York were among the recent arrivals.
Mrs. Vail was on her way to Palm
Reach to open her cottage there for the
season.
Clarence and Mrs. Morgan of 8hel
hourne, Vermout are motoring from the
North to Camden and will occupy their
usual rooms at, the Kirkwood. The Mor
gans have been constant visitors to this
section for the past do/en year#.
Kdwin A. Harris of New York City
is here for two weeks of golf. Mr.
and Mi*s. W. II. Dickey of Cleveland
arc at the Kirkwoori for the balance
of the month.
Among the visitors from Camp .Tuck
son include Lieut. Lewis It. Kuntx and
Major It. W. WhanWll. Capt. and
Mrs. II. S. Johnson also of Camp Jack
son arc registered for the month of Jan
ua ry \ . J
Among the arrivals for the season who
arc expected in the near future are Mrs.
II. Seward Wilcox of Albany. N. Y. ;
Lieut. F. T. Fiske and mother of Mont
clair. N. J.; Charles A. Dorks of Mount
Vernon. N. Y. ; Mrs. L. F. Arrel. Youngs
lown, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Orville Camp- 1
hell Skinner of Burnhum, P?. ; Mrs. E. '
II. Little and family of Newburyport, |
Mass.; and Spencer Turner of New,
York.
Arrivals At Hobkirk.
The . following guests have arrived at j
the Hobkirk Inn: Mr, and Mrs. R. W.j
MeClain. Toronto, Canada; It. S. Rains-)
ford. New York : Mr. and Mrs. Maedaniel
Ashtield, Mass.; Miss McCnul, Haiti-!
more. Mri. ; Dr. and Mrs. L. S. Brook*,
Springfield,- Mass. : Mttf. W. JjJ. ilobb^"
Bridgeport. Conn. ; J. Alfonso' Stonrns,
New York ; Mrs. Ralph II. Hubbard, j
Lamar <?. Hubbard and nurse, Itye, N. V.j
Court Inu Arrivals.
The following new names were on the;
Court Inn register this week : Sherman
Woodward, John K. Winkler, New York;
Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Tallman, Mrs. G.
S. Tallman, Staten Island N. Y. ; Mr.
and Mrs. David It. MeKee, Washing
ton, D. C. '
Mr. Iteginald Halsall Dead.
A message was received in Camden
yesterday announcing the death in New
York City *?f Mr. Reginald Karl Halsall,
a former Camden boy who was a tele
graph operator on the New' York cot
ton exchange. Hl? mother, Mrs. M. K.
Ilalsal), received^ a message Wednesday
announcing his serious illness and lefL
immediately for New York, and did
not know that her son was dead until
she reached that elty. He had been
ill only a short while with pneumonia
and the message stating that he had
l>assed away camo while ^he was en
route to New York.
Mr. Halsall was just 21 years of age.
was h strong, robust young fellow. He j
is survived by his mother and three
brothers ? Messrs. Gilbert Halsall. of
New York, Smyrl Halsall and Will Hal
sall, of Camden. No funeral arrange
ments have yet been made, but the body
is expected to arrive here either Satur
day or Sunday. Mr. Smyrl Halsall
left last night to meet the funeral party
in Washington.
New Adverts??.
Tho (.Chronicle begins the now year
with u long list of new advertiser*. Ad
vertised products are generally the be?t,
and we urge that our readers look over
our adverting poxes and sec what our
advertisers have to offer. Beside* our
regular contracts advertisements we are
carrying the following new ads"ffi rfcfr
issue :
Hank of Camden ? Banking.
Footers Dye Works ? Dying and clean
ing.
Fisheries Products ()o. ? Fertilijser.
Camden Oil Mill ? Seed buyer*.
J >e Loach Realty Co. ? Real Estate.
F. S. Royster Ouano Co. ? Fertlllxcr.
Majestic Theatre ? Griffith** Story
Victor}'.
It. M. Kennedy ? Insurance.
(Jeo. T. Little ? Horses and Mules.
Majestic Theatre ? The Great Love.
Geo. T. Little ? Hackney Wagons.
Lawrence A. McDowell ? Real Rotate.
T, W. Wood & Son ? Seed.
Mr. K. F. Ilough of Y*|t?ville, Oa?
a former resident of thfe'eonnty, and
a brother of Memrn. W. It'tad Mody
Hough, ha< been here on a vUit the
pant week
MADE THE Chain V/Uiik ...
v ,v:x a u"? ??? ! ? -'vf^ '
Phy?loi*n in Hit Excitement Rat
Gave Away Secret He Sfcoul^,
H?v? Kept. J*
Jr
Attorn-* _ 0
plqu??t Ju.?km,wl
der u'"* 1 fcl * ,ea
The mow?y Swbk1/
i flc<) of **? jy?3l^
1 luff uiut l()^ ^?_
tb.u 1>I? on'
but ttHsvuY,
?y ? sm?ak ,,ka,>
tyer Manager of Company
At Cwifcw.
^ Ktutnett J. Hruoak, acting chief man*
agcr of the Charlotte office of the Pos
tul Telegraph Company, died at an early
hour ye*lrrday inorniug at Ht. Peter's
hospital, after an lllne** o i one week.
1'nmimoaiH with complications was the
cause death The rcmaius were tak
en to Matthew*. H. yesterday,
i'lni.'inl ami lntermeut will take pl&cc
there torflay.
Mr. Hnioak wan a native of Ht. Mat
thews and was 34 years old. lie had
lived b*re about two years. During
this time he hud been acting relief man
agor. I !?? was in the service of tb* Pos
tal foj* 'several year*. Before coming
here be served at the States viMe, Cam
den and' Hmntcr offices. Official*! of the
local office held Mr. Smoak In high
esteem, ami be possessed the confidence
of a Ufre circle of friends. _
Surviving him an* his father. J, A.
Hinortk, iand two sisters, Misses Lillian
and Annie Hinoak, all of Ht. Matthews.
? Fridge's Charlotte Observer.
Mr. Htnoak Is well remembered in Cam
den tin manager of the Postal Telegraph
Company when it was located iu the
but ldibg when- the Loan & Havings llauk
is now located. He made many friends
for hinfsclf and company while here.
He was] dever and accommodating and
his frf 1h regret to know of his death.
^lur Boys Heard From.
Sorgejkut It. H- Hilton, of Westville,
who losi an arm In Franco, has arrived
from ovterseas -and is now at F>?rt Mo
t'horMoni Atlanta. Sergeant Hilton writes
his fabler that ho expects to arrive
homo flSont ? February Jst, In speak
ing^ of hhe casualties among the rpon
from "laiM^lunty he states that every
man of , Company M. of the Thirtieth
Division vviJth the exception of 20 was
wounded ini-sotne manner.
Cantey Villepigno, who'Vas wounded
in die arm- Home months ago. has tele
graphed! his mother that he has ar
rived fr<*m overseas and will bo at sumo
hospital.; in thin country before coming
homo. ?
? who was severely
w'onn^wlti.TKe Teg.lfa* also notified his
parents thafc he In safe in this country
aud' . will return home as noon as he
can got his discharge from a hospital.
Private Arthur Smith, who was for*
morly manager of the Camden Furnlf
ture Company, has written a friend that
he is safe at Dyon, France. His letter
wan dated December 6th, and says that
he hopes to be on his way back to the
States before very long.
Preaching at Anttoeli.
The regular semi-monthly services will
be^ hold in Antioch Baptist Church Sun
day Jan. 5th. at cloven o'clock. At
this time the pastor, J. B. Shiver, ex
pects to begin u series of sermons deal
ing with the "Doctrine of Christ" as
based on the scriptui'e found in 2nd
if.ihn thc-9th verse, poo pie -of the
community together with the public gen
erally are cordially invited to attend
thin and ail future services. A hearty
welcome awaits all who will meet with
us. "O come, let us worship and bow
down:. let us kneel before the I-ord our
maker." ? Psalm 95:6.
Meeting Kershaw Association.
Members of the Executive Hoard of
tlx. Kershaw Association will meet at
the Baptist Church in Camdeti on Fri
day 10th of January. !>t ev?*r.v mem
ber be present.
M. M. Benson, Ckairmau.
KILLED FOUR GERMANS
CAPTURING SIX OTHERS
Tbe commander in chief, in the unnw
of tbe PmMent, hu awarM the *??
tin^UM nmfee cross to Castor Vlt
leplttir for an ad of fxtrwO?ry he
roism. ?y
Corpora J .John C. VlUcplgue, l'om?
P?ny M Oik HmA^d Mil Bjhtwttr
Infantry, (A. 8. No. 2S1SM1.) "Fo^
extraordinary h?roLun hi met lorn at Vmb
Andifny. Franco, October IS. lllh
Corporal Vlllepifoe, fJ*htlnjc a nalpwr
located in a shell hole, crawled 3M
yards in the face of hcav>- artillery and
rifle fire, and alone killed four and cap*
tured six of the enemy.**
Home address: Mrs. P. T. Viilepigue,
mother. 1517 Lyttleten Street. Camden,
8. C.
Young VillepUue Is about 22 years
of aie, a modest yotrag fellow, and is
the son of the late P. T. Vllhflfse^
a well knows merchant of C*MiHL
He was a member of the old Kershaw
Guards (now Co. M.) and when the
war started he was employed in the
Atlanta National Bank. Ho Immediate
ly came home and joined his company
and trained at Camh Sevier. His
friends to Camden are jostly prond of
his achievement and a warm wotoaam
awaits his return to Cmica. Ho is
now In this country ?uBwlii| ton to
juries received in battle. He to now
MUrOTifd M POn IHfl HUB, AttMBS.
MK. GOKF I>KAI>
Well Known ( ill ten I'ammh! A*l) Wed
nesday Kvenlng ?t H O'clock.
Camden ?was saddened Wednesday even
ing wheu it waa made known that Mr.
Holly I>. (toff bad paused uway that
evening at fight o'clock after an illness
from pneumonia. Mr. Ooff waa about
217 years of age, and had always bean
in robust health and his death came aa
n surprise to bis many friends in Cam*
deu and throughout the county. -
Fot a munbor of years he was an ef
ficient member of the Camden police
fom>. Later he wan engaged in the
restaurant business of DeKalb street.
He was a native of this county, having
been born near Hlaney. Mr. Goff Is
survived by his mother, Mrs. Nancy
doff, of Knglish ; live brothers ? W> If.
Ooff, of the Kirklaud Distributing Co.,
of Colombia, 1>. A. Ooff and Johu K.
Goff. of KngUsh, II. J. Ooff, of Hum
boldt, Arisona, I). G. Goff of Camden
and one sister. Mrs. Wade H. Jones,
of Kershaw.
die was married to Miss Carrie Watts,
who w^fh un adopted daughter, also
survives him. Tho funeral and Inter
ment was at the Camden cemetery yes
terday afternon at four o'clock.
jft , THK NEW STAMPS
l?l# Series of War Savings Stamps Now
On Sale.
Charleston, Jan. 1.? Commencing Jan
uary 1 the new series of war savings
stamps ? known as the 1010 series?will
be on sale, aud will mature January 1,
1024. The sale of the 1018 series ended
on December 1, and postmasters and
agents of the second class have received
supplies of the new stamps and have
them for sale. The January price of
thi' new W. S. 8. is $4.11! each, and
this price will advance vine cent each
month. The.v will be blue instead of
green, and are 'slightly smaller in size
than the 1018 series, of which nearly
$10,000,000 worth were sold in South
Carolina.
New cards, on which, tho new stamps
are to be stuck, have been prepared, and
sUould.ha placed iron a
1018 card. If a 1018 war savings cer
tificate has been only partially filled, it
is perfectly valid and each stamp will be
redeemed for $5.00 at maturity;
The Treasury Department has plans in
progress for continuing the campaign of
thrift during the year, and these plans
will be made known in due course. In
the meantime, the government urges that
tttt? people continue to Invest as much
as they can of their aavings in war sav
ings stamps.
Again in The Market.
The Camden Oil Mill announces in
todays paper that they are again in
the market for wagon und gin seed. The
mill had stocked up on seed to such
an .extent wmr week* ago that they Is
sued notices tbut they would not buy
until further- notice.? Thin will be good
news to those having weed to soli.
' ' " <r: r ' * '* ? -7- ?
Kershaw County Casualties.
Kiiled in action ? Lieutenant John F.
Arthur, Fair 8treet> Camden.
Died of disease ? Lieutenant William
It. deLoach, Camden.
Wounded severely ? Private (Srant Mc
Pheruon, Lucknow.
Week of Prayer.
The week beginning Jan. 5th, 1019
wVll be observed by the Woman'* Mis
sionary Society of the Camden Baptist
Church as week of prayer for "World
Wide Missions". Places of meeting are
as follows f "
Sunday ? At the Church.
? Monday ? Mrs. M. A. Watts.
Tuesday ? Mrs. Kobt. Ooodale
Wednesday ? Mrs. M. M. Benson.
Tlbusday ? Mrs. J. S. Lindsay,
Friday?Mrs. J. It. Relk.
These .meetings wlU be held at 4 o'clock
Leach afternoon. All meipbers are ear
I nestlv requested to atteud.
Mrs. John Wilson, Sec.
Mortgage Burning.
The Baptist Church is planning to
burn a mortgage, the last evidence of
indebtedness against its property. This
will be done on next Wednesday night
I to emphasize the fact that the Church
I is beginning a new year fulfilling that
fteripture that tells us to "owe no man
an thing except to love him."
f- Every member of the Church is con
E*ntly expected to be on hand for this
casion and all other resident Baptists
well. A suitable program is being
planned by a competent committee and
j as we take our place and have our
part we will afford Joy to all who at
ttiead. - *>' '
l'3? - . .*?,
i Mr. W41Hs Hheorn, of the Enterprise
j Mercantile Co., who has been at the
Camden hospital suffering from in?u
enaa, haa sufficiently recovered to re
turn to hi* htme.
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KKR&1IAW NKW8 NOTK8
Interesting Happening* Gathered Kroiu
The Era of Thai Mac#.
Mrs. Leroy \V, Hicks and child, of
Macon, (la., are vtaltiug the former's
father, 1* K. Truesdel* Mr. I licks al*>
spent several days here but had to re
turn to Maoou. Mra. Hicks will spend
?ome time here.
Haiti McCaskill, wiw#es? operator ou
a retlef ship in the UnKwl States uav.v,
in visiting his parents, Mr, and Mrs.
John A. MW'askill. It i? Ha: gel's flrat
visit home in quite a long while and ?
ho is enjoying his vacation right much.
Hcv. 1>. llrawn Green, who recently
accepted the call to the pastorate of
the Kershaw and Bethel l*resbyterlan
Churches, will move his family to Ker
shaw ond wlH occupy, the Presbyterian
man>e ou south Matron Street. As will
be seen by announcement in the Church
notes, Mr. Green will hold services in
the Methodist Church next Sunday after
noon.
l*rof. and Mrs. O. K. McDaniel, who
were visitlug the parents of Mfrs. Me
J >n n ic I , Mm and Mrs. 10. X. Truesdei,
left last ^riday for I^aGrange, Ga.,
where Mr. McDaniel has been elected
to a position In the public Nchool of
that i*l t.v.
Sheriff G rover C. Welsh has moved
to Camden. wher$ he some time ago pur-,
chased the Mathis ^hotne on east DeKalb
Street.
lturrell H. Truesdale returned last
weok from New V ork, where he went
about ten days before in response to a
telegram utlvising him of the serious ill
ness of his mother, Mrs. Iiattie Trues
dnle, who was in New York visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Chas. O. Iteekhnm.
We are pleuseQ to note that hi* left
his mother out of danger anil very much
improved.
The many friends in Kershaw of Mr.
uud Mrs. W. II. Sowell^ ?UM? Ulllie'
and "Aunt Tressa", as they arc more
familiarly and affectionately known her*,
regretted very much to learn of the mis
fortune that befell them the Saturday
before Christmas when they lout their
home by fire at McBee, where they have
be<ui living since leaving Kershaw more
than a year ago. We are informed that
the most of their household turn i tun*
was saved.
Mr. and Mrs. H, I.. Rlchey and ychild
ren, of Camden spent Christmas w Ker
shaw with Mrs. Mollie Brewer. \
Miss Lillian Truesdale left last Bator
day to resume her duties as teacher in
the Graded school at Bishopville. The
Risihopville school had not been reopened
since the quarantine wan Brut put on
because of influensa,
K. M. ISstridge hat* sold the large tract
of land that he owned near Camden.
It was purchased by . A. L. Watkins,
of Camden and ftd. Clyburn. It was a
valuable plantation and brought a good
price.
F. J j. Truesdale and his son, L. F.
Truesdel, have bought t!h? Dr. 8. O.
Rutledge home place on the eaxt aid*
of town, at presput occupied by Dr. and
Mrv. W. BJ Turner. Dr. Rutledge, who
so'me time ago opeuM a dental office in
Columbia, has removed his family to that
city.
Fannie Wilson, colored, wife of Henry
Wilson, the barber, died Monday night
of dropxy, after being ill fo ra long time,
during which ?he had to sit in 'a chair.
She had been s resident of Kershaw
from the very earliest beginning of the
town.
FIjORIDA NOW "D*Y" statk
? ? ? . ^ *+?
Law Became Kffeettve Midnight ?( Lant
Day of Year.
Ca ??
Tampa, Fla? Dec. 81. ? The entire
State of Florida became "dry" at mid
night tonight, when the constitutional
amendment making sale, manufacture or
transportation of liquors, wines or beers
illegal in this State weft into effect.
This city was really the last stand
of the whiskey interests in the largtf
cities of Florida and In only one otter*
county was; the sale of liquor being- -*?
carried on. The mail order and package ??
houses operating here managed to ftt~Md
or tneir last remnants of CtMfcfl today. -
(>no large concern carried oa an auction- ?
nale for two days this weejt to close
out- ? . ^ f
A feature of the new law is that a
fine of $1500 or six months Imprisonment,
or both, is the minimum penalty for ~~
drunkonnoss, first offense, and a fine of
$3,000 or tbree years in Jail, or both,
for the second offense.
'Mil Manning's Reply to Canttaa'a Sigh*
The above is the name 'of a s out
which has beei\ written in honor ?1
the late Major William Manning
gave his life In France for Dem<***^'
It is intended fcT perpetuate t?*
orjr of one of Carolina's hr*f* be
which she has many. A ccpf
sent to any one free upon 471.
dreoa Rev. W. M. GaM***
Kumter, 8. C.