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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
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News Items Gathered All Around the
County ami Elsewhere.
Clear Pond OulRngs.
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Clear Pond. .May 22.?We are
having dry weather now: a little
rain is badly needed on the crops.
i ne picnic ai .mi. rieasaiu j
k Thursday was attended by a large
B crowd and all seemed to enjoy the
W day.
T We are sorry to know of the illness
of Miss Virginia Zeigler; we hope
that she will soon be up again.
Mrs. J. B. Folk and Miss Pet Folk
are visiting relatives and friends in
Branchville this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Folk spent
the week-end with the latter's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Folk, near
Denmark.
Mrs. Georgeann McMillan, of Ehrhardt.
is visiting her daughter, Mrs.
R. F. McMillan.
Mr. Leland Santiifer, of Bamberg,
was the guest ai^the home of Mr.
J. R. Morris Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe DuBose and son I
tVio h/-vma nf \Tr ar?ri Airs !
fioucu ai luc -? ?
G. W. Folk Thursday.
Mrs. Avis Steedly and sister. Miss
Dorris Folk, visited friends at Hilda
last week.
Mr. D. Rice Steedly was among the
Clear Pond visitors Sunday afternoon.
Miss Vera McMillan attended the
fish fry at Crystal Spring Thursday.
Mr. Clarence Hughes, of Hampton,
visited his uncle, Mr. P. K.
Hughes, last Sunday.
Little Miss Gracia Black, of Denmark,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Herbert
Folk.
Rev. Mr. Owens will preach his
first sermon at Bethesda church Sunday
morning. We hope a large num- j
*- ?1 ???* Vino, him
Der Will Ut5 prvdcui tu ucai uiui.
Clear Pond Cullings.
Clear Pond, May 22.?Mr.' and
, Mrs. Joe DuBois were visitors in the
home oY Mr. G. W. Folk on Thursday
last.
A number of our young people at,
tended the picnic at Mt. Pleasant on
the 17th.
Mr. Gilbert Hiers, of Ehrhardt,
was a visitor at the home of Mr. P:
K. Hughes on last Sunday.
Misses Pet and Doris Folk and
Mrs. Avis Steedly accompanied by
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Folk spent
last week-end with relatives at Hilda.
Mr. J. P. Hiers, of Ehrhardt, and
Miss Clara Priester, of Bamberg,
^ were visitors in this section for a
short while on last Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. Rice Steedly was a visitor in
this section Sunday.
Miss Ruth Morris, accompained by
her small brother and sister, spent
last week-end in Ehr'iiardt,
There will be a basket picnic at
Clear Pond school house on Saturday,
May 26th. The public is invited.
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Branchville Briefs.
Branchville, May 20.?Mrs. Emma
Rushton returned yesterday from
Columbia with her daughter, Miss
Louise Rushton. who recently underwent
an operation at a hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. M. C. McAlhaney and
Mr. and Mrs. S. K. McAlhaney leave
tomorrow tor Gastoma, X. C.. in their
cars to attend the commencement exercises
of Lin wood college. Misses
Marie, Louise and Emma McAlhaney,
who have been in school at Linwood,
will return with the party next week.
The return trip will be made by way i
wjhitmira where the Dartv will pay i
a visit to Mr. and Mrs. \V. J. Zeigler. j
Miss Marie McAlhaney graduates this |
year. She won the medal at the an- j
niversary exercises of the two literary {
societies of Linwood college a couple
of weeks ago, for the best recitation.
Miss Virginia Rogers, of the Bowman
high school, is spending a fewj
days with her cou?>n. Miss Evelyn
Bethea.
Messrs. C. E. McHornaker. D. A.
Gardner. B. M. Herbert. Frank Stubbs I
and J. S. Britton are in Spartanburg j
onTMno- r?nnvaiition of i
dllC^II Villi UIU v- .. ,
the Shriners.
B. L. Henderson, of Laurens coun- j
tv, who has been spending a month ;
with his sons. Messrs. J. B. and J. R.
Henderson, returned yesterday to his .
home. He celebrated his 76th birth-;
day here Monday.
Mrs. Murray Carr returned to her j
home in Columbia yesterday after,
spending some days with her parents, j
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Britton.
A large crowd in the Branchville
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PROSPEROUS YEAR AT FAIRFAX.
SehtK>l (To*es WiMi Address by IXr.
Wallace?Sermon by Dr. Monroe.
Fairfax, .May 22.?The closing exercises
of Fairfax graded and high i
school were concluded last evening
with the literary address by Dr. D.!
D. Wallace, of Wofford college. Dr. |
Wallace departed from the usual j
course and took for his subject the ;
present war and the people. He
showed that the war between the
United States and Germany was inevitable.
Germany on numerous occasions
prior to the present war having
committed acts unfriendly and ;
threatening the United States and j
that she had actually been waging j
war ap-ninst lis fnr thp last two Or i
three years. He pointed out clearly
the duty of the people in this crisis
and spoke of the dangers confronting
us.
Dr. P. E. Monroe, president of j
Summerland college preached the
commencement sermon Sunday morning,
taking for his text the transfiguration.
showing that human life
was a continual transformation and
that education was essential to the
highest development of character and
efficiency.
The following was the programme
rendered Monday morning by the
graduating class of nine: "The President's
Proclamation," .Miss Jannie
Googe: salutatory, Miss C. C. Hammond;
class history, Virginia Harter;
class creed, Malcolm O'Neal; class
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poem. Zoe Thomas; class prophecy,
Raymond Hammond: cless will, Wil
liam Harter;- class grumbler, J. D.
Harvley: valedictory, Louis Hughes.
With but few exceptions the pupils
in all grades have been advanced.
The following medals were
awarded: Music, Hazel Youmans:
society, Raymond Hammond: English,
J. T. Bowers: scholarship, Billy
Anderson: history. Miss Robbin Wilson:
spelling, Lena Johnson, Fannie
Loadholdt, Helen Liglitsey, Hazel
Youruaps and Eva Harter.
All of the present teachers, R. E.
Kenny, superintendent, and Miss
Eulie Padgett, Louise Durant. Alma
Knight, Grace Rickenbaker and Myrtle
Epting have been reelected, but
Miss Epting declined and Mr. Kenny
has not yet accepted. Miss Lucile
Youmans was elected to take Miss
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Epting's place.
The school has outgrowq the present
building and enlargement will
have to be made in the near future.
section gathered at the old Fairey
picnic grounds today and enjoyed a
big fish fry and picnic. This is an
annual event in this section.
.Messrs. Asbury Dukes und C. L.
Knight left Sunday to join the soldiers
at the training camp at Fort
Oglethrope, Ga.
Colston Clippings.
Colston. May 23.?There will be
preaching at Colston Baptist church
Saturday afternoon and Sunday
morning by the pastor.
Misses Sadie Boyd and Ethel Logan
spent Wednesday night of last week
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. P. M.
Vara.
Mr. and Mrs. Sandy Witt, of Greenwood,
visited their parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Thos. Clayton, last treek.
The Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs.
S. W. Clayton were Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Beard and family, Mr. and Mrs. Pur?
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ay Aver ana tamiiy, 01 umi.
.Misses Sadie Boyd and Ethel Logan
spent Saturday night at the home of
.Mr. R. F. Kirk land.
.Mrs. F. W. .McMillan. Mr. an. Mrs.
J. B. All. Mr. J. \Y. Beard motored
to Norway Sunday to visit relatives.
Those on the sick list this week
are Mesdames Ephriam Bishop, J. A.
McMillan, J. F. Kearse. Their friends
hope for them a speedy recovery.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Williams, little
daughter, and Mr. and Mrs. Emery ,
Williams are visitors in this section
at present.
Mr. J. G. Clayton, of Waiterboro,
spent Sunday and Sunday night with
his parents. Mr. and Mrs. ThomasClayton.
Mrs. J. B. Yarn visited relatives in I
Columbia last week.
Messrs. Clyde Padgett, Antley and j
Rentz, of Orangeburg, were visitors j
in this section Sunday.
Mr. Boyce Roberts dined in this,
section Sunday.
Mr. Hannnie Varn, of Columbia, is
visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. j
M. Varn at present. :
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SCImk?I Closing.
The Colston rurah graded school j
closed Tuesday night with an enter- j
tainment. A large crowd was pres-j
ent. We wish to thank the people;
tor their friendly interest in our wel-i
fare.
Inez Clayton, seventh grade, won
BIG FIRE IN ATLANTA GA.
SKVKXTY-FIYK BLOCKS Bl IiXKi)
IX GKOKGIA CITY.
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Pro|H'rty Loss Kstimated at From
Two to Three Million Dollars.
Many Made Homeless.
Atlanta, May 21.?Fire that today
swept through a large section of Atlanta
from Decatur street north and
northeast, cutting a clean swath of
varying width finally was brought under
control tonight just before it
reached the Atlanta baseball park,
in the opinion of Fire Chief Cody.
I'nder Martial I^aw.
Tonight the city is virtually under
martial law administered by hundreds
of soldiers who have been training
at Fort McPherson or National
Guardsmen in camp here acting under
the direction of Col. Charles R.
Xoyes, U. S. A., who officially is under
the guidance of the chief of police. '
Thousands of homeless persons tonight
were being fed and housed in
the Auditorium armory, the negro
Odd Fellows' hall and in hundreds of
private homes.
Dynamite Wins.
For six hours dynamite was resorted
to and it finally won the fight.
Fighting apparatus sent from other
cities was of some aid and will be of
more, as acre after acre of smoldering
ruins tonight await water to
make them safe.
Oniv r?np rtpflth hart been reDorted
tonight. Mrs. Hodges died of shock j
after her home burned. Sixty injured
persons were taken to hospitals.
but it was reported none was
seriously hurt.
Seventy-live Blocks.
Approximately seventy-five blocks
were devastated, but the area cannot
be correctly estimated by blocks, as
after the fight at Ponce de Leon avenue
the flames skirted that thoroughfare
on the south side of the street
for some distance.
Officials tonight would not hazard
a guess at the monetary loss. The
destroyed buildings ranged all the
way lrom shacks occupied by negroes
to homes up to $6,000 or $8,000.
Some estimates were between $2,000,000
or $3,000,000. but they were
neither from sources nor based on
calculations to give them weight.
Starting; Point.
The fire started in the Skinner
Storage and Warehouse plant qear
Decatur street, just east of Fort
street, from a cause not determined
tonight. It quickly spread to the
small houses nearby, which were dry 1
from lack of rain, and driven by a j
high wind, started to rapidly eat its
way north and northeastward.
Around the flame-swept area tonight. |
with its streets littered with broken j
wires, splinters from acres of dyna-j
mited homes and all the odds and j
ends of furniture and clothing that
was gathered in an indescribable)
mass from hundreds of homes. United
States soldiers stood guard. The
men were composed of Georgia
Guardsmen and members of the officers'
reserve training camp at Fort
.McPherson.
Negro Must Think.
Denmark. May 17.?At the closing
exercises of Vorhees Normal and Industrial
school. Martin A. Menafee,
treasurer of the intitution. declared
in a speech that the future of the
American neero depends on his abili
tv to think and to think right. "We
have been loyal to the country and
will continue to be," he said.
The commencement address was |
delivered by J. C. Napier, of Nashville.
Tenn.. former register of United
States treasury; one of the well
known negroes of the country. "1
J. O. Thomas delivered a short
address and awarded diplomas to nine
graduates.
the prize for attendance: Cleo Bishop,
fourth grade, for head marks in spelling.
Pupils making an average of;
above 90 per cent, for the whole;
term were: Flossie Folk, Octane j
.McMillan, Inez Clayton, grade seven: j
Aileen Beard, grade six: Roy Mc.Mil-t
Ian, grade four: Hermine Beard.!
3 - ' z"1ii U'irl-lonH
fjriiuy l\\ U. V^IUUUC IMl (Munu tuuwv
most progress.
The teachers. Miss Sadie Boyd, of i
Chester, principal, and Miss Ethel :
Logan, of Edgefield, assistant, have i
been reelected, but it remains to be
seen whether they will accept or not. j
The following were the closing exercises
for Tuesday night. Songs..
America: The Red. White and blue?
by school. Reading. My Sister's Beau
?Miss Laura McMillan. Mothei ;
Goose Festival. The Sniggles Family.
Minstrel, in five acts
SOCIETY MEETS IX STORM.
Xanie of Ricliardson to Be Sent.
(Joes "Under Potest."
Columbia. May 20.?After nearly
eight hours ot' continuous "chopping
of logic" and incessant, bitter partisan
wrangle, the Audubon society
yesterda'y instructed E. C. L. Adams,
M. D., president of the society, to
send, "under protest." the name of
A. A. Richardson to Gov. Manning
for appointment to the office of chief
game warden. Only two names. Mr.
Richardson's and that of Wade
Hampton Gibbes. were placed in
nomination, although applications
from five others were in the hands
of Dr. Adams and were read to the
society. Final tabulation indicated
that Mr. Gibbes had received 65
votes and Mr. Richardson 228. Mr.
Gibbes received the majority of the
1916 qualified membership. Mr.
Richardson's majority was "run up"
by the long lists of new members,
who have been enrolled since the annual
meeting last December. These
names were not placed before the
society for consideration yesterday
and the "unknown quantity" was the
storm centre throughout the meeting.
Friends of Mr. Gibbes were present
with 90 other proxies. These were
rejected on one technicality or an
other, although among them were
those of 16 life members. Among
rl Aifii iroro tho nrnvi I
L IIU.1C UIIUCU uu n II "V> V !,?v f I
of Gov. .Manning, who paid .a $25 life
membership fee in 1908: A. C.
.Moore, of the University of South
Carolina; T. J. Simons, of the Olanta
club, who. in addition to a life fee of
$6, paid $50 in 1909: Kenneth
Baker, former mayor of Greenwood;
Bright Williamson, of Darlington; J.
Pope .Matthews, cashier of the Palmetto
National Bank, of Columbia:
William Otis, general manager of the
Columbia Lumber company and president
of the board of directors of the
Columbia Chamber of Commerce; ,
Yates Snowden, of the faculty of the ,
University of South Carplina; F. H.
Hyatt, of the .Mutual Life Insurance
company; M. C. Heath, of the Heath
cotton firm; George H. Huggins, formerly
postmaster in Columbia; John
Gary Evans, State chairman of the
Democratic party, and R. B. Scarborough,
former lieutenant governor.
fni? inta o nor.
i ne meeting uociu^cu unu ?*
tisan whirlpool from the outset. The
chair refused to order a roll call and
this part of parliament procedure
was complied with only under pressure
of heated debate. Nor were the
minutes of the last meeting read and
approved. Throughout the day the
Richardson faction, which held all
offices and all committee appointments,
refused consistently to indicate
what names had been added to
the membership rolls since the last
meeting in December, 1916, which
names have never been placed before
the society.
The final act was R. Beverly Herbert's
demand that the name of .Mr.
Gibbes be sent to Gov. Manning for
appointment, as having received the
majority of the 1916 qualified membership.
A plea was simultaneously
entered that the proportion of that
1916 vote received by Mr. Gibbes be
designated and also that new mem
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bers voting tor .\ir. rucnarusuu ue &u j
recorded. Dr. Adams said he was
willing to designate all new members!
but a protest was instantly entered
by Claude X. Sapp, assistant
attorney general, and A. A. Richardson,
who took a prominent part with
the assistance of Mr. Sapp. George
Bell Timmermann, of Lexington, and
F. V. Funderburk, who was appointed
secretary by Dr. Adams, upon the
resignation of Miss Belle Williams
immediately after the last meeting
in December.
Applications for nomination by the
society were received from W. G.
Jeffords, of Charleston: S. M. Duncan,
of Xewberry; Joe Robinson, of
Greenville: George Weston, of Congaree.
and John F. Weekly, of rimers.
Indies Barred.
m?.. (CnnHov si t'tarn iinn ) ?
*Uld( ill 1U \ UUli UfcfcJ m*vv> ? .
George, dear, can't you arrange to
accompany me to church tonight?
Hilo?A.wful sorry, but I promised
Rounder 'to accompany him to a sacred
concert tonight. 1
Mrs. HiJo?Oh. very well. I'll go
there with you.
Hilo?But, my dear, 1-er believe
no ladies are admitted.?Jacksonville
Times.
M. W. Belue and B. F. Ramseur. of
Blacksburg. went to Washington last
week to make aplication for admission
into the aviation corps. Con- j
gressman Stevenson is looking after j
their interests. * ?
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IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IX SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled I>owii tor Quick
Reading.?Paragraphs About
Men aiid Happenings..
One forth of the members of the
Greenville bar have joined the officers
reserve corps at Fort/Oglethorpe, Ga.
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Willie Eppes. a 14-year-okl white
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boy of Greenville, was acquitted Friday
of a charge of assault with intent
to ravish.
Bids for the construction of a new
nostoffice for Columbia, were opened
Tuesday, and the contract will be
awarded within the next few days.
Representatives of practically every
organized fire department in the
State, attended the State Firemans'
tournament in Spartanburg.
A shortage of several thousand dollars
has been discovered in the books
of T. H. Stewart, treasurer of Pickens
county. Stewart's son-in-law, William
Edens, has been employed in the
office for several years and it is alleged
that he is also responsible for
part of the shortage.
"Bobby" Timer, a native of Anderson.
who is 18 years old and weighs
340. pounds, is making good as a moving
picture actor. He is employed by
the Black Diamond and Jacksonville
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Film companies and is playing different
roles in the movies.
Col P. K. McCully, commander of
the first regiment, S. C. X. G., has
received instructions from the war
department to recruit the regiment
to full war strength. A total of 725
men are needed. The regiment now
has 1,275 enlisted men.
Citizens of Williamston and Whitmire.
who proposed to organize companies
of home guards in their respective
towns, have been informed by
the Federal war department that no
ammunition or other war material is
furnished for this purpose.
The South Carolina National Guard
will be called into the Federal service
on July 25, it was announced
from Washington, Friday. Arrangements
for formally incorporating the
guard into the armies of the United
States, terminating for the war period
their status as militia of state troops,
are understood to be based upon the
possibility of supplying full war
equipment to the troops.
Thaw Sent to Hospital for Insane, j
Philadelphia, .May 16.?Judge Martin,
in common pleas court today,
signed a decree authorizing the removal
of Harry K. Thaw to the Pennsylvania
hospital for the insane in
this city from a hospital where he has
been confined since an attempt at
suicide several months ago, following
an in'dictment in New York charging
him with assaulting a school boy.
A WATERSOXIAX VIEW.
Hon* the Great Kentucky Editor
Views Our Duty.
All the while we looked on with
either simpering idiocy or dazed
apathy. Serbia? It was no affair of
ours. Belgium? Why should we
worry? Foodstuffs soaring?wai
stuffs roaring?everybody making
money?the mercenary, the poor of
heart, the mean of spirit, the bleak
and barren of soul, could still plead
the hypocrisy of uplift and chortle:
"I did not raise my boy to be a soldier."
Even the Lusitania did not
awaken us to a sense of danger and
arouse us from the stupefaction of
ignorant and ignoble self-complacency.
First of all on bended knee we
should pray God to forgive us. Then
elect as men. Christian men. sol*
1 -L- a ,1 J.1,^ frov I
(iieny men, to mo nag auu ?
wherever they lead us?over the
ocean?through France to Flanders
?across the low counties Koln, Bonn
and Koblens?tumbling the fortress
of Ehrenbreitstein into the Rhine as
we pass and damming the mouth of
the Mozelle with the debris of the
ruin we make of it?then, on to Berlin,
the Black Horse Cavalry sweeping
Wilhelmstrasse like lava down the
mountainside, the junker and the saber
rattler flying before us. the tunes
being "Dixie" and "Yankee Doodle,"
the cry being "Hail the French
Republic?Hail the Republic of Russia?welcome
the Commonwealth of
the Vaterland?no peace with the
kaiser?no parley with autocracy,
absolutism and the divine right of
kings?to hell with the Hapsburg and
the Hohenzollem."?Louisville Courier-Journal.
r. s. bkstIjdykrs abroad.
Squadion Arrives in British Waters
Ready For Business.
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Queenstown. May 16. ? A squadron
of American torpedo boat destroyers
has safely crossed the Atlantic
and is patrolling the seas in
war service. /
The American navy's actual entry"
into the war zone has already been
productive of a,brush between a destroyer
and a German underwater
boat, according to an announcement
by the British admiralty, but the result
of it has not been made public.
The destroyer squadron arrived in
Queenstown after an uneventful voyage
across the Atlantic, but almost
immediately after a formal exchange
of greetings with the British naval
officials put to set again for the hard
work that is before it.
Americans Cheered.
A crowd of several hundred per
sons, some of them carrying tiny
American flags, lined the watey front
and cheered the destroyers from the
moment they first sighted the flotilla
until it reached the docks. The
crowd cheered again when a few moments
later the American senior of- v
ficer came ashore to greet the British
senior officer and Wesley Frost, the
American consul, who had come
down to the dock to welcome the
flotilla. Everything was done in a.
simple, business-like maimer. There
, .
was an entire absence of formality.
The commander of the British
flotilla was waiting on board his ship
and sent wireless greetings to the v
American units as soon as they hove
in sighT, steaming in a long line into
the harbor.
Heady to Fight.
After the exchange of shore greetings
and the British commander had
congratulated the American officers
on their safe voyage, he asked:
"When will you be ready for business?"
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"We can start at once," the Amer- . /
ican commander jreplied promptly.
This response, so characteristically
American, surprised the British commander,
who said he had not expected
the Americans would be ready to
begin work on this side so soon after
their long voyage. When he had recovered
from his surprise, however,
he made a short tour of the destroyers
and admitted that the American
tars looked prepared.
CHAHI,ESTONIANS PARADE. ^ '-4
VI
Governor Manning Extends Hearty / <
Welcome to Gen. Wood.
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Charleston, May 19.?Ten thou- v '
sand men, women and children,
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every one carrying the American flag
n n >1 !,? mn4n*itv n*Qo rin cr tVin Qtorfl
dliU tiiC lliajV/I lij " Vttl iiij5 Vil^ KJ (A?4 W
and Stripes as a personal adornment,
marched through the streets of the
city yesterday afternoon, as a
demonstration of their patriotism,
and as a fitting welcome to the highest
ranking line officer of the United
States army, Major Gen. Leonard
Wood, who, as commanding general
of the newly created Southeastern
department, has come to Charleston
to direct from here the organization
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of the army which this country Will
throw into the war against Germany.
Gen. Wood was cheered continu
ously along the line of march, and he N
was given nothing short of an ovation
when he arose on the platform
on the Citadel green to address the
multitude which stood below. The
special feature of the day's ceremonies
in honor of the distinguished
soldier was a formal welcome dinner
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at the Charleston Hotel, given him
W the Chamhpr nf Commerce.
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As a token of welcome, and a tribute
of regard by the entire people
of Charleston, a, handsome American
flag was presented to Gen. Wood at ^
the exercises on the green, which culminated
the parade. The speech or
presentation was made by Mr. J. P.
Kennedy Bryan. Gen. Wood, in the
course of his acceptance, after expressing
his deep appreciation of the
spirit betokened by the flag, said:
"I hope that this flag will be
among thie first to cross the Atlantic,
and to float in France.*
This declaration was heartily applauded
by both men and women.
Governor Richard I. Manning welcomed
Gen. Wood on behalf of the
State of South Carolina. He expressed
the honor that the State feels at
being the military home of the dis
??AUJA?? ototAcmon onH QQ.
llllg Ul?ilC?U auiuici -oiaiconiau, muu % ??
sured Gen. Wood of the fullest support
of Carolinians in all measures
that are taken to make this country's
part in the war a glorious one. ?
"Would you tell Bliggins anything
in confidence?" "To a certain extent.
I'd be perfectly confident that
anything I told him would be repeated."?Washington
Star.
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