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VOL~36. ~ K1NGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 18, 1920. NO. <0 5 ^
MANNING PRESIDENT
OF NEW CORPORATION
Directors Hold Meeting?Charter for
Two Million Dollars Will be Applied
for at Once, is Decided
Columbia, Nov. 16.?Meeting today
at noon and continuing in session for |
six hours without intermission, the
directors of the American Products,
Export and Import Corporation transacted
a large amount of routine business.
Richard I. Manning was elected
president of the corporation. The
directors present were J. Ross Hana
ban of Charleston, K. C. iiamer,
Richard I. Manning, J. W. Gaston, C.
L. Cobb, L. I. Guoin, R. M. Cooper,
Jr. The only absent members were
B. E. Geer of Greenville and Bright
-SKlli&mson, both of whom were detjfcied
by illness, but are known to be
in accord with the business transacted
by the board today. It was decided
to apply at once for a charter of
12,000,000 and thereafter to apply for
increases of capital stock'' and to sell
same as it may become necessary in
the development of the corporation.
The board is pushing matters with
all expidition so as to get the real
work of the corporation going '
promptly and earnestly.
The board has called for subscriptions
of cash, cotton and Liberty
bonds to be paid in immediately a.\d|
shipping instructions have Deen sent
out to all subscribers who have pledged
cotton in exchange for stock in
the corporation. As soon as the subscriptions
are paid in the corporation
will be ready for business. The
action of the board of directors puts
the corporation upon a new plane of
operation an'd the members of the
board were very optimistic over the
prospects of success for the corporation
in its sperc of usefulness.
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Congressional Garden Seed.
The County Record:
The Department of Agriculture has
^^jgluced the allotment of vegetable
(JBm flower seed to members of congress
to such an extent tha, it will
not be possible to distribute these s:cd
generally, as has been the custom
heretofore. I am, therefore, forced
to ask that those who desire seed
writs me, so that their wants may be
filled, and seed not sent to others who
have no need for them. Requests for
seed should be sent to me at Washington,
D. C., any time before January
1, 1921.
Mav 1 ask that you publish this let
ter so that those who really desire
-these seed may secure them.
Assuring you of my appreciation
for your assistance in the past in such
matters, I am,
Very truly yours,
PHILIP H. STOLL.
Washington, D. C., November 4, 1920.
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Tuberlosis Christmas Seals.
Columbia, Nov. 15.?Philip B. Warn mt,
executive secretary of the South
'^Karolina Tuberlosis Association, announced
Saturday that Mr. E. C. Epps
had been appointed chairman in Williamsburg
county for the coming
Christmas seal sale
The announcement also states that
** enough tuberlosis Christmas seals
have been printed and distributed by
the National Tuberlosis Association
to reach more than half way around
j the world. Nine hundred million
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seals have been UiSiriDutea to uic;
forty-eight State tuberlosis associations
and the more than eleven hundred
local anti-tuberlosis associations
scattered throughout the United
\ States. If placed in a row, these seals
would measure fifteen thousand miles.
Approximately nine seals for every
inhabitant in the United States have
;been prepared. In addition an at{
v tractive health bond will be used in i
the Christmas seal campaign, this ,
bond guaranteeing to the purchaser
returns in individual and community
health.
The sale of tuberlosis Christmas
seals will extend from December 1 to
11. More than one hundred thousand
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I workers will be engaged aurmg uiac |
H period. The seals are sold for the
support of the National, State and lo
cai anti-tuberlosis associations in the
j-ountry.
WjjflRiarles M. Swabb, the great steel
is quoted in an interview in
^H}itlft>urg a few days ago as saying:
have seen all the slump there
m"- will be. Right now the tendency of
W business is to look forward. There |
t is plenty of money for the expansion
litigimate business and nothing
t I can see threatens future prosU
W. M. r. ELECTS OFFICERS
Mrs. E. A. McDowell ot hingstre<
Re-Elected Secretary '
The eighteenth annual convention oj
the South Carolina Baptist Women's
Missionary Union ended here yester
day with a business session held ir
the Citadel Square Baptist cnurcn
The devotional service with which th<
meeting began was led by Mrs. Maxcy
G. White, and she and her husband
the Rev. Maxcy G. White, who have
been missionaries in Brazil for years,
sang a song in Portugese. An address
on "Personal Service" was made
by Mrs. P. J. McLean.
The committee on time and place
for the next convention reported thai
the convention next year will be held
during: the first week in November
The place where it will be held is to
be left to the executive board. The
resolution to change the headquarters
of the Southern Division from Baltimore
to a more central point was
adopted by the South Carolina Union.
Mrs. W. J. Hatcher offered a resotion
to the convention to the effect
that a committee from the union petition
the legislature establish a State
board of censorship for moving pictures.
Mrs. Hatcher spoke of moving
pictures as being the worst menace
with which the modern mother had to
cope. This resolution was adopted
and arrangements were made for carrying
it out. Mrs. T. T. Hyde asked
tne union to endorse the work of the
Anti-Tuberlosis Association, and the
union also went on record as favoring
the league of nations as set down by
President Wilson, and hoping for its
ultimate triumph. This resolution was
presented by Mrs. E. A. McDowell, recording
secretary of the uni6n.
Mr. N. A. Boyajian, an Armenian,
presented the cause of suffering Armenia
to the members of the union.
Mr. Boyajian is a graduate of the law
department of the South Carolina
University and traveling secretary for
the Near-East Relief Association.
Resolutions of appreciation to the
officers of the convention, to the
guests of honor r.nd to all who helped
in making the convention a success in
Charleston were passed.
Officers for the year 1920-21 were
re-elected as follows: President, Mrs.
J. D. Chapman; first vice president,
Mrs. Edwin Carpenter; vice president
Northern Division, Mrs. C. B. Bobo;
vice presiden Northwestern Division,
Mrs. F. G. James; vice president Central
Division, Mrs. L. K. Sturkie; vice
president Eastern Division, Miss Mary
Adams; vice president Western Division,
Mrs. J. Spann Harris; vice president
Southern Division, Mrs. T. T.
Hvde; corresponding secretary, Mrs.
m?f ?, m _
E. A. McDowell; treasurer, Miss Jessie
King; auditor, Miss Annie Ulmer;
superintendent young woman's and
girls' auxiliaries and college correspondents,
Mrs. George E. Davis; superintendent
Sunbeam Department,
Mrs. W. J. Hatcher; superintendent
Royal Embassador Department, Mrs.
Edwin Carpenter; superintend mt mission
study, Mrs. I. A. Rigby; local executive
committee, Mrs. C. E. Burts,
Mrs. H. I. Horton, Mrs. E. G. Quattlebaum,
Mrs. J. T. Watts, Mrs. M. H.
Mobley, Mrs. W. T. Derieux, Mrs. C.
A. Jones, Mrs. C. M. Scott, Mrs. T. D.
Wray, Mrs. J. N. Jordan, Mrs. Avery
Carter, Mrs. L. H. McTcer; honary
member executive board, Mrs. R. C
Hoyt.
Mrs. W. W. Lawton, one of the
guests of the convention, led the members
in a closing prayer, after which
they were dismissed by the president
?Charleston News & Courier of Nov.
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Bethel Breezes.
Bethel, Nov. 15.?Nearly jrcrybody
in this community attended the fail
last week at Kingstree.
Mrs. T. B. Cooper of this community
has gone to Norfolk, Va., when
she will spend this winter with hei
daughter, Mrs. James.
We are very sorry to learn that
Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Coker arc going
to move out of our community.
Mr. F. M. Coker has been spending
some time at Andrews.
We are glad to learn that Miss
Pink Epps is back from the hospica
and geting on nicely.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Grooms spenl
the week-end with Mr. and Mrs
Thomhill at Olanta.
Mr. J. W. Stewart and daughters
Misses Etta and Effie Stewart, ar<
spending the week at Andrews.
ROSE.
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Just received, one car Oklahom.
Red Rust Pioof Seed Oats, 92c th
bushel for cash. E. C. Burgess, sue
cessor to People's Mercantile Co. 11
LARGER FAIR IS PLANNED
i James D. Lee to .Menage Show at
Andrews.
f Andrews, Nov. 16.?The Tri-County
j Fair association at a meeting today
- engaged James D. Lee to manage the
i 1921 fair, which will be on a much '
. larger plan than the past two fail's, j
? which under the management of Mr. |
'. Lec, have been successes.
,! The Tri-County Fair for 1921 will
! be mainly devoted to the improvement
, of agriculture, stock and education.
. Large money premiums will be offeri;
ed for community and individual farm
exhibits and particular attention will
i be paid to stock, swine and poultry.
; The object of the Tri-County Fair
I association is to have an agricultural
and stock show not in name, but in
i reality, and plans are now ur.der way
! to make it the largest agricultural
i show in the State.
; | Happenings In and Around Rome
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i Mrs. Wilson Buie and little son,
. I Wilson, Jr., cf Merchantvillc, N. J.,
j are spending some time at the home
,' of Mrs. Buie's father, Mr. J. J. Snow.
, Mrs. Fannie Munnerlyn is the guest
j at the home of her son, Dr. J. F.
j Munnerlyn, in Columbia.
Miss Amy Eaddy of Hemingway
spent last Sunday with Mrs. L. B.
Johnson.
Mrs. Ed. Vause of Kingstrec spent
'the week-end with her mother, Mrs.
II Willie Haddock.
! Jesse Cribb of Hemingway spent
Sunday with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Cribb.
, Rev. G. K. Way and Brof. L>. ,n.
Dantzler spent the week-end at the
latter's home at Parler. They were
present at the dedication of the new
Methodist church at that place on
Sunday.
We are glad to have Mr. Claude M.
Melton of Columbia in our community
, for the week-end. In the abumcc of
the pastor, Rev. G. K. Way, Mr. Melton
ably filled the pulpit on Sunday ;
, morning in the Union Methodist
church.
Quite a number of people from this
' community attended the fair in Kingstree
last week.
J. B. Hemingway is spending some
j time in Columbia with his cousin, Dr.
J. F. Munncrlyn.
i Carlisle Campbell of Hemingway ,
was the guest of friends here Sunday.
Miss Halcne Clark of the Union
,1 High school faculty spent the week'
end with friends in Kingstree.
i Misses Louise and Gertrude Had|
dock spent last week with their sister,
j Mrs. Ed Vause, at Kingstree.
J On Sunday night the Epworth
i League of the Methodist church at
Hemingway and the one of Union
[ church of this place held a joint meeting
at Union church. The meeting
was well attended. Miss Eleanor
Todd of the Union league was leader
; and a very interesting program was
carried out The subject for the even.
ing was "Peacemakers". Very interesting
and instructive talks were made
by Dr. L. G. Day and Mr. Carlisle
Campbell of the Hemingway League,
, Miss Helen Cheatham of the Union
League and Mr. Claude M. Mtlton of
Columbia. Miss Ruth Smith of Hcm
ingway and Miss Annie Wilson of
> Union rendered two beautiful vocal
solos.
On last Wednesday evening a sur :
. prise serenade and shower was give:
, to the newlyweds in the community,
j Mr. and Mrs. W. Carey Rollins. This
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was the first nigni in men uV...?.,
Quite a crowd gathered near the house J
and were quiet until they were right1
near the window. Then such a sound
as was never heard before?tin pan: ,
, cow bells and every other instrument
. that could mak a fuss was used. The
serenaders were invited in, then they
surprised the couple again with a
, miscellaneous shower. The bride and
groom arose to the occasion and entertained
their guests well. Everyt
body had a jolly, good time.
Mulberry School Honor Roll
Following is the honor roll from
Mulberry school for the month of
November:
1st Grade?Clifton Hughes, 90.
2nd Grade?Gilbert Ferrel, 91;
^ Clyde Moore, 91; Nellie Mae Gist, 91;
" Eloise Gist, 92; Alma Williamson, 90;
' Othan Gibbons, 90; Grinell James, 95;
Bessie Tyson, 90.
>| 3rd Grade?Rosabelle James, 96;
~ Marvin Williamson, 91.
4th Grade?Herbert Hughes, 91;
Isaac James, 92; Mellie Osborn, 92.
I 6th Grade?Ida Belle Bradham, 90.'
a I 7th Grade?Isaac Hughes, 90.
e j Grade?Herbert Bradham, 92. |
-1 l?h Grade?Fannie McKrJght, 92;
1.1 Samuel Lesesne, 91.
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FLORENCE CORN SHOW
! Atrractive Prizes to be Awarded Best
Showing.
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Florence, Nov. 15.?Twenty-five dollars
will be paid for the one best ear
of com exhibited in the Pee Dee Corn
Show, which will be held Thursday,
December 9, in Florence. The sum of
$15.00 will be paid for the second best
ear in the show. Besides those two
handsome offerings, other prizes,
ranging from $5.00 to $10.00 per ear
are offered in the various classes,
witn nrst ana secona riDDons lor corn
cultivation, harvesting and manufacturing
machinery and for displays of
corn products and by-products.
The complete prize list, totalling
$150.00 in cash and ribbons in addition,
was announced today, as follows:
Exhibit of single ear?best ear in
show, $25.00 cash; second best, $15.00.
Exhibit of 10 ears?best in show,
$50.00; second best 10, $25.00.
Prolific contest?five stalks prolific
corn, $10.00; second best, $5.00.
Single ear variety?best five stalks,
$10.00; second best, $5.00.
Shelled corn?best half-bushel,
$5.00; second best, $3.00.
First and second ribbons will be
awarded the first and second best exhibits
of corn cultivation, harvesting,
and manufacturing machinery, with
demonstrations of their operations. A
special effort will be made to make
this feature one of the most valuable
and educational of the show.
First and second ribbons will be offered
also for the best and second
best exhibits of products and bi-products
of com in their various classes.
This will be a great educational numKni<
nf iVin cVimxr
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First and second ribbons likewise
will be offered for the variety exhibits
in each variety.
Members of the prize committee are
R. E. Currin, superintendent of the
Pee Dee Experiment Station, J. Warde
McLendon, agent for Florence county.
A. H. Ward, agent of Darlington county,
T. B. Young, Timmonsvillc. C. li.
Hartley of Washington, head of the
bureau of investigation and encouragement
of corn production, has been
invited to attend the show and is expected.
He will deliver one of the j
highly educational' lectures of the i
show and be one of the judges also |
if he attends, as he probauly will.
A personal Invitation will be extended
him shortly by one of the promoters
of the show who is going to
Washington. Mr. Hartley is reputed
as one of the foremost authorities
of the United States on corn in its
every phase?whether cultivation,
seed selection, curing, handling, marketing,
manufacturing or anything else.,
Actual working demonstrations of j
all the best known and most approvedj
cultural methods for corn will be another
of the biggest features of the
corn show. As one of the biggc. t
corn producers of this section, who
uas given probably as much time and
thought to research and improvement
of varieties and increased production,
says: "We've got to produce corn more
cheaply to make it a paying crop in
II.IS section, we can mane iiiuuc^ v/ui.
of it now?but we are not making the
most out of the crop."
The show is not being promoted to
make any money, but is purely for the
educational, industrial and commercial
demonstration of the possibilities
of corn in this section. No charge
will be made either for entering an
exhibit or for admission to the show.
It is open to every corn planter in the
Pee Dee section.
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Tobacco Prices Boosted.
Raleigh, N. C., Nov. 11.?Marketing
of better grades of tobacco in
October boosted the average price of
leaf tobacco in North Carolina five
cents on the pound, but the 178 ware1
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nouses SOId approximately uiuy OU,000,000
pounds during the month,
against 102,630,000 in October, 1919,
according to the monthly report of
Frank Parker, State Agricultural
statistician. The season's sales to
November 1, Mr. Parker reported,
were short of the 1919 season's total
to the same date by twenty-eight per
cent.
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I have the biggest and besl companies
in America, writing insurance
in every form. That is one reason
why I have done more new insurance
business since I began than all other
o?on?io<! in eountv combined.
Even frogs congregate in the ponds
that have the biggest and best mud!
holes. Wm. W. Boddie, Kingstree,
Is. C. It.
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MITTLE ACCUSED BY DYING MAN
Witness Testifies to This Effect at
Coroner's Inquest.
Orangeburg, Nov. 16.?An inquest
was held this afternoon with Magistrate
C. P. Brunson acting as coroner,
1 over the dead body of J. H. Patter
son, the drainage engineer, who died
last night at 9 o'clock in the Orangeburg
hospital.
The last witness was Mr. Frank
Sain, whose house Mr. Patterson was
leaving when the fatal ahotrf were
fired, it was said. Mr. Sain testified
that at 11 o'clock Sunday night as
Mr. Patterson went to switch on the
light in his automobile that he was
shot, he Mr. Sain) hearing the shots.
He further testified that Mr. Patterson
rushed back into his house and
asked for a doctor at once. Mr. Sain
stated that Patterson told him that E.
N. Mittle shot him.
The first witness was Dr. C. A.
Mobley, who stated that Mr. Patterson
came to his death as a result of
a bullet wound in his breast. Dr.
Mobley testified that in his opinion
this shot killed him, but that there
were four other wounds in the body.
Mr. W. Hampton Dukes was the
next witness. He stated in substance
that he was called to the residence
yesterday to take the body of Mr.
Patterson to the Orangeburg hospital.
Before his death Mr. Patterson left
a dying declaration stating that E
N. Mittle shot him, it is testified. Mr.
Patterson's body is still here. His
brother is expected Thursday night,
when the body will be carried to his
home in Ottawa, 111. About forty
people attended the inquest.
Crop Yields This Year.
The average yield of corn in South
Carolina this year is 19 bushels per
acre, as compared with 16 bushels
last year and 17 bushels in 1918, the
total production being upward of 42,500,000
bushels. The average yield
for the United States is 30.9 bushels
per acre, against 28.6 bushels in 1919.
The total production this year is estimated
at 3,199,126,000 bushels as
compared with 2,917,450,000 bushels
in 1919.
Weight per measured bushel of
wheat and oats is. reported at 59 and
31.8 pounds respectively.
The average yield of potatoes in
the State this season is estimated at
100 bushels per acre, as against an
average of 85 bushels in 1919, the average
yield of sweet potatoes being
105 bushels per acre as against 90
bushels last year. The average yield
of potatoes in the United States is
109.4 bushels per acre, sweet potatoes
103.4 bushels per acre, total production
of the former being 421,252,000
bushels, and the latty 105,676,000
bushels.
The average yield of tobacco in
Pomlinn this vear is 650
pounds, the average for the United |
States being 793.9 pounds per acre.
Average yield of sorghum syrup
for the State is reported at 100 gallons
per acre; United States 93.1 gallons
per acre. Average yield of peanuts
in South Carolina is 45 bushels
per acre and the average for the
United States 29.6 bushels per acre,
or a total production of 37,403,000
bushels.
Estimates of acreage and production
of the various crops in the State will
appear in December report by counties.
Teacher's Meeting.
To the Teachers of Williamsbarg
County:
The first meeting of the Williamsburg
County Teachers association will
be held in the school auditorium at
Kingstree Saturday, November 20th.
at 12 o'clock. This is a very important
meeting, for new officers will be
elected at this time. We expect to
have Dr. Patterson Wardlaw of Columbia
with us, who will address, the
teachers. The domestic science clas:
of the Kingstree school will serve
'lunch. The success of the association
depends upon your interest. TiOt me
urge that you be present.
Yours truly,
M. F. MONTGOMERY,
President of Association.
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I shall Be glad to give every teacher
in the county a lArge desk blotter and
every school chifd a nice little tablet
and small blotter. Call at my office
for them anytime. Wm. W. Boddie
Kingstree, S. C. It.
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Cotton, Seed Cotton and Cotton
Seed insured anywhere any time. Wiji.
W. Boddie, Kingstree. S. C. It.
FOR GOOD POTATO SEED
Pee Dee Truckers Form Connection
With Maine Growers
Florence, Nov. 1.?The Poe Dee
; Truckers' Association has effected a
connection in Maine whereby it will
be able to supply farmers in this section
with treble inspected and State
I miarantoflH Tn'cli flnKKloi- nntotn cr-oH
direct from the growers at the additional
cost only of freight C. M.
White of Auusta, Maine, agent in t
marketing, United States Department
of Agriculture, is representing the
association in the producing field,
while the association here will represent
the farmers who may wish to
procure any of the seed. No charge
will be made at either end, nor will
there be any profit between the se'ler
in Maine and the buyer in South
Carolina.
Potato seed buyers, through the
association, are assured honest and
straight goods by the State of MaLie,
if they procure the certified stock.
This opportunity is expected to be a
great boon to potato planters in this
section who desire the best stock
but are not able to be personally on
the ground and select it Also, it
will tend to give the Pee Dee section
a uniform variety and crop in its
Irish potato production.
Anyone wishing to procure seed
should indicate their interest by writing
Walter J. Johnson, secretary of
4the Pee Dee Truckers' Associaton,
'care of the Chamber *of Commerce,
Florence, S. C., or seeing their local
representative of the association.
The Williamsburg county representative
is J. L. Thomas of Cades. Prices
are not available yet, but persons who
are interested cnougn to inquire now
will be notified immediately upon receipt
of this information. They will
then have the opportunity of taking
what they want or of not coming in
on an order. If the orders are taken
together, they will be lumped and
handled as a carload purchase and
shipment.
Mr. White has written to Mr. Johnson
as follows regarding the Main*
grown potato seed:
"Two inspections are made, one at
the time of blosoming and one before
the vines begin to ripen. The
third inspection is made when the potatoes
are sacked, and no potatoes are
true certified seeu unless theyjsear the
blue tag issued by the Maine Department
of Agriculture, which is enclosed.
The field inspectors do not
merely give a casual looking over, of
the piece of potatoes, but they personally
rogue out the disease and weak
hills under the following require-ments:
"If at the first inspection there are
more than 500 weak or diseased hills,
or 80 of blackleg, or 250 mixed hills,
the field will be disqualified. On the
second inspection more than 260 weak,
hills, 80 mixed hOls and 16 blackleg-hills
will disqualify.
"That this system of inspection has.
proven highly successful is demonstrated
by the test the past season
by Professor M. C. Pence of Delaware,
in which Maine certified Irish Cobblers
yielded, at the rate of 522 bushels
per acre, as against the best seed
from other sources which yielded at
the rate of 371 bushels.
"We are prepared to place your association
in direct touch with growers
of this grade of seed, or if you wish . ,
a more moderate priced commodity,
we can- recommend reliable growers
whose stock is of exceptional quality,
but not certified."
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Red Cross Notes.
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One thousand good people of Wifii'omcKnror
havo *lreadv answered tha
Red Cross Roll Call with a dollar,
and we have just begun calling.
When Gregory the Great wai
a little boy, he was taught to
answer to his name at the roll
call in school, "Adsum". After
his long and useful life had
been pronounced ended by the physicians
and watchers at his bedside,
the last religious rites performed and
the winding sheet had been drawn
over his face, he threw back the sheet
answered, in the same fearless tones
he used in youth, "Adsum".
When the Red Cross Roll Call shall
xr 1,?. csfi, ;t
end at miamgni, nuvcmuci ?<>?>) *
is hoped that the records will answer
the name of every man and woman in
Williamsburg county.
If one of the Red Cross solicitor*
should not find you before November
25th, you find the solicitor and join
the most beautiful human organization
in existence.
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