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English Aviator in Charleston Lieut. William Leroy Broun Hails, from -Wedgefield. (News and Courier.) Three.years in war service with the British and French armies, eighteen .months, at the front, wounded, by shrapel and machine gun lire, nearly killed in a midair, collision, and nine months jn hospitals as. a result is the ' '-htfb'rd of a South Carolina Boy, First Lieut William Lelt?y Broun, of Sum ter/S. C. Seven years ago the University of South Carolina knew Lieut. Broun as am athlete, who ..participated in prac tically every form of athletics played by the teams. Then he went to the Chicago Tribune.-its staff correspond ent and from there to France with the French-ambulance corps, May LI, 1915, one week afi.-r the Lusitania vras sunk by Germany. As a member of the Karjos unit of .thed&TrcJach ambulance service when it ?was brigaded with the British, Lieut. *Broun was at the battles of Verdun. St. Mzhiol, the Somm? Ypj'-s. 3'as . schkndaalo, and many others. He rose S^Qnr the ntnkt-: and w.as made an aristabt.^section header with rank of captain in? the. French army. On the morning of Sept. 19. L?K. her.^yent. into action in th<> battle of -Courseilette in tftw Scmaie sector. Jpater in the day he was borne from &h.e "?eld . with shrapnel and machine gun wounds. A sick b'uve was granted hmu and he returned to the United States. Then came America's entry into the war. Lieut. Broun applied for the American aviation and was accepted ,.- ''hht f?und that he could not got over seas before-October, 1$'17. On the trip back; to 'America he had been provi ?aionaHy accepted by the British Royal. -'?^Ipair'C?rps. ' This he now entered. .--He ielates a curious experience( which took place ' when he was en rolling. 2t was necessary to be a I 'BigKish subject to serve in the royal! S^fng-corps. The sergeant in charge j of recruiting asked where lie was; 'from. Lieut. Broun replied that he was fro in the colonials, in fact f rom j ''-^he province of Carolina which is in ?.'Charleston." The ?ergeant smiled but accepted the application. Later on the vCor?n?4"gravely asked* the South Caro f-.Tinlan "if the province of Carolina; ? was-"'gbtteh by conquest or by annex- i faction?" j Mr. Broun completed his aviation training in Canada about July, 1917, "and received his commision as a m*ght""- lieutenant. He was sent to a "Western aviation camp in the United .States the following October as an in structor, the royal flying corps hav- \ in|r taken over certain American! 'fields. ? At' this camp Lieut. Broun was, in Capt. Vernon Castle's squadron. On : the 7 th of. February, shortly aft or ? ^Capt: Cattle's fatal fall^ Lieut. Broun! ?"Svas instructing a cadet .it an altitude j ?^JTorx2.^00rfeet. There was. a collision j ; .^.divh-ich the machine of the cadet-1 ^bre err the left wing of the instruct-} .jo?r?sf machine. Two cadets were killed j und the lieutenant suffered a doubloj compound ^fracture of the right lower! "'feg,, compound fracture of left arm,} la'^racture at the base of the skull.I ^avce, injuries and an erosion of the] ^.fourth and fifth vertebrae of the ^pine. Since last February Lieut Broun . has undergone nine operations and -ythl shortly leave for New York for the tenth, it was found necessary to amputate his right leg below the Icaee. Ke is stilt in the sen-dee of the British Jtoyal Fying. Corps. "The lieutenant wears three blue! Mripes, the British designations for j three years' service. He wea rs the j Jfer1?ish wound stripe, Sam Brown: .boJt. and full fatigue uniform of the royal flying corps. At the present] time he is staying with Mrs. LeBoyj .H?lsey, who Is a cousin. /When asked how he enjoyed trench j life he replied that it was far from] Pleasant arid only one. who has had ; the experience can realize just what j It' means. The men went in for live days' fighting and then got a period of rest For eighteen months this! ,*rax the kind of .service the lieutenant j /*aw. it is interesting to note that.j _ when bt- fell wounded at the battle ofi CourselJ-dte he was the first casually! from the staff of the Chicago" Trib-j uh.e. j He spake of til** wonderful work of the .British in the present war. "The American troops have had heavy .casu.'Uties for the time in the front j .TJUte," he said, "bur io.Bngland every] home practically has lo.st oik or more! members in thin war. Franco has] suffered likewise. Tn the campaign ih-j Gailiop.U th?> British bad winde divis-1 io.ns wiped out almost to a man. Inj .addition th<- war has !>er-:i waged by! rh/an in remote sections of the work! where the eolonial possessions had to be protected." Negroes Win Honors Saimt^r is proud of the record ?>f 'her negro soldiers in the world war. There nave been three eited for ex traordinary bravery. The Grsfr of these was Ban?rd. who was mention ed with his wholt? patrol for deeds of gallant./ und?-?- j;re. The last two to receive distinguished service crosses have been < "orjSatidej K. Jones and Private Kllison Moses, .ioie-s !<? long ed to Company O. Three Hundred and 'Seventy - first Infantry, and the scene of his act was near Campagne in Kranee Scpte*jd>er H<- was en gaged as company clerk and was left behind to care for the company roa ords. When he learned that all the company officers bad become casual ties, he immediately went forward, ?and collecting the scattered elements x>f the company, reorganized them under most trying and difficult condi tions. Moses belonged if. the same <-.>:;. mand displayed b.s heroism a few days.lat?r ajt Ardeuil in France. After his company had been forced to with draw from an advanced position e:i der severe machine gut: a-ud artillery lire, this soldier w??nt forward and rescued tfbund&ri SGldiers, working persistently until all of them had bec-n carried to gheltar. : Miss McKeiver Writes She Tells Some of the Routine Work of the Red Cross in France. January 15, H>19. j Dear Folks: { 1 lie awake at night thinking of jthe many letters 1 should write hut it is "pas possible." (Carmel may speak ; Parisian French and Margaret peas jant French but I speak French of the j'A. 12. F., which is an argot in a clilss j by itself.) j My .mail has been arriving spas-; t medically?two packages .of Item's;.] ;.two copies of the Herald, and '.ot ters from papa and the (wo irirls.j j Two letters referred to Frank Pagan's! death but I have never received a let-j I ter telling nie of it. Today three lot- I jters writ'en about December lath! j rea'ched .ne. Several days ago papa's j Hotter of December fist arrive! andj j one from Mrs. D. C. Shaw came on j that mail. Christmas cards are still j j arr iving. I hope to .acknowledge all j j of them if T ever get the tinj?\ ; "Unite Eleven** has been relieved by! '"Twenty Eight" so my new address! is Fvacuation Hospital No. 2K. A. P.J j O. 7^7. !'Elevet:" -and t got ?n fa- j mously and I hate, to see them go. If! jl ever go to. Chicago, f ought to have: ja grand time. There are sum- very [fine men in the new unit. They come [from different sections o:' the country jand are an army organization. "Elev en" was organized and outfitted by t'he ClVicago Red doss and arc like one I big family. I am proud of being a Red Cross j j worker, for the American Red Cross! ihad a rremerid'cjus undertaking and ] ("every doughboy will teil you that the] ?Red Cress made good. The Red Cross! 'work in France' is such a big tiling] /that it is hard to describe.it. but Ij j shall attempt to tell of the work done! j here. Tnere are two officers, a cap*- ] j tain and a lieutenant, and ten women I workers. There is a special worker attached to each hospital and the! J ether sis women are at the hut. One! Iis director, another a librarian, ahoth-j j er. a dietitian, the fourth, a secretary j'to the captain; and me other uvoj have charge of supplies and enter-] taihment We all work together but each has her own part., alar job. The! hut is in the center of tim grounds) at the point where the four hospitals j join. The main portion of the build-} ing is an auditorium that seats about [ eight hundred peopie. The boys line! up outshle for each show. There are! four s' ows daily, two in the afternoon} and two in the evening. Movies are) shown about three days a week; ani outside show, one evening: local tal-j eat. on^ evening: dancing f?r every- j body, Monday evening: and a musical I program on Sunday. On Monday af-| ternoon hot chocolate and cookies j ate served. Thursday is tobacco dayj -and each walking patient receives a ? week's supply of cigarettes or tobac-i co. There is a writing room sup-* plied with stationary and the latest j magazines. The kitchen is naturajly the most interesting place in the hut. .Here .special".food, is prepared for light diet patients. Ice cream is made every day for bed patients. The hospjtal provides the regular diets, but the Red Cross furnishes these f extras which mean so .much to the j very sick boys. The movies are over with by nine, as the patients are sup posed .to be in bed then. After the show the ambulance boys and other boys of the personnel gather around the stove and Cuy plays the ukelele and everybody sings. I wpuld like toj have a picture of the kitchen crowd as it would be well worth . keeping; some boys sitting on the ice-box. oth ers on the shelves, and ?von the coal scuttle and the sink are put into use as easy chairs. What the hut does for the conval-1 escents. the searcher does for the bed i patients. When supplies come in. jj get a proportion of them for the hod j patients. A few of the supplies that j pass through my office are sweaters, j socks. bathrobes.... slippers, cards.} puzzles, games, chewing and -smoking j tobacco, cigarettes, pipes, candy, jam,j cookies chewing gum. razors, blades.j tooth brashes, tooth paste, combs,, soap and similar articles. These :ir*>; bought with the money donated t<? the;] ' K?m3 Tress and co?t the hoys nothing. Patients arc separated from their, companies raid do not draw.pay. Fv- j ery afternoon the New Vork Herald, and London Daily are distributed inj the wards. About twice a week v. - .e j get shipments of magazines; They are] usually aboil! a month old. Kvery [day i supply three wards with newj (books. These books come from LheJ [''central binary ?r th< hut. You can] jget a iiae on a patient by the books'] [he reads. AT two o'clock every dn\ ice ? cream is served throughout the wards: ! [at four the light-diet cases are served! j broth or custard. j The f.- are many things thai the) I Red Cross does for the boys hut ii i j would take me more time than r have \ [to write you about it. ; This .'? tter reacts like a lecture, but l ' thought you would be interested inj I this particular subject. ! j i am easing everything obtainable] 'and the ieJVe.pt is taking the form of a] I double chin. i Don't lorget to write as I can neveri Iget too loan;, letters, although some-] jtimes i have to carry theTm unopened j tuntil bed time: Love; KATIE. j Mexican Army Officers. i ! Mexico City", 7an 21.??Tt is expect ed that more 'ban f>0 of the higher official:? oj tin- Mexican ar:hy sei.:; wUl-j ; be rcle??sod from service. General? I Benjamin Ronchez. chief ot i-bc new' I new general staff, virtually has con-j j eluded an examination into then- \~,? ?? j lords am! qualifications and scon ?villi [submit his conclusions to President' j Carranza. Patrol the Rhine. . Coblenz, Germany, .Inn. 10.? Six. 'lug boats and twelve other erat't I 'have been requisitioned by the Amert- j rCan third army to patrol the Rhine ! River in th-- area occupied by the i I .?Americans. A lieutenant and from t eight 'o til'toen United States marines .)'.->ve been placed ori each boal bui the .German operating crows have boon, ?retained. The patrol boats flying the. jAmerican flag durt up and down the; -river all day directing tha tu?vfifc. i j Bill for Good Roads jMr. Belser Goes Into Details of j Proposed j egislation to Insure i Better Highways. In ord?.r that the people of the [State may be able to understand the ; viewpoint of the special committee on j highway legislation, 1 desire, as chair- ! : man of that committee, to make a! [statement 01 the plan as conceived by j ! the. committee. ! I For several years pas* there has; ; been a growing demand for a system 1 I of roads suitable for use at all times j and under :'.ll kinds of weather con-j iditions. Even- form of earth road j i has .been tried out and failed to stand ; up io either :i protracted wet spell or [long continued drought. That a sys-{ [tern of hard surface roads* is absolute-' iy necessary for satisfactory automo-J bile trarfic and truck traffic is eon- J ceded by a!! thinking poop]*.. With this as a premise; and roaliz ing the especial benefits to accrue ::>j automobillst* from the construction j of the conU-in plated road system, end I believing thai a ?arge majority o* :Jie| automobilists will a:i<l do favor .-?.ay; plan . which offers reason abb- a-ssdr-j a nee of the attainment of a sy^om j of good roads, the committee decid ed that the. most feasible plan <>r": financing the. system was by means j of an automobile license tax. The coin-1 ndttee realizes fully that it possibly :s ; not an entirely equitable propositioaj to throw the entire b?rden of the. construction of the Stale highway rys-t ter.i on the autompbilists. But iuas-l much as a State system from county] scat to county seat, .as, cohtempla ed j by tie.* committee, will be of very ! speeial benefit to and is especially dc-.j sired by the automobil Jsts. the prepp- ! sition is not as inequitable as if may.] first seen). Just at this point we desire to call? attention to the fact that the bill j contemplates leaving ail road funds] no*/ available for road work in thed counties for use of and under the; control of the county authorities, and, that the only funds which the eoun-| ties are now getting which will be' turned over to the .State highway! commission is the portion of the small | automobile &ax which goes to each! county in the present act: and that! this will bo far more than com pens?t-j ed for by the funds expended in the j county by the plan proposed in the: measure by the committee. The bill provides for a highway; commission consisting of the chief J engineers of the University, of the Citadel and of Clemson. and of seven business men appointed by'the gove-n- j or?one from each congressional dis-j trict. This commission is to lay out!, a system of State highways connect-; ing the county s^a.ts of the State. ; The particular roads which will be so-! lected will be selected by the com mission after hearings in tin- county j seats which each road of the system is to connect. Twenty-live per cent of the rove- | nues derived from the automobile li- - censes is to be set aside for a bridge! fund, the preparation for the neees-J sary surveys for the roads and forj: the maintenance of the highway be-j. partment; the remaining 75 per cent. ; Of the automobile taxes and any otheri funds which may become available: for highway construction by the high-i way commission, is to be expended in the .construction of hard surface j highways, forming a port of the State!, highway system. And the bill pro-;< vides that the work shall commence ? in each county simultaneously at "the*; county seats, and the funds available;, for construction each year be appor-th tioned among the counties in the pro-} 1 portion which the mileage lying in ! < that county bear?: to the whole sys-:( tem. p It is estimated that the automobile * 3 licenses will within the next year or; j two amount to approximately ?2,00o.-j] 000 per annum, and this vith available] j federal aid will provide an annual! fund of approximately $2.500.000. h The bill is designed to 'provide the!"' machinery for laying out and con-iij strncting the highway system grad-i, ually if only the automobile !tcenses|j a.nd federal funds are available..! Should the people of the State v?fej bonds for the purpose of h/Ighway;t construction, it provides that the reV-jj ^nu(-s derived from the automobile \ tax may bo used to pay principal a -. l ' interest of such bonds. ] The bond plan will get quieke:- re- ; suits and enable ib" commission !o:. complete the system in a period c*t\-\ something fike five or si^ years. There.} ( is no provision for submittihg thei bond issue to the peopl.e.in this b;;!,;< but it rV contemplated that a sepa-j? rate issue, providing for the submis-j sion of the question of a bond issue to the people will be offered. ;. Should the bond issue fail, i! is contemplated that the people, having j evidenced a desire to secure a syst? m! of permanent highways, will be' willing to Stand for a Special boy ": | one or two odds to provide, funds to supplement the automobile license:?; i end also that it will be practicable I<> j: word, out a plan for the assessment of},, the abutting lands along tie- perma-\ ? neat highways constructed for a small , proportion of th< cost or' tb< high-,, way- say i<? percent from the prop-h erty on each side of the road to a depth of perhaps a mile. Under the;' satter plan, from the automobile) !i cense, the speeia-1 levy and the abut- j, ting property \-.<\. an aggregate sun Of $S.f?00.<H?0 or $'!.0C"viW? could realized .and this, in the course of i" or- 12 years "would of itself build a system of l.ROfl or 2.^00 mHes.b, which would afford a reasonably ade-J ?"fuate system of county seat '.<?. eoun-b iy seat highways. The bill as drawn provides trie machinery to take care of eitb-a- plan of financing. I desire particularly to call "la- it tention cf I!:" people of the State i.oj the fact that the revenue provided . taker, no material part of the finals nt present available for road building in the counties, bin on the contrary . provides new funds which will he > \ , pended in ibe counties each year for the construction of nermanent high ways, commencing! at the county seal and building towards the county seats of the adjoining counties, until sulilcient funds h e been provided to eonneet no. and with the fund as provided, ax already stated, from those ' who will b? benefited in a very ape ' Scia.1 degree by the ^improvements f which they an phyiru?. To those who say that they want the work done hy the local county au thorities. I can only say?and investi gation wiil hear out my statement? that all of tile States that have made any material progress in permanent road construction have found it neces sary to do so under the management of State highway commissions; and that all federal aid provided contem plates the disbursement of the feder al funds under the supervision of State highway commissions; and in the absence of adequately financed State highway construction, the State is in serious danger of losing, its pro portion of the national-aid funds. The committee believes that if the measure it tins worked out becomes low, it will, within live or six years under the bund issue plan, or in 1 a or 12 years under the other plan, secure for the State a system of approxi mately 2,000 m?e.s of Stale highways, connecting ail of th*' county seats ami a great many of the town:; of the State. That if, on Hie contrary, highway construction is .left to drift under the present unsystematic methods, at the end of 12 years we will he little if any better off than at present It is up to the people to dcLenaino which of these results will he their lot. /II: B. Belser, Chairman. Centra) Good itcads Com mittee. G MU.MA.V Al-TTER-StGHT. Professor Focrstt* Condemns "Mili tary Necessity'* Theory and Points out What Germany s.twmkl Do Now. IVfunidi, Jan. in (Correspondence of The -Associated Pres.)?"The pure ly military way of thinking which plurured es senselessly into the v/ar." says Professor F. W. Foe-rster, Munich University profe:sor and how Bava rin-Minister to Switzerland, "had, as a consequence, also a. method of con ducting the war which was bound to end :n a German catastrophe. "With a blindness bordering on in sanity we called all the means 'mili tary necessities' which, ?'top by step, were sure to call the whole world in to arms against us?whereby it came to be evident that our disdain of ait polities.] and moral scruples was u shortsighted calculation, even from a military standpoint. "To what dire need did our so-call ed 'act of necessity' in invading Bel gium bring us? Those military ways of thinking also bear the principal blame for the prolonging of the war. It is impossible to conceive that wo, at several turning points during the last few years, could not have had an undoubted honorable peace if we. instead of making general proffers had suggested honestly and concretely the individual solutions which, in the Wil son sense, would have put out the old fires in Europe. The military people and the military way of thinking how over, would mil admit of such a time ly and unequivocal concession. That is all as (dear as the sun now. "Why not therefore admit this mi- \ desirable German national confusion instead of trying to make it appear as though all were guilty and as though new witnesses still were necessary to get at the truth? Every people goes through its hard moral crisis of life; cur? was the belief in the sword since IfiSG?that cannot be wiped out, and If we admit it to ourselves and the world we give a moral guarantee that we have thoroughly cleansed ourselves of a. way of thinking that prevailed :luring the past decades. "He who has done his fellow man i grave wrong is expected by civilized society to admit, to be sorry, to pay},' ;he penalty ? voluntarily; and likewise j from a great people which, because of i. :hc desperate confusion of its leading'! classes bears the chief blame for ajj world catastrophe, the demnnd is, made with equal right bofore this peo- j l')le can bo accepted again in the com-| rnunitv of eomidencc of other peo-; rdes. - "In the midst of a colossal break? lown only complete truth can save. We can gain the right to make a mo ral appeal only in the degree in which, ive are ourselves honorable in going| rito court." Professor Ebenster brought down] he wrath of his colleagues upon hira-j ;eS_f early in the war bj publishing; n Swiss newspapers sharp criticisms ?>: Germany. Owing to his personal; ?opularity with the students of the.) Munich university the authorities per-j luiited him to retain his position in; hat. institution, despite ?r?testa hy j ?ther members of the faculty. Stoiriach Got Hard As a Rr zk Would S^ell Up v\d Severe'! Pains Attacked Him, Nowu Claims He is We)!, Thanks toj! i)reeo. jj . t "\Vh ?' ! began taking Dreco i u>:-;? u awful shapes after eating myfj sioiriacn would ache, swell up and ??< Pfi ?ard as y rock. I was never aide to!? at an: breakfast at all: My j * was dull and I had dizzy spells, fpttlj? Irreatli and bad taste in my month.!? \iy kid:tey's were on; of order, whieht< .'.!'?.??? m ' "pains in my back, ami rheu- h matistii of the joint-:. I have take "i j J two bottle?' of fU'eeo and my pains arek ill gone now. I three big iriOalsj* :-vor\ day, and never havo those si?= i-: ] ?eh pains. Via dizzy spells haveL :C\as?-d. and ! sleep tine. Dreco is;1 ;?<?.,:.?? r,r< rjm words "i' Vr. .V.. i". j) !;?. .? in. ! Cresc? nt Ave.. Spartan-.ja burg. S. C j. Dreco is compounded from the - jniros and ?xfracts of medicinal i roots, h-' hs. barks and berries; There is n<> doubl about the value of this; -l eat medicine Ter stomach disorders, i weak ! idneys. sluggish iiver. consti- j paled bowels, nor for cdennsing tncj blood of poisons and impurities, there- j l \ eradieating t heu mm t i.- m and eatarh.j [-?eores el |???oph ha ve l?'St)ti?-?1 to :i.S j merits; many of them other nod i ?riney iad doctors had failed to ich?; them, and declared I>reco had re-> stored their health. Dreco Is now sold b> all good drug-! gists throughout the country and is especially recommended in Sumter by! Siberf? L-'rag Store.?-Auvt. . I SOLDIER S LETTER .J s. Seymour Tells of Experiences in France. The following letter was receiver] ?? ! few days ago by Mr. W. <t. S.'Sey jmour from bis nephew, J. S. Sey~ i mour. of the .318tb F. A. Hand. Amer j ican Expeditionary Force, who left the South Carolina Cniversity to en list for service overseas: Dear I'nele Scott: Since receiving your last letter we have 'been constant ly on the move from one little village to another. Of course every one is more or less impatient, since hostili ties have ceased, for- wo all are ciam or.ng to know something definite as to what they are going to do with us. There are many, many rumors as to our going home real soon, hut 1 do not attach anything of importance to them. No one knows anything defi nite in the army until the very last minute. When 1 am on a boat then I etin halfway make myself believe that we are going home. I am quite sure that every Ameri can boy over here longs for the time when he can sit by a nice warm tire and have a real bed to sleep in. Ever since last September we have slept in barns. Naturally I have become ac customed to all the little inconven iences such as doing without a tire and a good bed. But this awful, aw ful mud. l would not mind the cold, but the cloudy ami threatening rainy weather makes a fellow feel a little bit blue at times. Nevertheless*? God lias, certainly been too good to me for 1 have enjoyed the best .of health over here. And again, there is one cobso iaiion. we are not going to be hare always. .Uncle f have had some wonderful experiences and I've sein something. While stationed on the Swiss horder T witnessed some of the most beautiful eights !n the world, namely the Swiss Alps. One Sunday a friend and my- j self went across nearly to the border! line, nearly 7.000 feet above the sea ! level. From there we could look! down upon Switzerland. Words are; too inadequate for an ordinary per-! son to attempt to describe the mag nificent sight which nature alone has portrayed. The words of an artist; could hardly do it full justice. So you see 1 have seen things and sights for nothihg that many p< ople have paid thousands to see. T have a grand col lection of postcard pictures of ail these sights f observed with a keen pleasure. Sin.ce we have, moved and now I have seen sights, the mem ory of which will never he erased from my mind. It nearly breaks my heart to see the most beautiful parts of France torn asunder by the ruth less Hun with his sword and tire. In toxicated with the so-called damnable "kultur" he has placed France in such deplorable and horrible conditions un til no human can describe with tongue or pen. If ] had. not been here to see for myself I could never have believ ed the things f had heard many months before I sailed from the States. They have committed crimes among themselves which the world will be horrified to hear about. Amer icans' won't want to believe such things. A boy was relating an expe rience to me the other day which he had in a captured German dugout. He said way back in the dugout he found a huge pot and right nearby a large chopping- block. Observing more closely he discovered human bodies cut up and in the pot were parts of human bodies boiling. These Ger mans had tied because of a surprise attack. Can you conceive of such things? It strikes me particularly how cir c?st?nces can yield themselves to gg^feg?.gggggggg I ?KU-ch a spdderi change. Only ycster ? day the Kaiser was, with a sneering 1 grin, shaking his mailed fist and j brandishing his sharp two-edged j sword in the face of the world. To ! day he i-s fleeing from the wrath of the I whole world. Even his own people are crying "lynch him." Sooner or later he has got.to pay the price and ' a dear one it is too.. I Oh. I could write a book but I must i.stop for * am in ah awful cramped up j position a.ad my candle is about to ; burn out. j T trust God to permit us to be , home before many weeks from now. Give everybody my love and have a I'foig Christmas for me. I have no idea j what \ve are going to-do. j Your devoted nephew, John S. Seymour. ; .Centenary of Methodist Missions?* Sumte* Group; ; The chargos composing the Sumter ! Group, are Trinity, J. A. Rice; Broad !Street. J. G. Fugerson; Oswego, .1. W. I Elkins; Lynchburg, W. R. Jones; I Bishopville, G.- P. Watson:. St. Johns land Remberts. B. L. Knight; Provi ! dence. F. S. Hook; Phxewood, A. S. j Leslie; .Manning. C. B. Smith; Elliott land Wells. W. O. Henderson. ? The following charges have report ed: . ., . . .. j Lynchburg ? Centenary sermon I preached at both chnrchcs: Complete organization Of Minute men. Elliott and Wells?Centenary ser mon preached. Complete organiza tion of Minute rnen. Presiding Eider requests me to mala- the following report: Bethuhe?Salary $146.00. Mem* hers received 2. Camden Mission S1.00. Prayer Pledges 43. Elliott and WePs?-Salary $365.00? Members received 4. Elloree and Jerusalem?Salary ' $250.00. Members received 4. St. John's and Remberts?Mem bers received 3. West Kershaw?Salary $117.00. Conference claims $28.00. 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