North Carolina Newspapers

THE DUNjJ DUNN. M. C. —^__ ■' 90,WU WI1U WILL NOTCOME BACt 14,000 More Soldiers Rtport* A* Missing Among TKo Expsdidoatry Fotom 1*0,000 WOUNDED, 10.000 PRACTICALLY HELPLES Swiss el Oceania Pendulum Hee ll *•4 Peeloreei Cen. PorsUeg’a Wewoct N»w York, Dee. 14.—November' ■wing of the pendulum of history from war to peace, which reverse) the eastward flow of America's light ing millions—the greatest Irene oceanic troop movement ever knowi —brought the American people faci to face with tbs tragedy of tbo cae unity lists. Central Pershing'* annsuncemanl that mors than M.OOO of tha Sxpodl tiousry Force* had given their live) ia tha nation's cause and that 14,00< others, exclusive of prisoners, war* missing, created a profound impree aioa, but tha human touch of alaaoal 1*0,000 wounded. 14,000 of whoa already have boon returned la varioui ■tags# of belpleatnoes to their native ahorse, promisee to give tha country its first reel appreciation of the sacri fices of ita bom who followed the flag on foreign eoIL This Govarmaseat Not Uagratefal The method of their debarkation denies to the homecoming wounded the popular honors paid their com rades ia full health But the War Department, operating along I Lace In tended to give the lie to the proverb ial "ingratitude of government," has arranged for medical recreational and educational attention whose aim i» to restore these mamied heroes, as fully aa possible, to physical com fort and financial independence. W_*L. J_ai akai. - - - « aS New York or Newport Newt, the porta of debarkation, to their ro-en tronco Into civilian life, a host of Good Samaritan*—army doctors, nomas and orderlies and workers of the American Red Crose—wfll minis ter 4.0 these rafsnn front a ruthless emmy's engines of war. Harbor bns o-tsl boats, deb*<kati<n hospitals, hospital trains and general hospitals fee iwonSmtl ■<•11 or ranvaleseenro . forts a chain of sorvioa Unking <bo (wssjwsrd hi end floats of trumpet u with the homo of the wounded And ground^jf^ulllteitJ^j^”the collapse of the Central Powers, plays an im portant and picturesque part. The end of the war found the port medical anthoritae prepared to shoal dec the heavy burden laid upon them. During nineteen months of American participation In the conflict they had saantafned an embark*ton hospital service, treating the comparatively rare rases of lUneos among troops ready to go overseas When Ameri can forces entered the trenches small groups of wounded, evacuated from hospitals la Prance, began to Alter through the service on this side of the Atlantic. With this experience accen tuated by the lemons of the allied governments In repatriating their wounded, the debarkation system was put in readiness for the reception of of injured men at tbs rate of 10.060 to 18,000 a month. Homo Again From a Porolgn Shew) During tha war and a live-weeks period following the signing of the armistice, approximately 11,600 wounded had boon received at New York and 4,600 at Newport Nows. And the authorities were prepared, on official advices from Washington, to handle 60,000 cases in the next Iout months The army embarkation service at New York, which tent three-fourthi of the nation’s 8,000,060 assn over seas, is srpected to dshark a majori ty of tha returning force*, and the westward flow of wounded also will be directed hero, with some diversion to Newport News and possibly, later on, to Boston. To carry on the work at this port the medical depart ment has a personnel of 7,806—■ greater man me antra Army aisuicsi Corps when the United States enter ed th* war. On this staff, headed by Colonel 3. U. Kennedy, veteran of twenty-Av* years' service as an army surgeon, 960 am medical offi cers, 988 nurses, mon and women, 5, 184 anlistod mon and 189 civilian em ploy**. The operating fadlitlea Include eight debarkation hospitals artth an aggregate of capacity ef 10.000 beds, two bane hoepital* with 4,260 bads, a reconstruction hospital at Columbia University for eases too aerious to be moved to la ter lor iestitntoaa, Av* harbor hospital boats with 800 bods each, seventy-Av* unbalances, with fifty additional held ia raasrv* by th# Bod Cross, and four hospital trains each accommodating upwards ef 100 patients. The buss hospitals are at Camps Menit sad Mills, former emberka tlea, MW debarkation eantoameat* for th* oversea* army. The debarka tion hospitals are strategically on or near th* harbor front. The sort medical authorities, re sponsible for soldier patient* from the time of thalr arrival from Europe to their delivery at general hospital* nearest their bom* 'communities, aim t* dear thalr charges from the de barkation hospitals within s week. The work begins at the nett quaran tine station Have medical officers hoard beaming transports and assist th* doctor* aboard in preparing th* men for landing. In practically aB eases the wounded are taken directly from the ship to the harbor hospital boat, which conveys them to a ptar near on* of the debarkation hospitals, where ambulance* nr* In waithv . While the men got their “shore btortngs" their esse* are studied sad **~*'““*■■» w«ae to ncoBitructKi or convalescent hospitals. The next proeeea is the attachmen r °f ■ medical Hnaoo officer to the gtoU| V he is to conduct to an interior its tion. When he baa become familial with hie charges be applies for a hoe 1 pita) car or train, according to thi sir* of hla party, >od for an eaeor af doctors, nnrast and orderlies. L a train Is assigned, the journey, ever arroee the continent, ia eiraple, but 'f the wounded All only one tar, whlct must be attached to regular trains i the feeding problem becomes acute Here the Red Cross lend* its aid, ar ranging by telegraph with its auxil iariee along the way for meals for the travelers at points where neither din ing car service nor station rattan rar>l« irt iviikble. The hospital trains, equipped with I specially constructed Pullman sleep ' mg and kitchen cars have aeeoctmo | datious both for "walking cases" and . for men so severely injured that they must remain abed day and night. In anticipation of their use on an ex tensive scale, Afty officer* and 200 . men arc in training hers, sod n smal ler company at Newport News, as aa ; curt detachments. TO RAISE $30,000 FOR EDUCA. TIONAL PURPOSES. Buie's Creak, Dee. JT.—The work ers’ training school for the Little Riv er Assoolatun will meat at CoaU on December 27. 28 and 2$. The as sociation will endeavor to raise S30, 000 Tor educational purposes, $20,000 of which will be for school plant at Buie's Creek. FOUR TRANSPORTS SAILED FROM FRANCE ON MONDAY Large Number ef Sick aed Wr ended Aboard -3,000 Mere Item Derig - "•'•d far Early Ret are to Homes. Washington. Dec. 17_Announce mmt was made by the war depart ment late today of the ending from Franc* of four additional transports the General Gorges the Saxonla, the Cedric and the Mongolia. E. B. Stet tiniua, special representative of Soc iety Bakar in Franca, is returning aboard tbe Cedric. AKf.OPr4 Hast if /. _at PA-J *nd 74th cout artillery and 138th iWM artillery, with the headquarter* of the 40th coast artillery hrigad# Tk* *»■*•' carries 786 tick and wounded. Aboard the Cedric la the SS2ad aero squadron and 10 casual compa nies and a Large number of alck and wounded, uoesaigued officer* and Soronia and Cedric railed from Fng land on December 14 end the Gener al Coras* and Mongolia from Prance Deeesaber IS. A message from Ceoeral Porahiac added about 8,000 additional men to those designated by him for early re turn to the United States The unit* are the 400lh, 4G6th, 488U, 4»»th, 886th sod 840th aero squadrons; the first cat regiment, the anti-aircraft artillery school detachment and re placement battery. FOUR VESSELS COME IN WITH NEAR (.000 MEN. Celtic. Caroaia. Prime* Juliana ea4 Maui Reached Port ef New Yeek Yeaterdey. New York, Dee. IT.—The White Star liner Celtic, bearing 2,277 A merit an toldisn from over*# at, inclu ding 1.260 wounded men and a large contingent of negro troop*, dropped ■nchor off the Statue of Liberty to night and will dock tomorrow, lit* Celtic wo* the fourth ship to reach this port today with troops, and its list brought the total nf arrival* to almost 5.000 men. The transport Maui docked thia morning shortly after the Cunard liner Caronia and the Holland liner! Prime* Juliana had put in. The lat ter ships brought only a small con-1 tingent of *oIdler* and tailors, tho ma jority of their passenger* being civ ilians. CARTER CLASS SWORN IN. Washington Dec. 18.—Carter Clam was sworn In today as Secretary of iL. If-*_g_ lL __ Virginian delegation fn Congress and a group of government officials. The oath was administered by Judge Jaa. Hayes of Virginia, of the Court of Claims for many years a colleague of Mr. Glass in tho House. Secretary McAdnn formally retirsd by delivering the commission to Ml 'uceeaaor and eulogiiing the treasury force. Mr. Gleet announced that ho would roly upon Mr. McAdoo'a staff and bad askad that the usual formal! ly of presenting rairignationa be dis prnied a-ith. On the floor of tha Houaa, Repre sentative Mann. Republican leader, praised tho retiring member and said na better choke of a Treasury head could have been reads. BENSON PUTS BAN ON PUBLIC GATHERING AGAIN. Benton, Due. IS.—J T. Martin, town health officer, together with the town commissioner* not tha lid an public gatherings of all kinds for the ascend tint* this fall en account oi the influenza situation here at present The school was closed this morning the superintendent being confined U Ms room with the disease. There art about twenty live eases In the towr proper and as many more again in the Immediate community. The eouatrj round shout la suffering even men than the town is so far. Tha disease la making considerably more headwaj sow than during the month of Oct* bar when It wee so prevalent- TM town is considering re-opening tM emergency hospital Mrs. J. A. Pftolo returned Tuea day from a wealds visit at Nee Bern. CAMP BRAGG NOT TO BE ABANDONS Jurvuy Corrtcb Rspor That CutoamMl at Fayatta villa Would Bo Abolished Kaycttavtlla, Dee. 17—Assurancei that the repdrt given circulation to day by the Associated Proas that eon (traction of Camp Bragg la to be abandoned la ”,absolutely without foundation” were received by 8rns tor P. M Simmon* of Gen Henry Jer vey, chief of operation# of the Goa era) Staff, this afternoon, according to a telegram received lata today bj H. V. D. King, •eerstary of the Fay. ottevlUe Chamber of Commerce, tram the senior North Carolina Rena tor On learning of the contents of the Associated Press dispatch received by an afternoon paper stating that the field artillery cantonment at Camp Bragg was listed “among War De partment construction projects order ed abandoned today,’* Secretary King at once telepraphed Senator Simmons •airing him to investigate the report. “Your wire of today received,'1 teys the reply telegraphed by the Senator, “nave joat talked with General Jervey, chief of operations, General SUIT, who states that any re port circulated to the effect that Camp Bragg is to be abandoned is absolute ly without any fouodation.” The report when received here a heat noon created nothing bat the blankest amassment. None of the camp or construction officials h—l any orders or know of any develop, menu that would radicals such a turn tn affairs. Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce officials and buainrm men were astounded. It wms s bait from ■ very blue sky ns far aa Fayetteville wes concerned. There was a marked tendency towards Incredulity and tho denial of th eauthonticlty of the re port contained in Senator Simmons' telegram this afternoon constituted one of the most welcome messages ever received in Fayetteville. Report ef AbuJooawl. Washington. Dec. 17_Among War Department construction project! or dered abandoned today are the artil lery cantonment* at North Camp Inc keen, Colombia, 8. C., and a field artillery cantonment at Camp Bragg, Corellna. The abandonment of North Camp Jackson doe* not h». cmda abandonment of the loose for tfegff aersaof , ci»ip«»«. i ■ ,-r-* Made for the Fayetteville District at tke Meeting to Gsld.l ire. Presiding Elder. J. D- fcndy. BZeden—J. W. Dimmrtte Bockhorn—E. C. Maneg*. Carthage —N. E. Coletrane. Duke—W. B. Brown. Dunn—J. If. Daniel Fayetteville—Hay Strevt, W. V. McRae; Person and Calvary. T. H. Button Fayetteville Circuit—W. F. Craven. Coldston Circuit—R- F. Taylor Haw River—G W. Perry. Hemp — H. B. Lance Jonesboro—V. A. Royal UUington—N. M McDonald. Newton Grove—J. L. Midgett Paricton—W. L. Maneaa. PitUboro—P D. Woodall. Rosehoro—R. F. Muna. Sanford—W. R. Royal Siler City—H. B Porter. Steadman—J. A Tbnrpe. MRS. EUGENIA ANNIE HARPER. The loatre of Mrs. Harper’s life waa made more brilliant by suffering, i For (overal week* before tha end came on M unday night, December t, the suffering was intense. She wan not unacquainted with pain during the last several year* of her lif*, but she suffered always with booyent spirit. Mrs. Harper waa the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Wilson. She was born and reared in 8amp*on county near Newton Grove At an early age she became a Christian, uni ting with the Shady Grove Baptist church, and was throughout the rest of her life a most useful and devout Christian. At the lime of her death lho waa ona ef the most highly es teemed members of the First Baptist charch of Dunn. On Ftbranry 25, 1575 she became the bride of Dr. M. W. Harper. After their marriage they made thvir home at the Harper homestead near tha Historic village of Bentonsvtlle until they moved to Dunn In 1RR6. Here they resided until their death. Dr. Ifor^er having preceded her Aug. 14, Into their home six children were born. Two sons, John and Herman, died in Infancy. The four daughters remaining are Meadmmes Florence Holliday, Mary Gertruda Hicks, An nie Eugenia Young of Dunn, and Mr*. Corinne Kelaan, ef Goldsboro. A multitude of retailree and friends ahart with them their lose. The funeral services were conduct ed from her residence December IN by Dr. W. R. Cxillom of Raleigh, whe had bean her pastor for about ftftsar years. Mrs. Harper will still Use In th< Hves ef her children and friend* Tke memory ef her life will earn with It a halo and a blaming, Them who knew her beet are confident that she new lives where pain aad heart ache* are nut known. , "For what is deathT r *Tls but as whan one layeth His worn-out robes sway, And taking new ones sayetl These wfU I wear to-day. So putteth ky the spirit Lightly its garb of flesh. And paaaeth to inherit A residence afresh.” EUGENE I. OLIVE J. J. lane waa a visitor In Rich mead Monday and Tuesday. lltiVil n N£WY(MRBOR ship* Will not fti ivritv which wlU th* eoutry u a flchUaf to dofaot tho fort* wfl ho ns i TOO In struct ion* to for thoYrtun of eon ho spnrod. America* foreoo, . main on the other to complete tho w* naval conditions of LIEUTENANT Lion tenant JuM Beat, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. t. Beat, of Dana, returned last Friday from Waco, Texas, where hr hat been stationed for the past several months. James entered the eerrtee Sept, t, 1*17, and was sent to Camp Jackson, Col umbia, S. C. He was there for eight months, the last three months ] being spent in an officers training school, whore ha teok the course lead ing to a mmlnimion. In May 1*1B, he waa transferred to Oaasp Sevier, Greenville, B. C. and received hi* commission •» *nd lieutenant Juna 6th. A few day* later he was order ed to report at Camp Pike, Little Bock, Arkansas, where he stayed far two weeks. Ha wa* then transferred to Camp MacAjthur, Waco. Texas, where be acted as regimental supply o®eer until he waa discharged from the service. Oa Sept. 11th, while stili at Camp MscArthor, he received “ rommimion »t 1st lieutenant. He left Waco nr Dunn Dae. 8th, ar riving here on the 18th. He ie 88 frets old and when he entered the service waa a member of the senior class st Trinity College. He will probably return to College and eom tlete his courae after the Christmas olidaya. 7.6*8 CASUALTIES IN THE Mth DIVISION. Washington, Dec. It.—Central P*r ahtng cabled the war department to day that practically complete report* 1 of deaths In action among the expedi tionary forces she a Id reach the de partment by December so and ef ■* rerely wounded by December 87. General Pershing said that the > number of unreported natuaiha* la process of vevi*cation at the central i records ofiles of the expeditionary . ferret on December 14, wae 40.440. r They ware divided as follows: Killed i in actionr 88; died of wounds, 878; l died ef dtereer, 868; accidentally - killed, 61; severely wounded la action 8*471. These laclade all "rasp*nee erase under investtgmUoit," the gensr il atid. TeUI casualties to November 28 i In Urn S*th (Wildcat) division North Carolina, Rojlh Carolina and Teawisat* national gnard, wuse given ra 7 888. The casualties wore time ited ts follows: Killed in action, 1,168; died of wounds, 283; died of disease, IS; died af other eauaa.-, 6: severely wounded, 1,181; wounded - degree undetermined 806; slightly wounded 8,888; miming or cagturvd. A BELATED OFT FOR CHRISTMAS A Tala mi tba Gnat World Vu •a Told by Rar. J. J. Dm |Ua is' News By JOHN JORDAN DOUGLAU I The world war had coma to a close. November j i would thenceforth rank la bwtorv with the Ides of March. Tfcs would-be Caesar of the world had hsea overthrown. . . T** transports were bringing hoot* the soldiers, many wounded and maay mutraed among them, but nil glad to return to their nativu land. •Jot the greatest victory of hist ary had been won. mad, the war orsr, tha soldiers sought their own hearthstones. The caU of wsr to the strongest sad sternest cal, bat the call el home is the sweetest and moat natural. Tha whale world was agog with the of grant events. A great er» Md Like i beacon, it to light up all the hills of uatory. Horrow indeed had kin heavy en ethe hearts of the people, sad all their F was tinged with It and tamperad IL But It was nevertheless a peri tad **»«todn—a week °* ***• i£Tfln,n* anthem of the angels above t^ Judean bilk, snow-white snd shepherd-watched, two tboaaand rears ago: ‘•Poaee on earth, good win toward BtD. Ho like the Christmas belk the peace brll. had been throbbing with scvUUr and esaltant Joy. But to tome they had been as the balk of the toll of tragic things and as the bells that one has heard is ihe village when 3* fivs* j£s£~ss ha Chid was bean Herod raaasd h* voice of lumentaiioa to be heard n the land of Jddsh, mothers mourn -MCS«M they wan ?*• «•*»?» «■ this land of froe dom mothers and maids sropt for tha and swaothaarta -'-trim W tha panic poppies Us tha Adds of France. Bat In the eyes of all. beneath-the tears, like aamligfct shin nszg&xsaniKz 2r*£s*>~ »W th, n^n lag face, with "Its wonderful qmTif 1 Mona Liaa hot af a war mother ria nt oat ef the second death te smile into the face of fate that the spirit of Uborty may not perish from the earth. U. Among all the prmeely plantation/ of the sooth none was more splendid, more famed or fertile, than “Inwood >n-th#-Pee-Doe.” The mansion, coio rjal in style, occapied an elevation overlooking the river which wooed '■ko a golden ribbon through the Use bills. A grove of primeval oaks—the .□rv Ivors of the onee mighty end ma jestic forest—guarded the approach to the bouse which stood at the end of a long and gracofal avenue. Neat the boose—known still as the "Big House'’—worn vst to be seen th* relies of the Slav* qBarters, whsrs. in the golden ante-bell uro days, once flowed so freely merriment and song. And sons of ths old slaves, oven ready with memories of "de goed ole days befo' da wah,” were stiD living there, spending their declining days ss pensioners on the bounty of "de, Karoo Jeera't ton, John,” who mart anted th* Amt typo of the up-to-date southern planter with a sort of sacred reverence for the old landman at Inwood. "I missed dat boy—yo’ daddy— tndurin' de wah an’ dat wtu she' one good chile, homey; aa* ho ain't nebbtT fell from grace yet. Ue vrus er born Prosbyterian fob he ebber Jine de church. An’ yo’ needen worry yo’ tweet ae'f sick ob ber die wah. honey, kata, if dat boy *m predssterested fooh he cam back he gwiaaer cum bock, am* if ha ain’t ill da king’s homes kain't fetch Urn bock. Yo' daddy he will teH yen dat. i « isuin yo am goapoi Bit- ui miw. doV laf to miiubts, wtd all do lie uv i’j don leaked oat av yo’ loco. ■iSoo, shoo—honey." Aad Aunt CMoo caught Zhm girl la her arm* and draw bar to her ample bosom like ahe bad done yean befero whan lb* girl waa a tioy tot. "Eny eojer man whut arorrlaa ban •ny'i baby tar deaf by not wriUa''Wr bar ortor tar nabbar cun back,” ahe ran on. “Ttmm break in' yo’ po' BT heart I Mammy ouaa yo' daddy an' •he bin yo« too an' she ain' gwiner vtan’ fob no tick trollickin’. " "But Mammy CMoo,” the girl mid. a ting* of gladnem in her ton*,"may be be to wounded and la the hospital perhaps —perhaps” Her voice trailed off Into a sigh, aad there wars tears In bar beautiful triah grey eyes —eyas that to wonderfully mirrowed bar *oul. "Bha, sbo honey—none af dat. Dat boy am ar boy. He dua gone as* wont on' got wunnar dean French gal fob er sweetheart. Do’a you was' aa mo’ time on him. To' fix up on' look sweet—at—dat riek Dalton boy what didst hatter go ter da weh, kaae ha had da spendereadara." "A slacker—1 bate a slacker I" For a moment the girl’* gray eyas loot their softness aad named strangely cold and iters. "I hayten to know ho to a stacker, mommy,' she said softly. "Bernard was not strong, bat be got la some how and be went to France. There to a difference. It killed me to tea him ro, but If he had stored I would has* hated Mm mm I ImU’— "Dae Hasan it dot girlf stsUlmed m-mmr Chios. "Lak day wars'! at gsuJ A*h In ds saa so wu abhor betel —r..^^fnLTm*|f<dlElcx *■ *** ** *°od ■ p ^ wjr to jlni at m wtdUek 5*y* f- w?y’ do"’t ** •» 'blew Do Bc,nU'n, **» may atbber com back JJ^/o ,<Uddy aln* K«lur bo boo] ' ttid,5^r{y3Tn*• ** n7r..i1 ?' >>0t "f* * «W*Ot M myt* tWt took the ie< tOB* “You don’t bom what Lklt war mean* to at ft k^a *how“ me l hot money does not moba • du, sod (Hot It dim not nmES! lly nor s mao. Our oomttry has ■ risen shore the wirrooaary. Palriot ' jsm is without price hot—buU-eomc I times <t it the greatest price of siL Ptthspo—he hoe paid it.’1 ■?*•“** “d risneed tcorfuUr toward o photograph of s strikingly handeonso soldier over the maatel. The t«. wo riear-cw end strong, with s certain candor and a »h*dc of softness, bat with e strength of resolution about the chin that could not bo mistaken. It was the race of one who could be depended on •5T "°Vr t°P" die—ec both. There bad boon a great battle- — the baltl* of the St Mihiel eoHant_ ••d the girl had net heard from him *la'c Hc had prerlously been giren * Bnd mentioned for die. UmruUmd valor, and there had been talk of the crotz de guerre, but that bad been several weeks, end weeks are agas In a great war when every «n{Tr ***** h**rt‘br*Bkin« «m It was only a »*ek till Christmas: sad there had been as ward from him for weeks end weeks. The girl sank to the couch sad pU Jow*d her head on her arm. who* Mammy Chloo. "whipped sot" as the •"ring goes, returned to the kitchen ♦here thv other negroes wore mek inc big preoerotieas for Cbrisiasa*— ”dos puttin’ do big pot In do VI on.” »they expressed it. ‘To’ liT mire, po liT eMlo.” Mam my Ohio* said pityingly at she wont .hnut her work, "dat pa’ bey sbo* bin Vih daid bv item French sojvns In Tur 'm*9 —in miss"—and the old ne rro wiped the tear* from bar eves with the rnj of the big anroa til* wont. 111 Thar* wrrr many Sad surprise* In Jm Uat day* of the war. Bo many >w fell Jurt before tha armistice was “gnrd. Th# n«w« of war trawl* like » (nail« pace sometime*, especially tb* now* Of tbo casualty Uat. Mo teaid—if bail ii i bar oyw.'Wt tt warn there.' t'n-Mk fbt hooding of “Killed la Action” aba aaddanly read: “Bonloo Barnard.** She gave a sharp cry, staggered aad fell fainting to the floor. Old Mammy China heard her cry and came running from the kitchen, where *bc waa making potato custard. ‘Laurt-a-maray! Mares John I Mane lobul Com kssli quick. Mias Mari lyn den' gone an fainted oncoiuhua!” And eo bo tween them the master and servant carried the unronacioue girl to her room upstair*. At length (he opened her eye* wearily aa her father applied the restoratives, but quickly closed that. The light bad gone out of her life, the oac bright, beautiful light of low. Rut in her heart, among all tha other sad thing* that wept and could not be comforted, was a certain Sanaa sf Sride that he had proved himself to e a man. Kor In the long 11m of the Benton*—people who hailed from Franco—Aero had never been a slack er 1 “He was not that, thank God,” aha murmured “No hr wnin't," comforted Mam my Chine, “no ho wam't— he wax des * niche! boon Preahuhteryan, honey, rtat what be wux." And Mammy Chios laid a sympa thetic hand on th* girl's forehead, imoottrine hack bar brown beautiful hair. “Po' lH' baby,” the crooned over her. “Mammy’d rudder die dan beah yo' ery—Be brave, honey. Ink yo' sweetheart wsi" And in tho old woman's words Marilyn found a crumb of comfort. Ha would haw her to be brave. A as.I abn -aswailsl .Vow tV. m.JJ U..* she wee trying to bo woijhy of neb a man aa Bernard Renton had hi the "supreme sacrifice" shown himself te be. IV. For many years M had Wen a cus tom of the master* of Inwood-on-th* Pee-Dee te giro a Christmas Yree for the white ehildrea who Heed aw the plantation and alas one fsr the ne groes. The one for the white chil dren In the epaeieae parlor and the one for the negro chlldrea In the kitchen. And though her heart was heavy and end Marilyn West was de termined to give the children their customary cheer. "He would have it so." she thought. And eo two bin kelly trees, cover ed with bright red berries, had been brought from the woods, and arrang ed la their respective places, for, ae Marilyn had said, the negro children would have one ef their very own In the place in which they could meet enjoy It. 7«r the way had net—and eould not change southern customs The grounds ef the "Big House" presented an animated areas the day Before the ChrietaMs tree that even lag. Ptekowtantes ef all its os and In all solars ef the tuimbww were run ning here and there, calling dewn upon their kinky Sends the SMflaedi'l wrath of Mammy Chios, who sternly. In serene forgetfulness of her own shUdheed, forbade them te make any “fuse." "fhet yn* Mg monf*. nlggaWr she weald cry, shaking her turban nod beard. ~| kaJn’thoer maae’f tawk. You'so worn dan nr paseel gv fax hern's erter a fox. An' your gwlw. i . (Continued ea page 4) AMERICAN FLEET • RtTURNSTUESOAY Win W Rwviww.4 Uy Um*mry of *M» DmUi at Amm review men wu '■>■'■■1 mmm WaeMngtoa. Dm. It—11m Alton 2" '■•tvrnlaa fra* TTariei. which W to bo revWwad at MorTro* fSS33’—“• ««y aboat » a. m.. aw ** .*» Jorth river i ~Z&.TSSg‘S2i_ Sd“»r%?r2*!rt: prnideoUoV (trip, U>« Gam Wa*h *£«££• VMMtewflJteCpMti. HotUcoMp. Mew Moxieo, liMaehv p^nMTS: boma, ITNaon Bearaanta, lews, lads. aaa and MaeearhuaeUa. hadtal At. s^tSrtr^"--5 Neither? the rzact nataher per the -d'IVtJy? S3 ^•*t*°lja,a and ceavcrt •d xateha rotarstn* fnaa Sanyo mb rvT.oTiT.mt ****. J*T?ry ’ ^Sffsswyt.airs /ah paaaer into the harbor tha Wet wiU be review by S^reter? DaT «U freja the Mayflower. After the Wet ha* reached ite anchor age, the KarWnror followed tag New York City eOcUk wUJ m riew the ta.ps ,t anchor. In the afternoon men from Mm Boot *“ vm4l&V* Broadway aad Fifth terra*. The department m«-.J *■». «■ *». PW<* »HI1 oeear o* Chrotamj Bee, gsnarons Uses ef ah ante will begtnatod ta balk iBam darion. **“*ft»r Bo earn r\ .*! I Ttteea yoa^i it o- er. I am __ _ . Ireland. That it doer to town. Ireland. I have been bar* ■toco I toft the fit*tea. Of otntaa I bate boon oat and to. W* haw* ban convoying transports into Ftneeh poet-, ws worn twelve day* oemdag terr-u the ocean. All ace ta the Navy who mast to *» back to school, or hare got pa opto dop-rding on tboto can gab oat. I pat my name in bocaam falhot |* do**> and 1 think I can gat oat. The German* bar* handed over thei-fleet I thiak we wtt go ap and review the German fleet and than ga baev to the state* Lack a* a map and you can Bad Baatry Bay. .*** ■?*** *^cH»k mesey new and 1 knew K aa pood at I know it er enn money. I think w* will be back to Mm Statu by Ckriatmaa. Yea noser know aahara As ship in going. T*U ce*r; body I mid hello. I amsoadtag yap - pictnrs of our haltoaa when (l is down. There are two etftoan go ing no in H. lam atoo asadisg pea a pin ore of a moantain to Ireland. ™T* i« nothing bat meaatatas ta Irelar.d. Dr not send any Chriatmaa beg Will have to Hoe# nowT^^ Tear ana, _FACT* Dnrti.e WaMhlh^Amr Hmd IgggM inr t -' war the Italia* mn loot IS,. S00 .-'em killed, the Italian Minla ter «•: War declared In the Senate to tor. More than 30,400 oflken ware woo-d -d tertonify. It*' \ the aibifeUr eeatinaed, had ner- men seder asm in proportion » TV"iletton thaa any at Th; ■ <T, ha tatd, had coat Italy 000 re 0,000 Itre. The pafcUe debt at tfca wd at October wae d4.000.00t; Bra. 4 Mm Traaepocte Are MmIm A r •'•aptoa, Dec. 14.—The War paper mat udey eeaemied the teu ton f ->« France «f the tTlanmli Mar ' trie, Pent* Mara, Oerflle end Ker- -nond with retanriay Aewrlean tree; ». I • a jszxisss. •h'l- *-aaopertinp troop* te hence Saab*' today. TV ern’t weed eared her from *T: '. *»*> dwatdfaw *» eStoere who told A* drat Hate of the fenaer Vnt «UriV- eneoonter wtth U hoe tv era •srsrc Sect '« at eloae unertm with the fee «.l< eaee. M* Lad Mre. W. A. Oaoqoe sad danrhW. Thettna apent ifwtot jar to Oreeaahore and Wtaaln£ Sal.m.