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AaheWro, North Carolina, Thursday, January 30, 1919
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SWEET CHOCOLATE
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Furnished by Y. M. C. A.
Arrives Just When
to Needed
It
the American Armies ia
Jan. , . Praising the men el
D, 10th Machine Gun Bat-
284b Division, Howard R. Kels-
. T. II. C. A. man of Donnellon,
stalls how, When without food,
y mom the sweet chocolate wnicn
seeured for them to an isolated pla
in, which was under severe fire,
ireaa the Vesle river at Flames:
' It was during the heavy lighting
; eastward from Chateau Thierry, that
MtJe men of the 100th Machine Gun Bat
tkllon got ahead of their supplies, and
;$e sweet (.chocolate which the Y. M.
v. A. managed to get to them, was
teclally welcome.
j The battalion reached the Vesle riv
jer on its advance. There the German
'.ttne held. Men were threwji acroai
the river by various unite to keep in
contact with the enemy. There was
tlsrrifle fighting all along the line. A
! platoon of Conrnany D was hurried
'over to help in holding the narrow
(strip that had been taken at great cost
: by the American soldiers. It wee sur
rounded on three sides by the Boche,
wko tried every means in his power
I to dislodge them, gas, shells, machine
Igun Are and snipers. U was a difficult
j natter to get food over to them for
jnaen with supplies'" had to cross the
, river which was exposed and under
jbWy rt.
LLEWXAM'S LETTER
(By Maxwell Gorman.)
Baleigh, Jan. 28. The meeting set
foi today of the North Carolina Cot
torn Mfgrs. Association has brought
qaiUm number of the mill men to Ral-
ap and they are having a look in on
. 'ti legislature . .
m of the mbieeU of Dfopoaed lee-
Islation ia .which they are interested
s4h.toi
m nil nun iimi ijpi iiiiii inea h
irmf djaiot ugner with' Commissioneii
Iff JUMLyC jpIUpiUltfl, ,WIIV WBIIW1
s aM a strengthening of the pres
ei Ihijd 9jf Jaw, which,. however,
h a good ftli4 StF9?fg Jaw ae far as it
I Thi novernor'ii recommendation
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VtSftfe the county education board be
VrWarcrM with factorv insDectiort; an to
I tha violation or comoliance with the
law, comes more nearly meeting me
view of the mill owners. But Shipman
Says this method of inspection does
not inspect and has been tried long
etMUsrh to prove jts unworthiness.
The mill operatives are supposed to
favor Mr. Shipman's plan, all except
those who would work their under-age
children in mills, and some of the mill
owaes (like the Cam at Durham) ana
tjbt committee having the bills in
' charge will be waited on by the spin
new representatives while here.
More than one-fourth'of the present
legislative session has been wed up
and very little (as Usual) accomplished
dormg the first two- tt three weeks
el the General Assembly. But the
"week-enders" (who ge home every
Friday or Saturday and return Mon
1 day) were tMa Week fives omething
t, do, the Senate and House holding
aernoon sessions yesterday, and the
real work of the legislature is new
aettlwr into shape.
One of the new measures Juat ftro-
poeed (by Senators Scales and Stev
eaa) is to levy a license tax on auto
mobiles and other motor vehicles suf-
. Sclent to meet the proposed federal
allotment for North Carolina for the
j construction of a state system oi
highways. The bill proposes a tax on
. one dollar per horsepower and would
take away the right to levy any other
license tax on such vehicles. All of
the tax (license) would go to road
: wuiioing unaer tne terms of this bill
' ua im promoters claim its passage
; .Jonld obviate the, necessity of a bond
'..lame to meet the conditions necessary
CTirt th federal appropriation of
' i v 1 Bunaay win P anchor at
. , Richmond and chaperoned by the Sec
V Jry of the Navy, Josephus Daniels,
l.j. will come to Raleigh and deliver two
"... ot. three sermonj next Monday, Feb
, nsarv Zt . .
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Relatives and frinnH nt Mnt. r.
oltna soldiers overseas will not learn of
:.,tb exact time the 30th. andjlst dl
visions will return until they actually
' . I7 . ,u proposed concentra-
,tt a2dtplad, t Sleigh has been
refused byvChlirf Af Rtair .1
. . wwwua uciiriai
ho gives good reasons for his
umnon, .
V THE COURIER 8TILIy DISABLED
I Gets; Out Under DilBculties tV
' The Courier for la f!11 j i i-J
'.. that it has been with extreme difficulty
aiiw ia puDitaneo this week.
' zl1 nv,ml'' of the mechanical d
' P?.rt7,nt.has "flu" of is otherwise dis
abled to do worlo and it has been with
v Ush-d at a belat-d date, Much ef the
of the soldiors' letters had to b 0rt
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THREE PATRIOTIC SONS OP MR.
AND MRS. F. M. TROGDON.
OF MILLBORO ROUTE 1
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PRIVATE DAVID W. TROGDON
Private David Wesley Trosdon, son
of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Trogdon, oi
Millboro, Route 1, enlisted with Com
pany K in Asheboro about May, 1917,
but was transferred while in camp in
January, 1918, to the 464th Engineers
Ponton, Train and sent to Washington,
D. C. Private Trogdon is now in
France with the A. E. F.
SERGEANT CICERO S. TROGDON
1 Sergeant Cicero S. Trogdon one of
the three sorts of Mr. and Mrs. r. i;
Trogdon, of Millboro Route 1. He voi
untoored in Company K m May, lDl'i
uid went to Camp Sevier where he va
transferred Id 8rd Battalion H. Q. a;
gas instructor. He went all throu!
the war after arriving In Franco laai
June without a wound.
PRIVATE JOHN TROGDON
Private John Trogdon. the third son
of Mr. and Mrs. K M. Trogdon, of
Millboro Route 1. He enlisted in the
army on June 2, 1918, and was sent to
r ort Thomas, Ky., and assigned to the
22nd Company, 7th platoon. He was
later transferred to Camp Meigs,
Washington, D. C, from where he was
sent to France with the 391st Mobile
Laundry Unit
Mrs. Riley Miller Dead
Mrs. Riley Miller passed away or.
Thursday night, January 22, after an
illness of about two weeks with influ
enza which was followed by pneumo
nia. ' Mr. and Mrs. Miller came to
Asheboro Christmas to visit and were
taken sick while here. Mrs. Miller wu
.12 years of aire. She was a faithful
Christian woman 'and was loved by all
who knew her. The funeral service
was conducted at Mt, Shepherd church
Saturday after which eke was laid to
rest in the Mt Shepherd cemetery.
Mr. Miller continue very ill at the
home of his sister, Mrs, George Shef
field. I0TH DIVISION COMING HOME
The ) 80th Division " will land at
Charleston, 8. C and will be -dWiobii-ixed
'at Camp Jackson, the division has
not sailed yet, but is expected to tall
lr,l,lin tha ext fw' days, not later
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HEWS REVIEW OF
CURREI1T EVENTS
Fftrmal Sessions of the Peace
Congress Begun; League fit
Nations Up FirsL
MANY PLANS ARE PRESENTED
.American Carefully Safeguarding the
Monroe Doctrine Poland -to Get
Htlp Armistice Terms Made
More Drastic United
State For National
Prohibition.
By EDWARD W. P1CKARO.
TJnless the peace congress, which
heM Its first formal session on Satur
day changes Its mind, the world must
be satisfied hereafter with such infor
matin concerning its deliberations as
if contained in the official communique
issued dally. Possibly because of a
breach of confidence on tbe part oC
some eer respondeat, the supreme al
lied council adopted a resolution that
the delegates shall not talk outside the
peace chamber of the doings of the
fonfereaee. The hundreds of high
prieed Journalists gatliored in Paris
.iroro ell parts of the world can devote
their time to describing the majesty
of the arc de Triomphe and the allure
ments of the Paris boulevards. The
American and British correspondents
forinullT and energetically protested
against this rigid censorship. Later
the rule may be relaxed, otherwise
'the demand for "open covenants of
peace openly arrived at" goes by the
board.
In the preliminary work of the con
ference the make-up and procedure of
the congress were settled. It was de
cided that the United States, the Brlt
U empire. France, Italy and Japan
sneaJefke represented by five delegates
.aaleee. The British dominions and Iti
dia fcestaes-are renresented at feltowsi'.
3Pe 4e4-te respectively for Aav
tr laelaalag the native states, an
eae aVtegate or Mew Zealand. BraaH
has three delegates. Belgium, China,
(Ureaee, Poland, Portugal, the Caecho-
Slvak republic, Roumania and Serbia
hare twe delegates apiece; Slam, Mon
tesegi'e. Cuba, Guatemala, Haiti, Hon
duras, Liberia, Nicaragua and Panama .
one delegate apiece. The delegates
will vett a units.
A ,r-nt deal of time last week was
d'- TOt-id to consideration of the various
plans for the league of natlous, the
orfui.lzBtloii of which was the first
mutter taken up by the peace dele
gWs after they begao their formal
itsaiuns, in accordance with the de
sire of President Wilson. Many
eehemea for the league were submit
ted, these dividing themselves gener
ally into two groups which differ as to
the means of making effective the de
tlateas of the league. One holds that
tite ml lug of the society of nations
UmI4 be backed up by Its combined
pkysleal forces; the other, that' such
fans wtM net be necessary. lu the ex
aatUMtloa ef the plans It seemed cer
tala that a compromise would not be
tUOettlt to reach.
Prodded by the' expressed anxiety of
the sen ate. 'the American delegates
carefully examined every scheme sub
mitted to make sure that nothing in
tbera endangered the cherished Monroe
doctrine. They appear to be satisfied
that tbte American Ideal Is not Imper
iled and that on the contrary, the
leagve would In effect extend the prin
ciple of the Monroe doctrine to the
whole world. The senate Is not so sure
of this, and Senstor Borah, whs
strongly opposed the formation of the
league, introduced s resolution which,
If passed, would serve notice that the
senate will not ratify a treaty the pro
visions of which conflict with the Mon
roe doctrine and with the traditional
duty of the United States to euforcc
thst principle.
The matter of extending aid to Po
land fttA one of the serious things dl
rnnaed lost week, especially sellout
becsuae It probably Involves the prtb-
lem of whet the allies shall do lo the
case of Russia. The American and
Britlah delegates were said to have
sgreed that, while none of their own
troops should be sent to help the
Polen, the two Polish divisions recruit
ed In the United Stntes should be sent
from France through, Germany to as
sist the government set up by the Po
lish nntlonnl committee. Thcue troops
would co-operate In stemming the tide
of boldhevtmn thst la flowing we-t
from BiiMla, making the new Po'nnd
a strong bulwark agalnat that flood of
anarchy. Thepleu Is a companion to
the Ideas of the French, who are con-.
vinced "that ' bolnhevlsm rnnnot or;
aheuld not be denJt with militarily In
Russia by the ellles, It also Is likely
to compel General prtsndskl to come
to an agreement with the Pollah na -
tinnnl committee ss repreneoted in
Poland by PsderewiW,
The Spartacan revolution la Ger
many or at least in Berlln--has Billed
out. Uebkuecht aDd Rosa Lsxemborg
"were captured and, according t report,
"killed. The other leaders are ander ar
areat or dispersed aud some hundreds of
their followers are dead. After a week
of terror the police were reinstated and
'armed, order was restored aad busi
ness was resumed. la aaoe other
ttiea the "Beds" are still la control,
tout their chanee lor ultimate success
Seems to have gone glimmering. For
aoe thing, Hlndenburg still has under
'his command an efficient army of more
than a miUfbn men, and most of these
troops be is holding true to the Ebert
government.
This fact about the German army
leads to the warning Issued by the
Central News of Loudon, that a situa
tion -exists in Europe under which war
may break out again at any time and
that the British scheme of demobiliza
tion will have to be radically changed
-jr-whloh may also apply to American
demobilization. An "unimpeachable
authority" is, quoted as saying that
Great Britain will have to keep an
army of occupation e the Rhine for
many months, which .accords with the
opinion of others concerning all the
. irmdes of occupation. It may be this
note .of alarm was cansed by the dis
covery that the Germans were trying
to evade some of the terms of the
Armistice and by the more drastic
conditions imposed by Marshal Focb
m granting an extension of the armi
stice. It was reported the marshal even
threatened to march directly on Berlin
If the Huns didn't fulfill their pledges.
It was stated unofficially that the new
terms included the following:
's First Retribution upon the Ger
! mans for the murder and Ill-treatment
allied prisoners.
Second The machinery and goods
stolen by Germany from France and
.Belgium to be at once given up.
, Third German gold, amounting to
'more than $500,000,000, to be moved
from Berlin to a safe place, probably
, Frankfort, and ptoteoted from bolahe-
Tisa to Germany an route. Certain
.;'-ether.' property ta.ao ajureodered v '
'UotML'M-kV,: jaftfraikfrefl to
than.
Fifth Aay D -beats en the stacks to
be handed to the allies for their dis
posal, or to he destroyed, and ae mere
submarines should be bntlf.
Germany Is fully justifying all those
who refused to believe In her good
faith under any circumstances. She
Is determined not to permit the estab
lishment of an Independent Poland be
slip Mill urotHjses to .prxFi
enough In the east to make up for her
losses on tlie west, and a Polish state j
would prevent this. The Germans are i
said to be supplying arms to the bol
ahevikl who are ravaging parts of
Poland, and there was heavy nghtlug
last week between the German troops
and the Poles near Kalmar. It was re
ported that Hlndenburg himself would
lead the German army against Poland.
The world-wtde activities of the bol
shevik! took In Argentina, Uruguay
sad Peru, where there were desperate
strikes accompanied by bloody fight
ing, engineered by bolshevik stents.
They also sent from Russia 4.000.00U
gulden U Holland for a coup d'etat
and riotous demonstrations planned
for January 20. la this plot the Gr
asaa radicals were co-operating wlta
Wynoeop, the Dutch socialist leader.
Because ef dlimnalon ever Italy's
territorial claims the cabinet resigned
aad Premier Orlando was commission
ed to form a new one. Several mem
bers were bitterly opposed to Foreign
Minister Sonnlno in bis deiaands that
Italy be given the whole ef the Dalma
tian coast, holding with Prealdant Wil
son that rt of that territory should
Justly be given to the Jugo-Slav
aute.
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Little Luxemburg also bad her crisis
last week. After a republic had boen
proclaimed, and suppressed within a
few hours by the French military au
thorities. Grand Duchess Marie abdi
cated and waa succeeded by the eldest
of her sisters, Princess Charlotte.
Marie bad lost the favor of her people
because, though she protested against
Uie passage of the German armies
through the principality, ehe after
ward entertained high German per
aonagea. -
ftpesklng of high personal, there
are some quepr reports coining from
I lie refuge of the former kalcr In
llollnnd. It Is declared he is border
ing on Inxnnlty, talking fitment Incew-
1 ant)y snd Incoherently and wandering
nlHiUt at night. It li alno unld that 1
his. hrnlth Is falling rapidly. The I
f)rninns, who nipported Wllholm
heartily until lie turned out to be a-;
loser, are now beeping shune on hire ,
and the German commlHslon spolnt
ed to determine his renponslblllty for
i tbe war has recommended that be be '
bronchi 'to trial, declaring that mar
j gtnai notes lu tbe kaiser's handwriting
oa papers lu the foreign office prove
"Ww ft have heesi eat nf the chief wsj
FIGHTING PARSON
GETS WAR CROSS
John Clifford Wearing Y. M. C i
Uniform, Proves Himself
Real Here
Mew Terk, Jan, . ..There hart
aaay war heroes, but there Is eertoJaJe
no store eoaapleuooaly hereAe figure
tbaa John K. CUftord. Baptist miaOa
tar In time of peaoe, but real ftghtai
ta time of war, who has been awarded
ine croix ae uuerre ror extraorauuury
hereism in action.
John Clifford, as a T. M. 0. A
worker, braved the red wrath of war.
He has been in the firing zona as
much as the hardiest infantryman and
was decorated for a most unusual ex
ploit. He was one of three men who
braved incessant enemy shell fire
while rescuing Col. Albertus W. Catlin,
commanding officer of the Sixth regl-
ment of Marines. The trio carried the
colonel to safety on a stretcher.
Mr. Clifford went over the top many '
times and came near being killed oa
several occasions. He is fifty -one
years old and was born at Oxford, Kng-
land, and has preached the gospel In
many parts of the world. When given
a chance to serve with the Y. M. C A '
ttn France, he knew that it waa a
good thing, and he jumped at It.
PERSHINGSEHDS MOTT
! NEW YEAR GREETINGS
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Paris, Dec. 26. Many times during
.the past year General Pershing haa
i taken occasion to commend the work
.of the Y. M. C. A for the soldiers
of the A. E. F. and to express hit
! keenest appreciation for the maaj
,good deeds done by the "Y" in thtt
country.
On Christmas Day the enwaaadet
of the American Tfayodttlonary eroe,
sent , the foUoir1nseal&etiik Sa fir.
Amy TottUg MeAGpjlatiiaA.,Aiesv
Uoa has made to the txorai and bhsvl
eai weirare of the Amertaan Anay, all
ranks io!a me in sendiag yeu Christ
mas greetings and cordial best wtthei
tor the New Year."
nittL'Al'ft Tfltu TMinmiiiB fnursA flf Ida
Germans certainly is superfluous, for
the allied governments will see to It
fhat wiihaim n,t f th. r,n. .
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, lament they so richly deserve.
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The desperate need of the liberated
peoples of central Europe for food will
be relieved as soon as possible. Urged
by President Wilson, the American
house of representative appropriated
$100,000,000 for this purpose, and it l. -
understood the other allied nations will
do their part. The money is not to
bs spent for food for the Germans, hut
much of the relief will go to the, peo
ples formerly under the rule of the
Qhnperor of Austria- Tbe British army
la Italy did a graceful thUg the ether
day when they sent several tralaloads
of food to starving Vienna la recogni
tion of the decent way la which Us
Austrian had treated British ptlsoa
ers of war. Hungary, whleh has beea
made a republic under the presidency
of Count Karolyl, Is appealing to the
allies for Its share of help, as well as
against being deprived of any ot Its
territory by tbe surrounding new na
tions. Turkey came to the front with tbe
report that tbe Turks bad finally sur
rendered Medina, the holy city ef tha
Mohammedans, to the king of tbe
Hedjas. This capitulation was in
cluded In the terms of the armistice,
but was delayed ky the long Isolation
of the garrison. The disposition of
Constantinople also was brought un
der renewed discussion by the submis
sion of the claims of Urwece to the
peace delegate in Pari. The gvneral
belief n that the city would be
placed under International untrol
rather than turned over to tbe Greeks.
The Unltxd 5UtH went dry lam
week, national prohibition "going
over Ihe lop" when Nebraska ratified
the constitutional amendment, being
the thirty flxth tate lo take that ac
tion. Tlie nnieniltneat goe Into effect
one your lii-nre. Imt a the war meas
ure paused by emigres etnb1lhea
country-wide prohibition on Jnly 1 the
dry era will n-iilly dote from that day
The Imdi-rs t the prohibition party
nattiniHy re Joyous over the triumph
of the rini for uhlrh (hey stniciflnl
through tnimy yenm, and tlny now
have a vision of n boornlr ' world.
They have ela!)nhed hefld'tiirters
In many foreign cltlea and my they
ere making great headway. ..The Unit
ed Htates I the first great nhtloo to
adopt prohibition,'1 for. 1h nia
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been lifted by the bolibevlk guvera-
meat v. ,..
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SERGEANT RUFUS ROUTH
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Another Hero of Company K, Refarai
With Many Wounds.
Sergeant Rufus Routh, son of Ifcr.
and Mrs. J. F. Routh, of Randlemaa
Route 1, a member of Company 11,
120th Infantry, 30th Division, who
recently returned from France, waft in
in Asheboro Monday. Sergeant Routh
says Company K started in the big
fieht about 5:50 'clock September 29.
Dom ? 0 9 0CK. ne was wounded by
shrapnel which broke both arms
one foot His rigbtrirm was broken
twice and is now pUi oially paralysed.
Sergeant Routh has learned to write
with his left hand (since he began re- . ?
cuperating. 7
He was about midway to his obiee-
tive having reached St. Quentin Canal,
a distance of about 2000 yards. He
was in the front wave of the company
in the second platoon, which was com- '
manded by Lieutenant Prescott, who
was killed. Serjeant Routh eays he
saw John Kivett, of Asheboro, who
vv'as next on his right when he vrus
shot and fell. Private Bennie Gattta,
of Erect, was on his left and fell deae
when shot
"Sergeant Routh after being wound
crawled back to his trenches on his
knees and there he saw Earl Poole who
Ijtad been carried back.. Private Poole ,
had been wounded in the atnmaoh k a
feof'lwBUnfcl4 geqreart Rutfa14 M - f-'1
.101 headquarters where Poolev dW , ' . v
anoui it o cwck that day. Sergeedtt i
itoutn says iorty Uerman prisoners.
actuig us streicner nearers, carried fan
wounded boys, including himself, bask
to a first aid station, a distance of
about three miles without any gmid.
Sergeant Routh was taken to a base
hospital in Portsmouth, England, Oc
tober 4; there he remained until De- , '
member 2 undergoing three operatioi
f,n From Porfr-
m.outL he went to Liverpool and f a
Liverpool to Brest, France, fro-
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place he sailed for Hobol'
Sunday is Sergeant Rou' s '.'uy day.
jus first day in the enc ,, was oa
Sunday, his final ixixr r In the
trenches. He : iil"! the States or -
Sunday, arrived al Uoboken, N. em
Sunday and iyc. iveJ his discharge o.
u T 1.17
A VII iU Via. ia J tew pvuu aawwww
days with homefolks. He will later
turn to Camp Lee and take a Voeattou-
al course.
Sergeant Routh disputes the state
ments, made by some men of tLA, 30th
division that Company K men sufreiesi
wounds sustained by their own par
rage. He is in excel Leet spirits and
says the men of Company K aav
proved themselves real soldiers. '
Sergeant Routh waa in command ef
a platoon and when wounded ha .saw
that he could not walk and comxnaaa
the platoon, so he undertook to hap
back on one foot, but after a few -tens
he could not make it, and crawled em
his knees for two thousand yards. It
took him more than two hours to mas
the distance and it was not until night
fall that he reached battalion
quarters.
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS
January 22 at the meeting in Ral
eigh of the North Carolina Grand
Lodge of Masons, Henry Grady, ef
Clinton, was elected grand master.
General Peyton C. Marsh, chief of
stair, Saturday i ejected the reqnsot
tiiat the North Carolina troops of the
UOth Division be allowed to parade in
Raleigh. If parades were permittee,
time for demobilitation would have te
be extended.
Miss Milicent Fisher, who has at
tained a reputation as a movie octree,
of I -od Angeles, Cel., is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Carl D. Sellers, of Gr-cas-boio.
Miss Fisher will go from there
to Phialdelphia to visit her mother,
Mm. Isabella Fisher, formerly ef
Greensboro. -
Mr. a F. Osborne, of North Aabrbeve,
Passes
Mr. II. F. Osborne died at his heme
in North Asheboro last week at the age
of 81 yean. He was the youngest sea
of the late William and Elizabeth Oft
borne, who were among the early set
tlers who came to tills county from Kb
gland on account of their faith, Quak
erism. They moved to New Salem and
were members ef Providence PrietHkt
church. Deceased waa one often children.-
His aietiy Mm. S. W.,Whlte, of
Climax, is the only living rhild. ir .
Oabrne Hvr a ")f uol four sons
and daughtnra, visi Vailie, rloesM,
Denny, and Connie. Interment was an
the Jocal cemetery.
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