RQBT. LACY HESTER
KILLED IN NORFOLK, VA.
Son at Mr. sad Mr*. Newton Heater.
Remains Bneykt Heme Monday
and Buried Toeeday at
Hobt Lacy Heater, ton of Mr. and
Mrs. Newton E. Heeter of near John*,
waa killed In a trolley ear accident at
Norfelk. V«, Saturday afternoon
about 5:SO. The remains wets ship
ped hemi for burial and reached Johns
Monday evening and were removed at
oooo to the borne at the young man’s
parents. Funeral services wars bald
Tuesday aeeeutag at 11 o'clock at
Caledonia Methodist church, of which
the doeooted eras a member. The
eervioa was in charge of the pastor.
Rev. J. B. Thom peon, eaolitod by Dr.
F. O. HelMer and Bov. Jna L. Ray.
The pan b sauce were Me ten. Robert
Stewart, Fred Kendall, George Mc
Kay, Dougald Stewart, L. G. Kay and
Ernest McLean. The many exquisite
floral tributes wore beautifully ex
pressive of the esteem in which the
young man wae bold in hla homo com
munity and in the service of hie coon
try. A large crowd attended the
funeral nod many were unable to gut
inside the ehuteb, it Is said.
Tha circumstances surrounding the
reemingly untimely death of this noble
young ms ore distressingly aad aad
tha grief-stricken parents, brothers
aad sisters, aad ether relatives have
tha deep sympathy of the satire com
munity. Kobe Lacy Hester enlisted
in the aviation service ta December of
last year aad Janaary 1 he aad Maasn:
Wfll aad Hugh Stewart west to train.
lag camp ia Florida. Later they wen
traaaferred to Norfolk. The Miaou
Stewart acsoaipaaiad the corpse home
from Morfplk.
So far aa knows Mr. Haatar is tha
ilrst Scotland county hoy to mast
death while ia tha aarriea of Us sen
try since the wear with Germany was
declared.
Mr. Heater waa Jest f 1 years af aga
aad eras a yeaag maa of evsmpiary
he bite. Ha was intensity patriotic
and volunteered hie savins to Us
MMMil .to help as ha oould In tha
IMI HI IMIMSMIPSIP
waa a singular fate that decreed that
death should claim Urn before ha had
opportunity to go into active service.
The foliiwiag is from the Virginian
Pilot of Norfolk and gives aa account
of tha accident in which Mr. Hester
met Ms death:
Two sailors mace killed aad one
aoddsnt at Church and Twenty-sixth
•trsets yesterday afternoon at »:«•
o'clock, whan a Pins Beach ear raa
late aa iahomsd Ocean View car.
Baht. Lacy Haatar, af Jehn^ M. C, aad
Purey Puflter, af. Cataashta, Maine.
MR. G. A. ROPER DIES FOL
LOWING SHORT ILLNESS.
On* at a Family Lang From hunt la
the Coaaty and WaU Known
Throeghost This Section.
Mr. Green Arch Roper, erelt known
hi the county for many years, died
Wednesday, May tt, at hia home near
Laarinburg alter a serious illness af
about three weeks. Mr. Roper suf
fered a stroke of paralysis several
weeks ago and never recovered his
health, end recently hie condition bo
oaase more serious and- gradually
growing wares until the end.
rami services were conducted at
xpttSSS’jvirert
H. Davis and Rev. J. B. Them peon ad
ftci sting. The interment waa la the
a&.TV&jsj' fcre ss
*•D
Mr. Ropsr waa born February it,
1*81, and waa la Ms Mth year. Be
was a eon el the late Cot J. T. Roper,
and Mary Ana MeBryde Roper. Hie
father settled in this county in the
year 1844 and became eae of the larg
est land owners la this section and a
man of much wealth. The family has
long been premtneat la the county.
Snrvtviag are a widow, who before
marriage was Miss EDa Bethea of
South Carol! as And two sons and
three daughters: Msears. J. W.
Raper, Jack Roper, and Mrs. J. M.
Cooper of Clarkton. Misses Fannie
and Annie B. Roper of Laurinbnrg.
A sister, Mrs. Bailie Biisell and an
«nd% Cant. M. 17 MeBryde of Lanr
mbunr, alee survive.
_
AMERICANS CAPTURE VILLAGE
AND TAKE MO PRISONERS.
Washington, Hi; SO—American
troops In Picardy attacked this morn
ing on a front of cac and a qnartor
miles, captured ths village of CaaUg
ny, took MO priaonsrs and inflicted
aovero ’ looses hi killed and wounded
sa the seamy, says Gan. Psrshiag's
cmamaalqa* asad* pahUa tonight at
tho war dapailaf t. Ths American
raonaltlss war* ralaOvaty small.
Tha statement. dated today, fol
lows:
“Thii morning la Picardy snr troops
altaafrlag oa a front ad aa* and oaa
foartl miles adraacad ear Unas and
taptomd tha village ad Cantigny. Wa
weuwded. Onr rosnaltlaa war* rela
tively small. Hostile counter-attacks
broke down under onr firs.
“In Lorraine and In tha Weavre ar
tillery on both sidas continued active.
Early la the day our aviators shot
down a hostile machine.**
PSnstdsat R. B. John of Carolina
CaOaga states that thaoa who may da
air* to hoar tha address ad Dr. Oar
man Pos at Carolina Callage Tnea
day, June 4. will renaathar to bo
peasant promptly at liM p. sa. as tho
mmerlam wffl begin at that hoar- A
meat nwriaie was snpsctsd for this
mens bat did ast reach us ia tins*.
Miasm SBoa, Samis sti Flora Kay
McNeill left Wednesday far Montana*
to spend the nas a m at this wall
known mart.
ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS,
MARCHING AS TO WAR
Bovagvry, in comparison with and tha poisoned ar
row e( the savages of aid warn it* head end strikes it*
awfel fangs deep into the heart at
Women, pure aad hply, met of God, are ravished by
bestial brute* whoa* tearb Inga for to take whatever you want
whatever and whenever you have juuIb, of money and ef all
other forms of material things, aad of and mors prinalaas things
of Uf*.
Innocent babies, whooa lisping
•jrea light the pathway to Heaven, are
beast*, and thair <offerings Jihad at
ailed with all the vihmeas ef their
Fields are made daaolata, re blotted out, walls
ere prisoned, whole villages m
awfel devastation unequalod In
reigns wherever
flower of the wot- fertilised a thousand
battlefields, and widows, fathers sad
■others end sweethearts, bereft ef then life Itself, cry he
Heaven from hearts crushed by anguish, end still the
awful reign of ruin a
And why all this
Why three murdered men, v
Why these broken hearts ?
Why tha bone* of babies bleaching tha pathways
through the forests and over the they fled from burning
ho»*«* to escape the ravishar'a
Why t
Because Germany through It* heU-devisrd
eehrase of conquest, rU a definite, pre
determined campaign id thieving and
murder eed rape that 1 paleet.
age, and his a world
and
This is the that ts\t large. This
la the roaring II levad ana* aad year
j*u**n\jind ye a you are euro to he
fight then we Bust, and as sure as right is
better than might, aa ear* as good la i Heaven is
better than hell, we shall win, thm«h
Lot ua than glory i* tha soateat.
Germany's flaten-deviead aright Let
aruaader** spirit of eld and thank Gad and in
His eaurn.
Then, “Onward. Christian even might
mvy you this supreme opportunity rivUlmtiee
from barbarism, Christianity from from brutish
bsesta, and hear tha plaudit ef tha and faithfal
servant, enter thou Into tha Jay rf thy
ollone) born tutwacn Jew •,
1M. and Juno 6, lNT, inded
ht, except xOem aad adbtal
wen of tke rermlar army, oary
aad marine oorpa, aad tha ne
tlrnial rnard and naral militia
wklle la Moral oarvtee, aad ad
aad aaliatad ma la aaUatadN?
antra nxpi wHllo la aettra oorr
iea.
Ob Wodaoaday, J«me *, INI,
between 7 A. H ard • P. M.
Whwo
At eOee od local baud hade*
jBHad
bn re,
by *
W. S. 8. CAMPAIGN LAST , I
WEEK IN JUNE.!
CawiaUtses Win CaN O* Kerry Mm
D<Mta* W»Ir A*k A" *•
Chairman W. H. Wrathrrrpoon of
the war laving* stamp* campaign fa
this county states that tha last weak
in June, or the wash of Jane M-»,
will be war eavmge stamps wsek
thfoagboat tha United States. It is
—eeted that Prsrtdrnt Wilson will
eoon and plans far tha Mg drive «W
he worked out aad annnsnmi as wMrti
M practicable.
Br. Waathsnpoon states that aa
•Meleat ergasiaatlis far this work to
tMs county wfll have to be beilt tip
and he ie expecting the aid and ee
operation of many of the people fa
this effort. It to tentatively planned
to have cnmmlltu orgMiaaUoM ia
every township, with a town ship earn
rtittae, working in dooe touch wftb
the eoanty rtislimsa'i offlee, aad cab
commit tecs who wlO do tha actual so
liciting or visiting gad calling oo tha
pwpl* of tha township. Mr. Waath
erspoon ham farther atataa that
previous to tho arack of Jana 24-28
be will need the awtoteacs of a num
ber of people to copying namm from
the county tea books and preparing
and arranging a Hat cf these names
with canto that are to be presented
la every am daring the weak ef the
big drive. He states that school
tmchcre who ate at hoses far the —m
mar or Ugh school aad cattoga sta
dia t* at haaaa far thair raaatlna aoa
reader macb asvviea hy offering thair
help in this mi Tho work may ha
daaa at hours rcnvsalsal t* tha work
are aad ate sat any aa* can wall gtva
aaam time to this work, h to ale*
Mgnetad that the Jmrior lad Crew
help wiadarfaPy to this work. If
they wNl vohmtaar thair aarrlcaa the
act will be appnrlitif sad Chair
man Waathcwgaaa to to peolttoa to
aw their eervtow to great advantage.
h thii campaign It to atatod that
la
■
t
to
tr Invest to war r
tng this year. This in
be written apsa a to
tbe offlee bf the «.
thaw who lava pat aetMag to b
wty Bands, war savings stamps and
toe Bad Ones will ha given an oppsr
taaity to m state sag wfll alas he
•Aad what they.wfll d* to the fa
tars for them nans. Thair answers,
it to stated, win hs sa the
i aad tha sartto wfll hs tmreed
to the Civrnsmmt for farther
, Is this way It is sx
win get • Uns
ta
ted
to
•Jy
sf
MIS. SAKAI J. McCOL
MAN SATIVIAY
i
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laat txibau ta tba ■nay Jt tbia
■•fatly woman. Tka iataamant wat <a
tka family baryta* gran i aad tha
wtlw mam laid ta mat haaaatk a
maatty aad la tka haaaa (mm wtuc*