. WEATHER
Ltcnl t bender showers Friday aad
ia turd ay fontlnued warm.
VOLUME SEVEN; NUMBER 141
-DRY mvm ATTACKS G. 0. P. IN ACCEPTANCE
Wilful Betrayal Oi
18th Amendment Is
v Charged For G.O. P
Bumj IMi No Root Ckonrc
Cm Be Mode An to Siaccr
tty of DcMOcrata
BUT QUESTIONS RECORD
OF GOVERNOR AL SMITH
RoooMlcm Enforcement Ap
pototment Like Mmkirtß
Criminal Police Chief
Ronmux r*NTR k. n. y, a««.
» ■■ Iw iuui>Woa the piuMbtllsti
party's nomination for the presidency
tonight William f. Furney Accused
tk« Republican administration’ ot,
willfully betraying tb« llth nraend
. Ha did not rhaliena* the sincerity
of tba Democratic party aa • whole,
raying this war Impossible because
It was not In control o( the goyel-n
meat, but he *»ld he could aee noth
lng<lß the record of lie standard bear
er Governor Alfred E. Smith to justi
fy a belief that hla selection would
result In Improved enforcement of
prohibition.
"Before ift’e'second ye»r of prohibi
tion had ended." he declared. "The
weta discovered that L'ncle Sam. as.
rrpreaented by tjfo Harding admin-1
latiatton at Washington did not In- j
lead to enforce the prohibition
and hence they became embaldened,
until today the bootleg liquor business!
baa as ranted enormous proportional
and la being carried on both In utter
dg()» — .»« »ww t»w «.s what la more
alarming, with the contemptible con
nivance of the government."
Barney aald lh«t tlj* Republican
party aUrtad nut io enforce the 18th
amendveat by appointing an ex dl*-|
tiller, "a# ih* head of the enforcement,
department, an act he saw ss" being
cn a par with appointing one of the
leading criminal of the city as the
bead of the police department.
Then, he. continued, the whole en
forcement army. »ll down tha llae
was honeycombed with wete, e« her
tenders, e* saloon keeper* sud booae
oysters who were not even e*. Theae
'tun pirate wboartl and In control of
the prohibition ship have all but setft
t.*d it. ‘ u
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MORE SMALLPOX
IN SAMPSON CO.
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Twelve Cases Now, Owe A Day
Cowling Iw For First
Sevew Days
CUNTON. Aug. Softer an »p-j
parently decrease during the past few;
months Ihe imultpo* T*ett»i* have]
mounted to an average of nearly one »j
ear. With twelve cases reported to
the health department recently. Sev
en of theae have been placed on tike
amallpoi list In the health office atnee
4b# first day of August.
The disease spread rapidly, accord
ing to health authorities. but the mag
jortty of the reeent case* have been
In family groups, geveral Instances
have been disclosed where Ihe cmwty.
health oftlfce had not been notified of
the wliaease being In families One of
•hese Instances occurred ■*"-#-al days
ago when Tpvektlgatlon strnWed "rapt ■
every member of a family riad beflti
confined to their homes with smallpox
*nd this information was yaiYled
when I»r. J. D Kerr county health of
tier, waa called to that particular
home to attend the last member of
the family who had Just been afflicted
with the disease.
Heal Hi slflclela are of the opinion
T that use of preventative* Is Ihe best
way to ke(*p the smallpox disease
:rom becoming rp**dlmlo They are
at all tlmfa prepared to gtve-jjdlft
rmallpox Vgerlnatlcm which Is known
to be an almost hum preventative. The
riVpßrtihV'iii-tdattaea Uii«’ fiery person
who has failed t . take tTi> Ttgwmptat
trestmeut should do so. and in tills
why rrnder iu prcvfßtlni
B «piT»d of the 4i****t r
THE GOLDSBORO NEWS
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BEAD IN THE MORNING WHILE BUNDS ASti FRESH—READ BY BUYERS BEFORE THEY BUY.
MRS. PETERSON
OUT OF HOSPITAL
Woman Shot Through Hears On
Monday leaven Honpital
» On Tharadny
Mr* Charley Peterson. Grantham
county .sromaa who was shot through
i lu.- head by OwntD HuaOtrsaa aieul
coon la u Mondsy. left thg Gnldsb«*n»
hospital yesterday, It was learned last
night. Mr*. Peterson'* head was
pierced liy a buckshot which eutcred
.inder the right eye aud ranged *em«
what dowsC coming out near the h*ee
<>f tire skull and on the -right side of
the neck.
tlendresou, still held In the W»yne
county Jail, said that he fired at*
shotgun not knowing what he was do
lug aa he waa in ftie grips of a "Hr*
Officers learned th*t he sai wevtf
drttjkUig heavily the night before tfte
i ccureiicg and drinking the niortms
if the shooting. —r
They found, however, proof of Hcj
derson"* story tlist be was subject
(i. fits und had been warned ag.tne,
keeping firearms ah >ut the house.
The Graiithnr t tnvi erved In V the
I'tilted Hlate* army tlurlug the
War. lie did not go uvera*.***. „
It wilt coioilderctl miraculous thai
Mrs. Peterson was not tipitantly ktt\
ed The slightest variation of the *ho(
as Ik tore through tlic h**»d w ould
lmve ptdivtrated the brain oaaslng la- 1
i.lant death- Dr. Warrick of Gran
tham rendered first aid. packing the
wound with cpttou before bringing
her tn the InisiflftiY llefe" 10 prevent
bleeding to death.
Mr*. Peterson remained *»t the ho*-
pllal three days.
COTTON SLUMPS
OFF $4 A BALE
Heavy Selling By Wall Street,
Liverpool and Southern In
termit* Force Decline «
NEW YORK. Aug. 9 —(/P) **-CoUtou
prices broke M to 17 a bale over
yesterday's high levels on the New
York Exchange today under heavy
-.tiling by Wall Street, Liverpool »nd
Southern Interests.
The trade ■pparently was not dia-
I used „to accept yesterday** govern
ment crop estimate of 14.2i1,M0 hales
peels In view of the favorable wemth
at a pos'llve indication of crop proa
|er conditions recently prevailing lu
t the South.
Tilt wiukel dedJawL ta-JUtthla a
i .niarter cent « pound' of yesterdays"
low tofelx Octoher. which h»«t m>Jd
MS ht|h "s 20.75 cents a pounvj. de
clined to 19 35 cents, while Decem
ber which had trHd up to 2d.33 cents,
dropped to 13.25»-
Opening of Stemmeries Will
Add SIO,OOO Weekly Payroll
A weekly p*yra*d «*f wtH
be added t« ctravrlathm in tWd
i»oro l*> the last of next week
when the three toha*io sU-n mor- i
les here begin operations In
force. These Hire*! plant* offer
employment to about l|oo p# o iple
mostly negro women and girl*.
There figures per* supplied by
the Goldsboro Cham tier of Coni •
marce.
With the tobacco off the Georg
ia markets Imglnalng to *-rriv ■
and with some from the border
belts which opened Tuesday com
JatrHirtbe st'Wnmerles arc g-'t'r.x
under way for opwratlou* t lu**
Will continue without.. Interiup
iton until slhiiil December 1.
. The slemmery of the Export
Leaf Tohseeo Company. X«w leas
ed for * long perl***! by the AjISMi -
Tobacco company of Great Brlta*u
FIRST FA TALITIES IN FLORIDA HURRICANE
Where Florida Hurnnu^^trm^^^
West Palm Beach and Palm Beach became
twin cities of darkness during the tropical hur
ricane, whicfi twisted up the Eastern seaboard,
out oi the Bahama*. The map shows the course
of the storm which apparently expended its
BUYSCONTROL 1
OF MOTOR CO. |
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I-cplie l.anywtou d—sMiex Man
agement Kulghum-Ma\wt*H
Motor Company
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The- d<im * i#~tbe Pnlghum-ttaawvll
\'iitor t'i>3' wll|. <!P< ii )t.bder u«w matin
geraent thU murii.iiK, according to
Mr. loislle Langston, who stated hp
!iad purchased a controlling Interest
tn llie c#mp»ny. and w«uld »«sume ac
tlve management of the business to-
■ -■—- ■ t
agy.
Mr. l.angstou has long been assoc
iated In the moior kiiilstm of the rlty
being a sail small with the Golds,boro
Garage for several years, and then
associated villi the K. and L. Tifc
<m., of this city for about two years.
Ke||ow r (ng the sale of big Inlereaf hi
the Tire he began llegota
tlona for Ibe purebasu of “n interest
iu tha Kulghum-Maxwell Motor Co.,
With the result that he was able to,
s#<-ure more thalY half of the
.utudiim *4oek, whk-h antomwtlcaHy
puts him in the- muiiagemeiit of the
company,'that distribute* Pont la e and
Oakland mol»r car> Tft this territory.j
The lino of cars bclug sold, by The
Palghum-Maxwell (o. needs no word
of 'lntrodhotlpn. sine# tin company
has boon very active In the udvertls-J
Mur and aafo>s «t Ihetr jiroiiuet during
Ilia . Mon- -e.iiWpwo'r—fc»s
••rlantged. and th-'n too, thetr eaN
ate. Uui products at t;»u«aal M-r-es,
and therefore are nationally adver
tised.
Mr Langston Is a young man In
(Continued on "page two) ’
the rtrirt
"per-ittwrir *m W**difk da> tii part
force. When running to full < w,»-
adty- the- plant employs shone
225 people, and has a weekly pay
roll of approximately f'.l.ijt) ll .
Easley Face I* the l**i,il ni;in«g**r-
On 1 Monday the Imperial will
'.,v o
start ttvpt seasonal operitlous.
Manager E. E. Kutater said yes
t»d«y. The Imperial plant em
ploying from :srm to 351) to w«ik up
tobacco purchased ami Sent here,
and the weekly payroo! I* about
18500. T 1
The Htemfttery of J,. l\ Taylor,
Urgest tu the city, w It not get g<*
lug for üb*»ut two weeks, ts wug
raid. Tbt* busin* -s wjU litre shout
600 people aud the weekly psv oil
will amount to approximately JV
ouo ■ Mr. Klmbro I* Itie local
muitager,
GOLDSBORO. N. C. FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 10, UttK
JOHN F. MORRIS
1 DIES KX WINSTON
i '
Had AttendciJTundntl of Shier,
Mm. A. A. Miller Hvre
Tuesday ••
Jdaek at hla business In Winston
iaklH ouly u H h«rt lime alter attend- I
Jug the funeral of his sister, Mrs. A. j
A. Miller In Goldsboro ou Tuesday,
John Frank Morris, agvd ok, native !
Os Wayne county, died suddenly at his 1
office us yie Morris Ac Karly Furniture
Company In the- Twin City at l«:8i»
yesterday. News of the death of Mr |
Morris trap received in...L-jui. illtlatiratr
UO'jsMKeti from u'liiMnii >e-! t-l lk*o*
mornlnri
|
Funeral w ill be held from th«) home
lln Wt ns ton - Sal e m .-'iturday morning
, al It) o‘i I<h k and isltl be iu i liarge of
Dr. C. C. Weaver.- sud liev, L ill
lia>u* ill.rial will be made lu Kaloin
cemetery. Members of the Clvitau ‘
-club will servo as active pgJJlearcraj
aafijj members of tha board of siewimiti
of Centenary MejhoilUl tburvn wlli
ac| as honorary pullbeare ~
-— v— tx
Mr. Morris Iras a yon of the kite
'.Mr. and Mrs. John Mirrts and wuh
well knowu In church, business and
• fraternal ckeles throughout the slate.
| At one time he*vn»a a member of the
Huntley-yill-StocWton Company of
-\V ia.U.a-Rutew Mo-orWw irrtfVr trv-ttr
'.affairs of the Methodist ehmeh In
WUiatua, -erv.ua s»‘ w m.-m Went
) official tvoard of (‘entouary church,
< and as a iiieiubei of the board di
re* tors «f Itutherf'irdi -n CoIU-kb,, a
Methodist Institution. He was a past
president of the ( tv-itan elub of Win
| ston-Salem. a member of u ntimlH-r of
|. fraternal orders and took u leailtng
part lu the fklc affairs of the Twin
‘ V k «;
He l»-survivi-i by his wblow. nr*
...i!a« wel dvSee -itr'. Frwnlr
M. John F. Jr. hum 1
Id* tighter. Kvriyo Im Ha— ,M*>rrts erf
Goldsboro Is a brother and Mrs. M
I lapta Peuio* k. of Goldsboro is a sistvr.
I- . .. _ _
10-Year Ajfo item
About Col. Lansrnton
' VP
‘Tin* following ai»|»* a ed In llie "Ten
Years a--,o -Column" of the Raleigh
Times yesterday sfteraoon:
.Major Jdlm l>. l.an**lo:i. who has
reeoutl.v I* t-n trau;-i*'it ed to tils staff
of Provost Marshal General Crowder,
ha* been advised from Washington.
I . ii [,<• i: ...- I •: dii! v ■ soon -i,
llie tlini-f-r of ill 'pi*,** id wffico lo_
* :iplain Tlion.**** It Mr* ~i c i-.-ii ti"
cff« te*| Maj r Langston will leave
In a. few days, *:.*f- < «*h**rt!y
thereafter to to|lii hit oversea duty.
fiercest blows in the vicinity of Palm Beach
and Daytona Beach. Above, photo of debria
left at Sorrento, Fla., in the wake of last, year's
disastrous storm. ‘ 7*
yißurostioDst Rmnd) ry
FREMONT KNEW
PROF, W-H. HAND
Once ( ondut lcrl Acndemy In
Thai Tow r and War, Bt* w
(■client Teacher
i Special T*. Tin N«wH
rut'Mo.vT if®*: 9* ri-.i w H.
Hand whose death lu ('oluuilila. S. C.,
Avas reported tu today's papers, la
w-«U retmnilM-red in Fremont. 11c took
charge of the old Fr**moni Aesdsmy
;u the kb's f.Minded Frem-mt Military
Institute and conducted a hoarding
m hoot for laiys and glrla, at Fremont
hr- llie days WhSM thekb "were up
public liigli schools Pfof. Hand's pu
nt!* were drswn from Wayne and ad
joining counties sud aome frotn other
stales. i
He ii- well ri-metnbered by many of
ti leading ciiUens today. He was
one *f the best teacher* who ever
- '."tml a echo at la Fremont, i
'V* ' Hand married Ml»s Alice Gur
ley, P -fiuiFblgr Eat Gurley,
.vlo* lived In Fork lownshlp. Bhe was
.. To-fi rof Mrs, ifob Hooks of flolds
bi-ni, Mr Dallas Gurley aud Mt\ Thad
Coj-lei of Fork township
At the time of III* death Prof ff,tnd[
wo* .Miperlulf nifent of the CiiluniMn,
N r. graded trhool*. u position which
b*- h-,'l held f**r sometime.
.#•
ui;toh diem oi i\ji kii:h
"PAltis, A lit ii fd*) —Maurice Drou
hln one of France's foremost pilots,
died today from Injuries received In
the final te-t flight of a plane In
which he hoped to fly to New York,.
Tin dt7'erti>fr ut tlic C
Fill Aisfltiatjuii iiaii aa Uu*u guesl*-
-l ,ui inip i i,!ti', nice!uu- Wednesday
mo riilii >, August s, several leading
onsU.ii-. men for thr juirp-ise ol hav
*r.g the-e men edvin* them on (lie
■ ,nieiupkilcd luijlillng proctjUn-whieH'
ihev iiave in*we iMnslderstiou
f* i ih- \\ ayne l uiiuiy Fair Grounds.
After an hnur‘* conference. It,was
this gioup us <■ Wayne
county ciifjecns that a campaign he
launched Immediately tu iaise thruugh
pnlijn >ui . ripii.n, in Wj-.ih- < uiit)
Xd.ftoo.iHt wliiTli wiil l« ue* *1 for the
< uio-truHioii *1 i w-ii ni-Kti-ru exhibit
imtlditlg* at the Fair Groumhi.
Doth the dlrid tur* and visitors were
•rtiinistiF rfvei the jm*-Utility of sc
j-ucing ih* iieeih'd amount, dating
H.-.it llu p*-* pi * i Way pi cO'Unty hail
lon* ago reengnixed the fa*t that the
Wayfle (' uiity Fair was not only an
Ittttlou of pleasure and kmuie-
Will Asli Public to Donate
$6,000 for New Fair Bldngs.
I* t
Sudden Deaths
fTiICAGO. Aug. 9—Twelve
were reported dead In the t'lilcsgo dla
trtot tonight at the result of excet
k ve heat. Tlic thermometer stood at
•dt* degree* *1 o p ui Tlie tun saared.
fired residents who had becu unablo
t<> sleep hevausc of lbo .uitry air
ihirlug Hie previous uliffT
Coutluued warm eras the forecast
for Friday, although some h*>pe waa
tecu in a forecast of showers by
eiahtfall.
Bcldler* of (he IHLuels Natiimai
(kiffin-cd as thett dillls. Firty
were prostrated yrHcrTay bat wer*
.aid lu be recuperating. The temtigra-,
tare there w»s I*2 deg re**.
JOHNSTOWN, Penn., Aug. 9- (A 1 )
Five miners were killed late today
In au explosion in the Hugh Lochrl#
Coal Milling company mine near here,
’llie bodies were brought to* the sur
face curly toulglM) Four other work
ers In the underground tunnels at the
’•me of the blast sacuped. Immediate
ly, after the explosion qracue crew*
Were sent into the workings and fol
lowing a few hours exploration they,
rmni'jjfwii the bodies. The caua of
the blast hail not beau determined
t out Hit hy officials of the mining
* ompatty, ' * ~
HANDBTONB. Mian—h**)—rive per
none were drowned lu Orludstone lake
erae here today when they Stepped
into a pitch off where.the water la
tSR foet deep. Mrs. Charles Llndesn
nnd her father, William Lund Holm,
and John N* »• drword while trying
-to, save Mrs- Undeeu’a rhtldren, Iren#
> 44 tt aad HHlerd lu. ' ,
DURH’M HfWIERYi
MILL WILL CLOSE
Expert That Goldaboro Branch
Will Be Entirely ( lowed Out
By September T
The Durham Hosiery Mills wIR
tfliraitiittue tiieir Goldsboro plant
| *nd hulldlng at Ash aud fteuter at reel
will Jm* offered for sale or rent, tl.-
C. jolmaea, mnn.ager of the mill her*
I told The New* yesterday.
A* fast as stocka now on hand can
Ih* worked up. the units will he dls
| comiuu' d, und It Is expe< ted that the
! business will bu closed out entirely
; Jiy Hepfetulier 1 . .
L. The branch *4 the Durham company
here ha beea engaged in the manu
| facture of cotton, hoee, and such Is
the growth lii popularity of rayon and
I cilk hose that the market _ fqr cotton
j hose Is now almost nil. Fhclug this
I hltuatluii. the .Durham company has
rated to dl*gi)iitillue the
{branch aniFSfYTeent. alls** It sholdlngs
> lu. Durham. ' — -r~~
About three hundred people have
, I‘cgjU imptugso l«v the bnraeh here.
Mr. Johnson *.ibl ycsterdsyJJpvF—
a*i*»l percent of lhl* help-cfvould he
l unsferred to Durham. Asked for sg
* etlniat* a* to the nmount, be would
j wot venture one
mt-ut wUeri oar people meet **ee •
year and enjoy themsetws, but that
It was arr Hly educational enterprise,
one that I* Just us Important iu our
county a* are our schools.
The unit man And woman power of
Wain.* eonntr i* g**£»# io asked
t * take |i«rt In the * .impaign to raise
this money. Tin- A.w* In discuiyifiig
Ui* mat t* r with the Fair Secretary
U C. Denmark. nsEed that If la his
pinion that the needed f 6,000 could
h re* lured, through public suliscrlp
tl**u and b* replied 1 most p*i*ltlyely,
"Yea" »
“I have seen to many * ampalgns
sue* i*r •Hilly- csfrlrd through In Way
tie county to think for one minute
that thia . one will not g<> through.
Just two weeka ago F saw a group
d 1 less than a ilote.u men underwrite
a sub erlptlon for $6.0(0) 00 to finsn**e
the Orth* pedlc clinic in (>old*l»oro for
(Cotitlnticd l‘*|e Three)
MEMBER OP
THE ABSOCIATRH
PRESS
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ran nvi cufiu
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Four Killed
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Near Jupiter
Refuge** Wad* In Wml«r hnf
lime To Armpßa In RAmt- '
ing Place of Safety v
STORM PASSING INTO
GULF OF MEXICO NOW
Crlpffed Wires Prevent Syste
matic Cheek Up of Amennl
of Damage
WKBT PALM BEACH. Fla. AM- ,•
- (A*) Klret reporta of fgteHHm la
> the Florida hurricane were OltWf (
•>»day to the Inca) Red Crete chapter
by R. H. Hull, prominent IraU l»*
cr *r«i of JwpMer. who anti Be hot
beard that (our pereena were killed
-tit that area The obaoe wreelM Hr
the siprni end the eseuloc EMM «*Ee ,r
It Impossible (er Him la aerify Efa
reporu, Hull eald. (Hid Mat feta B
lormetloa wee very BStfU-
On eenmat el trideeprspC damage
wrought pgr the kirdav Mi Read*
which rendered • number of lasUsaU
l.ouMlets uni tnaamrted oruM* pA
ca lo a depth of free I te « Mat eie
riven the Rei Of«*a hp Huß. vi •
At lead! io famillee la Oka etetaMi
of hie orchards wets la dlstma tfee
Phunter reported sad badly la aaa4 as
rood. Kefugeea. he Mid. aome of wham
had walhyi Jar milt* throuik walerx
no me times up to their armpit* had‘be
ruu to errtta u* hie aetata where Mrir
were being Aired R»r v
JACKSONVILLE. AUC »-<SV-t%a
Hovernment weather her tea at Jack *
'Mm
the went cdMLsaa eaalarhd atTa7
Near Hie Quit murgham A er E
mllee north ftf Tampa huA m*rtafc :
slowly up tpp coaet la a narthweet
'erly direction.
The bureau eald that l«e td A*
gi tally decreeeed velocity of tit
storm It aew felt no ooseeru writ
ti.tfti atlbne were (hit f pr»bahfy
vouid strike the northeast eoeawr of
•he cent Gulf If It oa»tt«»«f JU Pre
sent court*. "
Wire commualoalloa ‘la the Teaepa
area, es well as la par Iff the eaat
coaet region wee atilt aerie Italy crif
pled today. pr«hlhltlng any ayiumatte
check of the demaga left la the vah*
of the etorm. It appeareC heweteK.
that there would he tittle la ehdaga
previous reporta as eartaae tajary te
citrus crops, high waps-pa war, MM
| *reph and tetepbage'W*. fM writ
um*** te teeWln aad
bits!neat houses. ' ', •' •
Meanwhile, the edmawhad aatealah
!ng absence of *ay reporta of tetetl
! ties In the (term area gave rptttf.
Attendee headed by the Rad Oradg
| tieve reason te balteVf orgaallad ■#-
! t! ipna the Use.
White house* In scattered CffiarcM
teens throughout the caaCrul cirtua
Mil were unroofed hr the win A.
which reached a maximum speed Os
lio mllee an hour, only buildings of
the flimsiest conet ruetloa apparently
bad been w reckedjffcewfß at Jupiter,
on Tuesday, where seruml haueee
were reported deetroyui.
PIKE VIILE VET \
MADEGE^ERAI,
R. H Tynon Will Sec
ond ffrigade of Confadarata
Veterunn as NrCt—- 1
TARBORfh Aug. »~ {*V~W.
S-mUk was re-elected elate ceauwgh
der of the Vorth Carolina dlvtalou of
j the Cdlfed ''onfederate Veterans It
I the cloning session of the flat annedl T
| reunion today, Commanders elected
j i«r the year were: First Brigade
[ oral, A. H itoyd, Salisbury. Beeoed
; Lirteade General H II.; Tyaou. of
! Pikesllle; Third Brigade Oenersl jk.
II Mail. Red Spring*: Iteetth.,fHf
ade. Col. Jack Kdwards. Bwannson.
Ifi view of the fact that Ilia Naflgp
al Reunion of Confederate retire at la
to be held In charkßte next year. E .
was decided u*t to bold n elate meri
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