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TH Capital Stock, We off< Un JOS. SPROTT, Presid< DIRECT Jos. FRE AMERICAN WOMEN DECLARES of hin. Our' " CARRAN1A CAUSE Of TROUBLE ion tod wit %e lost eve of the hr Virginian Tells Dramatic Story of It was nea Eight Months Hardship and Dc- the home of i gradation as Prisoner in Mexican prising Dr. St Bandit Camp. the witness t was raided b Washington, Jan. 5.--A dramatic charged them story of eight months' hardships and rebels. degradation as a prisoner in a Mex- IBeat '1 ican banidit camp was told todlay by "Tw~o of Cr Mrs. Cora Lee Sturgis, a Virginian, lto ~~ir before a Senate committee invest'- bi-at us with ~ gating the Mexican situation. fid "When Mrs. Sturgis told how hcr old a rminded mother, worn out by long suffering vrtinrc and humilitation, died of starvation wer icAmriea after their plaintation had been looted asodernen la by the bandits, and howv she had been fovenmnt re ofreed to go into the hills to cut wood ~:tiafie< an and of a long tramp to another camp rof initn with a secret message.r<>,mstn ,Carranza Caused Trouble a told thembei 'Americans were perfectly safe un- the shoulder dert Diaz," she said. "We had no trou ble with Huierta and folks in my part [).Sturgis of the countr'y--Chiapas hardlly knewv American coun ____________________vised the fan andlanaatiMoney WrteFo Or atloueM Mr.19ug hought n < a si ;.so frer.es ou sytmV isa abthe,'ari fit andn.iaai(a(l An Quht tye ndPrceth [Detntr A plantationat M.Sturgii \ether and seinsado An !..dontin k badiconhditon City they Cr Sturgis said1) flay B MailTh inos and Sve Mney perinc o Writ Fo Ou Caelouc ~. 19 Amiybyao ln ii 'i~W in' ill rel it. lt "I d'te think m ~ ~ 'iiedin''ilie biod icldiing Quab~' tyl an Prce he ent met andother Two moths, family would evring m< Clarendon C E BAP $40,000. Resour .r to the peopl forrr excelleT ~nt T ORS: SPROTT D LESESNE rat troubb was in 1915, a sent troops to our see away the help. As a re big crops, right on the rvest." 'ly two years later that he Sturgis family, con urgis, a dentist his wife, )day, and her mother, Ars. y federal soldiers, .ho derson, with giving refuge to f"re d t not tur 'hems With Guns- doctors rranzAa's captains and a we bra camne to our home and dieC. S vns," Mrs. Sturgis testi- much a my husband protested lng het the bandits that we - got it fo na, they p'ushed him ghled, saying "your (lid only a bluff." Theyfl els, but they were not wanted to search the * that I go up with them. was an American, not ,but they struck me on Th vith a gun. r'epolrtedl the ra~id to the "'In a isul at. Frontierol who ad ~ an to ily to remain at the o o~ witness saidl. cured I s said reb~el and Car.. its prai frequently worked to- dere hat bo0th factions (dis- cvery erica n propagianda in- good barge that IlIenry P. Women erican amblassadlor to ir i ('cepted~ $1 ,00,000 toup .. yug 'anza government Mrs. adl he toldh the bandits who rge that it was a lie." ,s Were Awful. _______ .bandhits toldl me that letcher could not return Sturgis found ry," Mrs. Sturgis saidl. her husband Mr. Fletcher knew how Some months were. Why, things were and "more d< vhien I wecnt to Mexico with Dr. StuYb up a train in front of old paintation ehind me." bone. hrilling chapter (If her - low( C capture of the TRCEATY STri pata bandits who took >vable from the planta $23.000 in cash. They Washington y miles acros athe coun- growing indlic on camp. Mrs. Sturgis senates strugj aind afoot and the for- peace treaty v on a mule, the coming ', 1s later Mrs. Sturgis determination ) proceedl on foot to an; fication. th a secret message and Senators retui unlensashe returned in to their home other membera of the suggestions ti be killed. ' Iposals of thos the Camp Mrs.!- n.g ther. 'unt O'; F ls Surplus ces Over $80 of this County, wh tore than thirty yec I Banking OFFICERS: M. MOUZON, Cashier T. M. MOUZON J. M. SPROTT tion program. Asa result, th promise negotiations senmed uik take a wid\ scope and although rycould predict certainly the resul Whyopening of the whole subject in p and garty conference and on th offer? ,ate floor apparently wvas assured Senator Hitchcock, he Deho e. a. , oriAl- leader, aid Republican senators rd. ofard, we: au-hter . .. suf- reservation group were confiden rribly. She could their recent discussion had lai in bed .. the basis for a settlement although uKoman's hoetnwocmrmiepan i timroe. 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Oclnrte wspropsd twoS t~~EOo hs beefrmngs wicesK TO SARTAGAN adcem bee oterovisng ap - - usiestofa cnaciation coithti Jami 4-There e srtienao thewre u ars bso rain tngt ht the fica tw enathem itderwoo olernddrneeeted tof eturno antc of tose ho wntrti lar Tuestay, and heterew wor Oimmit opeine fire and< ing fom holdayt is whocet-an hi pil ad retrai publ ai evrl e iwit resul tat Demcrt ~~~~~~the omromserso thre nsuc aa formeal whobac rer~ied ere ahotlhe lr gestion wdel of owrko oiia a toigt wasu a tienera buonfere: ANN and Profits ,OO om we hav LrS, Serv J. M. ADVISORY corn- e not thought to le si ely to ven is a large land own io one county, and both men ai a re- erally known. rivate A telephone message fi 3 sen- list night said that Odom - well and that his condit cratic considered at present, so of the t that DATE FOR RATIFI d the nu Paris, Jan. 5 (By the made. Press.)--The supreme c< rir to tentatively set January f the ratification of the trer mnatdr sailler. The council's bi esolu. settlement on the Scapa ed on ings was handed over t< poinit- Lersner today, and it eo of nouncedi that an agrei is for been reached with the G is not gation. n un.. The Scapa Flow I ask agreement was reached ~asure allies' .accepting a dii n Re.. 125,000 tons from the 4 have of naval material ori me of move Will Not I talked aice of want Those t the T i a ather ............, _ mm iation Mrs. Mary Fricke, Ill., is just one of th reser- throughout the count h the years, have at last maus- vigor ini PE-RU-NA. Her own words toll a better than we can (1 - stomach, had awful< often could n alay oi HIIER tried PE~-RU-N and first bottle. To be st ok bottles. I lnmve rocoa tok friends and all are y~ about will not bo one day w prin- had a doctor since I at itone- was about fifteen year years old, hale, hearty years work as my draughtera irven, and weigh near two ed in weighed as little as c Apeople use PE-RUI-NA A thiat of Mrs. Fricke I 'lif- woman. legedi If you have catarr11 3 (d18- bowels, or dther orga had it-is not an experimer been used by thousana Mont prevent coughs, coldn some .there is nothing bette :rven PE-RUJ-NA will impr d the sooth the irritated mt corruption f rem the ele health, strength, vigor en to Frioke and thousands :frven glad, happy, thankful. ounds Tabl. Over $100,000. served 10.. ice. SPROTT, Asst. Cashier - BOARD: DAVID LEVI C. R. SPROTT rious. Kir- manded from Germany. The Ger er in this mans argued the impossibility of e very gen- surrendering the tonnage originally demanded, and also pointed out er om Florence rors in the inventory of the allies. was resting The allies were conciliatory and on was not fixed 275,000 tons as final. To this serious. the German delegates agreed. o -- o CATION RECORD COTTON PRICE Associated Selma, Ala., Jan. 3.-The hiighest uncil has price paid in the Selma market for 10 for the cotton since the Confederate war was ty of Ver- recordied todlay, when 40 cents was re isis for the ceived. About 2,000 bales were sold Flow sink.. on middling basis. Baron von was an- NOTICE OF DISCHARGE ment had erman (dee. I will apply to the Judge of Probate for' Clarendon County on the 30th day, of Ja'miary 1920, at 11 o'clock A. reparations ifor Letters of Discharge as Executo. upon the of the estate of Mary Ann Nelson, ' nunition of deceased. D0,000 tons 3-td.G. T. Ragin, 53-3-pd.Executor. ginally de- Sumimerton, S. 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