Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1919 — C. B. MANDERVILLE IN WEST. [ARTICLE]

C. B. MANDERVILLE IN WEST.

Long Beach, Gal., Jan. 3, 1919. Editor Republican:—' Please put this letter in your paper so the people can see how I am. I was asked to come to this place several times by Mrs. Hattie Kesler. Finally she wrote a strong letter, telling me to come and I could help her and we could get along here; that it was a fine climate. So it is I came here. And when I arrived she refused to even let me stay all night, and I couldn’t find a room in the town, so the chief of police let me stay with him, and the next morning Ed Kesler came and took me home with him. Since that time I have had a place to stay with Ed. So beware of your friends. Sometimes money is no good to a man in a place like this. Ed sees that his children and mother have clothes and plenty to eat. It has been awful cobl here. The last week the oranges and flowers are still blooming. Lots of vegetables here. People are here from Illinois and Indiana. I found some people here I used to know. Now when a friend writes you to come and begs at you and then turns you out it makes a person feel like a frost in August. ' ■ There is some flu here. I want the people to knew that Ed Kesler is taking care of his children and mother. lam having plenty to eat and good care. The climate is. .too heavy on my ears, sounds like a heavy dose of quinine. Other ways we feel fine. No one could starve here, too much work. I hope you have a mild winter at home. Sun has shone every day since I have been here. 0. B. MANDERVILLE. 121 E. 3rd St., Long Beach, Cat