Word: sitlington
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...animals were starving, but as yet few people. That would come later. The great summer drought of 1930 did not deliver its full impact of human misery until the following autumn and winter. Recalling the volunteer assistance which South Dakota gave Arkansas in those terrible times, Editor W. T. Sitlington of the Little Rock Arkansas Democrat called upon the farmers of his State to repay a "mercy debt." Taking the cue, Governor J. Marion Futrell of Arkansas declared : "Gratitude calls upon the people of Arkansas who are able to do so, to show their appreciation and to show that they...
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