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. (Tijp Dillon iifpralii. ^g???^ ~y ESTABLISHED 1804. THE DILLON HERALD, DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORMM.. MAY jfci. |?MX. VOL. 22. No. 27. ) COUNTY NEWS UNO HAPPENINGS NEWS l,KTTERS BY KWilLAIt CORRE8FON DENTS. News Items of Interest to Herald Readers, Ebb and Flow of the Human Tide. Floydale. Red Cross subscriptions in the Floydale community went passed its allotment of three hundred dollars in the first day's drive. Lacy Bethea of Latta, was a week end visitor in Floydale. Mr. W. H. Miller who has been sick for the past week is able to be out again. Mrs. E. D. Fairy and children vis ited friends here this week. Mrs. Morgan Rogers spent last week end with her brother at Pathplico. Miss Ethel Reaves who has been teaching in North Carolina, is at home for the summer. Mr. Bert McLaurin, of Maxton, N. C.t is spending a few days at home this week. Mrs. B. A. Alford who has been visiting in Dillon has returned home. Miss Agnes Staokhous*1 spent last veek with Mrs. E. It. Roberts. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Page of (kiddy's Mill section spent Sunday with the former's sisters, the Misses Pages. o Oak <?rove. At the regular preaching service at Bethesda Sunday morning ti collection was aken for the Red Cross Fund and a good amount was secured. A committee consisting of Mrs. T. E. Fore, 1'. A. George, Tom Meggs, and J. S. Fair, was appointed to canvass Oak Grove school district this week to raise the amount apportioned for this section. In this great work our colored friends should not be left out. In Marlboro county the negroes are thoroughly alive to the work and are making liberal contributions to this fund. At Brownsville last Sunday through the efforts of Mr. C. P. k Hodges assisted by some of the inV fluential negroes more than two hundred dollars was raised at a union meeting of two of their churches. The recent delayed farm work and the grass is making the farmers hustle. Mrs. T. E. Fore and little daughter, Hazel, after visiting relatives in Washington several days, returned home last Friday evening. The lied Cross. / The great Red Cross drive for nno Itn n/lro/l itttllwwi /I nl la rc i c r\r\ this week. Speaking of the American Red Cross and its work, Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy has the following to say: The Red Cross recognizes neither party, nor race, nor creed. It is world-wide in scope and humane in purpose. It has no political nor economic ends to serve, it only asks where it can be helpful to men and women in distress?afflicted by disease, overtaken by some sudden disaster or caught in the ordeal of war. There it finds its place and opportunity. There it springs to serve mankind. The Red Cross is the Great Neighbor, it treats every man as a brother, and asks no return. If the world of toiling people is made a little more comfortable, a little happier, a little stronger for the struggle of life through its effort, the Red Cross is content. And while it is not affiliated exclusively with any religious body, it is essentially a Lay Brotherhood and Sisterhood of all denominations, putting in practice the teachings of all religions,?unselfish service and good deeds. The worns ot mercy wnicn n is nanueu together to accomplish ure the re-' suit and evidence of its noble sincerity and inspiring faith. "In the great emergency of the present war the Red Cross is doubly enlisted. In all it does to help us to win, it is helping to save and maintain those ideals of faithfulness and honor, kindness and loyalty on its own existence rests. Aim every man, woman and child who realizes (iiis?relizes the peril we are in?and who can help the Great Cause in no other way, can ^ at least support the generous efforts of the lied Cross. It is the best equipped agency in the world to bring succor In the day when only organized and well dirtcted help can avail." I The German Victory. There is something queer about these German "victories." They always have to be won over again.? Brooklyn Eagle. I KDKKAI, DlltKCTOKS FOIt ALL ItAIKOADS. McAilmi I'laiis to Avoid Disrupting any Komi's Working Organ ization I'nnecessar ily. Washington, May 21.? Every rail- > road president in the United States was relieved from active duty as executive manager of his road today by Director General McAdoo, who will < appoint a federal director for each i road, responsible only to the railroad administration. In many cases the president of tho milmari i??i> 1 named federal director. To safeguard the interests of stockholders and maintain the indi- 1 viduality of each railroad. federal ' directors, whenever possible, will be 1 appointed from among the operat-!: ing otlices of the property, the diree-'1 tor general announced. This will ' avoid disrupting any road's working 1 organization unnecessarily. 1 As another step in the reorgani-j' zation of railroad management the 11 director-general ordered the creation 1 i of two new operating districts, thei* i Allegheny region, consisting of the 1 principal trunk lines east of Pitts- 1 burg, including the New York Cen- 1 tral, to be managed by C. H. Mark-j' ham, now regional director for ther South, and the Pocahontas district, ' 'consisting of the East and West trunk lines terminating at Hamp- : ton Roads. j' Regional directors for the Pocali """ I, ontas and for the Southern district | to succeed Mr. Markham will be up- 1 pointed. Mr. A. H. Smith, at New 1 Vork, will continue to act as region- j1 at director for that part of the East|" not inducted into the new Allegheny! district, and district directors will be j' appointed to serve under him us supervisors of roads in New England, I and for the section between Pittsburg and the Mississippi river and north of the Ohio river. Other smaller operating districts will be created from time to time in the Southern and Western region now operated as units by regional directors. The first act of the director-general today in executing this new policy was the removal of C. W. Huntington, president of the Virginian Railway, as chief operating officer, ion the charge that he failed to carry out promptly the railroad adminis'tration instructions regarding the repair and maintainance of his line. This was thought to be the fore runner of similar deposition of a number Of Other 1-ailrnuH npooU/.~>- i .U...vuu J/IVOIUCU19, UUl itII- I nouncement of the plan for whole-; | sale replacement of railways presidents by federal directors came as' a genuine surprise at this lime. HI<;H SCHOOL CLOSKS. Graduating Kxercises Will He Heidi Tonight. The 1017-18 session of the L>il- j Ion High School has come to an end. ! The Commencement sermon was! preached last Sunday morning at the1 Methodist church by Dr. Watson D. j Duncan. An unusually large congregation was present. On Tuesday evening the literary society held its oratorical contests and the exercises proved to be quite interesting. The young people ac-J, quited themselves admirably. The prize for the young men was won i by Charles Harlow and the one for,, the young lady was won by Miss Julia IJethea. The graduating exercises will be! held tonight at 8:3d. Following is ( the program: Music?Welcome Song, Graduat- I. ing Class. I. Salutatory, Edith Squires. , Class History, Eddie Thompson. Class Poem, Doris Caldwell. Class Prophecy, Osborne Betheu. ' Serapbag, Christine Edwards, c lass Will. Estelle Bruddy. Valedictory, Dexter Evans. Music?Piano Duet, Mary Elizabeth Stackhouse and Louse Blizzard. , Class Address, Congressman J. W. Kagsdale. j; Music ? Farewell, Graduating', Class. Presentation of Diplomas and Medals, Superintendent. Music Star Spangled Banner. Audience. 1 Tomorrow afternoon the graduat- !, ing class will hold its annual pic-i nic. o Services at the Methodist Church. Main street Methodist church. Dr. Watson B. Duncan. Pastor. Sunday School a* 10 a. in., Mr. \V Harry Muller, Superintendent. Preaching ut 11 a. in. and 8:30 p. in. by the pastor. Morning Subject: "The Trail and Triumph of Job." Evening Subject: "Personal Accountability." The first half h< ur of the evening service will be given to song and musical programme. Then the pastor will speak for twenty minutes on the subject mentioned. Eptrorth League ut 7:45 p. in., Mr. L. C. Braddy, Jr., President. Public cordially invited to all i services. / ?. ASSOCIATION FORMED F BY COTTON GROWERS ?)l'TH CAIlOlilNA (iltOWKItS ? MKKT IN rAl'ITAL CITY. Di'KAiiization is . Formed ? Protest ; s< Against Profiteering by Manufarturers. Columbia, May 14?At a meeting ?f cotton producers from every sec- w Lion of South Carolina, held in the i; louse of representatives here this j)( tfternoon, it was decided to organize U! lie South Carolina Cotton Informa- tl Lion and Marketing Association, and j,. resolutions were adopted placing the tj minimum price of the staple at 36. w rents a pound, protesting against t, l?rice-setting contemplated by some j, members of congress, appointing a yi committee to meet with the national tl Food administration to see that the S( grower gets justice in the marketing p ;?t cotton seed and protesting against |, the manufacturers of cloth profiting it the expense of the cotton grower and the consumer. ^ q The meeting was called by W G- w Smith, State warehouse commission- -p E*r who was elected its chairman. T. 11. Thackston, deputy commissioner was elected secretary. It was decided that the proposed new farmers' organiation would be State-wide in its scope ami would have county and I'ommunity branches. The principles of the organization uiopted at the meeting, provide for > the equitable marketing of cotton and the maintenance at the State warehouseof of a sulas manager who will keep track of all the cotton of the members of the association and who will closely study the market, both domestic and foreign, and keep the organization and its personnel thoroughly posted us to the fluctuations of the market, and all problems appertaining thereto. Two sets of resolutions, prepared by a committee consisting of Dr. Wade stackhouse, A. C. Summers, R. M. Cooper, J. Frank Williams, W. A. Slucky and E. W. Dabbs, were adopted by the convention The first resolution provides for a committee of three cotton grower? to, meet with the national food administration, the conference to be held at some central point, to discuss the price of cotton seed. The resolution suggests that like committees be appointed from the other cotton growing States, and the secretary, Mr. Thackston, was instructed to communicate with the various Southern commissioners of agriculture and advise them of the action taken by the South Carolina farmers. Capt. Smith appointed Dr. Wade Stackhouse, of Dillon; E. W. Dabbs, of Mayesville, and A. C. Summers, of Columbia, commissioner of agriculture, commerce and industries, as the committee. The farmers present contributed to defray the expenses of the committee, which was instructed to spend as much as $1,000 for legal advice, if so much be necessary uic memuers or tne now j, association to make up the amount expended in the future. The other resolution provides that "we call up the growers and holders of spot cotton to refuse to sell cotton at less than "5 cents per pound, -as long as manufactured goods are bing sold on a basis of 3 5 rents and above i with or without war profits to the manufacturersl and to sell no further contracts at any price. The resolution further demands that "no price fixing conference be held that does not include intelligent -actual cotton growers from all cotton States with equal voice in the final determination of this question so vital to the very life of the cotton growing industry." Another resolution going on record against price fixing of cotton was adopted. However, a proviso was inserted denmnding a minimum price of 35 cents a pound, should the juice be fixed. Major John 1). Frost, of Columbia introduced a resolution which was adopted, calling on the municipal and county authorities to strictly enforce the laws against vagrancy, because of the labor shortage. It was decided that a committee would provide the by-laws of the oronosed new cotton growers' organization, which would be adopted at a subsequent meeting ("apt. Smith will name this committee within the next few days. o Little Itoek ScIkiuI CIom^. ) The closing exercises ?>'' th? Little Rock Graded school were tield Tuesday night. A large crowd was in attendance and the program as announced in The Herald last week was j carried out The literary address wa?* delivered by the Hon. W. 1'. Pollock.1, of Cheraw. These exercises mark the j, close of one of the schools most suc-Jt cessful years. I % IX ITINERARIES FOR CANDIDATES I.WSIiOltO AMI HAKN WKIJ, OI'KNIVi POINTS. material I'aity in Dillon Jul) Hi. ?< an\i(>s Will Knd August UJ. The State and senatorial campaign ill open June 1^. the former at arnwell and the latter at Winnsjro. Both will close Friday, Aug<t 215. The first priinury will be held te following Tuesday. The itinerars are so arranged that the two pares will be kept as much as two eeks apart at all times. The senatristl PSincl ifl&tt will I mi in I ^ i 1 1 r* illy lt?, with the candidates for late ofliees appearing in Greenwood nit day. The last meeting for the Miatorial party will be in Spartanurg and the final for the State ofce group in Columbia. The routing as arranged by a special eommit?e, composed of Gen. Willie Jones, olumbia; Kdgar A. llrown. Barnell, and J. M. Moorer, Waterboro he following are the circuits: Senatorial < umpnign: Winnsboro. Tuesday, June is. Chester, Wednesday, June 11?. York, Thursday, June 2?'. Lancaster. Friday. June -1. Camden, Saturday, June 2 2. Chesterfield, Tuesday, June 2.~. Beni.eitsville, Wednesd- ; . Jun< ti. Darlington, Thursdity, .in .? 27. Bishopville, Friday, June 2?<. Sumter. Saturday. June 29. St. Matthews, Monday, July. 1 Orangeburg, Tuesday, July 2. St. George,\ Wednesday, July 2. Columbia, Thursday, July 4. Manning, Monday, July 15. Dillon. Tuesday, July 16. Florence. Wednesday, July 17. Conway, Thursday, July IS. Marion, Friday, July 10. Kingstree, Saturday, July 20. Georgetown. Monday, July 22. Monek's Corner, Tuesday, July 22 Charleston, Wednesday, July 24. Walterboro, Thursday, July 2 5. Kidgeland. Friday, July 26. Beaufort, Saturday, July 27. Hampton, Monday, July 29. Ilnriiwell Tin?e#tnrv Ink- In Bamberg, Wednesday, July 31. Aiken. Thursday, August 1. Edgefield, Friday. August 3. Saluda. Saturday, August 3. Lexington, Tuesday, August 6. Newberry, Wednesday, August 7. Ivuurens, Thursday, August 8. Greenwood, Friday, August 9. Abbeville, Saturday, August in. McCormick, Tuesday. August 13 Anderson, Wednesday, August 14 Walhalln, Thursday, August 1 .">. Pickens. Friday, August 16. Greenville, Saturday. August 17. Fnion, Wednesday, August 21. G-affney. Thursday, August 22. Spartanburg, Friday, August 2'. State < 'ampaigii. Barnwell, Tuesday, June Is. Hampton, Wednesday, June V eaufort, Thursday. June It'. Bidgeland, Friday, Jti.e* 21. Walterboro. Saturday, J tine 22 Bamberg. Tuesday, lune 2.7. Aiken. Wednesday, Jinn* Edgefield, Thursday, Jun * 27 Saluda. Friday. June ".s. Lexington. Saturday. Jam* 2*"'. Newberry, Tuesday, .'u'.v 2. Laurens, Wednesday, July Greenwood. Thursday, Jul. 1. aicCormick. Friday. July *> Abbeville, Saturday. Jul S. Anderson. Monday, July ir>. Walhalla, Tuesday. July 16. IMrL'pnc \V*4wln<ic/la?* ln'v Z Greenville, Thursday, Jub IK. I'nion, Friday, July 10. Spartanburg, Saturday. Julv 2*?. Gaffney, Tuesday, Jul 23. York. Wednesday, July 21. Luncaster, Thursday, Julv u.>. Oh ester, Friday, July 26. Winnsboro. Saturday. July 2T. Camden, Tuesday, July 30. Chesterfield. Wednesday. July 31 Bennettsvilb. Thursday. August 1 Darlington. Friday. August 2. Bishopville, Saturday, August 3. Sumter, Tuesday. August 6. Dillon. Wednesday. August 7 Conway. Thursday. August S. Marion, Friday. Angus l'?. Manning. Tuesday, An* 1st 13. Kingstree, Wednesday, vugust 14 Georgetown. Thursday. August la Monek's Coiner. Friday. August * II ?i I Inil. 111 (iil> , . \ ti MS > I ' Si. tieorge. Tuesday, August l!? Orangeburg. Wednesday. Augusi ]. Si. Mat i Inw s. Thursday. August 2; Columbia, Friday. AuguM If there is such a tiling us ta in; t. Horglum is that Ho is the ac user and the aroused. It is hard < ell whether he is investigating 01 ?eing Investigated. The aircraft mat er seems to be a crafty business.? Durham Sun. i . n. ><>i.iiii:its \\ II.I. wro.xtsii TIII: woiii.H." I hey arc (,>uirk to l.eiiiu the Z in l?? < 1 ilit' Truth* in tin* Treiiiflie*-. \S rili's I'reni Iiiiihii. I'etis. May In. "In tin trenches these young Americans go: acclimut 'il in j. few hours, so our non-commissioned ollicers, assured toe," write a war correspondent or Lr Temps. "Cood shots, keen, punctual and cool under shell fire, they soon 1? urn the tricks of the trade. "When I asked one of our own tri *-it chiefs who has had several hundreds ol them under his command what iiad dictated the provis- i ion; ! form ot mixing Americans i with out polios, he replied: "For tour years we have been homing a i wild henst. The Americans are guests who are going to hunt some time with im to learn the lay of the land where t he wild beast operates and his habits and ours. Soon they will hunt all alone and very well.' riten he added: "Tell the public that the American troops have come to France with the intention of retil-' ly fighting and not merely to serve ; as tools lor an anticipated arbitration of peace. Kach day their soldiers , give a thousand proofs of their keen desire to leap at the enemy's throat. . Wait a little and you will see these soldiers astonish the world." o tlcrnuiuy and Austria Near Famine. I.ondon. May 'J 1. "I feel ronfi? < :tt 1 at the time f at hand when la..tine stark, medieval famine will join the Kntente as a political and inili ary ally against (iertnany and Austria." the correspondent of the Daily Mail telegraphs from Annemass in France neat the Swiss border The correspondent says lie draws the conclusion Iroiu oral siateinenls of an authentic* witness, whose observations extended up to the end of April. The great masses of the tierman and A us triu 11 peoples, this information declares, are more than siek of the war. They think and talk of nothing hut bread, and their morale is so low that th" govern merits -.ire fearful of Bolsheviki movements. Anions the incidents given in supports of the story of terrible want is i the case of two prisoners of war em- ! ployed at the gas works in Vienna, ! who. he declares, were murdered by : fellow workers, who ate part of their, bodies. The Arbiter Zeitung, of j Vienna, demanded an investigation,' and the entire issue was confiscated ' in consequence. The affair was re- j ferred to in Parliament, but was j hushed up in the Vienna press. The narrator said he and his fain- , ily had lived for weeks almost en- j tirely on mushrooms gathered in a | forest outside the town in which j they dwelt. "People faint even in the streets from hunger," he continued. "The, health of many is such that they can hardly stand, to say nothing of work, and it is getting more serious every; day. Kven the soldiers do not have sufficient food. They are not only sick of war, but thoroughly apathe- , tic regarding it. It is a common sight to see soldiers begging for food. Kveryhody is convinced that the expeeted food relief from the Ukraine is ;i niirfipp nnlv annthpr 1 >r-n c_ sum swindle, they say. The three, worst months- June, July and August are yet to come. Last year there was almost nothing to cut in those months but cucumbers and fruit. Typhus and dysintery became epidemic. The people are shuddering at the prospects of these three months row." "As far as they dare," the dispatch says, "the people jeer at the talk ef smashing the British -and French and at the submarine campaign the only result of which, they say, has been to add America to their enemies. Every one made fun of President Wilson at first as a pedant." the correspondent adds,', "but the people are now changing their tune and are afraid that America is in earnest." <lml Save Our Men. Cut this out and sing it at the Red Cross Rally to be held this morning at ten o'clock: (Sing to Tune of America.! utiii mess nui spienum men While they the right defend. C.od bless our men. Make them all brave and true, Faithful in Thyself renew Tench them the best to do. Cod bless our men. Cod -ao- our noble men Urine t Inm safe home again Cod saw our men. t To Th? e the praise belongs For righting all our wrongs ; To Thee we lift our songsCod save our men. Cod k?ep our valiant men : From every strain or sin, - Cod keep our men. > When Satan would allure r When tempted keep them pure He their protection sure Cod bless our men. J. MeC. C. RED CROSS RALLY IN OILLON10DAY XNOTHKi: KAMA AT DATTA THIS AFTRRXOON. \ililrcvsrs It) < ?miKt*vssnUMi Itng^flal?\ IX-Scnator Mc l.iun in and Soldier from tin* Front. Tin- is the week sot apuit b> I'resident Wilson for the campaign to raise lor Red Cross work. Of this -amount Dillon coun I .* <||IUUI l> (II.UUW ?l lit] lilt' CcLIIIpaign is now in full blast. Today is i ?i?- day for tli?- bin drive in which it is confidently ?xi?cct?d that Dillon's quota will be raised. The program as announced by the various committees in charge is as follows: A parade will be in Dillon this morning, starting at the school house at ten o'clock. Women, men and children will he in the parade and will march through the principal streets of the town to the old I'aluictto Warehouse where the big rally will be concluded. Addresses will be delivered by Congressman J Willard Itagsdale, Kx-Senator JobD L. .McLaurin, and also an otlicer reven.tly returned from the battleiron! w; ! address the audience on the war situation ..nd the work of tie K< <| ("loss. At lour o'clock ihi.? afternoon a similar rally will he held at Latta and the same speakers will also address the Latta people. If you cannot come to the exercises at DilloD In- sure to attend the one at Latta. Very encouraging reports from all parts ot the county have been received. Some communities even exceed ed their quota on the very first day. I hat Dillon county will "Go Over the Top" is almost certain, but take no chances?be there and show the vnn'rh itinHo n f ?11 citizens will at least aid the great [Hed Cross organization by attending onr of these rallies. The contributions to the Hed Cross can be made in four equal installments, one-fourth July 1st; onefourth August 1st; one-fourth September 1st and the balance October 1st. The subscriber will have the option of paying the full amount in cash. Dillon county's assessment is a little more than 40 cents per capita and there should be no trouble in raising the 16,000 asked for. The Herald will publish the names of those who contribute $10 or more to the Hed Cross fund in this week's campaign. All day the soda fountain at McLaurin Drug Company will be in charge of the lied Cross ladies. One half of the gross receipts of the day at this fountain will be donated to the Dillon County lied Cross. Several gallons of ice cream donated to the Hed Cross by Alex Saleeby's Candy Kitchen will be sold at the Warehouse by ladies representing the Chapter. A Clean t p Day for Dillon. Why not have a "Clean-Up Day" tor Dillon? Visitors usually judge a town by the wa\ in which its streets an- nfpi. .\o\v ouiu union stand the test if thus judged? Next week tlu re will be about one hundred visitors in town. They will be delegates to the Woman's Missionary Conference to be held in the Methodist church here. These ladies will cotne from all over the South Carolina Conference and will carry impressions away to be balked about everywhere. We suggest next Monday, May 2 7th, as "Clean-lp Day" for our town. The street forces may not be able to do all the work on the streets, therefore let every man clean the side walk in front of his own premises. Let the yards, both front and rear, be cleaned. Be sure to get all the old cans, for these are the breeders of mosquitos. The Civic League can help greatly in this work by urging the people to observe the day and carefully carry out the suggestion. Of course, there is great difficulty in securing help of tiny kind just now, but the boys and girls, who will then be out of school, can render valuable assistance. It will be splendid recreation for them. Many of them have worked their brains so hard during the school term that this outdoor physical exercise will be beneficial to them. Let everybody take up the thought of "Clean Up Day," plan for it, and h? sure to carry out the suggestion on Mond-ay. Way 27th. Clean up Dil ..... . ...... .i|> i/iiumi.. v it-an up I>i'!on!!! o Mr. I,. A. Manning was taken lo MfLt od's Infirmary in Florence one clay last week. His many friends hope that he will soon return in good shape. Some weeks ago Mr. Manning went to Virginia for an operation, but his recovery has not been so rapid as was booed. '''