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R ^ ^ * Watch Label on Your Paper / \ I 1^> ^ -fl 4 1 | >4 lii 1^4*^4 I The Date on the Label is the and Don't Let Subscription 1 I I, F I LP 1 ~S 1 1 1 S 1 i I /'I III Date Your Paper Will Be . Expire. |^JWM 4> I- Sf0"Pedft ESTABLISHED 1894. HERALD, DILI.OX. SOI TH C.AIIOLIXA. THl ItSll.W. MOItNIXO, .IIXF. 12. 19l?. V(ll,. 2.1 NO. 30. ^MAV ADMIT HUNS TO AVOID NEW LEAGUE TALK OF GEMANY AND RUSSIA FORMING COMBINE Can Deal With Germany Better Inside the League Than Out of It. Paris, June 9?The movement to J admit Germany to the league of 11a-1 \ tions is due mainly to the desire to j avoid the possibility of the formation kof another group composed of rival powers, which would embrace Germany, Russia and the old Teutonic group. Evidences have reached the conferejye leaders of late that influences *a|j| at work in Germany and Russia to establish relations as a basis for a combination of powers not in the league. While not regarded as imminent, it was felt that the danger of such combination would be always ?* ? UII? Aarmonv U'QC niltsiflp present wuuc uc*Ulanj v???-v HgW the league, and the admission of GerSggB many therefore was recommended as a means of subjecting her to the same KB obligations as the Allies under the league of nations. This sentiment was chiefly instrumental in the unanimous decision of Br the British, French, American and Italian members of the league committee concerning the conditions 011 which Germany may be admitted. One of the chief authorities said today: "We can deal with Germany better when inside than outside the league. Outside 9he would be able to go her own way; inside she must conform to the same obligations as the Allies." The covenant originally foresaw Germany's admission 011 giving "effective guarantees of her sincere intention to observe international obligations'*. The recommendations now submitted to the Council of Four de. fine thcM? effective guarantees, namely, the establishment of a .-;tabo government, the signing of the peace treaty and loyally executing the t^rms of the tr.-aty Tie league covenant also made it conditional of Germany's entrance that she accept the league restrictions of military and naval armaments. It was proposed to define this by speciric aooiuion 01 compulsory military service. M. Clemenceau objected, however, on .the ground that such specification might bring up the whole question of compulsory service. It was omitted from the recommendations resented to the council of four. \ The council spent the day in exam- j ining this and other comittee reports, t Indications were that the reply to the j Germans would be ready before the I end of the week probably Friday,; when five days will be given for Ger- j niany's final answer with respect to signing. o WIRES RESTORED. Private Companies Resume Control Which Government Took Over Last August. \ Telegraph and telephone companies whose lines have been controlled and operated by the government since last August 1 were ordered Thursday night to resume immedi-j ately operations for their own account by Postmaster General Burleson. The Postoffice Department however, under the terms of Mr. Burleson's order retains a measure of control of the service, pending final legislative action by Congress. Regulations providing discrimination against wire employes because] of union affiliations, maintaining existing rates and charges and instructing companies to keep special accounts to facilitate cost settlement between themselves and the government are retained in effect under the order issued by the Postmaster General. Mr. Burleson accompanied the or-| der with a statement giving the reasons which impelled him to take the] action. He asserted that the Presi-1 dent having recommended the return! of the properties the Senate inter-' state commerce committee having in- i that tmmorliatfi rptlim Wfl R advisable and the House committee having through hearings manifested a desire for action toward that end, he felt it his duty to return operative control to the various private owners. In a statement accompanying the formal order, the Postmaster General declared that the existing rates would remain in effect and that orders forbidding discharge of employes be-1 cause of union affiliations also would stand. o Free Scholarship. County Supt. of Education Rogers has been notified by Clemson College that 3 four year scholarships to Clem-| son will be vacant in Dillon county >"Jthi9 year. The competitive examina.9'ion for these scholarships will bo' ' Held July llth beginning at 11 i o'clock a. m. A scholarship student ( may also receive aid from the I". S.; government. Such a student will be enabled to secure an education at , very little expense. Examination pap ers will be sent ten days before the i examinations are held. Any one desiring further information should see \ Mr. Rogers. v o Misses Lucile Bethea and Wilson Taylor of Fork were in town Monday. i . ( (GOVERNOR COOPER'S STAFF. Majority ot' Members Veterans ol World War. Columbia, June 6?Governor Coop_ jer today, announced the appoint.ments to his personal .military (staff. While he did not adhere strictily to commissioning men who saw !armed service in the world war, the majority of his staff consists of vetlerans ranging from enlisted men through various grades of commisjsioned officers. The staff appointments so far announced follows: W. W. Moore, Columbia; Adjutant General and chief of staff. n tt! Rahh i^nrpriR! law Dartner of Governor Cooper. S. T. Lanham, Spartanburg major in reserve, and Master in equity of Spartanburg County. Jesse T. Crawford, Anderson, major 118th infantry. W. D. Workman, Greenville; major 118th infantry. R. A. Childs, Columbia; sergeant 306th regiment, Eighty-first division. J. T. Stanton, Clio; farmer. Edgar A. Brown, Barnwell; lawyer. Arthur Lee, Laurens, captain Company D, 118th infantry. J. L. M. Irby, Charleston; captain 117th engineers. C. O. Allen, Greenville; live stock business. Dr. Jas. A. Haynes, Congaree; State health officer. A. T. Allen, Allendale; farmer. W. A. Byrd, Edgefield; banker. J. B. Park, Greenwood; lawyer: W. T. Greene, Abbeville; lawyer. E. J. Sherwood, Conway; lawyer. J. Waties Waring, Charleston; assistant District Attorney, eastern district. J. Campbell Bissell, Charleston, sales manager. John R. Hart, York; lawyer. W. W. Wannamaker, Orangeburg, manufacturer. Herbert Peeples, Estill; sergeant 118th infantry, farmer. A. M. Simpson, Chester; lieutenant coast artillery. John T. Langston, Darlington; cot ton business. F. H. McMaster, Columbia, city editor The State, former State insurance 'commissioner. Henry C. Tillman, Greenwood; major, coast artillery. Jas. W. Perrin, Bishopville; lieutenant, Thirtieth division, now in army of occupations. R. B. McLeod, Hartsville; lieutenant Thirtieth division. W. H. Nims, Fort Mill; sergeant, 118th infantry. J. N. Wright, Spartanburg, lieutenant, coast artillery. Jus. R. Turner, Bennettsville, lieutenant; lost arm in one of last battles in France. Henry Watkins, Belton; private, Company A, 118th infantry. W. F. Caldwell, Chester; lieutenant 317th infantry. T. H. Moffat, Columbia; major, 371st infantry. T. W. Dantzler, St. Matthews. * A. H. Marchant, Orangeburg; captain, Eighty-first division. Edwin P. Lucas, Columbia; captain. EigJrty-first infantry. Dr. George Y. Hunter, Prosperity. John D. Frost, Columbia; Assistant Adjutant General, former adjutant of the Fifteenth division, with rank of major. W. J. Cormack. o PARDON ASKED FOR BOY KILLED IX FRANCE. Was Serving Sentence in State Prison, Escaped and Joined Army. Raleigh News and Observer, June 6. An appeal was made to Governor Bickett yesterday for the exercise of hi9 influence to secure ?10,000 worth of government insurance for the mother of Forney Williams, eighteen-year-old white boy of Robeson county, who, serving a sentence in the State prison, escaped, joined the army under an assumed name and was killed in action in France. The government declined to pay the insuiance of a fugitive. The proposition was laid before the Governor yesterday by Mr. E. Garland Brown, an attorney of WinstonSalem, who himself was in the service, and has before interested himself in the young man. Shortly after Williams escaped, Mr. Brown wrote to the Governor stating the circumstances including Williams' enlistment in.the army under the name of Rogers and asked for a pardon. The Governor declined to act then. Forney Williams was convicted July, 1914, when he was eighteen years old for burglary in the second degree. He was caught in the act and the evidence was convincing. He entered a plea of guilty to the charge of second degree burglary and Judge Hany Whedbee sentenced him to fifteen years in the State Prison. He entered the prison July 14, 1015, and escaped August 20, 1016. It was in St. Louis that he enlisted in the service shortly after his escape and was sent to France almost immediately. His enlistment was under the nam' Of Rogers, and it was under this name tlKw he went over the top and was killed in France. STOPS SKItMOX; KILLS HI If l>. Macor. June 0?Rev. W. A. VVray, pastor of the Baptist church at Sandervill?, Ga., left his pulpit during the morning service yesterdoy, se cured his shotgun and killed a jay bird that had been flying inside the church. After killing the bird, the pastor resumed his sermon. hieut. John David, the first So Citadel graduate to fall in action in David will be unveiled on the Citadel afternoon. REVIVAL AT 8/ I . . Dr. J. H. Dew, Evangeli ??? On Sunday, June 22nd, Rev. W. C. ! Allen will begin a series of revival services at the Baptist church. The services will be conducted by Dr. J. H. Dew, the noted evangelist. Dr. Dew is no stranger to the people of Dillon county, as he was born and reared in this county, although for the past 20 years he has been making his home elsewhere. For many years j Dr. Dew was state evangelist for Missouri and for the past ten years his field has been the United States. He is recognized as one of the strongest and most forceful evangelists in America. Prof. J. Henry Burnett of i Merrer University, sneaking of his| recent work in a Georgia town, says: ; NEW PKICK LEVEL WILL STAND. !l ! Columbia, June 10?"I am firmly of the conviction that we are upon a new price level that will continue for several years in this country. Nothing worse could happen to the conn-, try than to have a sudden drop in ? . prices. It woyld bring distress, unemployment and stagnation everywhere.*' 1 These are some views expressed by: Governor J. P. Goodrich, of Indiana,' in a letter to J. Skottowe Wannama-i ker, president of the American Cot-| ton association. Mr. Wannamaker j had addressed a letter to Governor j Goodrich along with the other govern- j ors of the United States, setting forth i some facts, about the cost of produc-j tion and how necessary it was forj the farmers of the south to secure a! price for their staple that would at' least allow them a margin of profit. | ! The letter from Governor Goodrich j to Mr. Wannamaker says: "I have! your letter of the 28th. Have read j with a good deal of interest your| statement on the cotton situation. I, am firmly of the conviction that we are upon a new price level that will continue for several years in this j country. Nothing worse could hap- i pen to the country than to have a j sudden drop in prices. It would bring distress, unemployment and stagna-, uon everywhere. ivoming more j would advance the norninl vesunip-1 tion of business than the fixed convic-! lion in ihe minds of our people that i ! we are upon a new and higher price level which will continue for some,1 time in the future. So longjis the ; cost of living remains high as it now J lis, the present labor scale must bej. i maintained and with the high cost of;: | production there can be no substantial reduction in the cost of the finished product. i "We of the north are deeply concerned in the prosperity of the south. We are one country. Anything that adversely affects one section is the 1 iMPLl . I WK C^> jlfl g>. M I i uth Carolina officer and the first France. A memorial to Lieut. Kreen in Charleston at 6 o'clock this iPTIST CHURCH 1 1 I. V sty of Ridgecrest, N. C. "On Sunday, March 2, Bro. Dew began the meeting which has truly sw?pt the little city and surrounding country. Visitors from Macon, Atlanta and nearer towns in Georgia and Alabama were present. * * * The meeting continued throughout two weeks with unabated interest and power. The greatest of all was last Sunday night. That a meeting never to be forgotten by all who crowded the church to its utmost capacity. * * * One of the most notable features was the great number of strong big leading business men who were baptised. The financial strength added to the church will not fall below one and a half million dollars." concern of the whole country. Anything that advances a part of the country benefits the whole country. N'oi onlv because of this but because of our interests in an affection for all things American in every part of our country, we wish you success." o OLIN PERRITT MARRIED. Olin Perritt, star baseball player and soldier, was in Columbia yesterday on his honeymoon. The famous athelete and Miss Lalah Cherry were married Thursday at the Dome of the bride in Tarboro, N. C. Olin Perritt was one of the best baseball players who ever appeared at the University of South Carolina and after leaving college played great ball in the North Carolina and South Atlantic Leagues. He served with the One Hundred and Fourteenth Machine Gun Battalion of the Thirtieth Division, being promoted to the rank of lieutenant before the war "was over. He was wounded while fighting with Company D. (Columbia ^lachine Company t in France. Mr. Perritt is now representing the Plugit automobile tire company with headquarters in Florence. Mr. Perritt is well known among bare-hall fans. He is an nephew of Mrs. W. C. Bracey. o (ipnernl Sessions ? ourr. Court of General Sessions adjourned after a brief session Monday. There were only a few cases and a? ;ill o: these entered plea of guilty ihe session was over in a few hours, judge Mrlver of Cheraw presided and -solicit'1!' Spears and Stenographer K'lsro were at their posts. Judge Mc'vvr ?eturned to Cheraw Monday aflernoon through the country. o Subscribe to The Dillon Herald. J2 jer year in advance. i i IX HONOR OF MVLLINS BOY. Torpedo Boat Destroyer is Named After Lieut. Yarboro. i Mullins, June 8?Mr. George H. Yarboro, of Mullins, has received a 'telegram from Hon. Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy, amruncing .that the tropedo boat destroyer No.. 314, now being built at Bethlehem Shipyards, San Francisco, Cal., had I been named in honor of his son' Lieut. George H. Yarboro, Jr., who; was wounded on June 23 in the bat- j tie of Belleau wood and died on June 27, 1918. The Secretary of the Navy request- j ed Mr. Yarboro to name a sponsor; for the launching of the vessel, which j is soon to take place at San Francis-1 CO. Miss Kato r\t ui X-lurence, was named by Mr. Yarboro. The following is a copy of the teleigram received from Secretary Daniels: "Mr. G. H. Yarboro, Mullins, S. C., I have today assigned the name of Yarboro to torpedo boat destroyer No. 314, building at Bethlehem Shipbuild ing Company, California, in honor of i your son, Lieut. George Yarboro, Jr., U. S. M. C. Will you be kind enough 1 to designate a sponsor for this vessel, which is to be launched soon at 'San Francisco? Josephus Daniels.! Lieut. Yarboro graduated from the; Citadel in 1916 and soon after volunteered for service with the marine corps. , o PLAX STREET IMPROVEMENT ! Mayor Hamer Considering Ways and Means of Paving Business i Section. Mayor Hamer has under consideration plans for paving the business section from Fourth avenue to the Court House and from Harrison street to a point below the freight station. Seventy-five per cert of the town's traffic goes over this area and it is difficult to move heavy loads over it in rainy weather. Mayor Hamer is looking into the act passed by the general assembly five years ago whereby abutting property owners can be assessed one-half the cost of the improvements. This law was passed with the idea of ;uiuk.mis mese miprovements-but the ; war came along and the project was abandoned. As soon as he has worked out the details of the plan Mayor I Hamer will take it up with the property owners in this district. The price of concrete and other paving materials shows a downward trend and the opinion is advanced that thjs may be 'the best time to begin the work. I There is no doubting the fact that these improvements will add greatly i to the appearance of the business dis! trict, and the enhancement in the val_ 'ue of the abutting property should be I many times more than the cost 0f the .paving. It is an improvement that has jbeen needed for many years and it is ! hoped that Mayor Hamer will sucJceed in carrying out his plans. i n To Extend Town Limits. Signatures are being secured to a petition to be presented to Council asking for an election on the question of extending the town limits one mile each way from the centre of town. The corporate, limits at present expend only one-half mile each way from the centre of town. The town is laid ! U ? . Tl. I ui/ 111 a in u<:. i ne amiuics piuviuc i 'that separate elections shall be held ;in the corporate limits of the town and , I in the area proposed to be annexed a'.! I which qualified electors shall vote. A ]majority vote within and without the |town limits will be necessary to cany] the election. A great majority of the voters reside in the eastern suburbs' |and it is likely that the election willj I be held where the voting place v/:ll be most convenient to the largest number i of voters. The petition will be present-! led to council as soon as the necessary j number of names is secured. o Pension Notice. A!! pensioners will please take no-: :tice that the time for filing applica-, itions for pensions has been extended, to Monday, June 16th. If you fail to | file your application on or before that date your application cannot be acted upon. Applications should be filed ; with Judge Joe Cabell Davis at the j court house. Remember the time is up ' Monday June 16th. W. B. ALLEN, Chairman. o 1 Mrs. F. H. Hayes of Lake View is I visiting Mrs. M. M. Miller. ?o? The Zion section suffered heavily .from hail during the storm that pass-' |ed over this section Sunday afternoon. | Cotton and corn were badly damaged while tobacco is a total loss. Fortu. nately the damage does not extend over a wide area, but where the hail fell the loss is heavy. ?o? It is reported that the Campbells Bridge section was visited by a terrific rain nr.d thunder storm Tuesday afternoon. The rain fell in torrents and the water stood two feet deep in many fields. The heaviest rainfall seemed to be between Mr. J. II. Ber-1 ry's place and Maple Swamp. o Rev. H. A. Willis, former pastor of the Baptist church, spent yesterday! in town shaking hands with his numerous Dillon friends. Mr. Willis cojne| :down from Virginia to attend the unveiling of the memorial to Lieut.! John David at Charleston today. ' I IHE "BIG FOUR" ON ROUGH SEAS THINGS NOT GOING SMOOTHLY IN PEACE CONFERENCE CIRCLES Senator Knox Still Trjing to Make Political Capital Out r\f Tl'PfltlV Again come reports from Paris that all is not going smoothly in the Council of Four as regards the definite settlement of points under argument relating to the German peace treaty. ? While it has been asserted that the final answer of the Allied and associated powers to the counter proposals , of the Germans probably would be ready for delivery to the Germans at Versailles not later than Friday of this week, late dispatches declare that some of the larger questions at issue have not been solved and that considerable pessimism prevails as a result of this situation. Questions Unsolved. Notable among the points upon which no agreement has been reached according to reports is the" Silesian question and the matter of the Polish western frontier. Added to this is the implacable stand of the French Premier Si. Clemenceau against any modifications in the peace terms, contrary to the attitude of President Wilson an.i Prpmipr I.lnvrt fJpnrcp nt Clrerat 'Britain, who are declared to have recognized the necessity of lessening somewhat the demands in certkin clauses of the treaty, which would not fundamentally affect the severity of the document as a whole. Opposition by Senate. In accordance with a resolution introduced in the United States Senate the peace conference^at Paris would be notified of opposition to be offered to ratification of the treaty if it should be submitted to the Senate in its present form. Senator Philander C. Knbx, a former Secretary of State, introduced the resolution, which was submitted to the foreign relations committee. ? o SAYS PEACE TERMS ARE IMPOSSIBLE. i Mean Nation's Death Declare* President of Austria. Vienna, Saturday, June 7.?The peace terms presented to Austria are impossible and mean the death of the country by starvation, President Seitz declared in bis address opening the extraordinary session of the National__ Assembly today. The galleries were" filled and the floor cofitained a large portion of the members of the assembly, including two women. The session was orderly. Foreign Minister Bauer made a report on his conference at Feldkirch ;with Dr. Renner, head of the Austrian peace delegation. Bauer, who is not popular either in Vienna or in the i country, and who is generally referred to as a "Bolshevik," was listened to quietly while he read sixx pages of manuscript. Gives Vent to Wrath*. After declaring that the treaty was a piece of hate, the foreign minister realized .his personal wrath against the Czechs, who, he said, had taken all of Austria's sugar and other industries. The loss of German Bohemia to Austria, he added, meant not. merely the subjection of 3,5000,000 Germans to foreign rule, but the los> of the most valuable parts of GermanAustria industrially and agriculturally Bauer declared that the people of the Tyrol, who love freedom above life, would never submit to the peace terms, and that they, as well as the Germans of Bohemia, had the sympathy of all Germans. German South Tyrol. He added that several months ago the Austrian Government had submitted to the Italian. Government the draft of a treaty under which German South Tyrol would remain with Austria constitutionally and economically but as a neutral military zone. Dr. Bauer said he hoped the Italian Government, which up to this time had been unable to enter into direct negotiations, would not refuse to discuss its proposal at St. Germain. He said there was danger of aiv irredenta movement in German South Tyrol, remarking that the German people might hope gradually to win the friendship of Italy, but it would be a misfortune to both if the annexation of German South Tyrol provented this. \ D wl !rr WTaetortl HlinPflrV flnfi Iirsniuiiif, vo.v... ............ the frontiers of Carinthia and Syria, the foreign minister added, the Austrian peace delegation would propose plebiscites under neutral control. Austria, he declared, must also have direct communication with Italy for commercial reasons. o TO PREVENT COLLISIONS. Jacksonville Machinist to Submit Invention to Government. Anniston, Ala., June 9?Allen Hutsey, machinist in a Jacksonville ship yard, is en route to Washington to submit an invention to the railroad administration which is designed to prevent railway collisions. The device is controlled by electricity and would prevent trains moving in opposite direction coming within three miles of one another without signaling in locomotive cabs, releasing the emergency brakes at the same time.