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9 |=p~g| jjljjf StUmt ?pral&. Ibf*8**: ESTABLISHED 1894 THE DILLON HERALD, DILLON SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY .MORNING, OCTOBER 28, 1920. *0L- N0* 8 .MAXHANDLED B\ MOB. Out* Peter McMahou tu New Yoiu Tells Siorj iti Dough Treatment at Hands ol a South Carolina Mob. A Philadelphia dispatch of October ?u gives the following: Peter McMahon 01 Yonker, !?. his wrists scarred by a rope and his back bearing 'he marks of a whiplett a northbound Pennsylvania railroad train here today ana sought the police tor medical attention. He says he was seized anu whipped Monday night, a few miles outside oi Trenton, 6. C., after he attempted to assist a young woman of Aiken, S. C., in a settlement which involved a division of her father's estate. W Hus underclothing was stiff with ^ blood and, besides lash marks, his uody ana neck bore the marks oi ropes with which he said his tormentors had attempted to hang him. Po* lice here ar e investigating his story ot attempted lynching ana mistreatment. McMahon, who is 55 years old, saia he believed his assailants were adopting methods oi the Ku Klux Klau. He said he was seized when he lelt the train at Trenton, S. C., and was driven into the country in an automobile. At the point where his mistreatment occurred, he said, eight men, .wearing white hoods, gathered a:onna and beat him. They threw a rope around my neck, then tried to put the other enu ovtr a tree but it would not reach,'* McMahon said at the Hanmman hospital toaay. "After a severe beat iiig tne ait-ii icld me they had defined to let me go. Then tney drove me to Denmark, S. C. They gave me money to buy my ticket to New York, alter making me promise 1 would not return." AiC.vlahon said he was too weak to leave the train at n'ashingtou. Hcto.u the police lie was friend and aa\istr 01 the young women and that her lather lives at Aiken. Recently, according, to McMahon, the lather made a uivisiou of nis property among ms children. Her share was #50.000. "1 did not believe that sufficient", he said, "ana she una I went to Aiken last week to see it we couid not get fa better share for her." From Columbia conies the tallowing: Denial is made in telephone advices from Aiken today that any white-cap activities have taken piace in Aik? n or Edeelieid counties in con * nection with the vi&:t of Peter McMabon to that section. o GEORGIA NEGROES RETURNING ' BY THOUSANDS FROM THE NORTH AND EAST. Macon, Ga., Oct. 13 ?Thousands of Georgia negroes who migrated to the North ana East soon alter the outbreak of the war, iured oy high wages oifered in industrial plants, are returning to Georgia, ana hundreds a others, unable to make the homeward trek because of lack of luuus, are sending appeals to ihe.r lot mt i employers for tickets on which to travel back to Dixie. Notice contained in the newspapers of Macon from southern counties ui o<-u!g:a chronicle the return ot many lamMies ana appeals from even larger numb rs for funds with which to reiuin to their native homes. Y.uucllj all of those who lemrn ana thus... who are writing for 'ci to state that tUey have been t!iu- u out 01 tini-it jnient and now tin 1 t ,e. >selves faced with the prospect of a hard winter ih a strange land. Returning negroes all tell the same story. The high wages received counted tor little with tnem, as they were more than onset by the hign cost ot life industrial centers to which they we^it. Practically all of them return to tneir old homes penniless, giud to have saved enough from their high wages to purchase the precious pasteboards which mean transportation back to the luDd of toiton, sweet potatoes, iiee quarters and free firewood. Dr. Duncan hi FlorenceDr. and Mr?. Watson B. Duncan spent last week in Florence where Dr. Duncan lectured every night to the Sunaay school Training Confer* no* neid in Central Methodist Church. The Florence Daily Times of last Friuay had the following to say: "The training school for Sunday school teach* rs, that has been in progress at Central Methodist churcn since Sunday, will come to an er.d tonight with an address by Dr. Watson ii Duncan of Dillon at S:1U? o'clock. Tnis is the fifth of a series of talks that Dr. Duncan has been giving each .night in nis inimitable way, to the i charm and delight of alf who hear * him. mF The school has been well patron iz\ * ?l and Instructors Ford. Miss St < (lath and McCoy are to bo eoiigrut;. lated upon its .-ucce.-s. The ,'UUlio s urged to a'teiid tli.s last s* s.ion." * o I.irnbt rton Kob? soman. M5:> Annie Randolph o: H* nd? rson a::;; Mr. William Crave r t>f Dilluu. S C.. wt re marriea in h? oi::.\ ii ?i-uiflt r o! L?t* ds .M. \V. Ficyd. Hatir day afternoon ai -1 o i: dui k. J M. G. Mcivci.zit of Ivi.r t*d. This \va the 3aOth couple joined in wedlock by Justice McKenzie. COLD BLOODED MIKDE1L I'uited States .Marines Trying to Whitewash Dastard)) Deed. Details of the killing of two native Haitians on orders ot an insane noncommissioned ol'tieer ol the American marines were learned in Washington | Tuesday, says an Associated Press dispatch. it was this incident which caused General Barnett to make his charge of indiscriminate killings oy uie American torces occupying Haiti. General Bai rn it wih be the first witness beiore the board ot na\al inquiry (which is to start an investigation ot die charges Friday. The details of Killing of two natives without trial came out in the court martial of a sergeant and two men who acted on his ordei's. The two Haitians were Leonard Placiae and Destine Jean, who were shot at Croix de Bouquets on the night of May 22. 1919. One had.been arrested for "working magic" and the other for theft. They were taken ftoui jail by the sergeant, and ordered to dig their own graves, the evidence in the courtmartials shows. Kerosene is said to have been poured over Placiae's head, only a high wind blowing out matches preventing him from utmg tortured by fire. Tne sergeant is then said to have assembled his firing squad, which besides two marines, contained three native gendarmes, and a civilian mechanic, and having ordered them to shoot the prisoners. When the Haitians failed to fall at the first volley, tne sergeant is charged with finishing them oif with his revolver. At the courtmartial it was brought out that the sergeant was hopelessly insane and the two privates, it is understood, were acquitted as they acted on orders of a superior. During the courtmartial the counsel for the sergeant declared this was not the only case of killing of natives ! without trial. It is understood thai I this will be explained before the nav jal board on the ground 01 mimaio (necessity. It is pointed out that when then marines took "cacos,"' or native bandits, they shoot them because they had not sulticient tnen to guard the prisoners. It released the "cacos" would 111 form tce;r fellows of the position of the marines who usually weie outnumbered ano far irom their base. The "cacos" themselves took no prisoners it is said. ! A l .Mgl E CASE OF "liEA'll.W. THE BEAKS." W. .M. Frierson Won't Sell Till Long | Maple Keaehes $1.00 A l\tuud. (Florence Times. I A unique case of "beating the bears'* in the present cotton situation, is reported 1:1 the lower end of Florence count}. It is being reported tc ja. a. Wannamaker, president of the American Cotton Association lor possible recommendation to cotton p.antjers of ;ne South. \V. M. Frierson, of Lynchourg, is ;ouiiding an individual cotton storage j warehouse unuer the provisions 01 the South Carolina laws. He expect# 10 put 17a 01 -'t?0 oa.es 01 long staple ! cotton in it this season. Then he is going to make his will pertaining to aiis cotton. .vir. Frierson has a young son, about su\ years of age, named Jack, lie is filing to win tms cotton to Jacck, un ili-n ,t i< tfi tie sold I Ut'l liitr y i \j ? iciv.i ?v ? ? !"when it will bringq $1 per p<. ? Snouid ion^ staple not bring <1 pet pound, within me lite oi Jack, the j cotton is to handed down the line ?to Jack's son; to Jack's son's son, i ana so on till t tie re is a uoiiat inaiket ! tor long staple. Willie waiting tor that "dollar market", Air. 1-rietson is going to occupy niuisen at memorializing ms insianc loi storing cotton, fie is going to tic..t II ne word "Jack" pa in leu in nig lotlurs acioss uie tront oi his waienoust 'so mat everyone will know or learun ,oi the circumstances. i My. f uel son is reputtd one of the ;wealthiest anc biggest cotton p.anteit jets in sotitti Carolina. o 1HL? AkTLIi &HOKT 1LL.NKSS I |thai-Lie Bennett Bussed Away at Little Hock La-l Tuesday. Mr. Charlie Bennett of Little Rock i(lied last Tuesuay nignt alter a bri-.t j niiitss. Air. Bennett was in Dillon i't.esday anu retained home aniout 1 io'cigck. At 4 o clock that ai'ernoou no cOmihuineU of leeling unwell anu iwtni to ueu. His coiiumon became selious auu physicians wert summoned, but he lapsed into unconsciousness jario uieu about J o'clock that night. Air. Bennett was 4i? yvars ol age anu . aves a wile and several cniiu:-ii. :iv operated a blacksmith <hop at Littic hock. The bod \ was taken to ..uuibenon. Xir. Bennett's native home. ! interment. County TtMilifl'x' .Meeting Next S.?tunlay. The i:U n t.'o.Teachers" Assoe at ion will hjiu its tirsi meeting o; the sci.uo! yeai Sat'.rday, Oct* !> 1 : !at oe.o<k. I'n? an t ting will t?? :< i.- !m..' :i s'c.iOiti An<. itoriti:/!. j Aec?<ru: .*r o a i? solution whirl; ! ! %ailed at ?: la.-' i.e?ilic <?| :It* {association ti.? teachers will orgutiizt ih- iollo'vini: dt j-ar:a?':its: Iteparui. m : riniaty T*a In i s. De! partt:n :it I::T?: :n diai*? 1 e.u-her:-. and l D< parti.: at Hiv a.Sc.i<.>oi "i\'ache;s. Dr. S. 11 Edmunds of Stimiri will addles* the gvmral meeting. COUNTY FA III A SUCCESS. Everybody Drli&hted With Splendid Ciilcction ui Exhibits. In point of exhibits attractively displayed Dillon County's first lair was a success. The attendance did not come up to expectations, but ihe men behind the movement are very nnich ; gratified to know tuat everybody who attended the fair spoke in the most jcomplimentary terms of the many initeresting and attractive exhibits, and pronounced it one of the be.-t county. I fairs in the state. The attendance was I cut down by the good weather prevailing which enabled many people to igather cotton, but even in the face of I these conditions the total receipts amounted to something like $5,5i)0. litis amount will just about pay e.xI penses, but as the fair was not estab ! li.-heu as a money-making institution the men behind tbe movement are not disappointed. The live stock exhibit was splendid. As visitors passed through this department they were heard to remark, "Well, I had no idea there were so many fine hogs in Dillon county." The cattie exhibit showed up equally as well. There were many attractive exhibits at the tair, but without discrediting the others, it may oe saia that the Dillon High School agricultural exhibit was one of the most interesting seen at the fair. It was artistically arranged and showed how a small larm crop should be diversified under boll weevil conditions. A list of the prize winners is being i prepared by the committees 011 exjnibits ana will be published in the I next issue of The Herala. ! j .NO ROOM FOR PESSIMISM. j South Carolina Will .Not Suffer, Says Director V.. \V. Long, CK-mson College, Oct. Zi?"*.i 'cotton selling around the 20-eent iev;el, at least GO percent 01 the crop (must go to pay for the fertilizers I used ana the expense 01 picking ana ginning", says Director \V. \V. Long ot the Extension Set vice of Clemson College, "ana I am more convinced than ever 0: tLe correctness of the ;position ot the Extension St 1 vice ii Iadvocating a well balanced system of I diversified agriculture, itecenuy, in jurging increased acieage in cover j crops to enrich our soils, I pointed jout that oty iertnizer bills would itotal $50,ou0,0bU and that it woulu 1 take over ZaO.OUO baies at 4?j cents, i or 3oO,uOO baies at UO cents, to pay !this fertilizer bill.-With cotton at |2o cents it will take abo.dUO bale.-. I or *0 per cent of the crop, to pay the i fertilizer tilli kione. Add to tnis lbU, ! uvO bales to pay ior lucking ana 60,iOOu Dales ior ginning, anc we have ;a tclal ot 740,vOo btwes, o; 60 per jceni ot the estimator. yield. "Tiife ngures speax muxe convineJingly than any one can say oi' the I soundness ol tiie tioctrin- o! diversitiIcanon. Only the lariutr wlio has folI lowea uiversitiet: laiming tnis year is .on tat sale side. I ".but we .must not b- pessimistic. There is no room lor gloom or uesIpoudency. .\'oiwiuists.ii?;ng the great I losses in liie slump in cotton prices, i we nave luucn to be ihunuiui lor, b-,cause our food and fted ciops are lauumiaiit and \aiuable. The corn crop ' I which in early suiiihur piomiaea to i Oe a poor one on small acreage, now pioinises i by reason of the tanners' 'response to tne cuil for increased acreage and better cultivation. and the ravorable seasonsi to be around 44,iboO.d'jO busi.ei.. the la:-est in oui II ' - ! I*-, r.wrtril v?vu mv 'yit'icl of 1017 by about lour miliim ' oushels. "Tnen, too, wp have more hogs in thc state than ever before; and our live stork is increasing raj.ioly m number and value. We iiave ar. immense crop oi liii" hay; and we have xce,.; .eiiai yields ot sirup, a otg crop 'cl .-weel potatoes, etc. "Now 11 our people will turn attention as early as possible to seeding ot a iaige gra.n crop, there is uo I danger ot want 01 loou or leed or ot I Oeing forced to the expense ot buying lliiese things irot.i ouier states with 'the money trotn low priced cotton. "Tne newspapers ot October 21st ' any an interesting article Horn Secretary H. 0. Hester, ot the Now Orleans Cotton Exchange, wtio makes tne statement that there is nothing I the matter with the South beyond an 1 unreasonable siaiv in cotton, and points out that this decline, the preat'est in the history ol the market, was due largely to the fact that :n tru past ten weeKs mors than l.OoO.oOO. 000. bales oi spot cotton ha\e literaij.y been thrown overboard withou. I rime or rtason. It we make tip our in)lids thai conditions are not as bau (a*- tin-y set-in and everyone* can catch 'I the spirit oi optimism, m a short time iti.nas will leadjUM themselves. Let> think about iiicr?*asir.si our food cropfall, thus accomplish!!!!: two pur'< pus* s ? tiiniisiiiiic foou lor all our i people ant: reduciur our cottou ae! it ace. I oi k. 1 Miss Nannie It-!!* Taylor o' While'vi 1! *. N. f . sp un Sunday wi'h Mr iam'. M:-s. t K "laylor. < Mi-s'.-rs. Hurt Kober's a: u t,'a:r'?i 1 II o: Woitord oilec- Fninc I School spent a itw days at .10:10 ;a; v.t < i;. .Mrs. Annv Cnr:iii<*l:.v ! ha- r? *1 td home from Rowland. N. L.. wlnta lit- visited I?r. and Mr- T W. Carunchael. S. A. Los-lie S p? lit ill' Wt( k 1 end at Marion. SOLDIER KILLS SISTER. Committed Deed at Her Request toj Relieve Her Sintering. ; Johann Strugger, formerly a cap-| 'tain in the Australian arnty, has been! arrested on a charge of murder for j shooting and killing his sister at her' I own request, according to a dispatch 'front Constance, Switzerland. The' sister suffered a fracture of her spine j ; in an Aipine acciuent last year, knew! her illness to be incurable and had i rt pt atedly begged the physicians ol a l sanitarium of which she was a patient j J to telieve her of her sufferings by an' ovtrdose of morphine. Sirugger delivered an ultimatum to I the physicians that if they failed to I comply with pis sister's wishes within I hive days be would shoot her himself.! iThis he did with the full consent of i the girl. o : WILL ASK HEN'S TO STOP MONTH j 1 Louisiana Governor to Iksuo I'rocla-j mat ion. New Orleans. Oct., 24?Gov. John j M. Parker will tomorrow issue a proclamation culling upon all cotton gin 'owners in the state of Louisiana to close their gins for a period of 20 j days beginning November 1 in an el ! lort to give new life to ttie cotton i market. Promoters of the movement to close the gins are daily receiving promises of cooperation from all sections of the South and already several hundred gin owners have declared themselves in readiness to close theii 1 gins as long as may be necessary. In addition to issuing his proclamation, asking the gins to close, Governor Parker will, at the same time, iaddress communications to the gov-1 ; ernors of all the cotton producing i states asking them to issue a similar | pioclamaiion. Tne appeal of \V. B. Thopson.l ipit-sideni o: the Louisiana division! iof the American Cotton association,! ito the tne cotton men of the South, to-i 1 gt-iher with the action of Governor! Parker, is expected to bring ginning! (operations to a virtual standstill not I later than November 1. i Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas ! iare already fairly well organized foi | jibe closing campaign and telegrams from leading cotton men from other I :states indicate that they will not be far behind in closing down. In addition to the movement lookling to the closing of the gins, preparations aj-e already under way in many sections to secure a large reduction in cotton acreage next year. I The Texas association has notified |the Louisiana division that under a sworn pledge the crop in that state jwill be reduced one-third. From ;Alabama came the declaration that I among the farms to be turned to jother uses are allowed to lie idle next vtar, is one 100,000 acre plantation. I Amounts Received by General Willie Jones from the Different Counties ci ibe !?tute for <he Deiiiocr.ilie I k-unti ? Oct. 2.5, 1 1)20. I County. Amount [Abbeville $201.50 J Aiken 41$.00 ! Allendale 305.00 I Anderson 7 o 1.00 Bamberg 150. oil [Barnwell 250.00 Beaufort 9.oo ; Bet keley 13.00 Calhoun __20U.oo j cr.ariestou __ 2,1*4.65 l.ifh.itui' 2*3.60 i CI.* Her 857.00 Chest* rfieid 1*0.oo jCla nndon 194.00 COileton 4 S.i j iDnrhi.gton __ 1,255.25 Dillon *17.93 Do: Chester lol.Oo i Ltigetield 552.3* [Fairfield __ __ 274.00 ' Florence __ __ 69.0'J 'C<'urgetown __ __ __ __ __ -- 26.00 i Greenville .-1,5*1.21 j tii? enwoou 51;?.oo .Hamilton __ 1*7.75 jHoiry ? ? .. 252.00 [Jasper ! Keisiiaw ? 211.00 Lain.isitr l.oia.oc LuUkmis 367.us i Lee 405.00 j Lcdh^ton SOT.50 . icCo;L.icii _ __ Soli.oo Marion ? ?3&G.75 .Marlboro 4 67.75 Newutrry 1,007.50 jOconre __ -- __ 476.00 Oruapeburg __ 551. Pickens __ __ __ ? S4 i.o i iiu-bl;.nd __ 4,313.65 S...Ui:.; -- 101.05 I Sp-arianburg __ 1.0;* 1 .?.? ' s>umur ? ? __ OS 7.5o i jii'mi ____________ __ 7os.uo { \\ uii it:..-bur s. ... __ 506.-2.: York _ .. 757.01 ITuTAi. J5.7ii7.7 I ' Services air Mcth<*<Ii>t Church. ? . \? s. j I ii r< { I ?""1 * | \\ ill.-Oil i'l. iniULUl,. pilfJOV SlllHii.. i r iioul CI.. Mr. \V. M :i .. jMijier.utenden:. ;t; 11 ... Iand 7 ;-v ! . in. t?> ii.? ; Murniiu Subjtc: "The ! >::. ; 1 :? o'.or. ' on t-> . ? :.j y ;.|-I - will i.. !i i- n ? .: Ev?'in - w > . ] ; Sa\- A'! Men?" K'a:.'-' . - .? - r M-rv?c?* tn <: > ! 7 : * " p. til.. !i lowed by choit . . ?u*? j I\iblic cord:;!!1;, ill'. :? ?! ' Mr. Tom Miller of Lynch l-u it. ^ C : ji? n? the wt !: end wth Mr T .S Kictibouri:. LORD MAYOR DIES IX BIUXTOX PRISON ilody M ill Be Removed Secretly to Cork for Burial by Officials, it !s Believe*I. ?i London, Oct. 25?Terence MacSwiney, lord mayor of Cork, the most piominent of the Irish hunger strikers and said to have been the brains o; ti4e republican army in Ireland, uieu early eoday in Brixton prison. The end was not unexpected for the lord mayor had been unconscious lot several days. He was entering upot the seventy-fourth day of his hunget strike as a protest against a sentence of two years' imprisonment on several charges, including cne of having seditious documents in his possession. Only his brother, John MacSwiney. and his private chaplain, Father Dominic, were with him when he died. Mrs. Mactswiney and the prisoner's '? A cict^rs Annie and Mary, were at ft nearby hotel. The lord mayor, who was terribly emaciated as a result of his long abstinence from food, had been delirious lor many hours, and was unconscious when death came. Family ltoarhes Prison, It was several hours after the lord mayor died before his brother was permitted to tell Mrs. MacSwiney the sad news. She immediately went to the prison, accompanied by her parents and the Misses MacSwiney, and the family, stoical and dry-eyed prayed over the body as it lay on the cot. There were no untoward demonstrations outside the prison after the news of MacSwiney's death became generally known. A lar'ge force of ponce had been concentrated to put down any disorder that might occur. It was said at the prison that the reason for withholding permission to John MacSwiney to inform the dying man's relative of his condition was that it was in the prisoner's interests. Just before MacSwiney died Father Dominic and John MacSwiney knelt at the bedside and ottered up prayeis. The priest administered the rites oi extreme unction. To Take liody to Cork, if is well within the possibilities that the uody will be taken to Coik I secretly in order to avoid unpleasant results trom whatever demonstrations ;m:glit be arranged in England ana | Ireland along the route traversed by t'.ain bearing the body. There is no I intimation tnat any otricial advocates ;reiusai 10 send it to Cork. The home otfice in charge of prisjons, which would control the movement of the body in England, said 'true 110 plan for the removal of tin body had been officially considered. I At the Irish office it was declared 'that no plan had been formulated loi tue transler ui the body to Ireland una mat final decision on this point would rest solely with Dublin Castie, it is within the powers of the homt oil ice to gi\e up the body of a prisoner in whatever way.is deemed most expedient. It is pointed out that it cuuid legally transfer the body in secret to some out of the way port and late.* to a government vessel and deliver it at Cork. I u 1 A Ml.\ L 1'lihVAil-S i\ 1'AuT Ol' CHI.NA i -( PKftMrtMi People A i f Said to lie it l auger it Deal a Hunt .Starvation. Vw n.. nftiidiiif :.< in Chihli. Shan .-i. snai.uing, and Honan provinces, iii Liu...c, (idc iu repeated ligut crops iollov.vd by almost complete failure inis summer art- reported by iuvtsDgatois to be tbt* worst in years. It is estimated that 20.uuu.0uu people ar<. in perily of death from starvation aiu: disease during the coining wintei unless help' on a lame scale Thousands of families are alr?au> aiou; making their way northward in the i.ope 01 iiudiiig it.ud ana employa.ebt. tubers are selling their belouy':i;gs piecemeal to procure ?oou a; g:?atl> advanced prices. Farm anu draught animajs a;? b? iug disposed ct ,lor a song lor lack 01 louder to keep 'them and fuel to cook tium if sluagli|tered. Dr. F .F. Tucker of Tehchow, Shantung. i roviace. and Dr. F. J. I'eill. ot ' Siaochang. also in Shantung, report tnul o tag without food and unable t?# buy it. people are living on weeds and (tie leaws ol trees, cotton se? d and brftn. Children. ?specially girls, te.ug sold or given away, the; John Griffith, of th? Canadian l'res! ;. teraui Mission. Ctiangteho. North HuMuri writes: "The last fading'hope was tliat at least .. crip of quick maturing buckwheat might be secured utter a lnt? tail:. Hut no rain has- coir.*- and that hope is now entitely gone. Kv-ry road notthwat'd swarms with thn hungerp::ichfii human;!;. Tie l'? kina-Hai;kow railway i> geneto tsly allow.! a relative to travel ftv# i n all trains in uini tor South Hunan and Hupt h and th'se at- < rowiteu witn famtle ? having many littl- children or olu pe'<p.,. \% no cannot face in- trek o.i li.? mo it.tain toads to Shansi am. 'I ! At.ieric; a i;? d ?.'ros- has a' ' e | '.iiiiiiiiii f (i the tila ii China ttn<! Japat : .1 ' o! <: a larti .no .n < : . < < tinmit.it} I aia at seller*. T' will be ,1 11 tiimuhi'y Fair 1 !! -- .-< :>ool iioi:s? ? : 1 Ftida.' . Oc'e 'c : L"?th. b- ginning at 4 o'clock Ti.li'iti - 1* r-i.alh invit'd t< attend I A 'CAN'T VOTE FOK HARDING.'' Says Man Just Before He Walks U+ His Heath. Niagara Falls Fails, N. Y., Oct. VI?before the eyes of a score of sigb-l - * " seers at Prospect Point late today a man climbed over the railing waded, vntt into the river and was carried over the American falls. Too astonished lo act, the spectators sluou by whi:? tiie man drifted to the brink waving ..a. hands and shouting. "Here's where 1 leave you: goodbye.'' m a oiacK ueroy iounu near vu?j plate where the man climbed the failing was found a piece of paper ou which was written: "This hat belongs to Carl A. Ellis, of Hamburg, N. Y." The description of the suicide corresponds to that of I Ellis, who could not be located iu Hamburg, tonight. The owner of a souvenir stand near the falls told tha police tha t the man approached him and laughingly said:. "Well, I can't vote lor Harding, so I may as well go over the falls." o COLORED FAIR POSTPONED. The promoters of the Colored Pair which was to have been held thin week met Saturday and decided to postpone the fair 30 days. The main, reason for reaching this decision was oecause there is so much cotton in the fields which should be gathered while the weather is good, and another reason was that the promoters needed more time in which to prepare lor the fair. The colored folks are very much interested in the move nu-nt and are laying plans to hold a. fair that will be a distinct credit to their race. Dillon county number*? i among its colored population many splendid farmers and there is e*e*y reason to believe they will get together a large collection of interesting and attractive exhibits. The committee has not decided on the exact dale on which the fair will be held, but. when they reach this decision jhv dales will be announced through the columns of The Herald. o JlTKli: INDICTED FOR Kl.WI.Vti DIVORCE MILT*. Alabama Jurist Charged With Distiltri tuning of Fraudulent Divorce Decrees. Anniston, Ala., Oct. 26? Judge Jas F. Creen, who was arrested here on October 12 on a Federal warrant ! charging use of the mails to defraud [land who is ai present dangerously ill at his home here, was indicted thi*> [afternoon by the Federal grand jury | under five specific counts, the governjnient's allegation being that JudgeCreen had distributed a large number lot fraudulent divorce decrees bearing; 'the forged signatures of court officials, and tor which Creen receivi-d a uniform price of $25 each. According to a statement that afternoon by Assistant District Attorney i;J. C. Smith, of Birmingham, th?s government's investigation has rticlosed that the u -lawful divorno mill 'has been in operation since 19 IK, at' the result of which many illegal nrurjriages have been contracted and a .'number 01 illegitimate children born. Judge Creep was retorted today h> i* his physicians as b'-ing too ill to b?* t it sen to the i'taeral court loom, even on a stretcher, and the case will go |over until the May term of Federal court. Most ol" tl-.i alleged fraudulent idivorces charged against the Annis, 'on man were sold to persons living in Georgia, acccrdlng to Assistant 'District Attorney Smith. o I I IKK IDKSTIIOVS GINNING I'KANT IX SOI Til CAItO KIN A. . ! Aiken, S. C.. Oct. 26?Klre thought to be of incemlary origin destroyed 'the large ginnery of H. 1'. Hug Ices. mar Graniuville, last night. about ,'9:30 o'clock. Thirty bales of cotton and 3.00(1 bushels of c ot'.on I were also destroyed by the flames. Mr. Dychess e.-timates his loss at 'aboutif 10.O00. with half insurance-. I No notice had been posted on the gir? iand it had been left unguarded n?I night. o i Mr. Sam Elfenb'in of the Klfenbmftt Company is in New York this went attending several big cost sales put. oil by New YorK joooers. ?o? Rev. W. C. Wallace, former Baptist pastor .it Lake View, but now n'i |Jonnsonville, S. C.. was among tfW visitors io town Tuesday. o Mrs. Schafei- ITuesday. Mrs. Ray Rosenstein Schafer, wib tof Mr. Sain Schafer, of Little Rock. ! died early Tuesday evening after a I brit t illness The news of Mrs. K-hafi' l's death vaine as a distinct shock <?.? I the cointiiunity. as she was ill only \v hours before sin pa.-aed away i Mrs. Schafer cann to Little Kwli i just a year ato as a yoi!'!'- bride, .net I '.;.i ha hi r b: : : :< -un li< t there ni.id* . . !i> ft".etuis wi.o (ie. ply y.i i* >'t ;:learn of !:* i untimely d-ath. Re iter, rani: a*? -in was .\i ss Kay Roe > n t> in of Baltimore. Th.. bod v. a - ; b? a la I'altiiooM .:. ... h; and i e a? v. ill b?? m.id?, !.. .1* w. s| <. : ry ;:i t h I <it v r. i?. ? . MKI:TI\<L I Tile 1* 0. (' Chapter will meet ('in horn. Mrs W. C. Moor* tin aft*. rnoon aT half past four o'clock. Mrs. Wade -ra.-khouse. F* cr* taty M