The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, January 27, 1921, Image 1
jfc . "Mfflwrtww^ " " THE DELLOlf HEKALD, MLLOH SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 87. 1921. VOL. 87. NO. ?. "' 3
^H?T*UNHAai rLAVWKIOHT
in GEORGETOWN.
Maxim Gorky Has Unique Experience 1
In the City on the Saapit
According to the London Daily
Mail. Maxim Gorky, Russia's playwright
And radical leader, had a most
unity a experience ln Georgetown, S.
C. Gorky, whos? radical Utterances
during the war did not please Europeans,
tle^ to the United States and
trareleQ around under an assumed
name. H? appeared at Georgetown
and found that he was to be impersonated
at the local theatre that
night by a man calling himself Gorky,
the author of the play, "The Lower
Depths.'" The story as told by tho
Georgetown Index i> interesting:
London, Dec. 16?Maxim Gorky, 1
the playwright and radical writer, <
had an unusual experience when '
traveling in America during his ex- >
ile from Russia, according to a story '
going the rounds here. Among the *
towns he visiter was Georgetown, S. 1
where he found one of his own
y?iys, "The Lower Depths," billed,
atKPli**r with an announcement that
our mutiiid of the performance the
Probaty.ll appear in person to sareduction
hank the audience."
Una lies iraturally went to enjoy this
secretaryfound that when the curat
wee? ?* fter the last act of hlsi
PM- ? VWui made up to resemble him
?e^%fore the footlights and told
* y^Vence in'broken English how,
_ A he felt at the reception ac-J
^ \ rtlc Hromo rinlnor ? ^
- ^ vV <>- ^ UVIUfe I WWII.1 l?jc?
e ^Jtage door, Gorky tackled his
0>" iersonator, who confessed that ho.*
perpetrated the same fraud in
iny small towns.
"I have also," he added, "passmyself
off as Rostand, Suder-i
iann end Maurice Donnay. It pleases
\he public and does the real authors
10 harm."
J /jter'y- Gorky wa8 so amused at the man's
plieek that he promised not to ex-1
pose him, and refrained from disclosing
his identity during the re-'
mainder of his brief stay in George-^
town.
& The above appeared in the London
Mail, Dec. 15th, 1920, and was re<
\ cently copied by the Baltimore Sun. I
A relative of Dr. H. M. Hucks, of
this city noticed it in the Sun and
sent a clipping to him.
Mr. E. f!. Hftnpldfn of a too tn Ihn .
I press that he remembers a pe-!
culiar person coming to the ticket,
office here and having a few words j
with him relative to the picture men-j
tioned above which was being shown, i
He did not give his name, but stated
that he knew the author _ and was
very anxious to see the production. I
>? Mr. Haselden states that the state-j
y rffcunt made by Oorky concerning the)
j* I?)\?uncement that the author would i
jmj f r *n Person at'the conclusion
? I / *.ie production ,to be absolutely
& j s'e and that no' one4 appeared at
jo footlights. 1 |
W Mr. Haselden is quite certain that '
^ Gorky wa^ the man who appeared at
A the ticket office and had a few words
J>to sav in reference to the production,
* and that he was following his pic?
tures to see bow popular they were
with the audiences.
* ? *ua -u.. ~ * /i
ah hud iiisiauuc me city ui itfurRftown
has had quite a 'bit of advertising
in tfils and foreign eounttfqp.
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81X IMfcu HWM C A it Ki jKSSN ?88.
Washinglon Courthouse, Ohio, j
Jan. zi?8>x members of the family j
ox' James Adkins, living fourteen (
miles north of here, were burned to ^
death early this morning when fire!,
destroyed their home. Adkins was fa-,
tnllv hiirnoH
The 'ire followed the explosion of i
a coal stove into which Adkins pour- ,
ed kerosene oq to hot coals in an effort
to start it quickly. (
The dead are:
Mrs. Jamea Adkins, 30; Grace Ad- ;
kins, 14; Leons Adkins, 11; Naomi
* ' . Ruth Adkins, 4; Freeda Adkins, ,
three weeks.
Walter Bennett, 70; uncle of Mrs. 1'
Adkins.
Shortly after 2 o'clock this morn-!
ing Mr. Adkins arose to heat water
for his three week old daughter, wno 1
was ill. Immediately on pouring kor-!'
oscne into the stove from a two gal-1
Ion can, the burning oil was thrown \
. . to all ***rts of the room by the explosion.
Mrs. Adkins and her baby
who occupied a bed in one corner of
th0 room were immediately enveloped
in flames. |l
The three younger children and <
Mr. Bennett occupied a single room j i
/ on the second floor of the four room ;1
' dwelling. Adkins after rushing from!
the burning building, rolled in the;'
111 uu uuu men ran nair a mile to a 1
neighbor's home. Excepting the col- '
lar his clothing was burned from
his body.
By the time neighbors arrived at ;
the dwelling it was a mass of
smoldering embers. Adkins was
brought to a hospital here where his
death Is momentarily expected. He,
|J | ; was employed as a farm laborer.
* Services at The Methodist Church.
' * * Main Street Methodist Church, Dr. .
Watson B. Duncan, Pastor.
? / '- ! S Sunday School at 10 A. M., Mr. W.
H. Mullor, Superintendent.
Preaching at 11 A. M. and 7 P. M.
C, -th? pastor. ^
Morning 9ubject: "The Efficient
m'Ja * Church."
Evening Subject: "What to Do i
With Our Troubles."
Prayer Servlc? on Wednesday at
I f. 4 P. M.
Public cordially invited to all services.
rOUNG MAW MEETS
HORRIBLE DEATH.
R. C. Murray Ground to Death by 1
Train at Bennert.
At Rennert, a small station 12
miles this side of Fayetteville, R. C.
Hurray, a brakeman on a through <
freight waB crushed to death last e
Friday morning in a most horrible c
manner. The 'freight was taking the i
liding to allow the Palmetto Limited I
:o pas8 and Murray climbed through i
the engine cab window and went out t
to the front of the engine to be ready j
to throw the switch. In some way he t
ost his footing and fell In front of the t
engine. When tho engine reached the t
iwitch gate and Murray did not make t
lis appearance the engineer beean to
ook for hira. His remains were found a
tome distance down the track, ten t
>ox cars having passed over him and
nangling his body in a most horri)le
manner. Murray had a young wife
ind several children who lived at
Ftocky Mount.
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WILD MAN 19 DRIVEN
TO LIGHT; CAUGHT HIS
WIFE IN BEAR TRAP.
Laurel, Miss., Jan. 24?Driven
from hiB cabin in the swampa along
L,eaf river by high water, Albert Parions,
an aged white man, and a worn-I
xn, who says she is his wife, were
Jrouglit to Laurel today and placed
n the county poor house. The finding
of Parsons is believed to set at
-est the reports of a wild man, current
for years, said to be living in
:his section.
Parsons says he and his wife liv- d
on wild root berries and what anilials
they were able to trap. With
hem when found was a child which
n spite of the cold, was entirely
without clothing. Parsons told the
iheriff that he caught his wife in a
ituol
.>wa nati man V y Cilia Ugo.
Authorities today were conducting
nvestigations in an effort to ascerain
whether the two year old child
lad been kidnapped.
Parsons, in good physical condition
Respite his age and the hardships of
lis life, told county authorities that
ie was in possession of homestead
'ights to property adjoining the tumile
down cabin which has been the
lome of the couple for 'years. The
:hild he declined to discuss.
The woman, he said he captured
ii a bear trap twenty three years ago
ind made her his wife. Although in:oherent
in her statement, the wouan
stated she thought she was fifty
rears old and remembered having
jeen in a fight with a wild cat some
:ime ago. One of her eyes was put
iut and her body badly scarred.
Tiru.x.% ~ -
n ucu iuunu, me man s clothes' 1
vere in tatters, the woman wore but'r
i single garment, and the child, a.1
?irl, was naked. The child was ap-!s
jarently in splendid health and she'
teemed to have been well fed. 1
Parsons was aided in his primitive s
'arming by a blind horse, which he r
?aid, he captured. \ i
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MAY CLEAR UP MYSTERY. I
1
Of Wild Man and Wife in Mississippi c
Swamp. ! v
Jackson, Jan. 24. ? Mississippi t
luthonties who have been attempting
:o uncover the history of Al.bert Par- f
ions, alleged "wild man," hts wife i
md two year old baby girl, who t
itrayed into the village of Lux lait f
Friday with a strange story of life' t
n the wilds along the Leaf river, to-:
lay received a statement from Miss v
Floyd Mabry, a Red Cross ' worker,, t
yvhich may clear the mystery. 11
Miss Mabry declared that the baby c
[s the child of the couple and also '
insert s that both Parsons and his i i
wife had reported to her weekly. 11
The couple on arriving at Lux said!
they had lived on roots, fruits and
game in the river bottoms for some
fears. Parsons said he caught the ,
woman in a bear trap twenty three, '
fears ago. She explainer the loss of I
in eye by saying it had been scratch-:
?d out by a wildcat. He gave his age;
is seventy and she said she was fifty
years of age. (
The authorities are investigating
Miss Mabry's statements and in the
meantime *be trl? are being cared for'
it the County Poorhouse at Ellis-1
fllle. !
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PETITION IN BANKRUPTCY !
Mr. W. C. Parham filed a petition!
In bankruptcy in \he United States,
Court at Charleston yesterday. His |
assets are placed at $153,665.30 and
tils liabilities are placed at $147,862.70
Mr. Parham was on of Latta's
largest and most progressive merchants
and his many friends throughout
the county will regret to learn
that he is to discontinue business. Mr.
Parham did a large business last year
and owing to the great depression in
the price of farm products and the ;
decline in the price of merchandise |
hewas unable to realize on his assets, (
and the only course left was to li- r
quidate his business. <
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The Junior Order of American MechaniCf)
will hold its annual banquet (
at the Hall room tonight, beginning
at 7:30 o'clock.
In the municipal election held at '
Marion Tuesday Palmer W. Johnson ,
was defeated for mayor by Geo. Mc- .
Kerrall by a vote of 319 to 210. Mr. ,
Johnson had served his fourth term
as mayor and had given the people a .
progressive administration.
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Motion pictures showing criminals
In action hav? been barred in Chica- i
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rEN MEET DEATH IN
BIG EXPLOSION.
Head of Company Where Gasoline
Was Being Unloaded Blames
Spontaneous Combustion.
Memphis. Jan. 24?Ten negroes
lead, approximately a score injured,
:nm? hpaKo Klw J *
c r.VUs.ul>7 laiwi;, ttuu properly
laniage estimated at 1200,000 mado
ip tbe known toll tonight of an exdosion
of Casing Head gasoline await
ng unloading from a tank car to
he plant of the Colyar Reece com>any
in North Memphis, which let go
hiB morning with a blast that wreckid
a part ot the oil plant, leveled a
dock "of frame dwellings and shook
he entire north end of the city.
Of the injured two are white persons,
L. C. Scott, superintendent of
he Reese plant, and L. C. Wilder,
ruck superintendent. Both were
>adly burned but physicians stated
on>ght they will recover.
Colvad Reese, president of the oil
lompany, attributed the explosion to
spontaneous combustion due to the
:ontact of vapor escaping from the.
ank car when the metallic cap was
emoved preparatory to unloading
he cur, came in contact with atmosihere.
The tank car, which contained
{,000 gallons of casing head gaso-j
ine, produced by the absorption pro-1
ess, was shipped here from Kelly- J
dlle, Okla., Mr. Reese stated, and 1
vas loaded in a low temperature.!
When the cap was removed, accord-!
ng to big theory, the vapor came in
ontact W'ifh milfOl hiirhor
c conditions here and the explosion;
ol lowed.
It was stated that representa- j
tves of the United States bureau of;
explosives and exports from the re-l
iiiery from which the car was ship-'
>ed will arrive tomorrow to definite-j
y determine the cause of blast. When!
;he explosion let go a row of frame
enement houses along un entire
dock were splintered and the occu>ants
blown to the street or caught
mder the falling timbers. Most of
hose killed outright were badly j
nangled while several of the injured
vere so badly burned they died soon
ifter reaching a hospital. When poice
and firemen reached the scene
he street and alleys in the vicinity!
vere littered with splintered tim-j
ters and torn and twisted household
;oods, with the dead and injured j
aught in the samc tangled maze of;
vreckage.
Andrew McKintry, the negro who
vas removing the dome from the
ank when the explosion occurred,
vas burled several hundred feet
hrough the air. He was badly
turned and died tonight. McKintry
vas quoted as saying that, when he
emoved the cap, gas rose to a height
if 20 feet and formed a pall of black
mioke which ignited and exploded.
Almost simultaneously pools of
lil on the ground caught fire #and a
lecond explosion occurred. One retort
was that McKintry used a chisel
n attempting to remove the cap
rora the car. This, however, has not
>een verified. Mr. Reese staled that
lis investigation disproved any theiry
other than that 1 the explosion
vas caused by spontaneous coinbusi
or*
1UU.
Beside the damage in the immediite
vicinity window glasses within a
adius of several blocks were shatored
by the concussion which was
clt a distance of half a mile from
he scene.
Two sheds at the plant of the Colar
Reese plant were lifted from
heir foundation. Fire which folowed
in the wake of the explosion
ompleted the work of destruction,
rhe flames wore checked, however,
>cfore they spread byond the splinered
wreckage.
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TRAdEDY I?II?N'T IMPRESS.
Vight Watclininr Saw Four Drowneil
Went Homo and Forgot It.
When an automobile loaded with
nen and women dashed into the Chiago
river and disappeared the
:ragof]y failed to excite Thomas Hanon.
a watchman says a dispatch. He
nfortJied the authorities he hod witussed
the accident Saturda - night
>ut "forgot about it."
Divers working from fire boats
Iragged a big green touring car from
hp river today but no bodies were
'ound. Search for the bodies will be
ontinued.
"I heard a big car roaring down
he street that ends at the river and
vondered wherG it could be going?"
Janlon explained. "When I saw from
he head lights it would plunge in
;he river I shouted a warning but I
?uess they did not hear me. The car
vas going 50 miles an hour. When
t went ofcer the bank I saw a man
lump and heard the women scream.
There was a splash. I followed to the
ri\er bank but there was not a thing
>n the surface to indicate where the
:ar had gone down. I went home and
'orgot about it."
llanlon claimed there were two
i?en m thA front seat and two men
ind two women in th? rear seat.
Royal H. Mvrm if io/l tVio r
is one stolen from him. Later an
>ther automobile was dragged from
.h*. same place in the river. Oscar
Lusting identified it as one stolen
'rom him in 1916. The authorities be
lev? It wag abandoned by the thieves
ind allowed to plunge o\er the em
!>ankment.
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Philadelphia ha8 mtablished a
ie pa rate court for dealing with banllta.
I COUNTY NEWS i
ANIt HAPPENINGS.
News I temp of Interest to Herald (
Keadmj Ebb and How of Che
Human Tide.
Fork. i
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Mrs. J. C. Blake and children have 1
returned to their home in Charlotte,!(
N. C. |c
Luther Carmichael of Chicago is j
spending soine time here with rela-|\
t'ves. This is his first trip home in \
nearly ten years. j i
Mrs. W. K. Fort i8 spending a few r
days at Lake View.. |<
Misses Hayes of Kemper and f
swintz of Marion were the week end 1
guests of Miss Emma Carmichael. I \
Mrs. Matthew Alleri of near Tifton,' i
Ga., spent last week here with rela-jl
tives. i i
Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Rogers and r
baby of Dillon spent Sunday here 1
with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rogers. |\
Rev. and Mrs. H. C. Carmichael c
and children of Charlotte spent sev-l
eral days here with Mrs. Annie Car-1 r
michael last week. l y
A meeting of the Fork School Im-,c
provement Association was held at I
the school building Friday afternoon, h
Jan. 21st. The following program
was rendered: , t
1 Song: "He Leadeth Me." 1
2 Bible Reading, Mrs. L. M. Rogers. 1
3 Some things Our Community 1
Needs, by Mrs. Frank Rogers. 1
4 Instrumental Solo, Mrs. Ruby;
Fort Carmichael.
5 Reading: Which Blow, by Miss
Coleen Ilethen.
8 Business Session.
7 Recitation: Our Club, by Clara
Bethea.
8 Social Hour. i
Refreshments were served con- (
sisting of lemonade and cake.
n
I '
iyjucis.
Mr. Ronald Brown and Miss Eva
Brown of Kershaw were quietly married
on last Sunday Jan. 16th.
Rev. W. C. Foster preached an
able sermon at Antioch on last Sun-,
day afternoon, after which he ten-,
dered his resignation as pastor of
the church. Rev. Foster has preached
very acceptably at Antioch for the
past three years, and the people gen-1
[ erally hate to see him leave.
Misses Lucile Wingar,j and Henri-J
etta Hammond of Branchville are the
attractive guests of Mrs. Pratt Wat-[
! son and Mrs. Hughes.
Miss Anuio Sellers of Washington, i
D. C., is visiting relatives in town,
i Mrs. Fred Williams and daughter
1 MiSg Edith with Miss Augusta Bethea i
j were visitors at the Methodist church!
I Sunday afternoon.
| Miss Ruth Sellers who has been on (
' the sick list for the past week has'
' returned to her studies at Columbia t
j College.
I Mrs. Annie T. Watson of Latta vis-,
j ited relatives at Sellers Sunday.
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1 GOVERNOR COOPER'S
VETO S USTAIX EI>. ;
j Columbia, S. C., Jan. 20?The1
1 house of representatives today by a
| voie of 69 to 39 sustained Governor j
I Cooper's veto of a resolution passed
last year to relieve County Treasurer
;W. L. Bellamy ofHorry and his bonds.
1 men from liability of the failure to
! collect penalties on taxes. The short-j ]
'age was said to have totaled approx-1
! imately seven thousand dollars.
| The house today killed a bill which1,
.would have required that no judge',
| should suspend sentence for sale of: j
liquor except on recommendation of j
I the Jury and hi no case unless the
'conviction involved possession of less
than a quart. Before it died an1,
amendment was introduced to raise j
(this limit to one barrel. This put
it he house into an uproar of laughter.
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' OlliLON BOY KNOWS
HOW TO SAVE.
Mr. W. E. Hall, of the Dillon Hardware
Company, had an interesting
fe.\perience the other ti.iy when he sold
a youngster a bicycle and in
j making payment the lad brought
i forth a heavy bog from which he pro-1
duced-680 buffalo nickleg or a total
j of $34.00. Mr. Hall's curiosity was (
aroused and his questions unfolded
j the following story of thrift and selfj
denial to gratify an ambition which
piobahly is w thout a paralell in the
1 state: The purchaser of the bicycle
I wa8 young Leonard Hayes, son of R.
K. Hayes, from the lower part of the
county. The boy is only 14 years old.
Years ago he ha,j an ambition to own
a bicycle, but to a boy of his means '
the cost was prohibitive. He was a
lad of determination, however, and
made up his mind to save his ]
nickles until the amount was large
rnougn 10 Duy ine Dicyeie. in tne
year 1914 he began to lay up his
; savings. When a piece of money
I came into his possession hp converted
jit into nickles which he placed carej
fully in his money bag. Before long1
(the nickles began to accumulate and
he had vision., of the bicycle that he
would some day own. The glad dny
caine just after Christinas and he
took out his money bag, carried his
nickles to the hardware store, counted
out the money an<j handed it over
to Mr. Hall for the bicycle. There
was no happier boy In the world than
Leonard when he mounted the shining
bicycle ard rode off towards his
home. There is In the story a lesson
of self-denial 1 which many people
, would do well to learn.
%TL?AXTA PASTOH
M OKES UIU KIT
liurch Packed Following Tiial in
Police Court.
Atlanta, Jan. 24?As an afterlrath
of a police court trial that exraerates
him of a charge of insulting !
drs. C. B. Hamilton, of thiR city, Rev. ;
?aleb A. Riley, pastor of a local
hurch, Sunday morning from Mb i
>ulpit virtually charged his accusers
vith having plotted to make him a J
ictim of a "badger game" for the <
>urpoRe of obtaining funds which he
tow claims to hold to meet expenses
>f a new church erected by his con;regation.
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When the nflQtnr nnn nunonrl 1 <
, . MtativuiiWU lie J
n'ould attempt to place the principals'
n the prosecution against him "be-ji
lind the bars of a prison" he waK ap-i
lauded by the congregation and the!
neeting was described as per-i
laps the mokt sensational hour's serdce
ever witnessed in an Atlanta i
hurch.
Dr. Ridley brought his rem . Ks
ibout the Hamilton case to a close,
with an apneal for funds to finish the!
hurch under construction and with-1
n a few moments more than $1,000
vas subscribed.
The Hamilton-Ridley case has atracteil
much attention throughout '
!he city and long before the pastor,
tegan his sermon yesterday morning!
he church was crowded with many j
people being compelled to stand.
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HOOKING BACKWARD.
Items of Int???*est Taken from The
Herald Kilos of l."> Years Age.
Miss Nina Jackson left Monday for
Hharleston where she will resume her
duties as governess in the family of
Mr. E. L. Lomberg.
Dr. J. P. Ewiug left Sunday for
C?old3boro where he will rpend several
days before going to Mt. Gillead
to attend the marriage of Miss Monte
Christian.
Mr. 'W. D. Rogers, better known
as "Little Billy" Rogers died at a
hospital in Wilmington last week after
an illness of several months.
This afternoon at Beulah church
near Alfordsville Mr. John Hargrove
of Little Rock will be married to
Miss Cora McRae, one of Marion
county's prettiest and most accomplished
young ladies.
Harley Rogers takes the blue ribbon
as the champion hog raiser of
the county. A few days ago Mr. Rogers
killed a four year old porker
which tipped the scales at 610
pounds.
It is said that 15,000 gallons of
whiskey were shipped out of Wilmington
Christmas week. Multiplied!
by 64 (the est mated number of I
drinks to the gallon) shows that I
there were exactly 960,000 headaches
in the two Carolinas Christmas morn-1
ing.
John Carmichael is making prc-j
parations to open a furniture store in I
one of the brick store being erected ,
by Mr. D. Mcl.aurin at the corner of
Railroad aver ? and Harrison street, i
At the annu.. meeting of the Com-I
mereial Club Thursday evening the
following officers were elected for|
we jeui . i . rrrrai, presiuen', I
E. 11. Hamer, vice-president; Jack j
Watson, secretary and treasurer. J.|
M. Sprunt, I)r. J. H. David, A. B.
Jordan, W. T. Bethea, J. D. Haselden I
and E. L. Moore, board of kovernors.!
Rowland, N. C., Jan. 13. 1 1006)?'
A most delightful reception was given
a party cf young people at Mei- ;
chants Hotel last Wednesday evening.
Promptly at 8 o'clock the guests !
began to arrive r.nd were received by
Miss Lena McCormack. The music of
the evening wag grand and especially'
did it merit applause when Prof.
Aria! of Dillon, entertained in his
usual way?his whistling art. Those
present were: Miss Delilah Hanier
and Hose Galloway, of Clio; Flora
and Dora Thompson of McDonalds; '
Ruth Lavelle Smith of Edonton; Bessie
and Lena McCormae, Lillian and ;
Annie Smith, Sallie McArn and Min->
nia Townsend of Rowland; Messrs.
I. L Gail ley, W. J. Galloway, Dr. L.
F. Johnson and Prof. W. C. Arlal !
of Dillon, Dr. Jesse Haraor of Clio.i
Hector McLean of Maxton, Dr. Tom
Graham, Charles Sinclair, I); n Mc j
Laurin, Scion Alford, J '.cR. Bracey.i
Chas. Cox, Guy Carter, and Ed. Callaham.
Ronton Haselden, a prosperous,
young farmer from near Sellers was,
among the visitors here Tuesday.
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FARMERS ITWiEl) TO MEET.
Dillon county farmers particularly
and Dillon county men of all other
professions are urged to attend the
last of the cotton acreage deduction
meetings at the court house next
Tuesday morning, February 1, at
10:30 o'clock. Meetings have been
held during the week at different
places throughout the county, and
the attendance has been good. Many
farmers ar. altrninir th? ??>
c a Kiouftco *ui i
reduction and otherH have promised
substantial reduction in acreage.
Fusday's meeting at the court house
;loses the county campaign for acreAge
reduction and at this meeting
It is hoped to put in concrete form
the results of the several meetings
>nd adopt some definite plan of action
for the county as a whole, his
Is a matter of vital interest not only
to the farmer but to every man in
the county, and it is hoped there will
?e a large and representative gathering
at Tuesday's meeting. The
nesting ope tig promptly at* 10: SO
>'clock. '
MEMBERS OF MOB
CAN'T BE FOUND. \
Home Giwnl Under Amis at Warren- 3
ton auil Itc-ady to Act in
Emergency.
Warrenton, N. C., Jan. 24?All efforts
to apprehen^ members of the
mob which last night broke into the f
Warren county jail, removed two ne- groes
and shot them to dea^ y'trere
set aside today in the an:' 1 > of
authorities to forestall a r , u
of violence. '*l<ldH
Nine negroes left in tl _f"V AUH*t
the mob were taken today vl|"
Raleigh for safe keepinj u ' !S?A
aliernoon five audition. s' iJnpwere
made and these prii'.' n?U\ lfl
rushed to Raleigh. Four ' ' ABtl
groe8 for whom warr&ntEgUII"^' '?*
have escaped. HRg,,
The Warrenton home * f unr
dered out by Governor Moi
night, has beea under an
and the Henderson home
also been in readiness tc
any call that might be
it. Mayor J. L?. liurchara '
the seat of the trrmhle hi'AV
rifles from Henderson an(^ro1
oU citizens of ihe commuroun
in the case of an emerRencj.
However, no further -?t? is
regarded as probable. All of those
even remotely suspected of connection
with th e r,?t early Sunday
morning are gone tind there are no
apparent indications on the part of
any other negroes to attempt to
avenge the work of the mob. The
jcoroner's jury which held an n't
quest litis morning at the scene ,
| tin; tragedy, about midway betv
! 'tefe and Norlina flv e miles a I
] quickly returned the expected
diet of "death -at the hands of |
j known persons." The negro jailer,
i John Green, who surrendered his
keys to the mob, was placed upon
j the stand and stated he saw ' only
five men, none of them he had ever
: seen before. am other witnesses
; testified to a like inability to ideni
tify any members of the mob.
Solicitor Garland E. Midgett arrived
eatly this afternoon from homo
! in Jackson ond assumed control of
the situation. After a conference
. Willi lflPJll citi'/?na H ^ onnnM
| he will defer an investigation of the
| lynching until local feeling has sub:
sided.
The lynching and race riot came
as a direct result of the purchase of
ten cents worth of apples by Plummer
Bullock from Braddy Tmilor,
clerk in a Norlina 'store. Bullock,
jit is said, returned the apples
and asked for his money back,
| and when he had received it, cursed
and when he had received it, cursed
and threatened the clerk.
When Raby Trailor, brother of
Brady approached, Matthew Bullock,
negro, who apparently was organizing
a crowd of negroes at the depo*.
in Norlina after midnight Saturday
and asked hint the cause of the
trouble, Jerome Hunter, negro shot
him down and then fired twice at
him on the ground.
That started the shooting, Jerome
Hunter, most seriously hurt of the
negroes, is still >n a critical condition
at a Raleigh hospital, while
Raby Trailor ia in a Henderson hospital
not expected to live.
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\V. H. MT1.1.Kit I"X)lt JU9UK.
Friends of Judge Mclver in the dis
trict and throughout the state are
working for his appointment as Associal
Justice to succeed Judge Hydrick.
In the event of Judge Mclver's
election there will be a vacancy ix
this district and a movement is* under
way to elect Mr. W. H. Mailer
as Judge Mclver's successor. Dillon is
the only county in the district that
jiuo uctci iia.il ?i jnuf,r. ^ucoinnriu
has had three, Darlington one and
Marlboro two. Mr. Mullex is one of
the ablest lawyers in the stat? and
his standing at the Bar is of the highest.
If Judge Mclver succeeds Mr.
Hydrick, thus creating a vacancy in
this district, Mr. Mullor's friends will
launch an active campaign to put
him on the Bench.
FIRE DESTROYS GINNERY.
Mr. I). H. Hyatt's Gin :i Miles East
of Dillon Goes lis in Smoke.
A fire of unknown origin destroy
rd the ginnery of Mr. D. H. Hyatt on
the old Marion-Dillon road three
mil?8 east of Dillon last Thursday
niglit. The fire was discovered about
8 o'clock in the evening, bnt the
flames had gained such headway that
the ginnery was a total loss. The
engine and boiler house wer? located
some distance from the main building
and these were saved from destruction
by hard work on the part
of Mr. Hyatt and others who gathered
at the scene. Mr. Hyatt had injsurance
to the amount of $4,60(1, but
his loss is double that amount.
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FIRE DESTROYS COTTON.
Wyche Rowland, who lives ten
miles northeast of Dillon, lost a bnrn
and 40 hales of cotton by fire at an V
early hour Tuesday night. Th? origin
of the fir? is unknown. The barn was
not insured, hut the cotton was.partly
covered. The flre was discovered Wj
"nrty in the evening, hnt the fVunee Wf
had gained such a headway they
could not be controlled.
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In th* PHemi Court mi CUAjfelitft
l*** week J. K. Brewer ** Ik.
Btnwn wmrm convicted of lHjlL i I
the prohibition lews and
months in the Dillon count