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StUntt i&fmtlii J g^f- ? H? MIIED IfM, THE MLLON HERALD, DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 21, 1918. VOL. 22, NO. 10 tF MWORS HOT SO I EASILY HU6HTENED hf* " p : wmxala ' Aoc&oarrs do not msh . ' oodufle them M: Mmi Who Bvra Tumbled From Dlssy j p" Ar" ^ rery Aukm . Dallas, Texas, March 17.?The old J ^ adage that a "burnt child dreads ] Are" apparently doesn't apply to the ' Pf ^ |onn^ aviators In Texas In training jas,'c unqiue me number or men killed ] pis"-- or Injured in Texas aviation training ] "Salda, the several thousand student k aviators in Texas have never lost W # dtheir "nerve" nor has a single one N indicated that he would rather de- ' sert the aerial war game and fight on ( K. terra firma. In fact, several who have tumbled ( at; from diss? heights, while firing and ] ^ suffered injuries varying from a i Jp broken neck to the loss of a dosen , teeth, are counting the days when \ ' they will be discharged from base , ^ hospital and be permitted to resume | flying. < SL Several weeks ago Frank Forbes, < jjfjv- of New York, tumbled 450 feet while i WT- - Steering one of the big flyers at the < American aviation camp near Fort 1 Worth. When they dug him out of 1 *?> > ; the wreckage he was more dead than 1 alive. He was hurried to the hospital and surgeons said that his neck nyi aaa oeen nroxen?lie might live and rt. - - he might not. But Forbes disagreed SjL;' with the surgeon. . "I'm good for a lot more flying," he told his nurse after the doctor left him. ' For eight hours every night a twenty-pound weight is used to keep his spinal column drawn upward. A WfT nurse adjusts the weight at midnight and it is removed at 8 o'clock next 0F morning. During the day Forbes JW walks about the ward and amusement room, to all outward, appearing ances a very robust young man. Mow it Is stated that he will be en^ tirely recovered In a few weeks and ho expects to resume practice flights k and win his commission aa a flyer. ric Btddle, of Philadelphia, tried to Join the American flyers, but was Ojsctcd on account of his eyes. Then k ho tried the Royal Flying Corps and wan accepted by the Canadian offlg/ eers. When the Canadian training . eamp was moved from Toronto to k , Mverman Field at Fort Worth he sajne along. He suffered several minor falls near Toronto, but bis4nJarlee were slight. Several weeks h ago he tried a nose spin while about 0# feet up. He failed to straighten his planes in time to turd the machine and when the ambulance atfa?. * ?- - - - - wuuuiu i ratueu mm ne naa a Drok- 1 ?i nose and practically all of his < pS* front teeth were missing. 1 When they finished dressing his < wounds he said: "Oh, this is nothing. I had all my teeth knocked out < before in a fall. The first time It < waa my "solo" in Canada. I cer- < P* UUnly. do want to fly again and I'm ' r- going to. The spinning nose dive is < not so dangerous if you start it well < " above the ground. It takes only a ' moment to right the machine. But < .pW. when you are diving downward J there Is a great pull on the lever and < you have to use all your strength to < jget it back." H Blddle comes of the famous Bid- 1 die family of bankers and million- j < / aires. There are five sons in the!' service. Young Peyton March, who;< -was killed at Fort Worth a couple of 1 weeks ago, and Blddle were close, friends and while March's death shocked Blddle it did not lessen his m determination to become a flyer. j( - | vourt Common Pleas. i Common Pleas Court convened ! * iVv Monday with Judge Frank B. Gary, . I the eight circuit, presiding. Court ^ Stenographer James Kilgo, of Dar- : ingtoii, was at his post. The roster i 0 v Is very heavy and it is probable that i so art will run the entire two weeks, i The first case taken up was that < f W. C. Tolar vs. L. Cottingham. Mr. Cottingham sold Mr. Tolar a' of timber and when the lineal were run out Uiey did not conform to the boundaries set out in the deed, some of the timber being on the land ^ A ef another party The jury found 1 * for Mr. Tolar. The next case was that of the American Fertilising Co., against the estate of the late O. R. Floyd. The * a fertiliser company claimed a balance' of approximately $1000 due on a! note given thein by Mr. Floyd before his death. The estate set up a de-, nial and counter claim, alleging the fertilizer was not delivered and that1 * failure of plaintiff to comply with its contract damaged defendant's crop' <1000. The Jury found for plaintiff in the sua of 91000. MANY MAKE INCOME RETURNS Deputy Collector Jenkins land Busy Week in Dillon Deputy Collector Jenkins returned to Florence Saturday night after spending the week in Dillon assisting in making out income tax returns. Mr. Jenkins had a very busy week and was a very tired man when s Herald representative saw him late Saturday afternoon. Mr. Jenkins uyi there are many persons in Dillon who have not made their returns and that he will ask Collector Heyward to send another man to Dillon before March 3 let. He is not certain, however, that Collector Heyward can eend a man and he advises those who hare not made returns not to wait on tie coming of another representative. The time expires March 31st and after that date the penalty attaches. It is claimed that the government will get approximately 3260,000 out Df billon County this year. Crops were fairly good and the high prices ibtalned for farm products brought hundreds of farmers within the excess war profits tax. This tax ap plies to all persons whose net proSts were in exces of $2,000. It is reported that one large farmer and business man was taxed $14,000 while numbers of others were asked to pay amounts ranging from $1,00 :o pay amounts ranging from $1,000 irs were taxed from $100 to $200 while several merchants were heavy contributors. The banks have been taxed pretty heavy and the sum toal of collections will run well into lie $200,000 mark. J Hold Tour Liberty Bonds One who subscribes for a Liberty uuna ana gets create as a patriot ror loing so Is not acting that bond, hat is, unless he imperatively needs :he money, says Secretary McAdoo. [t is not the mere subscription that lelps the Government, it is actual ean; shifting the bond to some one )lse does not help. the same objection lies to ex:hanging Liberty Loan Bonds in trade. Merchants offering to take Liberty Loan Bonds in exchange for nerchandlse are doubtlessly actuated by patriotic motives, but such transactions tend to defeat a primary object of the bond sale, the encouraging of thrift and the descourLging of expenditures. Bonds so ex:hanged are in most cases immediately sold on the open market which tend to depress the market price and set adversely the sales of future issues. Secretary McAdoo expressly states that there is no desire on the part 3f the Gbvernment to prevent or interfere with legitimate trading, in good faith, in Liberty Bonds. It is one of the great objects of the Treasury Department to have! these bonds held as permanent in-1 restments by tile people and paid for' sut of savings, thus at once provid-! Ing funds for the Government and! unserving labor and material. There are the soundest reasons Tor holding Liberty Bonds. Their! luotations under par on the stock! exchange means a loss only to those who sell. The ..financial hlntnrv of :he United States show that In times )f peace all of its bonds have gone ibove par, some as high as 139. The tremendous growth of our resources ind of our trade, our domestic trade ilone having increased from $30,-' )OO.OOO.OO0 to $ 64,000,000,000 in1 the last four years, warrants the belief that our Government bonds are the soundest investments in the world and with the restoration )f peace conditions will command a handsome premium in the market. HUNS POUND AMERICANS Aammie?*' Hold Ground Despite Furious Bonmbardment With the American Army in France, Friday, March 16.?(By the Associated Press.)?The American troops in the sector east of Luneville, In conjunction with the French, are still holding the former enemy trenehes northeast of Badonvlllers, although the Germans have made another artillery attack. Shells, most of them heavy and some of them of the twelve-Inch type, have pounded the position intermittently. but the Americans and their Allies have held on. Consolidation of the position has been continued, and the series of operations in this particular part of the sector, has brought the French lines up on a front of nearly three miles. The parapets have been turned toward the enemy; dugout entrances have been chanced and new dugouts have been built to protect the men. Tonight It appeared as if the enemy would abandon his attempt to drive out the Americans and French, realising that thl? is an almost hopeless task. No infantry activity has developed so far (n the TEUTONS MAKE RAID : ON HMERIGAN LINES ? MORE APPARENTLY DESIGNED TO GET INFORMATION |j i Much Hwy Fire and Gas Shells Fall j, lu Both the Tool and Luiie ille Sectors I I With the American Army in France, Saturday, March 16.? (By the Associated Press.)? After a terrific artillery, preparation this morning, large numbers of enemy crossed No-Man's-Land on the extreme right of the American sector northwest of Toul. Apparently the purpose of the raid was quickly accomplished. Only a comparatively small number entered our lines. Permission has not been given to mention the number of casualties. This raid, like most of the others carried out all the way from the sea to Swltxerland, was designed to get information by means of taking pris- | oners. East of Luneville our patrols have explored part of the German trench which our artillery forced the enemy to abandon. Patrol proceeded literally until they established contact with the Germans. Our reconnoissance and wire patrol found snipers' nrtafr J * ? M imwuiag puois auu ueitia iroin . which machine guns had been firing . on our*lines. The artillery attended to all these posts. The German positions have been so uncomfortable at . several placds that they now are trying to regain a foothold by connecting shell 'holes. Our troops have been subjected to an extraordinarily heavy artillery fire for the last twen- . ty-four hours. More than 240 shells which made craters twenty feet deep and thirty feet in diameter fell in . one section of the line. In another batteries have been shelled heavily. More gas shells have fallen in both , the Toul and Luneville sectors, but . the larger number in the former. o , PUT GERMANS ON THE RUN 1 Brush in No-Man's-Land Results i ' Favorably to Americans With the American Army in France, Thursday, March 14.?(By i the Associated Press.)?One of the American patrols last night encountered an enemy patrol in No-Man's- j Land in the Toul sector and opened j fire. The Germans fled oarrying , with them several bodies supposed to', be of men killed or wounded. They: j were so busy getting away that there-j was only a feeble return to the . American fire and none of the Amer- , lean patrol was injured. Two enemy airolanes flew over the American lines during the night,, u 1 one dropping flares as signals. j< The American artillery continues j to do effective work against the ens-!j my lines and silenced a battery!] which was firing big shells in its direction from a point in the rear ofj| Sonnard wood. Several other places. ( where activity was observed also j were shelled. New German troops have entered | the line in front of the Americans. Apparently they have been told theyj are opposite Americans because many times the new arrivals have j been seen observing their opponents ? curiously through field glasses. In the intermittent bombardments , at various parts of the American sector considerable numbers of mus- < tards, phosgene and chlorine shells' were used. I 1 ; American aerial observers in the ar of the lines have been form -.1 . into a squadron under command of a lunch captain. CbaiMe S. Gerdon, of Iowa the , rrsi man wounded in the L".neville' actor, has been awarded th?? cross of war. i ; Election of Society Officers The Qome and Foreign Missionary Societies and the Ladies' Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church met Jointly with Mrs. William David on Friday afternoon. Aside from aj large attendance of the membership a number of visitors were given the glad hand. The election of officers; for the Missionary Societies resulted las follows: President: Miss Annie McNeill;. Vice President, Mrs. F. M. Nelrnsie; i Secretary, Miss Ruth Stackkouse; Treasurer, Mrs. W. C. Tolar; Secre* tary Christian Education and Ministerial Relief, Mrs. LeRoy Williams;1 Secretary Local Home Missions, Miss McKay; Secretary Foreign ifrisslons. Miss Nell Carmichael; Secretary of ' Literature, Mrs. W. B. S. Chand?er. Following are the officers elected for i The Ladies' Aid Society: i' President, Mrs. Wade Starknouts. ' Vice President, Mrs. W. B. Chand> let; Secretary, Mrs. C. R. Taber; Treasurer, Miss Jamie McKay, HOW TO PRESERVE EGGS I'se of Waterglass Solution Is One of the Best Methods SurpluB eggs, preserved in the spring, will supply the home with good eggs in the fall and winter, when eggs are hard to get and are high-priced. Eggs to be preserved must be' fresh, and should be placed in the, preserving container as soon as pos-: sible after they are laid. One of, the best methods of preserving is by the use of waterglass, a pale yellow' odorless, sirupy liquid that can be; oought by the quart or gallon fromi the druggist or poultry supply man., It should be diluted in the propor-' tion of 1 part of waterglass to 9 parts of water which has been boiled and allowed to cool. Earthenware crocks or jars are the best containers, since their glazed surface prevents chemical action from the jolution. The crocks or cans should 36 scalded and allowed to cool before they are used. A container molding 5 gallons will accomodate 15 dozen eggs and will require one luart of waterglass. Half fill the container with the nraterglass solution and place the sgga in it. Eggs can be added from lay to day as they are obtained, making sure that the eggs are covered by about 2 inches of waterglass solution. Cover the container and place it in a cool place where it will j not have to be moved. Look at it 'roni time to time, and if there seems to be danger of too much evapora-< Lion, add sufficient cool boiled -water to keep the eggs covered. Eggs removed from the solution should be rinsed in clean, cold water. Before .hey are boiled holes should be pick;d in the large ends with a needle preserving eggs and is slightly less to prevent them from cracking. Limewater also is satisfactory but far less expensive than waterglass. A solution is made by placing 2 or 3 nniinHn of imoiob-o^ - ' ? r ?1 1 r ? uiue iu u gaions of water which has been boiled and allowing the mixture to stand until the lime settles and the liquid Is clear. The eggs should be placed ton lint with 162 per cent. Other suitable vessel and covered to a depth of 2 inches with the liquid. Remove the eggs as desired, rinse in clean, cold water, and use Immedately. o? FARM PRICES Comparison of ths Averages for Principal Crops for 1919 and 1917 The weighted average prlte of principal crops at the farm for 1915 was about the same as for 1914, the gain was 47 per cent over 1916, and In 1917 it was 41 per cent over 1916, while in 1917 the gain over 1915, two years previous, was 110 per cent. The prices taken are for December. This two-year gain of 110 per cent j Is exceeded most of all by the koflrs, t for which the increase of price at the i farm was 258 per cent. Next below. In order are broom corn with 220 per cent, hops with 189 per cent, j tobacco with 171 nor non* ?? ' ?"* ? ? yv* VVUVf auu VWI- | ton lint with 152 per cent:. Other cereals now appear, and corn, the j greatest of the cereals, had a gain of ; 123 per cent In price at the farm,; barley 120 per cent, and wheat 119! per cent. Below the average advance of 110 : per cent in price in two years, the; scale descends to 109 per cent for wild hay. Every one of the crops so far mentioned more than doubled in price in two years; corn, barley, and wheat more than doubled by oneflfth. Five crops, none of which is of small Importance, gained in price in the two yearo from 77 to 99 per cent ?rye, oats, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and apples. Seven crops gained from 55 to 75 percent, and these are I cabbage, onions, flaxseed, peaches, peanuts, tame hay, and cranberries, i the hay crop, of course, being of high j importance. Gains of 29 to 44 per! cent in price were made by hemp, clover seed, sugar cane, peas, and -"-o?* MWio, ttuu iui viaugro vuc |aiu was only 9 per cent. TOBACCO PLANTS SHORT Recent Drouth Killed Many Plant Beds In Ix>wer Dillon. Mayor Arnett, of Lake View, who was here Monday attending court reports that many tobacco beds in his section have been destroyed by the recent drougth. Mayor Arnett says the outlook for a normal crop is not very promising. The only plants that survived the six week's drought were those in low damp places. Mr. Arnett said he managed to save the most of his plants by watering them. He will have enough plants to All his requirements but many farmers in this section will have to reduce their tobacco acreage unless they can get plants from some one who has more than ho needs. ^... . ... COUNTY NEWS AND HAPPENINGS! . X II WHY LFTTKIW BY REGULAR t'ORRKSPOMVTNTS. i'n> n?n? in imeresi 10 neraiu | i U'acU'rs. Kbb and llow of the Human Tide. Minturn Prof. J. F. Herbert who waa called to the colors left Monday fOT the Navy. Mrs. J. D. Evans and daughter Effie McDougald from Atlanta. Go., are spending a few days with Mrs. W. W. Evans. Mr. Tarbox, corn expert from Clemson college, was in the community to consult with Mr. R. M. Jackson on raising seed corn. Miss Isla Weatherly from Dillon spent the week end with her mother Mrs. Thad Weatherly. Miss Elizabeth Heneganr spent! Monday with Miss Annie Henegan who is at Flora McDonald College, Red Springs N. C. Miss Christine South and Miss Mamie McLees spent Friday with Mrs. W. W. Evans. The School Children have organized a Junior Red Cross Auxiliary! and the girls have already begun j knitting. Miss Christine South, State Demonstration agent, gave a very interesting lecture and demonstration on "Food Values" ht the meeting of the Home Demonstration Club Friday afternoon. Quite a number of ladies were present to hear Miss South. Pleasant Hill Mr. Powell preached a very interesting sermon at Pleasant Hill Sunday night. He will preach again the first Saturday and also the first Sunday night next month. . There will be an entertai#tnent at Pleasant Hill School house on the evening of March 29th beginning at 7:30. A very interesting program has been arranged. All are cordially Invited to be present. We hope to give you a good time. Mr. Henry Wiggins has purchased a new Studebaker car. Mr. Edd Rogers has purchased a new Ford car. Luther and Wich McCormic were! visiting in this section Sunday P. M. j Worth Powell from Lake View was seen in this section Sunday afternoon. He left for the war Sunday night. Dothan. The night school will close Fri-, day night. Rev. W. B. Duncan ofi Dillon will deliver an address to thej pupils. Mrs. Frank Thompson has been asked to furnish some music., Another feature of interest will be the delivering of the medal offered by Mr. F. L. Bethea to the pupil making the best general average in at tendance, improvement and perseverance. The public" is invited. The exercises will begin at eight o'clock, i Come and bring a crowd. * Mr. A. V. Bethea attended the Stock Association in Columbia last week. Quarterly Conference was held at Dothan church Saturday morning.; Rev. Mr. Hook presided. This is the first'that has been held here in twenty-five years. We were disappointed that the weather prevented the services planned for Sunday morning. I Floydale The Fork School will give a play, "Miss Molly" in the School Auditorium here Friday night Mar., 22. You, will miss a big treat if you fail to see it, so come and bring all of your friends. Prof, aiid Mrs. Morris of Conway spent Sunday at Mr. H. B. Floyds. | , Miss Nellie Thompson and Alton ' Hayes spent Sunday in Florence with Burke Hayes who is in the .hospital there Mr. and Mrs. B. O. Guthrie endj son Ben and Mrs. W. N. Mebane of Burlington, N C., visited the former's sister Mrs.- J. H. Stackhouse last : week. Mrs. J. R. Sojourner visited her son Edward who is in the hospital at Florence, Saturday. Mr. Paul D. Finlayson of Cheraw spent Sunday at Mr. J. H. Stackhouse's. W. S. Floyd attended court in Dillon this week. If you will notice the school grounds you will see great improvements made by the teachers am' pupils in setting trees out on it. Bert McLaurin of M&xton, N. C., spent a few days here last week. Don't forget the play at the school house Friday night. The Dillon Herald is $1.00 per year in advance. . n ' h id- ?11*^1 .. .1 NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH Mr. and Mrs. D. D. McKoe have Close Call wdtcn Auto Turns Turtle. The following from the Lumberton Robesonian will be of lutereet to many persons in this section, nd particularly of the Minturn Mction, where Mr. McRae is engaged in the mercantile business: t ? "How did the occupants escape death? was the question many aalted this morning as they viewed a twopassenger Maxwell automobile whicb had rolled down a 10-foot embanfc- - rnent just beyond the river on the Stage road. The car belonged to lfr. D. D. McRae of Minturn, S. C., and Mr. and Mrs. McRae were in the Mnr when it ran off the embankment hut 5 night about 7:30. Both the oeenpants were pinned in the mod underneath the car. Mr. McRae managed to get from under the car and fwn colored men rushed to his rescue. They lifted the automobile Mrs. McRae, whose face was burled in the mud and who was almost smothered to death when rescued. She was unconscious' and could not speak for some time. Mrs. McRae was carried to the Thompson hospital and soon apparently was none the worse- oK iiuiu urn vipenence. Mr. MCHM'B hands were slightly cut by pieces ( the windshield. -3 "Mr. McRae lost control of the car when the steering rod came loose and his breakes were not sufficient to slop the car. The automobile v/as badly damaged. "Mr. and ^lrs. McRae spent yesterday here visiting at the home ef Mrs. McRae's parents, h4r. and Mrs. R. N. Cashwell, and were returning home." ??> M Germans Are Stinealing London, March 18.-?The Spanish i and Swiss Ambassadors at Berlin have been directed by the German foreign office to notify the American government that Germany will proceed with measures against Amerft- * can property in Germany in the same proportion that action is taking against German property in the United States, Routers Amsterdam ,1 correspondent reports. Heretofore, it is stated in the Ber nu auvices announcing tn?s KtlM, the Oerman government has re?tiM> . ed Itself to measures "absols^ j necessary to prevent enemy property in Germany during the war ul thereby possibly benefitting many's enemies." I Washington, March IS.?There is almost twice as much German property in the United States as there is American property in Germany, according to estimates presented recently to a Senate committee hy a Mitchell Palmer, alien properly ewetod ian. The greater part of American property in Germany is lepreeewtet in Standard Oil Company inter eels jfl The German law now enablee tfig German government to do wtth American property exactly what 3 Congress is being asked to do with German property in Amercia. TWe Senate already has passed legislation authorising the alien property eestodlan to sell property holdings ,ef great German organizations inr the United States so that they may net j serve as outposts of Kultur after the war. Will S. Kllerbe. Bennettsville, March 18.?The ut-u.ni ui win o. unerDe tasi nignt brought sadness to his relatives and many friends. He was the secemd son of the late Governor Ellerbe and of Mrs. Ellerbe and has always been popular with those who knew kiss. He was 28 years of age. A few year# ago he married Mrs. Kate Edens and to them one little girl was hetm, now about four years old. His health failed two or three years ago and ha made a brave fight to win. Be was a big hearted fellow, jovial and friendly. The announcement ef his death will be received with asdl^Ma by a large acquaintanceship thsdsjbhout the State particularly the eefllto* men if his day. He attended WdP^ed College and took a lively interdbi hi athletic sports, being a member ef >4 one of Wofford College's beet baseball teams. He is survived by Mb mother and three brothers mak Ellerbe of Latta, Lieut. Henry M0M?- be and Frank Ellerbe; also one eMer Mrs. W. Gairy Nicholson, Marten. Acceptance of Peace Dcaoaswi Washington, Mar. 18.?Rtwk'a ' acceptance of the German gaaae . ') terms was denounced here totlay by Boris Bashmetff, the Russian ?has sador who last November formerly repudiated the Bulsheviki gerera ui^uu me conaittons tmposM Dj (iernuny, the ambassador Mji, > tbereaten the existence and independence of the country. The sstaMgr, he declares, will continue to advocate co-operation with the ABhl fen the war on Germany: