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FIFTY-SIX KNOWN TO HAVK PFKISHKl Searchers Continue to tiring Oi itomnuuLs of Iknlies from ihv Ituins. Pittsburg. Pa.. May lit Fifty-si are kuuwn to be d ial, ninety-four ii jured and in hospitals and lliirty-OK employes of tin Aetna Client ica Company -are missing tis a r? suit t the nine explosions yesterday whit* wrecked this company's explosit manufacturing plant at Oakdale, si: teen miles from this city. This repot ls the result of the day's investiga tion by State, federal, county an city oilicials. Throughout the night vtud all da today men were extinguishing sma fires in the debris and bringing or remnants of human bodies. In most cases there was nothin lu luuicuie nit; iut"uin>. All day a blue-brown smoke cor tinued to hang over the ruins, ini peding the work of the searchen Its deadly fumes are feared by th residents of the community. For \ time the work was impeded furthe by the thousands of sightseers. Au tomobiles blocked all roads and an other company of the State constab ulary was rushed in automobile from Oreensburg and the crowd were ordered back and automobile were reached within five miles o Oakdale. Thousands of persons streame< into the temporary morgue all da; to view the gruesome finds from thi ruins, and it took a special detail o police to keep this morbid elenieu in check. There were many there o right, however, and some identifi cations were made. Pitiful scene were on every hand and one in par a: 1 \/l.,..i M n id t nni IIVU1UI Wcia WIICI1 nuaui .uui ib, uu of the coroner's workers in the mor gue, collapsed. He had found in bucket a bunch of keys and a pen knife, which had belonged to hi son. who had been employed in th plant. The country today is desolate fo an area of several miles around th plant where the former beautifu green hillsides have been scarred am burned by the blasts and fruits am shade trees denuded of their fol iage. Federal ollicers, representing tin Department of Justice, today orderec the arrest of two men who were pho tographing the ruins, and who wen charged by a woman with makinj seditious remarks. A special police man employed by the Aetna Chemi cal Company arrested two men earl: today as they were about to hurt*: away from t<!ie plant on a motor cycle. The Cotton Crop of I1J17. With the possible exception of five counties, "very county in South Carolina produced more cotton in 1 ! 17 than in 1016, and the State has had more cash money than every in its I,ic-n The sliort crop in Texas and Arkansas caused the price to soar, and South Carolina for once was i:i luck. No county in the State had a in' ' ' " lling olV in the anion.: of cotton grown, not a thou sand bah's and (he total increase for lit" State was '"mii "on,nun bah Thos ic? h have had " mos. phenomenal increase are. ken. I.nop hales, in round nutn' Harnwell. i:L4uu. Berkley, " in, Calhoun. T "on; Charleston, f?.4uu; Chesterfield. :5.200; Clat' t.dm, 1<M)u or about su per cent. increase, Colleton, tS.UOO 50 per cent; Darlington, 13.0'in, Uiost of vhi? h wtc long sttiple cotIon h"iuging a fasu - :s price: Di! Ion nun; i)orclic;.t< r.nou, J-'lor ere- " nun. llaiiifoon. t.ooo. -diav. : nun Laurens, l.nuo; 1C.. or sn per cent . Lexington one Marlboro, 17.nun; Orang? l?ur:t ?! U'lH; Sll III t el*. I?o0ti; Wil tian. . rg, 1 :* o' . thttn ! " per . *1" gain i due to tht ' M.I he , ; i|, . |,y . <> i? d ' a 1 i .. ;rst h. di e - 1. it ' I,, a it eshe- - The < o o tlld i 7 I'oll v. ?? \ , Rn i !) ta: :i? * \ ! . . IV? i <> it i t) V. a. Yet. 11' . a\?- i' ii |?>r i omul ' . i ill . ' M pi ol It 11.Ill I !l- j ill'St io!l <> ill price or lotion. \V. \\ Mon.-'ii. o >' V Ollea!l> -Oliio liuiir<t'. ti throw so: .1- intcivstiim ami mi portant. iii;ht oil t!:* subject. tioin tHHlC to till* Ji'lll of tin- 1M'\ oar pre. ? ding tin- lirst yoar "i ih war, Mi Morrison hnds tl.at tin- av orauo pin-, ol' cotton was i.: 1-j ren itnl at . a's a pound at ?1 tlm arti.-l w.i- written, ilit ad?anc was I _ *, per Intrtiii; tin* .-am time I'liic standard rominoditie 11. v ;m|\ati< <mI .is follow - 15aco i'ihs. 17 "> p?*t rent; leal lanl. I." pci ri-ni . i orii meal, 24<> per reni I'ldiii', 12 > per lit ; oats, 1",", pe cent; corn 22"> per cent; wheat. J ! per cent; firm implement-. 2t)M pe cents, standard cotton goods, 20 per cent. standard woolen goods 200 per cent; standard shoes, in per cent. This is war time and al that. l> ;o tile light of these (i^ ures, it would seem to us t!r.u thos who think cotton is too high are hit unreasonable say the least o it Very Particular. Mrs. Swift I hear Mrs. Prime i opposed to ail sorts of society func tions and entertaining. Mrs. Smith She is. Sin is tha narrow-minded that she wouldn' even entertain '.mi idea. The Kaiser's Dentist. D. J Greenwood Journal. at Dr. A. N. Davis, an American den tist who looked after Kaiser Wil noiiiis muiurs lor several years uihj who is back in the United States lx preached a pretty good patriotic ser l" inou at a Liberty Loan rally in New York ; he other day. Asked by sonu " i tie o\er-zealotts why lie did no) *' do something to the Kaiser when In was so close to him. Dr. Davis ree plied that lie thought too much ol iiis own head, -and then proceeded tc r tell the following very interesting i_ things about the thick-headed rulei ^ of the German Empire: 'I said to the Kaiser on one oc ? casion at Grand Headquarters: 'You are underestimating the power oi 11 the United States." The Kuiser re!plied: '1 underestimate nobody sir". g "Many people have asked me, since my return, w4hy 1 didn't do . something to the Kaiser, when I was l"|So close to him. Well, for one thing ' , I wanted to return to America with e,my head on uiy shoulders. Again, I a | felt that the German people themr | selves would in time attend to l" him." l~ Since the assassination of the King of Portugal and a close relative, 8 some years ago, the Kaiser and the sfr.prnmn Crown Prince have never up 8 peared together in public. Dr. Davis f said, lest an assassination might deprive Germany of both of them at i once. V The dentist said he knew that the B Kuiser wanted to start this war over f the Moroccan trouble in 1905 and t tried again to work up a war in 1911. f|So he gladly seized the Serbian epi j sode of 1914 as an excuse. s "Germany has no sense of honor. -.The only thing she can understand e[is force, and it is up to us to apply - to her all the force we can sumii! inon," Dr. Davis continued. "I'd advise the United States to s send all its pro-German sympathizers e [ back to Germany, and in three days. j under present conditions, they'd be rj !>< - to return and become partie otic-Americans. The conditions in lj Germany are terrible. They are usil ing substitutes for bread, eggs, and 1 coffee. "They have made one of the gravjest mistakes in not analyzing our e j psychology. Some of them really bell lieved that we would seize Mexico - and Canada at the beginning of the s war, instead of coming on the side 5 j of the Entente. They do not realize -ithat the more they attempt to ter rorize and harass us the harder we'll t \ tight them." r o Prisoners of War Most Work. Included in War Department leg Mirations regaruing me riuyiujincin of prisoners of war and interned enemy aliens are the following ?[statements: . j All classes of prisoners, excepting commissioned oflicers and such others are physically not fit for labor, , will he required to perform work necessary for their comfort or for the : unkeep of their prison barracks. Interned enemy aliens will not he held for eompulsoiy labor except as provided in this paragraph. Prisoners of war. excepting ollicers warrants, petty, and noncommissioned ollicers, may be required to work for the public service?they may be thori/.ed to work for private persons count. I'nder exceptional circumstances, when specially authorized by the Secretary of War, they may upon their written request, be authorized to work for jrivate persons 01 for corporations. Petty and noncommissioned ollicers may be authorized to work on their own account, and - their written request may be authorized to work in the same manner as other prisoners oi wai, except that they w ill be employed :n -,i supers isory capacity only. An ord' i tot labor will he regard ' - a military command, and pris 1 : i' to obey such order will t" put ' d a< i oi i:ngiy. A ti i; ! >;. > d wo k bat ; : kill"} <>: t coiiifoid, or For ' 1-,< i lie pi ison bat racks in : -i . : . nt ei'tii (|. prisom i s 1 fec< :\ , . . -.,t Ml!. Wh. It ' . ' OI I! " < ; OS eft) I.. Mlt O ' ; \Mi| , M'l llil U W'ln It wwii. i - mi w: in r i?: am iit . 01 , i. public r\n < ?>r l'or private p? r rt . '.!, conditions oi and tli?- coni| it ion '< sin li work v. till hi' set,, til-! in aglccmeni between repfesi-ll, i;.';\.-- ol" s;-hI branehos or persons ;ml 'I'le Atlujiant tleneral of the A i in\ The \ia :es oi tie prisoner- -hall j'i toward improving theii positi": ami tie ha lame shall lie paid t em ? "a their release, after deducting th< e t of ih?*ir t'lainteiiaiH' i ) II \\ allelic* \|-1- *?;, llipat-ili't i? . superstition <>r not, 1 am hall mii< i i he wat- ! alive, and knows its ownir. t .1.11 it Iras some soil of sym i p. ii> with 'he person who carries it. n i?o you not know the bitterness of i, sending your own watch to hospital o ami harboring another a patient II in your pocket?11 lies always. The scientific man reduces the whole e nutter to rhythmic motion Po put ii a roughly, tin- watch likes or does f not like your particular skip, jump, stump or decent walk. Really the scientist has nothing much more to say about it as a conclusion, but that s rhythmic motion. The touch of t lie w atch on t he heart tj 1'eople may applaud a kicker at t the start, hut they feel like kicking in in long before the finish. WOMAN LYNCHED BY INDIGNANT CROWD. - Georgian* Still I cooking for N eg roe*, and llaee Feeling Reported I Running High. Valdosta. Ga., May 1 ! Mary Turr nor, wife of Hayes Turner-, was hanged this afternoon at Folsome's L hi ige over l.ittle river, ahout six> t, mi miles north of Valdosta, Hayes Turner was hanged at the Okapilieo " river, in Rrooks County, last night. ? His wife, it is claimed made unwise t remarks today about the execution of her husband and the people in their indignant mood took except inng # t\ hor ro??io ebe ? 4- u-oll ?? i attitude -and without waiting for nightfall took her to the river where she was hanged and her body rid. died with bullets. , This makes five persons lynched in i this section as a result of the Smith i tragedy at Barney. All of Sidney ; Johnson's relatives, including his i mother and father, were landed in juil here last night. Tonight, owing j to the increased feeling among the i people, the jail is being strongly guarded to prevent trouble. Besides j a chase after Sidney Johnson posses j are tonight looking for other negroes in this section and feeling among both white and black seems to be growing more iutense. On Thursday night two negroes stole a shotgun from Hampton Smith at Barney and shot and killed Smith in his home. Mrs. Smith fled from the house and was attacked. She > awoke the following morning in a; creek and went to a negro cabin for; aid. Those who investigated her story! found Smith's body and the negroes,! farm hands, has disappeared. Since then the farming section of that part of the state has been greatly aroused. ; Ijhc Lesson of Cotton i Memphis Commercial-Appeal.? We wonder if the people of the, South have read the lesson of the cotton market during the lust two weeks. ii is 100 into now to suggest any further reduction of cotton acre-] age. If the war keeps on and shipping! room remains scarce that condition will run against cotton. If the railways remain blocked that injury I will be to cotton.. Flour. meat and meal will be' transported to Europe first, along with men and guns and munitions. Cotton and lumber will have to follow. If the war continues we will have a million soldiers in Europe by fall of this year, and it will take great numbers of ships to supply this number of men with food. Flour will be dear this fall; so will meat, and so will corn. Railways transportation may he so hard pressed that we cannot get these supplies from the North. Cotton may go low and we may not be able to sell it fast. Therefore, if the South grows! * nough to eat it will be in a place of safety, but the South should not be j content with growing enough to eat. It should grow something for the boy.- who go over to France. In the second place, if cotton is low and food is high, we may not have money to buy stuff. If we grow enough to eat, then we can take our cotton money and buy Liberty Honds., The South ought to become a bond ; holding count ry. So there is every reason in busi-; 11 ess and sentiment and in patriotism dcm-tmling us to plant big gardens ami to can fruits and vegetables and grow beans and hogs. o "Idxie" Popular Air in France. \\ ashington 1'ost; "The most popular air in France is "Ihxit." and ii brings the crowds up cheering like nothing save "The Marsellai:'* .' I; has been played so ! i -?iuen11 j by r< gimcntal bands that 1 l-'tt'tii 11 peasants have come to think j 11 >- the A: erican national anthem" i d !Jog? . T. Stoddard, of lletriul. iri France, at the Willard. "I. :ii r. ' i!.' <!i-..u 1 1 Intel in l'ar .' a play* 1 bv an orchestra, {while .Michigan and Wisconsin boys heitrty, weird 'rebels' yells that i i in- <rovvd wild with delight. | That dcmunsl rates liovv finally the 'Northern blip* and the South* r i i . i .1;. !.?>? mm ii'11 iniu in- Allien- 1.: 1 khaki that demonstration by 1 M i < -11 i )_* ; 111 aii'l Wisconsin boys. * I?i x i?- * ji-- a l"1' per cent. American song. 1' ilia \ lack 1 In- lof t i iicss of 'The Star Spangled lianner,' but foi 11.'? to send tlu'in into battle, de'' i 111 i 11 I'll to I I" 1111111?11 or (lie there ha- never been anything like it. i hove hoard tin agitation that tie words of the old Confederate battle .ong be changed, but the wisdom ot this must be doubted, though '.- vera I pretty new versions have been written. Itut it seems to me that the old words with their cheery present day message from the South sounding in France would be a source of pride and confidence to the nation. The American soldiers i 111 r nuiw were a merry ioi to trifle impatient to get at the throat of the Hun. but happy. There is one thinK they want very badly, and nothing about sentimental. They eare nothing about sentimental effusions from persons they do not know, but letters that have the home touch and the 'auld lang syne' to cheer them in their grim work." Greatness is never thrust upon the man who leads an aimless life. _ _ , . , Life A Century Ago. | He could not ride a bicycle. He could not send a telegram. He had never taken a ride in an elevator. He had never used anything but a ii r* i m- 11 ill 11 . ODon't <iet Tired So Ka>y. In I In* May American Magazine an author says: "The thine that makes the 'tired business man' tired is his belief that he is tired. IJelieve the contrary. There have been times when you worked all day and all night on a stretch. It did not kill you. "Work itself, as the modern business world is organized, cannot pos A A A A v w * * V IS t t Y i niipnioifih t T t T I W. A. f. Marion, 1 14 14 '?? *> a lit* hud never seen liis wife using a sewing machine. He hud never received typewritten communications. He could not call ; stenographer and dictate a letter He had never seen a reaper or a self-binding harvester. He had never struck a match on his pants or anywhere else He could not go from Washington to New York in a few hours. One hundred years ago a man could not take a ride on a steamboat. He had never seen an electric light nor dreamed of an electric car. He couldn't take an anesthetic and have his leg cut ofT without feeling ' it. He couldn't talk through the telephone. and he never heard of the hello girl. He had never imagined such a thing as a typesetting machine or a typewriter. He never heard a phonograph talk or saw a kinetoscope turn out a prize fight. He never saw through a Websters Unabridged dictionary with the aid of a Roetgan ray. He had never heard of the germ theory or worried over bacilli and bacteria, iIc had ncc-i looked pleasant before a photographer or had his picture taken. o What War llrctul Saves. Warbread saves wheat because it contains less than the normal quantity of that all-important grain. Put it down at 25 per cent. Hut it saves wheat in another way. People eat less bread because it is less palatable. It doesn't tempt appetite. Say what you will, the war bread however highly recommended by the best dietrv experts are rather poor stuff. Though, of course, we are resigned?we are even glad?to (Hi t f >1 Pfll Were it not so we could hardly consider ourselves patriotic. But we don't really like them. Let us frankly own up. They are suggestive of sawdust. So much the better. We save at least another 25 per cent, of wheat by eating less bread. There is, however, war bread and war bread, it may be more or less palatable. A whole lot depends on hovr it is made. In our big cities so-called "warbread wagons" are going about manned by expert women cooks, who teach assembled crowds how to use, in bread making the various substitutes for wheat recommended by Mr. Hoover. l'at Name. "What do you think of Scribbler's new story. The Boundary Line?' " "It is well named, any way. for jslbly "tire out' the man of average er, would not be controlling and dir * normal health. If it could, Edison recting the nation's food supply toJ would have been dead at the age of day, Woodrow Wilson would be in * ! 3 5. Bell would never have produc- a sanitarium, and General Pershing ed the telephone, Henry Ford would be taking a 'rest cure* Instead I would not be now a king of the au- or rommanding American soldiers in ^ toniobile business, Herbert C. Hoov- France." ' . ... gg 4 W V + v.- ' ' > >" ' * * " V* ' V >' V > * ' ' ^ ; t f ^ T % AUTOMOBILE HEARSE SERVICE I M :l f <9 *:* B. F. WHITNER, % ^ v M Y Funeral Director and Expert Embalmer f 4 X A \% A COMPLETE STOCK X < f f < T Y X X X My automobile hearse can be sent on call to V 4 Y any part of Dillon County. Rate very reason- X T X < Y able. V Y i Y Phones: X J X Residence 209. X i Y Y i ' ? Office 83. T X Y BEN NETTSVILLE, S. C. f , Y Y v > i i ^D^XokLLAlLu, : ^KAvuiaiAauiv JUIIVI iiui ^^B^ ' Has the wholesome taste F jVA Sparkling, bubbling ? absolutely pure. H. ;,\ lr\ Ask for it today and have it served at imgU \ I Official chemist, employed hy state of j* \ Missouri says: "A wholesome product, A* Ar \ free from preservatives and yeast cells f B nl^B'Tr^^ y\ and by reason of small amount of ferW mentable sugars present would say that X no deleterious effects would be produced on processes of direction." Order a case at your grocers', _,? ,ti Forty United Profit Try the ?.??! taste of CERVA ZS%?&%g?S5]L LEMP MANUFACTURERS ST. LOUIS packed in every case. { CHE8KNT CANDY CO., I?IS. Wilmington, X. V. v^lc^um. * ? $> A A The Comfort Car I V i > 4 / < *:* 1 BLIZZARD, Agent | * Dillon and Marlboro Counties, X ' DILLON, S. C. X^ V , I