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^ Stllnn ffpraUi. 1 ESTABLISHED I SSI. THE DILLON HERALD, DILLON, SOVTH CAROLINA, THl'KKDAY MOHMNC. .MAY :?(. ISIS. VOL. 22. 28. ? ? 1 ' COUNTY NEWS MID HAPPENING! S** '/jfer ' j I NEWS LETTERS BY REGULAl < CORRESPONDENTS. News Items of Interest to Heral 4 Readers, Ebb and Flow of the Human Tide. Calvary. Mr_ E. P. Wiggins and family wet over to the Pleasant Hill sectio Sunday last. E. P. was not feelin well Sunday morning so in the aftei noon ne was taken very 111 ana w.i accompanied home by Jake Smit and Mrs. Luke Miller. Dr. Michau was called andPearl soon felt bette N. E. McQueen dined with W. I Hays Sunday last. Rev. J. A. Langley will addre: the Ladies Aid Society of Mt. Calvar church Sunday night, June the se< ond Services to begin about sevei thirty by old time. The public is coi dially invited to attend This sermo has been pending for * some tinn Come. Oak Grove. The third quarterly conferent for the Brownsville circuit will t held at Bethesda on Saturday an Sunday, June the 15th and 16th. Mrs. L. T. Phillips of Rowesvill while on her way to the Missionai Conference at Dillon, spent a fe days in Brownsville and the Oa Grove section visiting friends_ S. W. Epps, farm demonstratic agent was in this section one ds last week. Misses McLees and Evans, run supervisor and of the caduiug clii department respectively, wei here one day last week. Kirby raised considerably 11101 than her allotment for the Red Croi fund. o Sellers. The school children here had picnic Friday afternoon. This wi given them as an appreciation 1 their work for the Junior Red Croa ^ Misses McDaniel and Aiken's p' pits picniced on the old scho grounds, while Mr. Baker took h pupils to Reedy Creek Springs. Quite a crowd of Sellers people a tended the oratorical contest at Lat Friday evening. We were all pleas? when Mr. Henry Sellers won tl High School medal The Eatta school will hold the graduating exercises Friday evenii May 30th. The Sellers people are e pecially interested this year as M Harry Sellers is a member of tl graduating class. The Sellers school will close ne week. The following is the progran Sunday, June 2nd, at 5 o'cloc Union Service, conducted by Rev. \ C. Foster and Rev. J. R. Sojourne at the school house Tuesday evening," June 4th, at o'clock, Music Recital. Wednesday, June 5th at ft o'cloc Primary Grades will conduct the e ? tertainment. Thursday evening, June 6th, ft o'clock. High School Oratoric Contest. There is no graduating class th year. The public is cordially invited attend all these exercises.' o l>ILI(ON BOY A CANDIDATK. Hon Junius T. Liles Will be Cane date for Lieutenant Governor. Hon. Junius T. Riles has mat friends in Dillon county who will I interested to know that he is a ca didate for lieutenant governor. \1 Riles spent his boyhood days on tl plantation of his step-father, tl late J. H. Hamer, near Little Roc DAf/\ro eoonhino nmnhaA/l hn innvi to Texas and later returned to Di Ion. Mr. Liles is engaged in the i suranoe business with his brothe E. It Liles, at Orangeburg. For tl past several terms he has represen ed his county in the lower branch the general assembly where he toe a prominent part in shaping legisl tion. He has served as chairman the ways and means committee f> two years. As yet Mr. Liles lias i opposition for the office of lieute ant governor and if he is electe wiiuuui opposition ii would [>c a n ting tribute to the services he h rendered the state as a member the general assembly. o Married on Sunday. On last Sunday at 4:30 p. m. the Methodist Parsonage in this ci Mr. Walter S. Pope and Miss Ani B. Watson were happily married. D Watson B. Duncan performing tl ceremony. A few intimate friem accompanied the couple from Lat and witnessed the ceremony. Tl popular couple have the best wish of their numerous friends. . . J^? ' ... HI LI/ON* (JOES OVER TOP. ! Ext (mate Places Red Cross Subscript ions Between 98000 and $9000. ' Dillon is well "over the top" in the! Red Cross drive. Complete returns. ^1 from the various team captains in the county are not in, but a conser- \ , vative estimate places the subscrip- j j tions between $8000 and $900. i ^ About one-fifth of this amount has; ( been paid in cash and the remaining four-fifths will be paid in four equal! installments, the first installment1 being July st, the second August! 1st, the third September 1st and the fourth October 1st. Notices will be J mailed on the 25th of each month no-1 n tifying subscribers and as this eng tails much labor and expense the sor_' liciting committee urges each sub- j LS scriber to make prompt remittance, i h The Red Cross drive was very x much stimulated by a rally held at. r the school auditorium Thursday j morning. The school children, accom-1 panied by members of the D. A. R. .j. and several business and professional y linen, formed a parade at the school , c_, building and after marching through, . Main street returned to the school A j r_ building where they heard two ex- j ,n cellent talks by Hon J. W. Ragsdale | e and Ex-Senator Jno." L. McLaurin. i Mr. J. B. Gibson presided at the I i meeting and at the conclusion of the I addresses asked for contributions. 1 ,e.The response was hearty and liberal; (e'and more than $200 was pledged in a : ^ few minutes McLaurin & Thompson; contributed two $50 Liberty Bonds; e j which were auctioned off by Dr. '.Duncan. The first bond was bought ^ in by Mr. E. T. Elliott for $140 and k'the second bond was bought ir. by Mr. J. P. McLaurin for the same in 'amount. iy i The Herald is making urrange to publish next week the names of al all contributors to the Red Cross lt) fund whose contributions amounted 'to $10 or more. I o re 1 AMERICAN AIRMEN ss HOLDING HUNS BACK. ! No More Flying Over Our Lines ut Will. a: is j With the American Army in oflFrance, Saturday, May 25.? (By Asis. jsociated Press.)?The activities of u-jtne American air squadron operating ol ' in the sector northwest of Toul is'seem to have had results oven more effective than was anticipated, t- When it first began its work there ta were between thirty and fifty sumid mons to activity coining into our ie|aviators daily. Gradually the nui iber ! nf calls had dwindled until for s?-vir ; civil days the average ha-* t - n only lg me a day. s- From a strictly tcchincal military r. standpoint, the operations of the i ie American airmen have two objects. I The first is to kill off the opposing I xt airmen, while the second is to l:eep I ;i: jthe enemy from flying his machines! k. on the American side of the line and V.; thus preventing him from taking r, photographs, regulating artillery ; fire, or in any way securing in form a-J 0 1 tion. t The records show that the new k, squadron has already taken a ered-1 n-|itable toll of enemy pilots and ob-j |servers, while for a German airplane] at to come over the American lines now aljts a rare occurrence. This situation |contrasts sharply with that which is prevailed when these aviators first I started operating, to j Moreover, according to information obtained from a German ollicer aviator brought down within the last few days, the fear of the Anter iran aviators nas oeen lnsiuien mio li-!tho German flying corps. This prisoner furnished the information that the line from St. \lihiel to Potiy ti-Mousson, within which the Amerit)e ican airmen are operating had come n- to be regarded as a dangerous place r. for German pilots. Our fighting avtiejiators could not possibly have heard a more welcome tribute, k, o ?<* Soldier Arretted. il A New York soldier en route to ' Camp Jackson who deserted his coniu> rudes at Florence yesterday morning was arrested on a Coast Line train Tuesday night by local offi)k cers on tlegraphic orders from a a~ commanding officer. The soldier ?r passed through Dillon Tuesday morn1)1 ing on a troop train and was going 10 | back to New York City. The man n" 1 fought like a tiger and it took sev ?(1 eral officers to carry him to ail. It- . . * a * * * * * As The Herald j*oes ,to pi ess * * a lonu distance telephone tries * * sane from t'oluinhia brings * * the news that the State Hos- * q . ' * pital for the insonse was de- * ty ! la i * yesterday afternoon ir I * by fire. The message states lie * that sixteen inmates |>erishs ' * ed in the flames. Xo further * details were obtainable in * De eg * time for this issue. * 18 , MISSIONARY SOCIETY IN ANNOAL SESSION :mi> ANNUAL CONVENTION OPEN EI> AT lOA. M. YESTERDAY. More thun a Hundred Ih'legaU's from Various Purts of State in Attendance. The Third Annaul Meeting of the Woman's Missionary Society of the South Carolina Conference was opened with appropriate exercises at the Dillon Methodist church yester day morning at 10 o'clock. There arc more than a hundred delegates from various parts of the state in attendance and the meeting will remain in session until tomorrow al ernoon. Yesterday's Program 10:00. Communion, Rev. W. M. Hook, 1'. K. Hymn, "Revive us Again." Prayer, President. Organization Welcome Message, Mrs. Jee P. Lane. Appointment of Committees. Courtesies. 1 :(K? O'clock. Quiet Hour, Council Officer. AFTERNOON. 3:30 Devotional Service, Miss Ossie Epps. 4:00 Answered Prayer Hour, Miss Mary Hamlin. Leaflet-'Aunt Dinah's Starry Crown." 5:00 Committee Meetings. EVENING. 0:00 Devotional Service, Rev. W. 11. Duncan, D. D. China, as Seen Through our Missionary, Mrs. A. C. Bowen. Solo: "Not half has ever been told," Mrs. C. E. Exum T(k1hj's Program. 10:00 Devotional Service, "Extent," Heb. 2:9. Mrs. M. L. Banks. Reports: Council Meeting, Mrs. R. L. Kirkwood. District Secretaries: Charleston, Mrs. Mary E. Hamlin. Florence, Mrs. C. E. Exum. Kingstree, Miss Ossie Epps. Marion, Mrs. Walker Floyd. Orangeburg, Mrs. S. J. Summers. Sumter, Miss Jessie Curtis. Message from Mrs. H. E. Chrietzberg The Battle of the Books, Mrs. W. L. Glaze. Home Mission Work: Orangeburg Wesley House. Miss Davis. Darlington Settlement House Miss Susie Mitchell. Door of Hope Courtesies: 1:00 Quiet Hour, Council Officer. AFTERNOON. 3:30 Devotional Service, Mrs. R. E. Stackhouse. Junior Hour, Led by Mrs. B. J. Guess. Young People's Hour, Led by Mrs. J. E. Ford. EVENING. 9:0U Devotional Service, Rev. \V. B. Duncan, D. D. Missionary Address, Council Officer. Tomorrow's D'c^ram. 10:00 Devotional Service, "Completeness," l'hil. 4.19, Mrs. S. W. Henry. Information Hour. Mrs. C. E. Exum. Election of Officers. 1919 Conference. Where?\Vheu ? Hymn, "I gave my life for thee" Pledges by Districts. Courtesies. 1.00 Quiet Memorial llour. Council Officer. AFTERNOON. 3:30 Devotional Service, Mrs. \V. L. I Wait. Committee Reports. Miscellaneous Business. Report of Committee on Courtesies, Mrs. H. O. Schoolfield. Hymn. | Gloria. Adjournment. Following is a list of the delegates i and the homes to which they have been assigned: Mrs. W. L. Wait, Mrs. Charles. with Mrs.. \V. J. Carter. Mrs. B. J. Guess, Mrs. Henshaw, Mrs. A. K. Wait, with Mrs. J N. Hargrove. Mrs. W. L. Glaze, Mrs. 1?. T. Chilli l?s, Mrs. O. M. Page. Mrs. Register, Mrs. Paul Sanders, Mrs. A. K. Howen, with Mrs. M. G. Bethe*. Mrs. li. 1,. Kirk wood, Mrs. Lipscomb, with Mrs. N. H. Hargrove. Miss Mary Hamlin. Miss Olelia Mrs. O. G. Dome, with Mrs. I>. M Michaux. Mrs. .1. P. McNeil. Mrs. Battle with Mrs. J. B. Gibson. Mrs. William It. McLeod, Mrs. T B. Gibson. Mrs. J. B. Gibson. Mrs. McNabb, Mrs. Henry, Mrs Hugh Hoggins, with Mrs. E. L Moore. Mrs. Theodore Breeden, Mrs. J. A W. Moore, with Mrs. G. D. Barlow (Continued on Page 8.) | MO It K. .MK.N <iO TO I'AMI* JACKSON Forty Three Sturdy Young Fellows la*ft Sunday Morning. I Forty-three young men representing the flower and chivalry of Dil|lon county's young manhood left for I Camp Jackson Sunday morning. Quite a large crowd was at the station to bid the young men goodj bye. The boys were in a happy and Jcheerful mood and from all indications were entering upon their new |life with interest and enthusiasm Following is a list of those who left [with the party: | Win. J. Turbville, Jr. Paul P. Phillips. Hurt Norris Solon Martin. Warren C Hyatt. Sam Harrelson. James Edwin Easterling. Lewis Trueluck. Luther Soles. Leroy Gray I lowers, i Hector Gray, i Furman Sweat. H. Chirk Smith. Oliver Huggins. Owen Jackson Hayes John Boyd Goud. 1 Joe B. Stephens. Dock McPhatter. Sam McLaurin. Herbert F. llethea. L. Harper Cromer, Jr. Sam G. Evans David Dunn. Henry G. Musselwhite. George H. Olive. 1 Frank H. Loyd. S. Guy Grantham. Hugh M Moody. I Clancy \V. Moore. Dock M. C. Campbell. Eugene Vereen. Fulton A. Surles. H. Liston Home, j Alec McC Watts. I Gordon Flowers. ! Royd Stephens. Willie Hughes. | Floyd Causee. i Marvin Turner, i Dan Benton. Spurgeon W. Hamilton. Theadore C. Sheppard. i Luther G Calder. Harvey H* Rogers. Julius Brogdon. AMERICAN RAID SUCCESSFUL ! "Sammies" Accomplish Work Quickly in Montdidier Region. With the American Army in Fiance, May 25. Saturday?(By Associated Press.) American forces in the Montdidier region carried out a silent raid upon enemy positions yesterday, killing six men and capturing one. Without the assistance of the artillery the Americans slipped into the enemy trenches and quickly accomplished their work. German Account. Amsterdam, May 26.?"Heavy losses" were inflicted upon the Americans on the Picardv front in the repulse of strong American patrols yesterday west of Montdidier it is claimed in a semi-otlicial German report receivd today in a Berlin telegram. i The report in the course of a deiscription of yesterday's military operations says: I "West of Montdidier strong Amercan patrols advanced against our front. One American patrol was entirely cut up by our fire. The others were thrown back by counter-attack. The Americans thereby suffered heavy losses " Militarist* v*. "Yankees." Amsterdam. May 26.?Regarding ihe American hordes training in the French csrinps, the semi-official jNorth German Gazette of Herlin remarks: j "Fresh reinforcements are meanwhile maturing in our recruiting depots behind the front and we will wait and see whether the lightning 'trained Yankee will hold his own 'against the German lads who have had military training from their youth." '** ****** 4 * Itegister Next Wednesday 1 * All men who have reached * * the age of 21 years since * * June 5th. 15H7 or who will lie * * 21 years of age by next Wed- 1,1 * nesday, June 5th. will l?e re- * * quired to register at thei ' * nearest registering prccimt. * * llillon county lm? been di- * * vidtvl ?s follow*- among the * * iiicmli.-i-v iif flic I.im-:iI IK: i-i ril * * * Dillon?!>. M. Michaux and I.. ' * < . liraddy. Jr. * 1 .Jil Hi?Jno. ('. Itelhea. * l.ake View?A. It. Jordan. * Tfce in ?mbers of the Itoanl * * will lie at. these places from !> * a. m. till O p. in. next Wed- * i * nesday for the purpose of reg- ' * istering all men who have ;* reached the"age of 21 years 1 1 * by next Wednesday. Failure ' j to register is punishable by ' -1 fine or imprisonment or both. ' * * * *?< x j GERMANS LAUNCH SECLND OFFENSIVE ? i ai.mks auk holding i'lhmly , i against ukavy assaults. I j Tin- It low Fulls Suddenly With Only ( Itrief Artillery l*re|Mtrat ion, but IY?"?jmi.s Itiu Hut tie. , I Germany's preat offensive on the ' western front litis been resumed. t With only brief artillery prepara- ( tion two blows have been struck by , the Teuton armies, which have been , reorganized since disastrous losses ! were inflicted on them by the French | and British during the Picardy and , 1 landers battles in March and ^pril. One attack was on the line from Voor ( Mezeele to Locre, southwest of | Ypres; the other on a thirty-five j mile front from Pinon, north of Sois-; sons to Kheims. This is known as the! Aisne sector In Flanders the Germans have gained virtually nothing, but farther south the Berlin official statement claims that the German Crown Princ's troops have carried the whole ridge of the Chemin-Des-Dumes and now are fighting on the Aisne river. ] The German attack in Flu.i^ *rs is against positions taken by the 1 rencn May 20, when they recaptured Brulose and Locre and strengthened their line on each side of Hill 44, which they had retaken u few days before. On the Aisne front the present bat- , tie recalls the fearful fighting of last summer along the .Chemin-Des-Dam- \ 1 es, where for weeks the German Crown Prince hurled his men a- nst the French positions only to ?e .1 crushed and beaten. Last yeai s 'enty-five divisions were eng-aged in the German attacks along this line alone. The attack here is really in the! nature of a line straightening operation. It is being launched from Laon j as u center and is aimed at the elbow I in the line formed during the fight- : ing in Picardy in March and April. | Here, however, the Germans must | ,: face permanent works which have' i been occupied by the French for long . periods and which can be defended' quite easily. Evidence that the Allied supreme! command was forewarned of the new German attack may be found in the fact that British troops are fighting there. The German Crown Prince is in command in this sector and this may indicate serious effort to break the Allied lines. Crown Prince Rupprecht, of Bavuria, is the nominal : commander in Artois and Picardy,! 'and the German Crown Prince for dynastic reasons will strive to outdo whatever success is attained by his ? oll< ague farther north It is ??rob:?Mn that American j troops are engaged in the fighting in both battles on the French fronts. The late official reports note quite severe fighting in various sectors, among them the Apremont forest, where Americans are known to he holding positions at the present time. The reports say the Germans were repulsed in all these attacks. It is officially reported from , Washington that American positions in Picardy sector, near Cnntigny ' and Montdidier. have been subjected to attack and that at places the Ger-: roans penetrated them. The enemy, however, was driven out by thei Americans, icans. Almost coincident with the new German assault the Italians launched a blow at the Austrian linns in thn mountain region to the northwest of Lake Garda. According to reports 'they have carried Monticello Pass, i the village of Presena, Monte Ziglon and the mountain spur to the east. Itefore them lie parallel streams leading down into the Lagarina valley and if they successfully carry out their attack there, it Is possible to outflank the entire Austrian po, sition in the north of Italy. The Keuter correspondent at head i'quarters in France describes the German bombardment as scarcely less violent than that which heralded the German offensive on March 21. Gas shell.- were employed in great quan lilies .ind the bombardment and infantr> attack between Soissons and Kheims were on a more formidable i scale than in Flanders. I The Germans according to this correspondent, employed their fatni liar formations dense waves of in> fs ntry following closely in the wake of a lilting barrage, and they pushed * '"? 11 uoujis up ?iui rnararif risuc recklessness. j "Among the signs of a resumption iof the grand offensive are that the enemy is heavily shelling our far l>ack areas with high velocity guns, and also his airmen are unusually venturesome." continues the dis-j patch. "A note of confidence comes' in the reports from the battle front " s ri{\<;i:i>v vakuowi y aykictki> Han Drinks "Monkey Itiim.'* IktiseH IC<>\\ and Defies AiTesl. It it had not been for some coolteaded work on the part of Sheriff ^ant- there would have been a seious affair on the Mil) Village Satirday -afternoon. .1 r\ Hughes, a man about 60 ears of age. came here from Laiu>erton not many months ago. Hughes is an employee at the mills. He had been leading a peaceful life intil Saturday afternoon when be illed Ul) on "monkev rum" an?l >?? ;an to raise a rough house. He vas buying groceries sit the mill store and had some words with Mr. Jausey, si clerk in the store. Blows .vere exchanged and Hughes got the worst of the affair. Hughes proceed *d to his home nearby and arming Himself and his ltl year old son with shotguns returned to the store looking for Causey. In the meantime Causey got out of the way and a small boy threw Hughes off the track by telling him that he saw Causey "going around a corner." Hughes went back to his home making threats against Causey's life and Mr. Davis, the store manager phoned Sheriff Lane to come to the mill village and arrest Hughes. When the sneriff reached Hughes' house he found Hughes sitting on the porch with a rifle across his knees. Hughes warned the sheriff not to come near him, but while Sheriff Lane was talkiug to the man he kept advancing and finally reached the steps wltere he sat down. Hughes had put his gun aside and the sheriff was in the act of covering him with his pistol when he happened to look around and discovered Hughes' 1?> year old boy sitting in the passageway with a shot gun pointed at him ready for action. Sheriff Lane got up and told Hughes that he would get a warrant and I come back for him. Mr. Davis, the mill store manager, came back to town with the sheriff and they got a warrant from Magistrate Haselden. Accompanied by Mag istrate Haselden, Mr. Davis, Deputy Britt and Mr. G. D. Barlow. the sheriff returned to Hughes' home. When the party arrived at the house Hughes raised his rifle and told them not to approach the house. The boy was still sitting in the passageway with the shotgun across his lap. The sheriff began to argue the matter with Hughes and finally Hughes agreed to submit to arrest provided the bond was fixed at the amount suggested by him, the amount being very small. The party entered the house and the bond was made out. Hughes was asked to come forward and sign it. He came forward with his rifle still in his hands. As he approached the table the boy was asked to conn- 1111 and siirn the bond ?1ro The boy could not manage the gun and the pen at the same time and in a thoughtless moment he laid the gun .aside. As he did so Mr. Davis grabbed him by the arm and drawing a pistol he thrust it into Hughes' face and told him not to move. At this moment another member of the party grabbed the rifle and wrenched it from Hughes' hands. Without further ceremony the father and son were placed in the automobile and taken to jail where they will remain until the case is heard at the June term of court Hughes has a bad record. He has served time in Clarenden county and before coming to Dillon had some trouble with the authorities at Lumberton. He is a man nearly 60 years of age and the father of several sons and daughters. One of his sons was a member of the party of young men sent to Camp Jackson Sunday morning. When the sheriff saw Hughes inthe jail Sunday morning Hughes seemed to be very penitent. He broke down and told the sheriff his life had been one of trouble. He attributed it to whiskey, saying that he was a quiet and peaceful man until he began to drink and then he wanted trouble with everybody. The boy seems to have a very high regard for his father and admitted that he was ready to carry out his father's orders to shoot if necessary. The gun was loaded and in the boy's blouse were found a dozen shells loaded with No. 1 shot. It is evident that father and son were looking for trouble o Twelve Cousins in Army. The Fass brothers, Messrs. Mor ris. Max, David and Isaac Fass, hav< five cousins in France or in training camps, while Mrs. I. I. Fusk has seven cousins in the service, some of whom are fighting ia France while others are in the training camps. Mr. I. I. Fass says his fatherin-law who lives in Chicago writes him that several of his sons and nephews have closed up their stores and gone to the front and offered to give Mr. Fass a mercantile business if he would come to Chicago and take charge of it. This is quite a creditable record for one family.