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itUxm ?brali>. V,' ml mi imimii 1w4. # the dillon hfnttr dillon, south Carolina, Thursday morning, junk u>, i?is. vol. 22 no. 30 -MOTHS > MBJUPPEWH6S JTBWH LBTTBR8 BT BXQULAB OORRSSPONDENTS. Hews Item of Interest to Herald Renders, Kbb end Flow of the Human Tide. Oak Grove. The third quarterly conference for the Brownsville eireuit will be held ?t Bethesda next Saturday and Sunday. There will be preaching on both of theae days by the presiding elder, Rev. M. W. Hook, of Marion. The Sunday school at Bethesda will have children's day exercises the fifth Sunday in June. An interesting program is being prepared and the public is invited to be present. Good rains are making crops grow very rapidly, especially the cotton, o Little Rock. Misses Anna McColl, Ruth Wallace and Dorothy Huggins were sent by the Baptist church of this place to Coker College this week. "MOTHER" SHIP WITH SUBMARINE. Assistant Engineer of Pinar Del Rlc Telia of VmuI of HI* ThnuunH Tons. Norfolk, Va. June 10?Survivors of the American freighter Pinar del Rio, arriving here today from Mantoe, N. C., said the German submarine which sunk their vessel 110 miles northeast of Cape Henry last Saturday morning after a chase ol more than an hour was accompanied by a large steamer which they believed to be a "mother" ship. They also asserted that after their vessel was sent ddwn by gun fire the Submersible sank two American sailing vsssels. Walter B. Burrows, first assistant engineer of the Pinar del Rio, described the craft accompanying the submarine as a vessel of about 6,000 gross tons, with a single funnel amidships. She was painted grey and stood some two or three miles 1a.Um offing while the submarine sank the Rio. When the American craft went down, the submarine signalled the vessel in international code, "Follow me" and the U-boat and her consort steamed away. According to the survivors, the first of the sailing craft attacked bj the submarine after she had destroyed the Rio was a ship, while the second was a schooner. They knew nothing as to the fate of the crews bat assumed that the men were allowed to take to the small boats a< were the captain and 33 men of the Rio'a crew. William F. Clark of the naval reserves, who said he was aboard the Rio in training for services as an officer on a merchant vessel, asserted that the submarine fired six shott at the Rio before the American craft stopped. When the first shot wai fired the captain put on all steam io the hope of making port and escaping the enemy, but the submarine proved too speedy. The crew had %w?mvaa vw iUV UVKtB UC1UJ C lilC SUIT marine arrived alongside. Both Burrows and Clark said the submarine was about 250 feet long with what appeared to be about inch calibre rifles mounted fore and aft. The u-boat they said, was painted a light grey and appeared to be weather and sea worn. AMEIUCAX LO8SE8 7.315. Exact Total of Casualties Since Dandin of First American Forces. Casualties among the American expeditionary forces thus far reported by General Pershing including Sunday's list, total 7,315, the War Department announced yesterday in making public the first of regulai weekly summaries of casualties Deaths in action and from wound s{ disease, accidents and all other causes numbered 2,927 while 4,046 men have been wounded and 342 arc missing ip action including men held DriROnpri! In fSprmnnv The department's recapitulation follows:Killed in action (including 291 at sea) 1,033; died of wounded, 310; died of disease, 1,192; died of accidents and other causes, 392; wound, ed in action, 4,046; missing in action (including prisoners) 342; total 7,315. Red Cross Contributors. The following names were inadyertantly left out of the list of Red Cross contributors in the last Issue: T. A. Dillon, $100.00 Gibson 4 Muller, $100.00 W. 8. Campbell SS.OO MKX REGISTERED WEDNESDAY. 8 107 Men Have Reached Twcatj-OM 8 Years Since Jane 5, 1817. Following is s list of the men registered In Dillon county Inst Wednes- k I day who have reached the age of 21 a since June 5th, 1917: F Whdte li Thomas Dillon David, Dillon. a Lanneau Coward, Dillon, No. 2. d I Raymond Berry, Hamer. ! Jim Miller, Hamer. v Perlie Stephens, Dillon. |p John Daniel Henderson, Little, rt Rock, No. 1. 1*1 Luclan Norton, Dillon, No. .3. v Schubert McCutcheon, Latta. James Hovey Qaddy, Hamer, No. 1 tl James LeRoy Plexico, Dillon. t< Dave Brumbies, Dillon, No. 2. jo Earnest Hinton Brumbies, Hamer, tl No. 1. !g Addison Henry Collins, Dillon. |ii i Curtis Hyatt, Dillon. fv Eddie Graves, Dillon. h i Isaac Iseman, Little Rock. Shelby Herring Williamson, Lit- 8] ; tie Rock. 11] Willie Horn. Hamer, No. 1. n Benj. Franklin Weaver, Dillon. ie' Robert LeRoy Hyatt, Dillon, No. 2. i, Clayton Smith, Little Rock, No. 1. v | David Archie Hyatt, Dillon, No. 2. c, , j Hyman Price Holt, Hamer. ij \ Guss Wilkes, Hamer, No. 2- h Truss Wilkes, Hamer, No. 2. g William Maynard Sellers, Dillon. 0 George W. Atkinson, Bingham. a ! U'nWn- T> HNIII. ' > MI.C1 u. miuiB, Diugusm. S( Daniel E. Herring, Latta. J Joseph Flowers, Latta, No. 1. , ^ ; Howard Griffin, Latta. j Andrew F. Dew, Latta, No. 2. i p i Geo. Woodberry Fate, Latta. No 2. |p ,! N. Hannibal Pierce, Latta, Furman Jackson, Latta, No. 3. ? Wm. Henry Weatherford. Latta, 2 i; John Herring, Mallory, No. 1. a , Erasmus Clark, Sellers, No. 1. Henry George, Sellers, No. 1. I Rufus Hubbard, Latta, No. 1. ' Robert Jackson, Dillon. John McDowell, Mallory, No. 2. [ Gurney Scott, Lake View, No. 3. Charlie J. Ayers, Nichols, No. 1. a ' Bllie L. Tanner, Lake View. M Ralph M. Utley, Dillon. No. 2. d Evander V. Barfield, Lake View. D Colored 8 Eli Covington, Jr., Hamer. Willis Roberts, Hamer, No. 2, c | Bo* 2. P ! John Bethea, Lake View, No. 1, a Bo* 46. <Robert Borwn Murphy, Dillon No. |Box 78. ? ! John B. Breeden, Dillon, No. 3. ( t n ? v at- - ' !vxiu *JUU[ICI, LAtlia, no. Jl. I William McEochern, Hamer. 8 James McBride, Dillon, No. 3. 0 ' Make McRae, Jr., Hamer, No. 2. 1 Sylvester Townsend, Hamer No. 1. ! Jim Johnson, Dillon, No 1, Box 75 Willie Green, Dillon. ^ 1 Geo. Washington Green, Little ^ ; Rock. c Anderson Couser, Clio, No. 1. Ben Verner, Dillon. e ! James Altord, Dillon, No. 1. a Arch Bethea, Hamer, 1 J Frank Abraham, Dillon No. 1. | Box 75. Lonie Johnson, Dillon. S | Luke Simpson, Minturn. Luke Ellison, Minturn. c Robert StarkhouBe, Hamer No. 1, e Box 39. ? Jule Hurley, Hamer. r I Davis Owens, Dillon. ? I Walter Harley, Dillon No.3, Box 1 j 19. | John Lino, Hamer, No. 1. b '; Dan Breeden, Dillon No. 3, Box 19 j v "I Samuel Greair. Dillon. No 1. Ro*IE ] 65. ' ' ' \ M John Odom, Dillon, No. 1, Box 55 11 ' ] David Townsend, Dillon No. 1, '! Box 43. i Andrew Hamer, Pervis, N. C. *i Daniel B. Davis, Little Rock, No. f ':i. s Archie McQueen, Little Rock, No. c 1. Albert McNeill, Dillon, No. 1. Henry Page, 327 N. C. Ave. Pet- 1 " ersburg, Va. u Fred McLellan, Little Rock, No. 1, h Box 2. *! Chancellor Miles, Sellers, No. 1. ? 1 Joe Sparks, Latta, No. 1. b Daniel Bethea, Latta. b j Oliver White, Sellers. 1 1J Adam Glover, Sellers. n ' i Joe Witherspoon, Sellers. 8 | Edward Smith, Latta, No. 2. a >: Earl Bethea, Latta. * Irvin LeGette. Latta. i j George Bethea, Latta, No. 2. 8 ' lar.ies Sparks, Latta, No. 1. 8 11 David Johnson, Latta, No. 3. 1 John Wesley White, Sellers. J Charlie Piatt, Latta, No. 3. Hassie Bethea, Latta, No. 2. :' Asa Crawford, Latta, No. 1. Rilfus Wiggins, Latta, No. 1. Rufus Ford, NJchols, No. 1. Newett Carmichael, Dillon, N.o 2. je tj Evan Frazier, Nichols, No. 1. i ^ Joe McNeill, Dillon, No. 4. | j, ' Tucker McLennan, Fork. j Charlie Edwards, Lake View, No. ^ 3. || I Abraham Wallace, Kfinper. a I H. L. Davis, Fork, Wo. 1. , Prince Allen, Jr., Latta. ( Rex White, Latta. > o t ) Buy War Savings Stamps . I i ' ' rV-ii*- x-.,- - ME HOCKING TRAGEDY IN AIKEN. on of Well-to-do Former Kills His Invalid Mother. iken, June 9?One of the worst tilings that has even stained the nnals of this country occurred near 1 erry, Aiken County, yesterday morn lg when Govan Stephenson. Jr., the on of a well to do farmer, shot to'l eath his own mother. Mrs. Stephenson was a semi-inalid for the past year, having only.' artly recovered from a stroke of pa alysis, and was shot by her son.1 iree times in the head with a revol CI. , From what can be gathered from ie affair here?the prisoner refuses J*1 j talk?the killing was the outcome!' f a simple quarrel over a foot path |1 lat ran through young Stephensons! arden, and which the dead womanj1 lslsted upon leaving open for her! miily's convenience to and fron the, ouse. According to reports, Stephenson i hot his mother twice in the head, lien truning and shooting a young eice once in the face before he mptied the revolver's fourth bullet lto his mother's brain. The dead roman was respected by the whole | immunity where she rosined. Arthur Bushbee, a neighbor, when e heard the shooting, ran to the tephenson home and catching hold f young Stephenson, disarmed him nd tied him'hog fashion while he i ent word to Sheriff Howard. The neice will recover from her rounds, but will be disfigured for te. it is reported that young Stehenson also ran his father from the remises after killing his mother. When seen at the jail the young lan appeared entirely indifferent to he fearful crime he had committed nd smilingly that he "had nothig to say at present." o I ted Cross Activities. The Ked Cross Workroom was live with activity Monday afternoon rhen the workers met to begin the rive to complete the June allottlent of 8000 surgical dressings as-i igned to the Dillon Cour'v Chapter. Tha 40 or moi;? woi soon aught on to the art unc he suervislon or Mrs.- Curtis ad her bie corps of instructors, mrs. L. lottingham, acting as chairman wear ng the blue veil the other wearing he grey and 250 gauze dressings 8x4) were satisfactorily completed. The packing committee also had plendid helpers to finish off a pile >f hospital garments needing butons, button holes, etc., and the the ox was packed and shipped, conaining the following neatly made aricles: 86 bed shirts, 65 suits of paamas, 84 pillow cases, 50 operating aps, 11 pairs operating leggings. The work room will be open evry Monday from 9 to 12 and every fternoon from 3 to 7 o'clock until his allotment of surgical dressings a finished.. The sewing and knitting can alBO o on as before and there's work or all who want to do their bit. laptains have been appointed for ach day and the various women's rganizations have been assigned egular hours in the work room, but ther workers are always welcome, 'he National Red Cross has called [>r 36,000,000 surgical dressings to e used in caring for the soldiers fho will probably be wounded in the, reat drive on the the western front, j Ve will surely do our part in fill-! ng this urgent need! MRS. L. COTTINGHAM, V. Ch. ; Another generous check for $20.70 rom the Woodmen of the World is xatefully acknowledged by the local hapter. Important ? Directions for Knit-1 ing socks? The foot should meas- , ire 11 or 12 Inches from back of the' eel to end of the toe. Th^ foot should be about 4 inches; cross at the instep. The leg should : e about 14 inches long from the1 lottom of heel to the top of the sock, n casting in stitches do not pay so luch attention to the number of titches as to the number of inches nd the sock should measure about inches wide across the leg. It is absolutely imperative that the ocks be free from knots, the aololdiers cannot wear them unless hey are?From Red Cross Brief for une 1st. Firsf i Sunday school every Sunday at 0 o'clock, u. m., W. V. Jones. Suprintendent. Prayer meeting every Vednesday evening at 8:30 o'clock n charge of Men's Bible Class. ' 'reaching next Sunday. June 16th >y Rev. J. A. McMillan. The public a cordially invited to come to any nd all of these services and worship rlth us. o Misses Louise and Margaret Behea are visiting relatives at Wilson, I. C. TOOK UOOIMi FltOM t All. But Hid Them in Woods and Failed A to Haul Them Off. A robber or robbers entered a freight car in the Seaboard yards Saturday night and emptied it of merchandise in the shape of' groceries, snuff and tobacco. The strange part of the proceeding is that so far: as could be learned the robbers did not make away with a single pound of the loot. Sunday morning the merchandise was found scattered over a small patch of woods near the j freight yard and when the* goods; were reloaded Agent Powell checked ! them out and did not find a thing missing. Little attempt was made to i conceal the goods. Many of the box- i es were only a few feet from the public road and were exposed to the view of persons passing along the road.' The theory is the robbers were frightened away and did not have time to come back for the loot. o ' LED CAPTIVES BACK. American Prisoners See Captors Tak- j en Captive in Battle Confusion. London, June 10?How the cap-' tors of three American soldiers on the sector northwest of Chateau- I Thierry unwittingly led them back 1 into the allied lines owing to the I tangled conditions of the righting ! front there is told by the corres- j pondent of the Times with the Amer | ican army in France. Corporal Sidney W. Rogers and | Privates Raymond Howard and Frank P. Itidgwuy were captured at j Hill 204. Two Germans started with ' them to the rear but became confused and walked straight into the French lines and themselves were taken prisoner. i ue Auiericanb reporied tnat uer- : man officers had questioned them closely as to when and where they had landed in Europe, where they were. trained and the identity 6f their units. The Americans refused to answer any of the questions. The Germans served the American prisoners with a nauseating compound of flour and water as food. LABOR AGENTS MUST QUIT. j Congressman Kagsdale Gets Order j Forbidding them to Operate. 1 A luboc agent representing the Dupoat Powder " Co.. took about 20 negroes foam Dillon and Marion coun ties to Virginia one day last week. The agent claimed that he was working under authority of the government and when intereviewed by May- j or Thompson he produced credentials , from the Wgr Department which ap- i peared to be genuine. The labor agent was allowed to proceed with his negroes, but the matter was re-. ported to Congressman Ragsdale who promptly took it up with the War Department and entered a vigorous protest against the action of the government in allowing labor to be taken out of the state when it was so badly needed on the farms. The War Department took the matter up with the DuPonts and the DnPonts have assured the War Dep-utment that the agents were op- ; elating in South Carolina without their approval or authority. The L>uPont8 addressed telegrams to their agents calling them away front*'' from this state and ordered them ' not to bring with thorn any laborers | that were ready to leave. The state is very much indebted to Congressman Hagsdale for the prompt action he took in this matter. L/abor is badly needed down here and if the agent had been "permit ted to remain in this state the farms and saw mills would have fared badly. o Ttie I ted I'pom Needs Workers. The Dillon Red Cross Chapter has just gotten an order for eight thous-' and surgical dressings, which must be completed in thirty days. Our brave American boys are now in the battle line, and these dressings must be sent to them without delay. There are a great many ladies in Dillon county who are not glvihg this work their consideration, but are riding around in automobiles having a good time. The burden of this work is falliug on a faithful few. Some of our women are "slackers" in this work, and you are beginning to be talked about; some haven't turned their hand toward doing this work, and* yet they have good servants and small families. We have several women with large families, and practically no help, who are working. You older women and young girls who have done very little, or noth.ng, should promptly offer your services to the Chapter, for the need is urgent. If you don't do your bit, 1 please don't whine when an ava- t lanche of criticism strikes you. That will he the result. The time is com- ^ ing when the man or woman who fnils to do his or her duty in this K great grisis will be despised, hated a and ostracised by society. Yet, many y don't seem tc appreciate where they r are drifting. A WORKER. t DILI/OX'S NEXT QUOTA. not her Call for Men Under Selective Service Act. White Ed Pelt. Marvin Elroy Cartuichael. Garsie C. White. Coaby Griffin. Marvin Washington Britt. . Velius Britt. James McKenzie. John Tyandall. Cruley Hunt. William Jollies Grainger. Quince Welch. Jim Pelt. Charlie Brumbies. Albert Cox. John Connerly Hayes. Victor Lauton Arnett. David F. Cooper. Kay Jackson. Jimmie Pace. Wade Daniels. Hance Calder. K Nelson Gibson lingers. Nelvin Williams. Monroe Crowley. Luke Jackson. Charlie Walker Britt. Neill Berry. 1 JiMues William W?ttSce Sanford Britt. Sandy KufOs Rogers. Harvey Hewitt. Hiniaru Mclver Rosier. Corbett Cook. Carl Watts. Wallie Thomas Arnett. Curl Lonnie Gilbert. I Luke Webster. Otto Lyde Cannichael. Daniel Cody Cook. l?d I .tier. juie i Carlos George. Luther Martin Lee. \lno. Knox Alford. UV.OI Will IOV1UCUS. Robert Wilmer Anderson. Lanney Braddy McQueen. LeRoy McCormick. George M. Clark. Curtis Candler. Thomas Scott. Neal Cox. James Albert McCormick. Mack Cottingham. William Spivey. Colored Will Campbell. John McLellan, Jr. Ed McRant. Walter Gibbons. Walter Rhodes. Howard Alston. Frank James. Ben Henderson. Luther Piatt. Herbert McRae. Eddie Blackwell. James Maning. Cornelius Small. Comedo Page, i had Reaves, jdmes Loyd. i'ai'id N. Tui-nin. .?:ack White. Jerry Wilson. Robert Johnson. Fred Jones. Will MeNc?l. John Kirby. Jesse Chance. Jack McXeal. Fred Carroll. Haywood Page. John Manigo. Robert McBryde.Tom Gibson. ttufus Bethea. James Manning. General Lee Stafford. Willie Hampton McT^ean. Fred McCrey. Jacob Graves. Daniel Frank McCormick. Scipio Holmes. Luther Jenkins. John Montgomery. Robert Manning. Walter Rogers. .tndrew Manning. James Williams. Lattie Floyd. Lawrence Bethea. Walter Conuuings. Nelson McKay. George Blue. Jesse C. Newton. Percy Bethea. Joe David Breeden. Clarence Campbell. Ben Robeson. Kue Johnson. Kd. Green. Thomas Allen. Josh Sumter. Hughie Davis. Silas Bryant. Willie Wall. Noon Turnage. Baseman Bell. Enoch Burges. I.ike Jonah.. A party of tourists were discussing he Darwinian theory, and one of! hem, turning to the guide, said, i And what, my friend, do you think' f the matter?" "Well, sir," said the guide, "you entlemen may all have come from pes. It's not for me to contradict ou. But as for me, I can say that ny folks came from Wales."? Boson Transcript. ., \ EIGHTEENTH VICTIM OF UNDERSEA BOATS *1 llMAItiNE ACTIVITY OFF OUR ("OASTS CONTINUE. American Steamer Piiuu- I>el Rio tiring* lint of the Vmeln Sunk in the Past Week to 18. New York, June 10.?Captain J. MucKenzie and 16 members of the crew of the American steamship Pinar Del Rio, who have been missing since the vessel was sunk bv a German submarine off the eoast of Maryland on July 8, reached here today on Norwegian steamship which rescued them from a small life boat about 70 miles off the coast of New Jersey. All the members of the crew are thus accounted for, as the chief mate and 15 men were landed early this morning at a life saving station on the North Carolina coast. Washington, June 10?German submarines, whose operations off the Atlantic coast became known a week ago today, hav e added another small craft to their list of victims. Navy department dispatches published today announce the sinking Saturday morning of the American steamer Pinar Del Rio, of .2,504 tons, engaged in West Indian trade, about 70 miles off the coast of Maryland. One of the vessels boats containing the captain and 17 members of I ?? -* - " 11lie tiew naa noi Deen neard from early today. Another with 16 men landed late yesterday on the North Carolina coast. Dispatches to the navy department j failed to reveal whether the steamer I was torpedoed or sunk hy shell fire, ; but press dispatches from Norfolk i quote the survivors who landed south of that point as saying she was torpedoed. The loss of the Pinar Del Rie brings the total known list of vessels sunk by German raiders to 17. eight steamers and 10 ships of other types. Saw Vessel Sink. Norfolk, Va., June 10?Sixteen survivors of the crew of the American freighter Pinar Del Rio, which was sunk by an . enemy submarine raider off the Maryland coast Saturday, announced on their arrival at Elisabeth City, N; C., today enrouto to Norfolk, that shortly after the U-boat sent their ship to the bottom of the Atlantic they witnessed the sinking of an unknown schooner a few miles away. The survivors said the Pinar Del Dio was sunk by gun fire, four shots shattering the hull of th?? amidships and (wo ripping open her sides forward. They declared the U-boat bore no identification marks. They were picked up a few hours after the submarine disappeared and ' landed at Kill Devil Hill life saving; station on the Carolina coast and sent here by steamer. Much I>epends on Result of Fight. London, June 10.?The new German attack is directed immediately against Copeigne as part of the campaign against Paris, according to virtually unanimous newspaper comment here. In the opinion of some commentators in the morning papers the section attacked is a vital one because of the various detatched heights which lie across the bead of the valley of the Osie and its great railway and road to Paris. Any important gain in this direction, it ie remarked would bring the enemy out into the level country towards St. Just and Clermont and enable him to avoid a frontal attack on the forests of Copeigne and Villers-Cotterests which me 111 Krt?Hi vHiue 10 me aiues for defensive purposes. Such a gain it is held, would probably compel a readjustment of the allied front between the Osie and the Marne. Another object of the new move is assumed to be an attempt to outflank the French line in the Sots sons sector. Court General Sessions. The Summer Term of General Sessions convened at 10 o'clock Monday and the business of the court was finished by one o'clock. Judge Ed. Mclver, of Cheraw, presided and Solicitor Spears and Stenographer Kilgo were at their posts. This was the first time Judge Mclver had presided at Dillon since his election as judge of this circuit and he made a splendid impression on .the members of the Bar, court officials and attendants. The following cases were disposed of: Jim Black, manslaughter. Id years; Gus McLeod, manslaughter, 6 years; Filoyd Faulk, stealing an wuiuuiir, a i*i years; mm JJIMi housebreakiag, 1 jwr; Rex Wktte, housebreakiag. It awotki.