The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, June 27, 1918, Page Page Eight, Image 8
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Hew* Items of Interest to Herald
Renders. Ebb <u?d Flow of the
Human Tide.
Sellers.
Mrs. Berry of Florida and Mrs.
Hammond of Branchville are visiting
Mrs. Hughes and Mr. Pratt Watson.
Miss Elisabeth Sellers is spending
this week at Myrtle Beach.
There will be a community meeting
at the school house on Friday,
June 28th. Miss Harper will come
and bring her canning outfit. The
ladies of the neighborhood are in-!
vited to come, bring their lunch and :
anything they want canned.
Mr. Alford of Floydale and daughters.
Misses Elizabeth and Reaves,
were at the Methodist church Sunday
afternoon.
Mr. H. W. Ritch and family, Mr.
Ladlan and son Herbert, spent the
weelt end at Myrtle Beach.
Prof. J. G. Baker and daughter,
Miss Louise with Pauline McDaniel,
have been elected to teach the Sellers
school next ye^ar. A music teacher
has not been secured as yet.
Misses Baker and McDanidtl are at-1
ter.ding the summer school at Winthrop
College.
Little Stanley Harrelson is at home |
. _ after having been in the Florence i
\ Infirmary about throe months.
\ Miss Thelma Culbreth will leave!
for Florence about July 1st where]
8h?y wil1 take training as a nurse.
jHr\, and Mrs. B. B. Sellers, Missj
Annie gj^Bers, Mr. J. C. Sellers and |
Mr. J. K\ Page attended the burial '
of Mr. Kirk Port at Fork Sunday.
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Letter from the Trenches.
April 15th.-.-in a short message'
"from the front line." Everything
going nicely ov??r here now. I am t
having sent to iv?u from Paris our
official newspaper, "Stars and
Stripes." I wish ^that I knew we
would not have to ,*pend another
winter over here, but if we do, I
think I can stand sleeping in a barn j
loft for six more cold months in or- i
der to crush these Huns.
April 21st. Referring again to
Ueut. Jno. David: "I saw him in New
York before he left America. He was
a fine follow." I went to supper with
him the night before he left New
York at the McAlpine Hotel.
Marion Barrentine and I are both
well and getting along nicely. Cannot
tell you much about mv life over
here, though you were correct in your
guess as to where we were and what
we were doing. The American cannon
arc giving "Fritz" a warm time,
and while I am writing you, two batteries
on the hill above me are sending
them over my head into tho ,
Boche's trenches. I think the days of
autocracy and the Kaiser are limit- ,
ed, and hope they will soon be crushed.
,
April 30th. I am well and not one
thing troubling me. I am standing
army life finely. I am up at the front
yet. Busy time here now. Everybody
"on the job."
May 23rd. Have been in the trenches
for several days now. This is a
real S. C. evening, with the mosquitos
too. Am sitting under an old
apple tree writing. My face and
arms are tanned, hands tough and j
scarred, Lut I enjoy the work. Glad i
T am nv f*v horn Hnino n?v nori > '
not back in the States in a training
camp. J ust now we are eagerly;
awaiting whatever is going to happen.
There is one thing certain. '
France, England and America are j
going to knock loose more Boches j
than you could pile up in Marlboro.1
I hope they will jerk such a knot in
Hindenberg's line that he will be
ready to whisper to Bill his advice to
"cali it off."
May 27. I have been in the front
line trenches lately but it is a comparatively
quiet sector. 1 hope wj
shall move soon to a sector where
there is more going on.
Tell the boys 1 saw a sight today
they would have enjoyed: An air
battle between a French and a Boch,
the Frenchman sending the German
down in flames behind our lines n<Jar
where 1 was. They were high in the
air when the plane caught, and, although
they were very cool, and
kept control of the machine until
they almost landed, the pilot burned
to death and the observer jumped at
a height of about two thousand feet,
doubtless preferring this death to being
burned to death, i have a couple
of souvenirs I took from the burned
plane.
Manon B. is wed and we met yesterday
in a large town in the rear.
Had dinner together and talked
about home and exchanged news.
Don't fail to send me the county
papers."
A. M. BUCKNEK, Corporal
Co. II. 117 Engineers A. E. K
\ i-.i Xew York.
Uig Tobacco Crop Looked For.
lleports froia tobacco farms in Virginia
and North Carolina, published
in the, Richmond Times - Dispatch,
Indicate that efforts are being put
forth to increase the production of
tobacco this year, despite the acute
shortage of labor. Nowhere is there
evidence tUt food-crop acreage
balBg roducod in order to iatrob
the tobacco output; indeed, it la i
established fact that in every sec tic
suitable for growing food stuffs the]
will be greater production there<
this year than ever before. But i
some sections where cotton and to)
acco have been grown on the san
farm, cotton is this year giving pla<
to tobacco, either wholly or in part
Knowledge that stocks of toba
co on hand are smaller than ever b
fore at this time of the year, stimi
lates growers to their best efforts J
production or mord and better tha
heretofore, for they are assured tku
last season's fine prices will be a
ceeded on the new crop they ai
planting.
Summing up the reports from thee
?wv Dutic*, il aypwirB mai cne pian
ing that is being done should pr<
duce ten per cent more pounds of t<
bacco than the 1917 crop weighe
out?if seasons are favorable an
sufficient labor can be mustered fc
the cultivating, harvesting and cui
ing.
Upon these two points the rate c
ibe 1918 crop depends?weather an
labor. Both must be favorable fc
sucoess; but lack of either spell
disappointment if not disaster. Fai
mdrs' wives and daughters ere goin
to be drafted to help the men an
boys this year?end there'll be n
slackers among them when the cal
goes out. And their reward will b
gold from thd golden weed?if th
weather does its part.
Four smokeless days in June ar
requested by the Woman's Christia
Temperance Union in this country i
order to swell Red Cross funds. Th
following shows the local applicatio
of the plan:
The W. C. T. U. members c
Winston-Salem will observe, in con,
pliance with the National W. C. 1
u. every rnursday during the mont
of June as Smokeless Thursday, b<
ginning June 6th. On this day boxe
will be left at the various hotels an
drug stores, as well as the bookstore
with the following solicitation:
"The Woman's Christian Tempei
ance Union asks you to give the/ cos
of your smokes today to the Re
Cross Fund.'"
"Any price if supplies arc aval
able" is the common expressio
among tobacconists in England an
on the continent of Europe. Whic
shows that the demand for tobacc
grows stronger, and that there is n
danger of our crop being too larg
for the world-market. Doubling o
imports front this country will hel
the situation in England ver
greatly, but the supply over ther
will still remain uncomfortably shor
?Southern Tobacco Journal.
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Lieut. Otis M. Page, Engineers It
C.. has been promoted to a captaii
of engineers. National Army. Cap
tain Page commands Company G. Is
Replacement Regiment of Engineer
Washington Barracks, D. C. This i
the great engineer training regimen
of the army. The officers are care
fully chOBen and represent the flow
er of the engineering profession it
the army. Here is located the grea
engineer school and War College
Capt. Page has tried to be relieve)
of the work of training engineers fo
the front, and wants to be then
himself, but the powers that be wil
not relieve him from his presen
work. He thinks however that hi
time will soon come.
Capt. Page was for several year
in the Government service Uv S
Engineering Department and witl
the Isthmian Canal Commission. H
is a graduate of engineering fror
Clem son CoHeee. also a ?->
Americtn University, Washington
D. C.. and is a member of the Amer
ican Society of Civil Engineers.
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Services at the Methodist Church.
Main street Methodist church, Di
| Watsor. B. Duncan, Pastor. Sunda
| school at 10 a. in., Mr. W. Harr
Mullcr. Superintendent. Preachin
j at 11 a. 111. and 8:45 p. in. by th
pastor. Morning subject: "Spiritus
Itailrociing". The sermon will be i
lustratel with a chart. A special ii
vitation is extended to all persor
connect-d with the railroad. Evenin
j subject: "When Jesus Wept Over J<
rusalein." Epworth League at
p. in., Mrr. L. C. Braddy, Jr., Pre:
ident. Prayer service on Wednesda
at 8:45 p. in., followed by the Teacl
er-training Class. Public cordiall
invited to all services.
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News and Courier:
s ? ntii ?
uici in umuii mey navi^ siarie
; a plan which ought to bo followe
in every county, namely, that of kee
ing a record book in which will be ei
iercjd the stcry of Dillon's part in th
great war. An account will be givei
written at the time, of what the coui
ty does in each of the Liberty Loan
U< ' ( i isr canpaigns, *..?! so on an
the name and record of every soldii
from Dillon county will be set (lowi
from the highest officer to th
humblest private, white or blacl
Besides the ga.lunt David, who she
such glory on all his pimple, Dillo
already has givm neary six hundre
men to the army and navy, includin
a dozen officers
Same Effect,
j First Neighbor?"My daughter i
very patriotic. She isn't going to pla
nny more German music." Secon
j Neighbor?"I'm afraid that won't hel
( any. She will probably play eomethln
' else In place of it."?Judge.
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141 British Soldier Survives Most
Thriilinfl War Experience.
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E b decorated for valor
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t. Subcists on Tins of Bully Boof Colloct- |
e cd at Night From Dood Bodloo? _
Feigns D%ath to Avoid Captuns J
te When Huns Visit 8hell Hole and
t- Finally Succeeds in Crawling Back ;
to His Own Lines.
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^ If you have been thinking that "disd
tlnguished service" on the battlefield
*r means one grand dash and then a quiet
r~ room, an attentive nurse and pleasant ]
recuperation, consider the case of Pri- <
vate J. Taylor, whose vulor is briefly
d recited in a late Issue of the official
,r supplement to the London Gazette.
l? This official list of soldiers cited for
p~ decorations always carries a short de- !
K scrlption of the act of valor for
d which the citation is made. * ;
? These two paragraphs accompany (
11 announcement of the award of the dlse
tinguished conduct medal to Private j
e Taylor.
"Having been cut off with his com- I
6 puny, lie received a bullet in the thigh.
n causing a compound fracture. To i
n avoid capture he crawled into a shell j
e hole, where he remained for a period i
n of over seven weeks, during the I
whole of whifch time the surrounding <
district was subjected tb a severe bom- (
^ bardhient by our urtillery. He subsist
<lvj uu hub vii uuujr ue?i coiieciea at
^ night from dead bodies, and water 1
J~ which he obtained in a waterproof cap.
8 "After some weeks three of the en^
emy visited his shell hole, but by feign- <
'8 Ing death he avoided capture and even- ?
tually succeeded in crawling hack to
our lines?a distance of some 900
yards." 1
^ In a hospital near London, where he ]
Is recuperating, Taylor diffidently am- |
pllfled the story of his terrible experln
ences. 1
d Robbed Dead for Food.
11 "It was during one of our attacks i
? upon the Hindenburg lin&," he said.
? "We hod gone over the top, two com- ,
e panics of us. We were met by a ter- ]
'f rifle enemy fire and the fellows were i
P dropping like ninepins. I was knocked '
V nll( T f miio* ?? V- ? _ ?... ? ? ? ^
, ?ul. <i luuait unit; uvvu n L'UUpie OT I
e days before I recovered consciousness. '
t I found myself In a shell bole with
another man who was wounded hut
could move freely. During the days ]
and part of the nights the bombard- .
ment kept up. Shells fell all around,
but none happened to drop In our 1
shell hole. At niglit Peters crept out ^
11 and foraged among the dead for scraps
of beef, line rations and their water '
1 bottles. After two or thfree days It ]
8 rained. We collected water in our <
8 caps.
' "That sort of existence lasted for '
K over five weeks. I was getting weaker ]
" and weaker. One night Peters crawled ^
1 out and did not come back. That left
1 me without aid.
Plays 'Possum; Fools Huns. j
1 "Next day a party of Germans came .
r Into my shell hole. One lifted my |
B leg?luckily not the broken one or I'd '
1 have yelled?but they thought I was
t dead. I was covered with mud and
s looked like the other bodies covering
the ground. During the next fortnight
a i managed to live on the reserve beef ;
? Peters had collected. Then, feeling j
h that nothing worse could happen, I'
e resolved to try to get Into our lines,
u It was an Inky night. First I crawled j
f by mistake right Into a German line.!
, They didn't hear me, so I turned back !
- and Inched along for an hour. Then;
I got Into some barbed wire. I wa/
i a mass of cuts, blood and rags before
: I got through. Just then a Verey j
j light shot up. I saw* a man peering
over a trench. He was about to shoot |
r-1 when I shouted. Three of them came
y I out and dragged me into our own |
y 5 trenches.
K ; Refore the war Taylor was a factory I
e j hand. He Is recovering rapidly and
*1 looking forward to his return to the j
1* I tfenches.
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ls: Remove Teutonic Eagles.
f, Because they too nearly resemble j
g 1 the German eagle sometimes used as j
g : a Teutonic mllitnry emblematic flgs,|
ure, four eagle ornaments at the foot'
of two crand stnlrwnva In ?iw>
; Capitol at Salt Lake City have been'
removed.
; As soon as his attention was called !
] to the resemblance of the ornaments j
to the emblem of Prussianlsm, Gov- 1
>d ernor Bamberger ordered their remov-;
d nl and their substitution with flgvres j
p of real American eagles.
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,e Indian Coat Valuable.
A curio dealer at Steubenvllle, O.,
, has a coat covered with 3,300 elk teeth
B> which he ve,, es at $10,000. The coat :
was made by an Indian In Manitoba.
'r Canada, and is sinew sewed. It weighs
a? 2S pounds. The owner of the coat is .
10 a member of the Order of Elks and I
{-1 wears the coat at all conventions.
<1 With the coat the owner wears an orn
<11 nary necklnce made of the larges*
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Italian* Show Patriotism.
To show their patriotism, Italian
| grocers at Wheeling W. Va., an8
| ?need that they will not handle
v heat flour, selling wheat substitutes
j Instead. This action meets with espe**1nl
approval since Italians in their
g native land know nothing of when'
flour ; uhstltute*.
namro was oood
Ihree CoiaaUaM Make Big CMdi
ia Little Viae Dee.
rhe State:
Carroll Casque, William. Monckton
and Chris Langley have returned
from a successful fishing trip down
the Little P^e Dee River. The outins
was spent in castins trollins and
the old stlye hook and line style and
several days work netted about <00
pounds of fish.
The fishing party brought back
several large sized photographs show
ing the bulk of thq catch. Big and
Little trout and bream predominated *
and the familiar catfish^was not unnoticed.
TOBACCO
rftilling, S. C., June 26, 1918
Tnharrn nf iho 1Q1Q r?M.
-^wwvw w> <u>v &VAU VI V|f
is now coming into Mullins.
Some was cured last week.
Much will be cured this
week. The warehousemen
are preparing to handle
large quantities of tobacco
and have their forces well
organized. Brick Warehouse
vill be managed this season
by A. B. Edwards. He will
oe most ably assisted by Mr.
C. R. Heggie. Mr. Edwards
is recognized as one of the
best warehousemen in the
country and tobacco experts
claim that Mr. Heggie, who
has been handling South
Carolina tobacco for twenty
years, is one of the best
judges of bright leaf tohae
co, in the world. Mr. Heggie
will see to it that every
pound of tobacco sold on the
floor of Brick Warehouse
brings the top dollar. He
has had "Brick" painted,
their costly pair of scales
looked over and properly adjusted
by a scale expert and
they fully expect to do a
large business. It is general'
ly predicted that they will.
They have one of the largt,
best lighted, and best
located warehouses in the
state. They handle tobacco
from half dozen or more
counties. The farmers mayj
count on a square deal atj
Brick at Mullins. They al-;
ways have got it there and!
they'll get it there this time,
[t is now thought that the
opening sale will be on the
10th. However, Mullins business
men will see to it that
the opening day is advertislater.?6-27-18.
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