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1W4. THE DILLON HERALD, DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORN I NO, AUOUST 8, 1918. VOL. 2'-?. NO. SS.
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COUNTY CANDIDATES !
MHO VOTERS
FIRST MEETING AT FORK NOT
LARGELY ATTENDED.
Interest Centres In Candidates for
Senate and House There Being
Four in Each Race.
The county campaign opened at
Fork laat Saturday. There was only;
a small crowd present.
The first speaker was Judge Joe
Cabell Davis, Judge of Probate, unopposed
candidate to succeed himself.
He stated that, judging from the amount
of assessment that he had to
pay, his was considered one of the
most important offices in the county.
0 |Be told the voters that when he
first appeared before them six years:
ago that he claimed to be follow- j
lng in the footsteps of Wood row Wil-1
son; that at the present Mr. Wilson
was taking rather long strides, and,
It was quite difficult for a one-legged
man to keep the pace but he was
doing his best in that direction. He 1
assured the people that would j
continue giving them the best service i
possible as long as he retained the
office.
The next speaker was E. R. Eilerbe,
candidate for the House of Rep- j
resentatives. Mr. Ellerbee stated that
inasmuch as this was the first cam-!
paign meeting, and he was very de-,
strioub that his platform be thoroughly
understood by the voters, he would
read same. He proclaimed himself a
"Wilson Democrat.' He stated that he
was running on his own responsibility,
with no attempt to be a "Coat-;
tail-Swinger," in any sense of the
word. He believed in lower taxes, but
if such was impracticable he knew
that taxes could be equalized, and he
promised to exert his efforts to ha>c
suitable legislation passed to this end.'
He said that he would not promise.
to perform impossibilities, but under'
all circumstances would do his duty
as his conscience dictated. He con-;
eluded his remarks by saying that he ]
had two brothers in the army; that1
he la in the draft age, but for reas-j
ons which seemed sufficient to the
local board he was placed in a defer- i
red classification. However, should;
the board at any time see fit to reclassify
him he would willingly follow
his brothers. |
Mr. J. W. Hamer, candidate for
the House to succeed himself, was the'
next speaker. He thanked the voters
for the support tbcy gave him two
^ years ago. He stated that he entered
the race this year reluctantly, but
that he considered it a duty he oweu
the people of the county; that he felt
his experience was worth something,
and that he should allow same to be
utilized by his county. He assured
the voters that he stood absolutely
on his record, which he reviewed at
considerable length. He believes that1
taxes and tax equalization is the main
issue in the campaign. He reviewed
his efforts to abolish the Tax Commission,
and read a resolution calling
on this Commission to rescind
its order assessing property at fifty
per cent of its valuation; which said
resolution he stated was instrumental
* in having introduced. He told of his
work on the Ways and Means Committee,
the personel of said commit-,
tee being, as he said, "composed of
the mosl sensible men in the House.",
Mr. Joe P. Lane candidate for the
House, was next introduced. He stated
that twelve years ago he appeared,
before the people of Fork, which v.~as
then in Marion county, asking them
to elect him county superintendent'
of education. When he decided to begin
the practice of law he did not
expect to have sufficient time to give
said office, and inasmuch as the sheriff
was, at that time, in a rather precarious
condition, politkaliy speaking,
he got in communication with R. S.*
itogers ana 101a mm tnat ir tie would
support Sheriff Lane for re-election
that he (Joe P. Lane) would not
stand for reelection, but would support
Rogers for the office of Superintendent
of education. He said that
there was only one issue, and that
was taxation; that something should
be done to equalize the taxes; but it
would be necessary to expend time
and thought on working out the de- .
tails. He could not, off-handed, say
what the best solution would be. Af
ter tne above introductory remarks
Mr. Lane began discussing the War,
and our relation to it. He asked if we
were going to send otn* young men to
bear the hardships of the trenches
and sacrifice their lives for the freedom
of this country and the salvation
of civilization, and when they had
paid the supreme price of their devotion
to their country, fail in every
possible way to honor their memory.
He spoke of the sacrifice of John II.
David, Ji. and stated when silting
in comfort at home, and
thinking of what the soldiers
were enduring, he felt like a common
slacker, but stated that his reasons
for being at home, a wife, three children
and ten thousand indebtedness, j
I. STATEMENT BY McLAl'RIN.
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itecurns from Hospital But Goes
With Daughter to New York.
Pee Dee Advocate:?
Senator John L. McLaurin returned
to Bennettsvllle Saturday in good |
physical condition. He finds it ne-l
cessary to go to New York with his j
daughter, Mrs. Charles Sligh, who
has received a message from her
husband, Capt. Sligh, who is at Camp
Mills and who expects to leave for
France shortly. A reporter asked
Senator McLaurin for a statement
in regard to his campaign for Governor
and he said: "1 am leaving my
name on the official ballot so as to
give an opportunity to the voters
who are opposed to the kind of factional
politics which makes South
Carolina the laughing stock of the
nation. If I was elected, I would attempt
to end factional strife in the
only way that it can be done, the destruction
of both factions by the sub
omuiiuii oi industrial and economic
issues. I believe that the whole power
of the State government should
be used to protect our cotton crop.
The expo*-', situation is such that we
will be largely dependent on domestic
consumption. This leaves a
large overplus which will press heavily
on the market. Unless the price
of spots is sustained, the borrowing
basis of cotton is contracted and it
will take the crop to pay the debts
incurred in its production. When
the war is over cotton will bring
fabulous prices but those who do
not produce it will reap the profits,
because it will have been forced out
of the hands of the farmers. This
was my main purpose in entering
the campaign and I know that I am
the only man In the race who is
equipped with the knowledge and
experience to handle this situation.
If the voters of South Carolina want
my services they know me and my
equipment, but do not feel that I
should be required to drag myself
throueh such n riHinnlnt.o "??"""1 '
? .V?uo v.wii|iaiKu
as is now in progress and shall not
do so."
was about as good as the average
mans. At this point Mr. Lane launched
an attack upon the Senatorial
candidates opposing Dr. David. He
read the correspondence which appear
ed in the Dillon Herald over the signatures
of R. S. Rogers, L. M. Rogers,
and P. L. Bethea; and explained in
detail the conversation that he had
with these gentlemen. He asked the
people if those letters were not absolute
and unqualified on the part of
their authors to keep out of the senatorial
race. He said that he so construed
it and they were treating their
agreement as a "scrap of paper" to be
torn up when it failed to suit their
purpose. He said that he was not
running for Joe P. Lane, that he
"cared nothing for the damned little
office," but that he was running to
show up a certain set of men, and
that he was going to do it if it was
in his power. He stated that, in
ness to L. M. Rogers, he would say
that he did try to leave a small loop
hole through which be might extricate
himself and that R. S. Rogers'
ana P. L>. Bethea were depending on J
Roy Rogers to get in the race so they
might have an excuse; but it seem-j
ed that they were afraid Roy might ,
fall dpwn on them so they got Frank j
Page to file his pledge, and then!
they all tumbled in. He closed his
sjeech by stating that he would ap-'
preciat,e every vote given him, butj
that he would not be in the race if
the others had stood by their agree-;
ment.
E. L. Moore, candidate for the'
House, was abtcnt. Chairman Fort'
read a letter front hint stating that j
he had just undergone an operation j
on his e-urs, and for such reason,
could not be at the meeting. He I
stated that he had no political ainbi- j
tious, but he thought that he could j
be of assistance to the farmers; he
believes that he can remedy the fer-;
tilizer conditions by preventing the
mixing of sand and other substances
with the valuable ingredients; and
if he is able to accomplish this one
thing, the saving to the farmer would
be immense.
The first candidate for the Senate,
P. L. Bethea, was next introduced.
He stated that had never been able
to get many votes at Fork, as he was
usually opposed in his races by Roy
Rogers, who received the lion's share
at that precinct. He said that he hod
no apoligy to make for being in the
race for the Senate and that he was
willing 101- the people to judge as to
his rectitude. That the only an-,
swer he would make to his young
friend Lane was that of St. Paul to
his jailor; "Do thyself no harm, wo
are all here," and he added that he
thought, honestly so. That he yield-,
ed to no man in patriotism but he
did not think all who remained at
home were slackers. The home industries
were as essential as those of
the battlefield in the winning of a
war, and that the Government had a
draft law which was designed for the
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FIXES AGE LIMITS
FROM 18 TO 45 YEARS
BIIX HAS ENDORSEMENT OF
PRESIDENT AND CHOWDER.
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The Provost Marshal General SugK?kI8
that New (legistration
be Held Sept. 5tli.
Washington, Aug. 5?With an urgent
recommendation from Provost
Marshal Gen. Crowder that it be enacted
without delay and a suggestion
that September 5th might be fixed as
registration day for approximately
13,000,000 men throughout the country
the administration's man power
bill requiring the registration for
military service of all men between
the ages of 18 and 45 years was introduced
today in the Senate and
House.
Weekly Registrations.
Unless immediate steps are taken
to provide additional men, Gon. Crowder
said the weekly registration of
men as they attain 21 years of age
will be necessary to fill the draft
quotas after September 1, when onlyj
100,000, of the 1918 registrants will
be available.
Upon the introduction of the bill,!
Chairman Chamberlain, announced
the Senate military committee would
meet tomorrow to consider the bill.
He said he did not think hearings
would be necessary and only three or
four days should be required to report
the bill. Chairman Dent, of the
House committre, said since only
3 members of his committee are in
Washington, it was doubtful whether
the bill could be acted upon fcofore
the House reconvenes on August 19.1
Would Cut Kerens.
Suggestions made on the States
floor by Senator Curtis, of Kansas,
that the Senate abandon its program
of re-cessos and perfunctory sessions
until August 24 if the bill can be
favorably reported by the committee
within a few days were endorsed by
Senator Chamberlain. However, Senate
loaders now in the city said any
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. .w vMm vncvi. nuuiu ue neiu
in abeyance until the committee could
determine just how much time would
be necessary for a thorough discussion
of the bill.
To Amend Present Bill.
The bill would amend the present
selective service act so as to require
the registration of all men between
18 and 20 years and 23 and 45 inclusive.
While the total number of
men in the latter classes would total
10,028,973, Gen. Crowder estimates
the total number who would be eligible
for class 1 would only be 601,236
owing to exemptions for dependents
or industrial any physical reasons.
Between 18 and 20 years his estimates
show that 3,171,771 would register
while 1,787,609 men would be
eligible for class 1.
Compliments County Officers.
Comptroller General Sawyer spent
Tuesday in the city making settlement
with the county officers. Mr.
Sawyer said the county affairs were
in excellent shape and he was profuse
in his praises of the treasurer, auditor,
commissioners and other officials
wno nanaie tne county arrairs. Mr. (
Sawyer said there had been a vast
improvement in the methods of handling
the county affairs and that Dillon
had good cause to congratulate
herself on her present officers. There
are 110 outstanding claims against
the county and the county is out of
debt, with the exception of the money
owing on bonds, and a good beginning
has been made in creating a
sinking fund to retire the bonds when
they become due. All claims against
the county have been paid up to date
and the commissioners have a good
balance in the treasury. Mr. Sawyer
left on the afternoon train for Florence.
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Ini|H>rtant Meeting Friday.
The Council of Defense both State
and county are directing their efforts
to bring to the attention of the people
of the state the great question
of the prevention of disease. A very
profitable meeting has recently been
held in the City of Columbia where
addresses were delivered by a number
of distinguished specialists. Delegates
from practically every counfv
i n tha Qio in u.* oro r? or?.l *
was decided to put on campaigns in
each county. The first meeting in
the county of Dillon will be held in
the town of Dillon on Friday, August
9, at the court house at four o'clock.
Addresses will be made by Dr. Howell
of Florence, Dr. Michaux and Dr.
Henslee of Dillon. All persons, both
men and ladies, are urged to attend.
Such subjects as baby welfare, pre
vemiuii or maiaria and typhoid fever,
and a number of other practical and
vital subjects will be taken up and
discussed.
W. H. MULLER, Co. Chairman.
HOW AMERICANS FfttHT.
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Monroe Mhii Writes of Experience* In
France.
Monroe (N. C.? Enquirer.
The Enquirer is beholden to Mr. J.
J. Parker for the following interest-;
(ing letter, written him by his broth-1
I er. Lieutenant Sain I. Parker, who
has been in France several months: j
The past two months have been
filled with adventure and it ended in '
a glorious climax?the first attack 1
of the American soldiers in the war.'
No doubt you have had quite minute
details of the attack in the papers;
so I wtll *??.?? -u- " "
_ _ on/ OI millgS tllrat
the censor might cut. I will tell you 1
just about my personal experiences. I1
My platoon was in the first wave ofj
the attacks; so I was one of the very]
first to go "over the top". I had'
held a sector immediately in front of'
the town for several days which gave j
me a splendid opportunity to know;
what 1 was to go up against. I knew j'
where machine guns were located'
I and practically every- point where
I the enemy held the line with any
forces. The day before the attack was
I to come off I was sent into the secj
tor as an advance officer for my
. company to make the necessary arj
rangements for the "jumping off."
I On thi? n
?j ?.? *; uenuaiiB pulled a
nasty deal which they paid for on the]
(day following. They made a raid on
i our sector and killed quite a number
of men. I was in the trenches at the
'time*the raid was pulled. This little]'
I stunt of the enemy didn't do much]
I but raise the wrath of the Americans'
]for the day following. In this scrap,]
II saw some real fighting. Our men;
] put it all over the Boche. After a se- !
I vere bombardment of the trenches,
'about seventy five of the square
] heads attempted to come over. They :
did not get acroBs No Man's Land:
and very few got back alive into their j
Own nnaitini"! T'V. - -**?*
r lucn cnuris iailed,'
;and % orse than that, it put more red |
i blood in the boys' eyes for the next!
day. In this scrap I got a little'
scratch on my left arm. A fragmentj
of a shell flew past my arm. It cut'
quite a slit in the sleeves of my coat i
und shirt, but only grazed the flesh.
On the morning of the attack, of |
course, everything was all set. The
boys were in the trenches, ready to
I go "over the top" at Zero hour. This
was our first real attack and natural-1
ly everyone was not chatting as if (
at a dinner party; however, every i
one was in good spirits and waited,
| anxiously for the minute to hop over
i the parapet. For an hour before the 1
' curtain for the show to raise, our ar;
tillery hammered the enemy posi- 1
itions: then rnme Hmirr?
??-w u uui uauagc.
! Everyone was on his toes and when 1
' the second came around to go "over
the top", every man sprang out of 1
the trenches. Attack formation was
quickly taken up and we began mov- '
ing off in proper order. Every man .
was still quiet, not knowing just (
! what to expect. We had not advanced |
! very far before Germans began' |
I jumping out of shells holes and beat- j
'ing it for the rear. The boys couldn't',
i stand it. They let out a terrible "rab- i
bit hunting" yell and began cutting 1
them down with their rifles. It was i
great sport then, all the seriousness '
was over. j'
| You hase wondered why I chose i
the infantry to all other branches of
the service. Now you know. I want- <
ed the satisfaction of meeting the t
Boche face to face, and this is the ]
only branch of the service where one ^
can have this superb satisfaction. I
know now that I ant a better man
than he is, and that the average i
American soldier is far sut-erior to'<
the best German in a hand to hand ]
encounter. My men can count on an ;
average of ten of the enemv nor man i
ionization is at par a^-ain. But it
seems that no one will ever be able
10 take i he places of some of those
good soldiers that were lost.
As a point of personal prid? I
want it remembered that I was in
the first wave of the first attack that
be United States army made against
Sermany, and that the operations
was entirely successful.
In other words, I started the scrap
with 3 5 men and I estimate that my
platoon can easily account for 3 50 of
the enemy, if they get me now I can
"turn-in" with the satisfaction of
knowing that 1 have done as much as
the average officer to put an end to
Frussianism. But they are not going
' to get me. I hope to cause them much
more grief when I have another opportunity.
The Boche is a brutal,
bloody being as long as he is behind
a machine, but when you go at him
with a determined bayonet he is a
coward. On one occasion in the scrap
I was rushing one of Fritz's strong
positions. I was doing the operation
with about twelve men, one section of
my platoon. The enemy saw me lush
in. One big bruley cuss, with whiskers,
thought he would stay us off J
Ho threw a grenade right between
my sergeant and me, but it did not
explode until we had rushed past.
The big brute saw that his grenade
aid not phase our ouncn, that we i
were coming on after hint; so he <
jumped out of the trench with his j
hands up yelling "kanierad." Ser- i
geaut said, "Yes, a hell of a kaiue- >
rad," and shot his bayonet clear i
through hint. About fifteen of the i
square heads then came running out
with their hands up. I will rover for- i
get the expression of one of them, t
He was scared plumb to death. His I
hands were just about as near^heav- <
en as he could get them. Ho cried out 1
COUNTY NEWS
AND HAPPENINGS
NEWS EETTEKS BY KKGILAII
CORKESPOXBEXTS
News Items of Interest to Herald
Headers, Ebb and Flow of tbe
Human Tide.
Sellers.
M r8. T. B- Watson anil Han?rli?i>p
Martha, May and Alline left Monday
morning for Savannah, Go., where
Bhe will spend some time with her
son, Mr. Corey Watson.
The plentiful rains of late have
helped the young corn wonderfully.
The cotton prospect is good and the
farmers who are selling tobacco are
wearing a smile that won't come off.
The Rev. Reynolds of the Eastern
tJhore of Virginia, preached at I
tioch Sunday afternoon. Rev.
nolds is assisting Rev.
meeting at Sardis this week.^^^^f
Mrs. J. A. Brickhou&c has
her sister, Mrs. Drvden of Bal^^^^f
Miss Jessie Smith of Whiteville^^
C., spent Sunday with her brotl^Q
Mr. Felix Smith here. ^
Dr. Burke Watson passed througs
Sellers Sunday in his handsome new
lar. Burk*? is one of our boys who
has made good as a druggist, owninl
Oil O of tho mnct ' * -1 -*
? ? wa vmv uivov i;iuiiiiiiciii urug siore
in the cily of Sumter.
Mr. and Mrs. Baxley and famil
were at Antioch Sunday afternoon.
Their many friends were glad to se
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Easterling r
church here Sunday.
We learn that Mr. Carlisle Waisoij
who spent most of his school day:
here, is now in France in the army
This makes another service star foi
our school.
Quarterly meeting for this circuii
will be held at Ebeneier church Sat
urday and Sunday morning at 11
o'clock, August 10th and 11th.
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Oak drove.
The Rural School Improvement
Association will meet at Mrs. J. Madison
Berry's next Friday afternoon
at six o'clock. a
Protracted meeting begins atl4
thesda the third Sunday in Aug^^^fl
Rev. J. B. Weldon clo-t-d a
ful week's n>?eting at Betb^^^J
Sunday night.
Miss Kate Fair of Elloree-^^|
spending a week at the home of he*
brother, J. S. Fair, returned tr? her
home last Friday afternoon.
The recent rains v.ave benefitted
the crops considerably.
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Services at the Methodist Chunh.
Main street Methodist church, Dr.
Vatson B. Duncan, Pastor. Sunday
rVliool at 10 a. m., Mr. \V. Harry
vloller, Superintendent. Preaching at
11 a in., ami 8:45 p. m., by the pastor.
Morning Subject: "The Sword of
Jesus." The sermon will be an effort
to interpret the moral aims of the
War and the attitude of Jesus thereto.
Evening Subject: "When Felix
Trembled." Evangelistic service.
Twenty minute song service and twenty
minute sermon.
Epworth League at 8 p. m., Mr. L.
2. Braddy, Jr. President. Prayer
jervice on Wednesday at 8:45 p. m.
Public cordially invited to all services.
n English. "I have a wife and five
hild.en." I took him prisoner. Didn't
nave the heart to shoot him.
Many things happened in the admnee
which weVe exciting and interesting.
Every soldier was happy. And
ihose that gave the "last full measnre
of devotios" did it without a
groan or complaint. I had several
:o call out to me in a perfectly checr'ul
voice. "Lieutenant, they got me."
The men that died, died happy. I have
never seen such spirit, and if 1 live
0 be a thousand years old and am in
1 battle every day of it, I never expect
to see a better spirit. It couldn't
ne beat. It was wonderful. We lost
men, of course. My platoon was not
nnly in the first wave, but had to do
>ut-post duty while the others dug
in, after the objective was reached.
The Boche made several counter-atacks,
one day alone they made six,
jut they did not phase our men in
the least.
After the show was over and we
R-ere quiet again in billets behind the
line at the first check of my platoon
[ found that I had only eleven men
eft. But I have taken these eleven
nen and built another platoon. The
spirit of my old platoon is still living
ind it will not be lonr until the or
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I SOLDIKIIS LKKT YKSTKKDAY.
Dillion Sent Another Contingent of
I ol' Kino Yoiiiii; Follows to
| t Camps Yostor<lay Morning.
Following is a list of the young nwn
k who loft for camp yesterday morning:
Camp Jackson
I Shelby H. Williamson,
i Rufus Hubbard.
Dave Brumbies.
KriiniMUs Clark.
Daniel Herring.
Win. Henry Wcatlierford.
Robert Jackson.
j Perlie Stephens.
J Camp Wadswortli.
1 James L. Plexico.
' Ellie L. Tanner.
Lucian Norton. ! j
Thomas D. David.
I John D. Henderson.
1 Hyman Price Holt.
I Furman Jackson,
i Gurney Scdtt.
II Rather Small Audience at State O?I
I IMIRII Meetliig_Ycrt?rda^1_^^M
! A small but attentive audience
heard the candidates for state offices
at the school auditorium yesterday.
The iiieeting was called to order by
the chairman at 10:30 o'clock and
Rev. Mr. Chandler offered a very eloquent
prayer.
i The speeches of the candidates did
not vary from those that have been
made at other places. The candidates
for the minor offices had only eight
minutes and only a few of them attempted
to discuss issues in that short
length of time. The candidates for
governor were given 18 minutes and
they launched into a discussion of the
! issues of the day.
Hon. Junius T. Liles, candidate '
for lieutenant governor, received an
ovation while Lieut.-Gov. Bethea was
roundly applauded at the beginning
and conclusion of his speech. Both
are natives of Dillon, and although
they have resided in other parts
the state for many years they still
.?!<???? ninny warm irienus nere wbo
'are watching their progress in state
politics with no little interest. Hon.
'Robert A. Cooper, candidate for governor,
was presented with a bouquet
of flowers.
The candidates spent the afternoon
meeting the people and left later in
the evening for Mullins where they
spoke last night.
i FAIT. W. T. SHAW KILLED.
I
Married Miss Blamthe Stanton of
Tat 11 m Ust March.
Pee Dee Advocate: ?
A telegram was received by Mrs.
Shaw at Tatum last Friday saying
jthat her husband, Capt. W. T.
Shaw, had been killed in battle in
'France, and the casualty list published
Monday contained his name.
' Capt. Shaw was from Weldon, N.
' C., and was commissioned as cap
ia.ui uner laKing tne ofllcerg training
course at Chicamauga.
As he was about to sail for France
his fiance, Miss Blanche Stanton, of
Tatum, accompanied by her mother
and brother, went to Newark, N. J.
where Capt. Shaw and Miss Stanton
were married <>n March 13 last.
Soon after their marriage Capt
Shaw sailed for France and Mrs.
\ Shaw returned to the home of her
mother, Mrs. J. A. Stanton, Sr., at
Tatum. Her many friends sympathize
with her in the death of her
husband, who gave his life for the
protection of his bride and his counI
try.