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4,4?4,4,4, + 4,4,+ 4 * PKRHONAL MENTION. * *+ 4* 4^ t4, + + + 4'4,+ G. C. Juhnson spent last Sunday In Darlington with Mrs. Johuson. - o Miss Daisy Hodge of Wadlcy, Ala., is visiting Miss Annie May Thompson. ?o? Miss Timmerman of Batesburg, S. t'! . il viaitinor Mian Maria Thawnann Melton Rogers of Fork was a visitor in town Tuesday. Miss Margaret Wood is visiting relatives in Seima, N. C. J. W. and LeRoy Moore have gone to Atlanta on a business trip. .Miss Lorene Moody of Richmond 'is visiting Mrs.. Max Fass. John Coleman of Latta was in Dillon Tuesday on business. L. D. Lide, Esq., of the Marion Bar, spent Monday in the city on professional business. . Mrs. Arthur W. Hamby of Columbia is visiting her 'cousin, Mrs. T. S. mcnoourg. ? Mrs. D. D. McDonald and daughter, Miss Lila, have returned from a visit to relatives in North Carolina. ? B. G. Doggett spent several days this week in Shelby, N. C. with relatives. W. T. Proctor of Mullins has accepted a position as salesman with the I. Blum Co. Mrs. Nan Carter and children of Parktors are visiting at the home of sP. W. J. Carter. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Moore and family have gone to Asheville where they will spend the summer. Miss Isla Weatherly has returned from a visit to her parents near Dlinturn. Mrs. E. W. Mathew, of Greenville, is visiting her mother, Mrs. S. P. Melwin. Miss Florence Cooper has returned *o her home in Dunn, N. C., after wisitlng Miss Mary Sprunt Bethea. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McCormsc left Tuesday for a stay in the mountains of North Carolina. W. C. Tolar and Fred Hargrove have returned from a -week-end trip to Wrightsvllle Beach. |thi co Zl o Q $2 I r* f> I Farmer Friends:?I ; house; on Tuesday c | I have the best ware) i of tobacco. Come i ' WE Q t, Hii . s. Victor Berry and W. W. Evans of Mlnturn wore in town Tuesday on business. Miss Ruth Jackson returned home Thursday night from Augusta, Ga., where she has been visiting friends and relatives for the past two weeks. George M. Foxworth of Latta, who is stationed on the U. S. Ship Huron was in Dillon Saturday for a few hours visiting friends. Rev. Mr. Reyland of Richmond, Va. , will fill the pulpit at the Baptist church Synday morning. The public | is curuiauy lnvuea \o ine services. Mr. C. C. Graham has resigned his* position as salesman with the 1. Blum Co., and accepted a similar position in Barnwell, S. C. Miss Ruth Hamilton has returned from Richmond, Va., where she has completed a course at Massey Business College. Mrs. B. G. Doggett, who has been spending several weeks with relatives at Shelby, N. C., has returned home. Mrs. Henry B. Allen and little daughter, of Augusta, Ga., arrived Monday night for a visit to the former's mother, Mrs. D. D. McDonald. ?o? Mrs. Stafford Rogers, who has QndnHino noo* ~ ~ 1 - ~ viiu?ib I uv. jmoi ivui with her parents at Greeleyville, S. i C., returned home last Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Thompson and Johnnie , Marie and Annie Mae have returned from a ten day's visit to Georgia and Alabama. They mado the trip in their car. Miss Cora McKinley returned yesterday after an extended trip in the mountains. She was accompanied home by Mrs. J. L. Tyson of Greensboro, N. C. Dr. Watson B. Duncan spent Tuesday in Marion where he addressed . the Marion county Sunday school Convention. He was accompanied by Mr. W. H. Muller and Mr. J. Olin Home. Misses Virginia Winstead of Mullins, Mary Stuckey of Sumter and Helen Miner and Mary Sprunt Bethea motored over to Mullins Tues, day E. R. Liles, state agent of the Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co.. i with headquarters in Orangeburg, spent Friday in the city en route home after spending the week in At. lantic City where he attended the ani'nual meeting of the company's | agents. I BR] MULT RUN have not had much time i crowded house; on Wed M louse in Mullins. It is w 2nd see for yourself ; HAVE AN UP-TO-Dj I iWnrtce B^lhea, of AtU&tft, is home ' for a few days with his mother, Mrs. M. G. Bethea. Mrs. W. Mclnnis and children o( the Carolina Becttoo are spending a few days with Mrs. J. T. Easterling. Drayton N. Oliver arrived lii the city last week and is filling the p<P sition of assistant cashier at the First National Bank. Mr. John Sprunt who has been filling this position since the bank was orghnized will represent a fertilizer company on the road this fall. Mr. E. L. Moore who returrx?d last j week from Philadelphia where he has i hpftli umlpr trootn?oi?# ? ?.. ?...? v. vainiT7ii v ui a oi'cv.tauoi for ail ear trouble which has greatly impaired hie hearing, has gone to Ashoville where he will hftvo to spend several weeks. Mr. Moore, Who is a !candidate for the legislature, will i not be able to attend the campaign meetings. PRISONERS OF THE GERMANS. I French Soldier Tells of Some Horrible Experiences. ?o? Bangor, Me., Saturday?In contrast with the anxiety or willingness of the German soldier to fall captive to the Allies, so often manifested, is the declaration of Gaston Julian Dei'oirdt of Woonsocket, R. I., now visiting relatives here, that he would much rather die fighting on the front line than to 'go through such pains and miseries jas he endured in two years siont in a German prison camp. Defoirdt, who lis 24, and well educated, was visiting in France when the ar came, and 'very soon he was in the ranks. On the ac^unu uay 01 nis servitv; at the front . he was wounded In the left ear by a fragment of shrapnel, and three days 1 later he was taken prisoner. I With many other prisoners he was sent to the rear, and there they were loaded with so many cattle in freight cars and started on a seven day's ride to the prison camp at Altengrawbow. "At every way station where the train stopped," says Defoirdt, "the German people gathered around and threw stones and spat in our faces. We were subjected to all sorts of Insults. Many of us were wounded, yet we grot no attention whatever, being given scarocly food enough to keep us alive and made to sleep on the floors of the dirty freight cars. When finally we found ourselves in the German prison camp, conditions were worse, rather than better. There were about 25,000 men at Altengrabow, all nationalities mingled together. We were guarded by German soldiers who had been incapacitated for service lit the frnnt J and who oh account of their wounds, I were revengeful toward us. Dogs Refused Prison Fare. [CK " .INS, RV A jlJjl n. *\* PWJ**. > v*v< Hg ':'"' '?^#;~:5". ..,,~^JZ+* to drum this year, but n nesday a packed house. ullins is a r ell lighted. I personally \TE FLOUR MILL A1 > "It would be fltfficult to picture in! words the awful conditions prevailing' la that camp. Our diet consisted for' the most part of hot watef and de' cayed vegetables?they called it soup. Sometimes we were given herbs mixed with gross to eat. Under such treatment the strongest men soon fell Bick, and were scarcely able to j i move about. The smell of this soup j ' often was so nauseating that men {held their noses while eating it ' | Dogs would take one sniff at it and j refuse to eat. "At times the men became so dee-1 perately hungry that thef caught and ate rats, and even a dog. Occasional-! ly they were given herring broth,1 made by boiling whole, uucleaned' ' herrings into a thin liquid, the heads, I I bones and scales of the fishes being 1 j served with the rest. One Of the prls- j I nnnro * ? ! v..vio nao uyci lci un ior appenui-1 jcitis after his transfer, and four her ring heads were found lodged lu his intestines. I "I have seen prisoners, rendered i l half insane by hunger, fighting i among themselves for bits of food. If one's rations were stolen or taken ;froin him by force and be complained to the guard, the answer would be: ' "Why are you not all friends? allies? Surely there can be nothing to complain of.' "When the neutral c omniissionj would visit the camps the prisoners | would be given a short cut of frank- I furter'sausage and a lump of bread, ] | so that it might appear that tfcoy I were fairly fed. J Sawdust Bread. "This bread contained all sorts of ; stuff, such as potato peelings, straw ,j and sawdust. All prisoners were made: 'to sign papers indicating their wil- i lingness to work. If they refused to 1 j sign they were severely punished.: The men supposed that they were to work coal mines, salt mines and muui-jj engage in farm work, but vac re sent i to munition factories. I refused to work in a munition factory and was' tied to a post 3 hours. One group of! prisoners, who persistently refused to work, were told that they would be shot and were placed under a special guard. At the end of eleven days, dur- j Ing which they momentarily expect-1 ed to be executed, they were told that i their lives would be saved. . | "While in prison I slept on the1 same cot for 18 months, and in all ; that time the straw was not changed ijonce. When I left the straw was fine: as dust and alive with vermin. After 1 118 months at Altengrahow, I was' ; transferred to Merseburg. After an I ' exchange of prisoners had been effect-! ' ed, I was taken to Constance, where1 I was provided with a new suit of J clothes and was well fed, kindly I treated and turned over to the Allies. I I suppose this was done in the hope J that in my new comfort and the joy at Loing released I might forget the i past. | "In Switzerland I was taken in T7 A n /V j^Jtv B. ED^W + ' * : ^ v- ; , ? ' r ? * IV nicMm/arc A/im/j A y iv? U i>/&C'II U Everybody has been piei rOBACCO TOW V see to toe sale of eveay YOUR rRlE ' MULLINS charge by (be Red Cross and kept in the hospital there Tor 14 months. Had the Germans given me proper treatment (or my wound I would have recovered in a few weeks; as it was, after yearB of neglect, dirt, semi-starvation and hard work, I was in such condition when released that for a time my life was despaired of. Even now, after the best efforts of the Red Cross physicians and nurses, the left side of my face is partially paralyzed and I can see but little with my left eye." Defoirdt says that when he left the prison camp at Merseburg, the! Germans did not seem quite so brutal as they were two years before. They told him the war would end this year, and when he left Merseburg they did nnt BPtiTTt at ?H f ?s-**' ? Wvv*u uv Oil VVUI1UCUI \J I VT lulling. .. . > 1 hereby announce myself a candidate for the State Senate, subject to the rules: of the Democratic Party. PRESTON L. BETHEA. I Tha OuMm That Does Not Affact the Heed Because of its tonic and laxative effect, I.AXA- 1 TIVE BKOMO QUININE is better than ordinary i Quinine and does not cause nervousness nor | ringing in head. Remember the full name and . look for the signature of K. W. GKOVE. 30c. j VALUE THE Tl CIEAi ye ? e V - I j iLvery article tnc worth one hundred c asked, and during t many articles in hot short lengths etc. ti great money saving LADIES WAIST, .S VOILES, LINGERIE most tempting price. /Vfen, Women and C low shoes at greatly JONES DRY Railroad Ave+, Ne Dillon} EHO s. c. rARDS " ..<r > ' * Maf ^?fS * iff 4JB ^ ' y/ MHm rumming for me. On osed. * ~-""==s=a^a== Services at Baptist Church. Sunday school every Sunday at 10 o'clock a. in. Prayer meeting every Wednesday evening at 9 o'clock in charge Men's Bible Class. Preaching next Sunday August 11th by Rev. Keykiud at 11 o'clock. The public cordially invited to attend any and all these services. Bobbies' Big Idea. Bohhle (dining out with his mother, tn a ghastly whisper)?"Oh, ma, slip me your powder puff; I've spotted tha tablecloth." Loose leaf ledgers, binders, indexes, etc., for sale at The Herald office.?7-25-tf. .r For Indimxtlnn **?* Biliousness Just try one 50-ccnt bottle of LAX-FQS WITH PEPSIN. A Liquid Digestive Laxative pleasant to take. Made and recommended to the public by Paris Medicine Co., manufacturers of Laxative Bromo Quinine and Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic. Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up System The Old Standard general strengthening tonic, GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out Malaria.enriches the blood.and builds upthesystem. A true tonic. For adulta and children. 60c RUE TEST OF j 'NESS J it we sell must be 1 rents for every dollar | his Month, we have I \at will be sold at prices. KIRTS, DRESSES, 7S, and LACES at s. hildren oxfords, and reduced prices. GOODS CO. xt to Picture Show , 5. C. T TPI-P IH 53 to 3s ? SB Monday I had a full 0 # , '. M