The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, August 08, 1918, Page Page Five, Image 5
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G. C. Juhnson spent last Sunday
In Darlington with Mrs. Johuson.
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Miss Daisy Hodge of Wadlcy, Ala.,
is visiting Miss Annie May Thompson.
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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.
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Mrs. D. D. McDonald and daughter,
Miss Lila, have returned from a visit
to relatives in North Carolina.
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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.
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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.
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Mrs. Stafford Rogers, who has
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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.
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have not had much time
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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
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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.
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French Soldier Tells of Some Horrible
Experiences.
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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.
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\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
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! 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
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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
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? Wvv*u uv Oil VVUI1UCUI \J I VT lulling.
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1 hereby announce myself a candidate
for the State Senate, subject to
the rules: of the Democratic Party.
PRESTON L. BETHEA.
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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
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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}
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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.
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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
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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
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hildren oxfords, and
reduced prices.
GOODS CO.
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53 to
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Monday I had a full
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