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?pP^PPPP^PPIP^!^ p mi wli ' ' m?*mm.?."tyF ?lfp ItlUm i!irral&. P BWABUBmSD 1W4. *MK MUM HKKAM>. MUM IIOCTH CABOUNA. THURSDAY Hmi\IW] ' jjp^ \ ok. W no. & * 'iMILSON HEARS SERMON' : ~ IT BISHOP 6UBtRY' . LAYS WREATH ON TOMB OF GENBRAL LAFAYETTE. PhUmm Throng All Thorough fa m " u to OMcb Gltmpoe of America's Chief Kxecntire. ' j b- a Paris, D#c. 15.?President Wilson > spent his first Sunday In Paris by * going twlae to church, laying a t r wreath on the tomb of Lafayette, and baring a brief conference with Premier Clemenceau and another with . * Col. E. M. House. In the evening he 1 rested in preparation for the coming ( tmnnmia wppV or nr?llmln?rv ?nn. ferences. During the afternoon the President { made a short call on President and Madame Poincare at the Palace of the Elysee. ? In the morning the President, accompanied by Mrs. Wilson and Admiral Grayson and by secret service ? men, went to the American Presby- j terian church in the Rue de Berri. p His coming was known to only a ^ few of the American colony who had g ? guessed that the President being a ^ consistent church-goer, would choose a church of his own denomination. { Text Fits Occasion. v The Rev. Chnuncey W. Goodrich c the pastor, took his text from the t ninth verse of the ninth chapter of c Isaiah. He dwelt on the necessity of f impregnating political and civil life i with Idealism and showed how the 1; ^ evolution of humanity was reaching h the last stage in the constitution of if JS1- a society of nutions. The edifice wasj filled, but there was no special ser- t ices. The President took part as he] a would if he had been at the Central ! 1 Presbyterian church in Washington, e President Hears Bishop Guerry. t In the afternoon President Wilson \ went to a church of Mrs. Wilson's de- r nominaviun us ib iae cusiom in w&sn- jc Ington when he goes twice on Sunday, i 00 The church selected was the American a Episcopal church of the Holy Trinity, 1 the Right Rev. William A. Guerry, 1 D. D., Episcopal Bishop of South Car- e w oltna, officiating. c Wnsthm Lefayette's Tomb. a '" The President visited the tomb of 8 Lafayette in the Picpus Cemetery, in ^ ^ the southeastern section of Paris, while returning home after the morn t ing church services. No ceremony had ! 1 been arranged at the cemetery end < the President went accompanied only!' by Brig. Gen. Harts, a secret service I operative and a French officer as-j1 signed to him as a personal aide. 1i The President, removing his het, en-11 tered the tomb carrying a large flor-'t al wreath. If As the President placed the wreath ? on the tomb he bowed his head andjr iAAfl ailont ko f I? ? mlnuA c ovwu ntcwiiv O VHC I COtlllg |lia<CV " of the famous Frenchman who help- < ed America in her fight for liberty. | He made no speech whatsoever. He 1 ? then returned to the Murat residence/* Wilson Brings Sunshine. jl ft In the meantime all the residents r of Paris apparently had turned out t In the hope of getting a glimpse of ' the President. It ites remarked that I , V the Wilson luck wan continuing, for 1 the sun broke through the murky 1 clouds for the first time in days and s began to dry up the muddy streets, c The sun lit up the city in all its 1 h. fluttering banners and flags. jl American Stock (Joes Up. Jto a foreign observer it appeared Jriat every one in Paris was on the WKfr boulevards. There was no space % whatever on the side walks. A great | W crowd gathered in the Place De Lai . Concord before the headquarters of t the American mission. The crowd . Jammed about the doors took keen t Interest in every American in or out.' The most inconsequential attache, . t" carrying a case of official papers, ^ was surrounded and carefully inspect- . c.' by admiring French men and women. r Even to Look Like One. j y American army automobiles were v surrounded and cheered whenever . si they stopped. All one needed appar- ^ ntly to be token In to the hearts of ( the crowd was to look like an Amer- ( lean. Every sort of conveyance was out on the boulevards or in the parks . each carrying individual cheering . & ?< groups. Taxi cabs carried crowds of . American soldiers and even the old fine hnrno rhnco woo /in s<.?? Parading happy crowds smacked of ? Riverside drive on a Sunday after- 8( i noon while the wide spaces and the ' EL parks gave Just a touch of Washing- j * 1 ton. Doubtless, the President felt at E, \ home. But'all the members of the J1 t* American mission doubtless felt the f R'' 'ffeepfcf slgnifieance of the day. Henry White farmer American am-j ?*" bassador here an'd now a member of i the American peace mission, who has >. known Paris through 1(?K residence here, said that seldoj^had King, Emperor or foreign digitilry ever re- 1 eeived such welcome as that extended 1 President Wilson. The special signi- 1 ficance felt by the members of thej American mission was that the French ' . people seemed to be wholly In sym- f pathy with the President's purpose, d hty fALLORYITE'B VIGOROUS PKO-j TEST. jl lees Nothing But Heiriithiim In Hun*, ufacturem and Sections that I Want State Highways. Mallory, S. C., 12-14-18. 0 Dillon Herald:?A dissenter jets ' leither pleasure, satisfaction or hon- >< >r from his activities as a knocker'a r kicker while the propagandist gets ^ , large measure of them all. When s n individual, society, corporation or b overnment sets out to mould public ipinion up to a winning point by.c he use of propaganda or advertising he conscientious objector is held up'a o view as yellow, as an obstruction-; Bt. a reactionary and when they getj? hrough with him there's not much L eft. But I'm going to kick against o he activities of the Automobile As- P ociation until they either succeed!81 n their arbitrary proposition or >' Te defeated. I have before me one 11 if the late lamented Col. Watson's * lighway maps of South Carolina and ^ tin supposing that any pl-tn of the;v elf-constituted automobile propagan-,0 lists of Charleston and Detroit, Mich-!>" gan, representatives of cement and ,1 laving material corporations, will be'1 rased upon that plan. If so I would t idvise every owner of an automobile ;b o secure a copy of that particular jC nap and study it a bit before sign- f ng a petition for legislation for v vhich he is liable to repent. The ' :emeut people are well informed as C 0 what they want and how to se- e ure it. Now let the car owner in-1 ^ orm himself of what they are driv-;1 ng at and form a definite idea for a limself as to what he wants and if c ie is willing to pay annually the " rice they propose. 1 c If a powerful gun trust or powder! rust in Germany or elsewhere wants; 1 war to stimulate trade they know j ?ow to get it. If a company of civil ; ingineers want to stimulate their! r usiness they scatter to the four | rinds propoganda for drainage and ? eclamation. If a road plow company i } tr a cement or paving material com-1 j any wants to stimulate trade and1 ^ idd millions to their wealth they; j enow how to get about it. And the' j lonest unsuspecting public don't top to inform itself but catches the j inthusiasm, takes up the catch phrase ? ilogans and becomes a catspaw and t itoves along a propaganda whose j ictirn he is. All commercial activity is based .. ipon advertising. "It pays to adver- j j ise." Propaganda lg just a stealthy j j leceitful member of the advertising' amily. Get that into your head. Also , ;et hold of the fact that the same; , >unch of fellows who tried to hold lp the U. S. Government for enor-j. nous profits on a navy yard site in ; .he marshes near Charleston are, athering the bond proposition aided j md encouraged by representatives of, nanufacturers of road building tools ind materials from Michigan and' 1 dsewhere. i Don't get the idea that this kick is t n opposition to good roads. No sir. s )n the contrary I want good roads, a The people generally want good I oads. But the tendency of unfairnesH c hat lurks in the proposition for a 25 * Million dollar bond issue is the thing f object to. Dissatisfaction is at the 1 >ottom of the social and political f inrest in Austria, Russia, Germany t ind the large labor centres in other t ountries, including this country. I The tendency of entrenched wealth f s toward selfishness and the unrest t PnypnHpra id Qt uori tt ir fhn hnl nlnoo t touulace toward socialism year after * ear. The hard grinding attitude- 1" if those large corporate interests t rho want to sell their wares wheth- t ir the buyer needs them or not is to he daddy of many an injustice, and t he grand-daddy of socialism. Let he legislature work out a scheme of 1 ownship road commissioners or * chool district road commissioners 8 icavily bonded to handle special uu- a oniobile taxes from that district or to ownship and free it from graft and obbery and I warrant there will not ie two per cent objectors to even a tigher tax on automobiles and rucks than that now proposed, buti lon't talk to the car owner about he justice of a class tax to build arerial roads which in the enthusiasm', if the meetings being held in Char-' eston and Columbia have swelled rom 1000 miles, the first proposiion, to 1500 miles the present plan. While the hired spellers from the he city are building up a favorable sentiment for their petiaion to the egislature let the volunteer car owner Otce his disapproval in a most vigirous appeal to other car owners to itter a counter petition seating orth the numerous objectionable eatures of the proposition. _ l Fire Hweens Hurllnirtun. 1 * Fire Tuesday swept a portion of he down town business section of he city with a loss estimated at (250,000. o ! About the time a man begins to eel his importance others begin to loubt it. ' MARTIN 1,1'THKIt HTl?ART. j* foung Man of Promlne Succumbs to , Influenza While at Camp Han rock. The following account of the death >f Martin Luther Stuart is taken ] rom the Guddysville correspondence 11 11 the Lumberton Kobesonian. Mr. Jj Ituart was a brother of Mr. Petei j tuart who lives over the river. Mr.N luart spent several weeks with his < rother last summer, shortly arter j is return from Turkey where he had 11 harge of the American Tobacco Co's. j ] interests, and is remembered by quite number of people in this section: i< G-addysville (Fairmont, It. 1.) ! >ec.. 3?In the passing of Martin ji .uther Stuart, who succumbed to an|, peration resulting from influenza,'? neumonia in CairiD Hancock nm-li ection loses one of its most talented; oung men. Mr. Stuart was a man of ' j tost remarkable business ability.'( 'rior to his leaving for the camp 1 ,e held a very responsible position i rith a large tobacco company. At'i ne time he spent a couple or three j, ears in Turkey, managing their in-' erests there. He had traveled ex- ! \ ensively, being in the Dardanelles at | he time of the memorable British1] ombardment. Mr. Stuart was in ; erniany during the critical days be-' | ore our entrance into the war, and , tas in Berlin or the Austrian cap-' tol the day we declared war on the , Central Powers. After many trying], xperiences he escaped to Berne,', iwitzerland, a neutral state, audi, hence to his own country. He was devoted member of Centenary M. E. hurch and a gentlemanly, square , nan, loyal to his Cod, church and , ountry. j, Conference Ap|M>intmei?t.s. Following are the conference ap- 1 lointments for Marion District: M. W. Hook, presiding elder; Ay-,' ior, D. H. Attaway, Blenheim, E. P.;1 lutson, Brownsville, J. B. Weldon, ' lucksville, W. H. Perry, Centenary j1 'ircuit, D. D. Jones, Conway Station, ' I. G. Murphy, Conway Circuit, W. O. J' ilwell, Clio, C. C. Derrick, Dillon,1 ilain Street, W. B. Duncan, Dillon!' rtills, J. M. Gasque, Floy dale, J. R. ' Sniniirnpr T .uIru Vi^uf U7 u ips, Latta, J. H. Graves, Little River!1 ). H. Roof, Little Rock, S. J. Betbea,'' .oris, J. L. Mull in nix, H. L. Single-!1 on, supernumerary, Marion, J. VV Daniel, Marion Circuit, C. T. Easter- ' tng, Jr., Mullins, S. O. Cantey. Mul- ' ins Circuit, J. W. Ariall, Waccainaw, !. E. Cook, president Paine College,' t. D. Betts, Sunday school field sec- j etary, W. C. Owen, president Horry ndustrial School, S. C. MorriB. o 1 TO FLY ACROSS OCEAN. London, Dec. 6.?The Germans are >uilding an airplane with which they ntend trying a trip across the Atlan-;, ic and have a Zeppelin under con- i truction with the same idea in view' according to the correspondent at; Berlin of the Daily Express. The', orrespondent said he learned this , vhen being shown over an aircraft i, actory at Staaken a suburb of Ber-,, in, by managing Director Raasch, a ( ormer naval officer. The machine . teing constructed there for the'| rans-Atlantic fl' nt, says the corres- j >ondent, has a wing spread of 198 ', eet and engines of 3,000 horsepower ( Almost immediately after the arm- , ice was signed the Staaken plant be- | ;an converting the fighting planes on i land into commercial machines in- ( ended to link all the European capi-1, his wun Berlin, and dozens of planes , milt entirely of aluminum are being i ransformed for postal service. ( The correspondent says he has- , earned that the Zeppelin factory at ( ''reidrichshafen is building an air- ( hip for a trans-Atlantic voyage, cap- ( ,ble of carrying 100 passengers. It j las nine engines and eight pronellors | ts first flight will be In Juiy next , f the international situation clears , ip by that time. The trip is expected o be made in forty hours. , i* ? ?**** THIS IS THE WKKK of the * 1 .BED (ROSS CHRISTMAS 1 HOlJi CAIiE. * I I I 1 I i i 1 I I I I I Every ulult in Dillon County in "Expected to do his dutj" 1 1 JOIN THE UED CROSS. This means YOU. You need only a * I HEART and a Per rentage of enrollment to pop- * < ulatton of rarh district will be * published. Make your district * I lOO Per Cent. It takes (i.ftOO * members for the Dillon Chap- * < ter to "<Jo Over the Top"? * and the Roll Call Monday 23. 0 * 0 0 , FHK liKVIATHIAN llltlMiS 9.000. ! I Among tie ItctuniinR Troops \V* re I Convalescents from tt.Olk Division. New York, Dec. 16?The Riant liner Leviathan which docked here 1 today with nearly 9,01)0 American i ioldiers, veterans of overseas fiRht- i iDR, also brouRht home many con- ' lalescents from the 27lh and 30th t iivisions. 1 Homer Weeks, of Epworth, 117th t infantry, came home with a wound < received in the attack of the 30th dl-' rision on the HindenhurR line near i 3t. Quentiu. _ j' iinu piiiifs i?r mese wounaea ma-i rjne8 in the service if they desire." O1 Wood Prices In Oilier Towns. j' Dillon is one of the few towns in llie country that does not regulate; its prices for wood. The government: regulates the price of coal, but the!' man who buys wood is at the mercy 5f the seller. Exorbitant prices are,' isked for wood in Dillon. You must buy it by the load; you cannot buy it by the cord. \Ve will not attempt to say what is the average price per 1 ?ord in Dillon. It runs anywhere Troni $8 to $15 per cord. This is because the prices are not regulated, j' We are printing below a clipping1 from the Fayetteville Observer: which shows how good prices are regulated in Fayetteville: j! Editor Observer:?For the benefit ji both buyer and seller of wood on; the market, juay I ask you to again , publish the prices of wood as adopt-1 ?d by the Fuel Administration. In ' *ase of dispute as to the value of any i?ad offered for sale, appeal can be made to the Police Officer on duty! iround the city hall, who will adjust , ihe same in accordance with the ' idopted prices, a copy of which is ! l>osted on the board under the city hall. | PRICES: Delivered from wagons to consumers 4 to 8-foot lengths?pine $5.50 per cord; oak $6.(40 per cord. Delivered in car lots f. o. b. FayL'tteville, less 25 cents for unloading 4 to 8-foot lengths, per cord $5.00. 1 Wood sawed, split and delivered per cord $8.50. 1 Wood sawed, split and delivered p?;r 1-2 cord $4.25. Wood sawed, split and delivered per 1-4 cord $2.25. Wood sawed, split and delivered 1 per 1-5 cord $1 80. Wood sawed, split and delivered per 1-6 cord $1.50. Wood sawed, split and delivered per 1-8 cord $1.25. Slabs per cord less freight and 25 rents for unloading, per cord $4.00. The Police Officer is instructed to ! measure up any disputed load and use his best judgment in adjusting 1 differences. Respectfully, JAS. D McNEILL, I Mayor. < "There never was a bunch of men ' who could fight like the 30th, he 1 laid. '"The only kick we had was our, jfficera would not let us go ahead as ' fast as we wanted to." ,< Lieut. L. D. White, of New York11 praised the men of the 30th and 27th ' )f his own division, the 30th, Lieut. / CVhite said they were "poor trench 1 righters" as it was next to impossible ' to hold them bark "when there was ' \ fight in front." Many of the convalescents of the ' two divisions, however, were loath to ' talk of their experiences. Private Z. ! I,. Jenks, of Henry, N. C., with both ( inns and legs cruelly torn by shrap-i' tiel, would n?>t have missed " the 1 show" for anything. The former -German liner came up,' the bay amid a din, surpassing in ' volume any previous welcome to a ' returning troop ship. Of her sick and ' wounded?14 officers and 1.4 21 men!1 the majority were on deck, some ' with crutches and canes, while her ' rails were lined with almost 5,000,' naval officers and men, veterans of the submarine defense patrol off the Krench and British coasts and 25,00<J 1 soldiers, with some of their command-1 &rs, heroes of tin* bitter fighting in" the final weeks of the war. The naval contingent, largest of iny which has returned home sinru the signing of the armistice, includ-j1 ?d men both from fleet and aviation units which had fought U-boats and;' convoyed merchant ships in and out , of allied ports. Major General Barnett, head of the marine corps, returned from two and a half months spent In Paris and at the front, enthusiastic over the record of his fighters from Chateau Thierry to the end of the war. He said the marines were "wonderful" and the only compluints were those of the wounded who were denied a chance to get back to the front. "It's like this," said the general. , "If a man loses an arm he says, 'it might have been a leg' and if he loses a leg he philosophizes 'it might have been both,' and if he loses an eye he reasons 'it might have been j my head.' Most of them, I find, are I worrying for fear they will be of no! further use to their country and I anil going to put forth every effort to] r:-J -vi * *?- - ? * ' kl.WOlt vauk WILL LKAVK AltMY | ['Inns to Itesumv Practice ??f His Pro- ' tension as Civil KiiKineer in Dillon County. In a private letter to home folks tlaj. Otis M. Page who is stationed ' it Camp Forrest, Ga., says he has isked for his release from the ser-1 >ice, to be placed on the reserve list, ind as soon as he obtains his release' ae will return to Dillon and resume i he practice of his profession as a :ivil engineer. At present Ma j. Page is in com-' mand of one of the lartrest uthor zed batalions in the army. 1 be ba-| i alion has 12 companies or 3600 lien. Maj. Page went into the service ts a first lieutenant in the Engineer Officer's Reserve Corps about 15': months ago, and has risen very rap-; idly. Shortly after he received his -muiuission as a captain he was com-' missioned a major of engineers in the1 U. S. Army and was in line for a'| ieuieuant colonecy when the armis-| lice was signed. During the time he lias been in the service Major Page lias trained and sent across 50b en- , <ineer troops. He made repeated relnests to be sent across at different I inies, but was kept at home on ac-,i :ount of the success he had had in he intensive training of engineer | Li oops for foreign service. He wus [he first officer in the I'nited Staaes1 o try out an intensive training sys-l lent new in universal use. In recognition of his ability as a training of-1 ficer (Sen. Frederick A. Abbott, act-, ing chief of* engineers, recommended' his appointment as a Major. Part of Maj. Page's term of set-j lice was spent with the First Replace-j inent Regiment of Engineers, Wash- \ ington Barracks, D. (*., one of the I rrack engineer regiments of the army. From Washington he w as sent to . Lamp forresi to train a regiment for I overseas service. Maj. l\tge is a; graduate of Cleinson College, and1 after leading college he went tQ Tanaina where lie was engaged in work. 011 the big canal. Maj. I"uge will secure his release at the earliest possible moment and upon his return home will take up his residence in Dillon. HltOOKS McCAI-L HAMKK. Former Well Known Dillon Citizen l*assed Away in Asheville, N. C., Tuesday. A telegram was received in Dillon Tuesday afternoon announcing the death of Brooks McCall Hauler, a former well-known Dillon county citizen who had made his home in Asheville for the past several years. Mr. riuiiitri away eariy m me ar-1 ternuon. The direct cause of Mr. Hauler's death was not given in the message! announcing his death, but it was known that his health had been fail-1 ing him for several years. He dispos-| L?d of his farming interests near Dil-! Ion several years ago and sought u higher altitude in the hope that he would be benefited, and although the change brought about an improve- j nient in his condition, he never re-1 gained his former robust health. Mr. Hamer was born at the old homestead near Little Rock about 4 3 years ago. After graduating from the I'niversity of South Carolina he returned home and engaged in farm-j ing. He was a successful farmer and business man, and although his health failed him in early life, he! had accumulated a comfortable estate which kept him in easy circumstances during the latter years of his life. ! After disposing of his farm near; Little Kock, to which he moved short ly after his marriage, Mr. Hamer moved to Clio where he continued to reside until he moved to Asheville for the benefit of his health. Mr. Hamer is survived by his wife who was a Miss Bennett, and several children. His surviving brothers and sisters are: Messrs. J. W. Hamer, of | Little Rook and W. M. Hamer of Asheville; Mrs. J. 1). Manning and Mrs. J. It. Rogers of Dillon; Mrs. Holmes Hardin. Jr., and Miss Maude Hamer of Chester, and Mrs. T. B. Stackhouse of Columbia The remains are expected to ar-! rive in Dillon Wednesday night and the interment will be made at the family plot in the Little Itock Methudist cemetery Thursday morning. c SIFFRAtilSTS HONOR MR. AM) MRS. l'OlJ.OCK. Uive Supper for Junior Senator from South t'arolinu ami his Wife. The following story, which will interest friends of Senator W. P. Pollock, was carried in the Washington Post Tuesday. ' The National American Woman Suffrage Association gave a supper party at ita Rhode Island Avenue headquarters last evening in compliment to Senator and Mrs. Pollock. I Mrs. Maud Wood Park, chairman of the congressional committee, received with Senator and Mrs. Pollock. BOUNTY NEWS ALin UADDCIIIIICG nnu nni i liwiuu NKWSY I.KTTKItS BY IlKOVMR CORRESPONDENTS. News Itenvs of Interest to HeraKl Headers, Ebb and F;ow of the Human Tide. Mallury. Corporal K. II. Proctor of Blenheim was recently given au honorable discharge and arrived at Mallury on Monday night from Camp Wadsworth, wl ere he had served. Seaman Eugene Williams recently honorably discharged from service arrived at Mallory on Sunday night. Considerable interest and curiosity was manifested by this community on Saturday when three army planes sailed over looking for a landing place. While sailing over Brownsville they became separated, one going toward Little Hock and two toward Latta. News from Camp Jackson explained the trip as having been planned to Virginia. Private Uufiis Hubbard was honorably discharged at Camp Jackson and arrived here on Saturday. Andrew Jackson and Saw Uayes arrived lust week from Camp after having been discharged. Oak drove. The school -at this place is now progressing nicely under the management of Miss Page of North Carolina us principal. Miss Belle Allen of Dillon intermediate department and.Miss Kathleen Matheson ?f Ldberty primary grades. One week will be given for the holidays. Kev. J. 11. Weldon preached at llethesda Sunday morning. Owing to the inclemency of the weather only a small crowd was present. Mr. Weldon has done a good work on this circuit and begins the new conference year with prospects bright for a still greater work. Mr. Kenneth Hodges and sister. Miss Kuth, of Brownsville, and Miss Belle Allen motored over to Dillon last Saturday afternoon. Some little excitement wag created in this community Saturday about one o'clock by the appearance of two air ships coming front toward Columbia and going in the direction of Lalta. They were apparently sailing about five or six hundred yards abuve the earth and probably that far apart and going rather slowly as they seemed to have been battling with the winds. Soon after these two passed a third came in sight but soon turned and went in the direction of Bingham. It is said that they were from Camp Jackson on thefr way to Norfolk. o Hillsboro. The pupils of Hiliaboro school will give a Christmas entertainment at the school house on Friday evening, December 20th at eight o'clock The public is cordially invited to attend. Dr. and Mrs. T. L. Ayers of Florence spent the week end with the doctor's parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. Q. Ayers. Mrs, K. T. Renfrew spent Saturday in Marion. Mr. and Mrs. Don McMillan of Mullins spent Sunday with their aunt. Mrs. P. G. Ayers. Miss Edna Ayers and Mr. Wifford Grainger spent Monday in Mullins. Miss Gertrude Mclnnis spent last week end at her home near Little Rock. Floydale. The play which was to he given at the school house toinght has keen posponed on account of the influenza. Mr. J. M. Rowell attended the meeting of the Grand lodge at Charleston last week. Misg Catherine Murehison emtertained quite a number of the yomng folks at a party last Friday might. Fruit salad and cake were served. Mr. S. C. Taylor has accepted a position as salesman for W. S. Flayd. visiting parent^ Mr. and Mrs. H. B. H Belle known to the Herald Max her ?? Jackson Artillery The o r e artillery S. at you