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UUfv' ~ ??f: SKjf lillmt ifpralft. ;P?i ^ ESTABLISHED 1804. THE DILLON HEHALI), DILLON SOUTH CAROLINA, - THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 24, 1919. VOL. 28. NO. 28 EWlf INVITED r 10 ATTEND PiCNIC; CITIZENS SHOULD UNITE IN G1V- 0 1NG BOYS BIG WEJLCOME. ib ??_ ?i ^ Every. Soldier in the County is Urged' $ to Come ?nd Bring His Family ' t and Friends. c V The committee in charge of ar- A rangements requests The Herald td t state that every citiien of the county is expected to participate in the wel- j, some which will be given the soldiers t at Dillon next Saturday. ig The soldier8 be the guests of) the county and they are urged to at-! ], tend dressed in their uniforms. !j, A feature of the occasion wijl be an tl Id time picnie dinner and eacil fan- s ily is requested to bring a basket full e of good substantial food. A commit- j, tee has been appointed to furnish re- 5 freshments. r The celebration-will be held at the Cl school house grounds where tables 10 will be erected and the food served in picnic style. i ^ Among the speakers who hare been 3 secured for the occasion is Dr. Dr. E. j, W. Sykes. president of Coker College. ^ Dr. Sykes is one of the best public p speakers in the state and has a mes- v sage well worth hearing. fj - The soldiers are requested to report c at the school house grounds where a they will fall In line and then march ^ through the business section. The line of march has not been decided upon, "but it is probable that if Will ^ Hnwn tn Railroad avenue; thence n down Railroad avenue to Main street, 5 thence thro^h Main street and up j, to the Court douse and thence ba^k j to the school grounds. 1 Throughout the day the soldiers ^ will be shown special attention and ^ everything will be done to ma'te b % them enjoy the occasion. The relatives and friends of all returned sol- j, diers and the relative^ and friends of u soldiers who have not returned are speeially invited. Plans are under way for a welcome to the colored soldiers and this oc<af sion will be celebrated iu the next S k week or two. The eolored ministers and school teachers of the county have the arrangements in charge HgSand everything1 will be done to make tl the returned colored soldiers feel a that the service they rendered their * country in its hour of need iB appre- ti dated. This date will be announced j< in an early issue of The Herald. The committee in charge of tr- o rangements is pattfcularly anxious to h impress upon the people that the eel- r * ? ebration to be held Saturday is a ^ county affair in which every"ci^isen f the county is asked to participate, fj Don't wait tor a personal invitation. a The invitation is extended to every ^ citizen and it is to be hoped there tl will be a great outpouring of the b people to show the boys how deeply tl the home folks appreciate the sor- j vices they have renderd and the sac- a rifices they hare made for huma.ii- a ty's sake. b o !CJ Bringing the Laymen Together. li At the Presbyterian Manse last Friday evening there was held the second of a serious of meetings in- a augurated by Rev. W. B. S. Chand- tl |$S ler for ,the purpose of bringing the p fc'JV,- laymen of the various churches to- a gather in a social way. It was a very C! pleasant occasion and those present heard several interesting and instruc- S| tlve talks on church topics. Ln addi-ij, tiou to the regular program there j 0 were talks by Dr. L. R. Craig and i Mr. James Hamer, Jr. who told or!]( their experiences overseas. Mr. Chand |j| ler presided and in introducing the j2 % speakers touched on topics calculat-1^ d to* inspire the laymen with a'p( deeper interest in the different^ phases of church work in which they 's] were engaged. Particularly interest-1 ai ing was a talk by Prof. Moore who e] stressed the importance of more ac- <}, tivity and earnestness in church! work on the part of laymen. Mios Critt was nrps*>nt and added to the! pleasures of the evening with several instrumental solos. After refresh-;E ments, consisting of cream and cake! bad been served cigars were passed , around and the remainder of the; evening was devoted to the discussion el f the topics on the regular program, tc The first of these meetings was ci held last fall and it was Mr. Chand-'fl ier's intention to hold them every m rnvpnth, but the influenza epidemic C interfered with his plans. From now ti n, however, the meetings will be ai held regularly every month. A pro- g< gram will be arranged for each meet- fi * - ing and laymen of the different de-(F ^nominations will be asked to make m Short talks on church work. The ic primary object of the meetings is to vi bring the laymen together in a so- ai cial way so that they may know andjtt understand each other better, ana me w ultimate object is to organize them :1a into a great working body for the-hi moral and spiritual uplift of the ai community. # j b< \<M>0 RAINBOW TROOPS RETURNING. iederlanden and Pocahontas Bringing Portions of Them. Washington", April .21?About 7,000 fficers and men of the 42<^ (Rain^ ow) Division sailed from Brest ipril 18 on the transport Leviathan,! ue at New York April 25. Among he officers on board are Major Gen.! ieorge W. Read; commanding the di- j ision, and Brig. Gen. Douglas Mac irtnur, commanding me sun jniau-, ry brigade. v ! The transport LaTcuraine, due at( few York April 27, has on board welve casual oompanies for various fates and 39 casual officers. The transport Koningen DeT-Nedermden, due at Newport News May 2, s bringing the 117th ammunition rain complete of the.Rainbow Divi-j ion; headquarters 114th engineers,' vacuation hospital No% .18, ambuiivce services sections Nos. 542, 560,! 71, 603 hnd 601, six casual companjs of colored troops &nd nine white asual companies and a detatchment f 141st field artillery. / The transport America, due at New ork April 28, has on board the 07th and 308th infantry and 154th afantry brigade headquarters, all of he 77th Division, two casual comanies 42 casual officers and six conalescent detachments. Among'the of_ leers on boa^d are Major Gen. Fran- j is J. Kernan, traveling a8 a casual j nd Brig. Gen. J. Price commanding he 154th infantry brigade. The transport Pocahontas, due at| fowport News May, 1, is bringing, ho v hestaqliarters medical detach-j lent, machine gun company, second , atallinn headauarters and Comuan-! is E, F, G, H,I,- K, L, and M, of the 12th infantry; detachment of the 09th machine gun hat&lion both of he 28th Division, detachments 139th lfantry and 128th machine gun ba-< a lion and 20 casual officers. The transport Federal ^s due at iewport News May 3 with a few casals. . o ANOTHER NEAR-TRAGEDY. ?_ % t hifting Locomotive Hits Automobile at Harrison Street Crossing. ' There was another near-tn fed? at ?e Harrison street crossing of the tlantic Coast Line Tuesday morning rhen a shifting engine struck an aujmobile driven by Rev, W. C. Alin. ' The engine struck the front part f the automobile, damaging the ood and fenders and twisting the unniAg gear to an angle of 30 derees or more. - > Mr. Allen was leaving the postofIce where he'had been for his mail; nd was returning home. The engine as running backwards, coming from be direction of the oil mill. A numer of box cars on a siding obstructed ae view of the track and Mr. Allen id not see the engine until it was! lmost upon him. He stopped the car j nd threw it into reverse, but before e could clear the track the engine aught the front part of'the machine. In the car with Mr. Allen was his ttle son, but both escaped without ijuries. There have been several accidents! lid near-accidents at this crossing in j ae past few months. Side tracks | arallel the main line on both sides! nd when the sidings are full of boxj irs it is impossible to see approachlg trains. It is said the engine that truck Mr. Allen's car Tuesday ntorn>g was running backward at the rate t 15 miles an hour. The railroad officials visited Dil>n about two years agp and after stening to the complaints of the cit:ens promised to consider the matir of removing the side tracks to a oint above the oil mill in order to; linimize the danger to traffic from lifting engines, but the war came on ; ad the railroads went into the gov- j rnment's hands and nothing was' one. o \ MAY HAVE FYING MACH1M ' fforts Being Made to Bring a Flj.ng Machine to Dillon Saturday. Mr. James M. Sprunt is making an j [fort to get an army airplane to come > Dillon Saturday and give the 1 -owds an exhibition of the latest ying stunts. Mr. Sprunt is in com-| lunication with the authorities at amp Bragg, near Fayetteville, where lere are several airmen who have greed to come provided they can j it the consent of their superior ofcers. The distance from Dillon to ayetteville is 52 miles and the air-! lan Mr, Sprunt has been in commun_ ation with says he can fly fj-om Fayille to Dillon in about 30 minutes, ad all he needs i? authority to make le trip. The only difficulty in the j ay is the matter 0f providing a .nding place for the airman when e gets ready to alight, but if the rman can come a landing place will i provided. I DALIAN PROBLEM . CAUSES CRAVE FEAE APPARENTLY NO IMPROVEMENT IN SITUATION. President Wilsgn Irrevocably Against Recognition of Secret Treaty of London. Paris. ADril 1?Premiers Lloyd George, Clemenceau and Orlando met again this morning in M. Clemenceau's office and requested consideration of the Adratic question President Wilson again j^sented himself from the conferenc* The second meeting of the council was held af 4 o'clock. There wat manifest tension in all quarters ovei the acuteness of the issue. Premiei Orlando was preparing to take a train at 8 o'clock in the evening for Rome to lay The situation before Parliament, and only a few hours remained to determine whether he could carry the reply which Italy awaited with Intense anxiety. Up to a late hour no announcement was made indicating improvement in the situation, although fin^l efforts were still proceeding. President Determined. The President's visit to American headquarters at noon lasted about an hour. It was made clear that the situation was serious and that the President's determination was irrevocably against any recognition ol the recret treaty of London on whicb Italy largely bases her claim for the ehstern Adriatic coast. The delegation gave its full support to the President's attitude. In the meantime efforts to reconcile the differences in the council proceeded With Premier Clemenceau and Premier Lloyd George still hearing the Insistent presentation of Italy's claims by Premier Orlando. Pending receipt of information at to the course of the Italian delegates in desiring to continue the negotiations, the council will take no fvrthei action on the subject, No statement regarding the Adriatic issue has appeared, and it watrsaid that none would be issued today. At the Italian headquarters it wue said that Premier. Orlando had' not left for Rome /and thai Ve could not go until he could take with him a definite, decision on the Italian claiip. The council of four will hear the Japanese delegates tomorrow on the question of Klao Chau. ' p? .? ru -a 1? ? cniuu.1 nnr m jDiiigiuain. A fire of unknown origin destroyed property valued at 115,000 at Bingham Tuesday night. The heaviest losers were W. W. Parham and W. C. Hatchell. Their stores, including the stocks <^f merchandise, were completely destroyed. Mr. Parham's stock and store were partly covered by insurance. Mr. Hatchell's store was insured but he had no insurance on his stock and' his loss is about $2500. Dave Cottingham lost- $200 worth of corn and fodder. Vhich was stored in Mr. Parham'g bam. The fire was discovered about 1 o'clock in the morning and had gained puch headway that it was impossible- to save the stores or their contents. Mr. Parham had gone down to Rogers' Lake on a fishing trip and did not learn of the fire until some hours afterwards. Mr. Hatchell had that day received about $400 worth of new goods. -o Discharged Soldiers. The following Dillon county soldiers have been discharged in the last ten days: Frank Byrd, Fork, farmer, Daniel Byrd, Fork, farmer, White Kerns, Little Rock, farmer, Monts Jackson, Dillon, farmer, Marvin Hyatt, Dillon, farmer, Win. Bethea, Dillon, student, Carsoh Carmichael, Fork, student, Richard Edwards, Dillon, Drug clerk, Mike Heretis, Dillon, restaurant clerk, James Hamer, Dillon, bookkeeper, Harvey Hyatt, Hamer, cotton mill worker, Andrew Dew, Dillon, farmer, Allen Moodle, Latta, farmer. Colored: Duncan McCallum, Dillon, farmer, General Stafford, Dillon, farmer, Mack Davis, Dillon, farmer, Oscar Thompson, Dillon, farmer, David Bethea, Dillon, farmer, Wilson Campbell, Fork, farmer, Jesse Newton, Dillon, laborer, Richard Swinney, Dillon, teamster, Nathan Jackson, Dillon, factory worker. o After Law Violators. Latta, April 21?The new mayor of Latta, T. W. Berry is causing trouble among the gamblers and the sellers and buyers of "bitters." In one haul he brought in seven gamblers who contributed $210 t0 the town treasury. One of the druggists violated the ordinance which prohibits the sale of "bitters" except on the prescription of a physician and was fined $100 or 5ft Hove Thp Staff. ' BRITAIN HAS l! EXTENDED EMBARGO ? |AMERICAN WHISKEY TO GREAT BRITAIN. I 1 t I List of American Articles of Export Upon Which Britain*Has l'lacc<l Restriction. ?o? [j Washington, April 22?British re, etrictions on commerce of the United .[States in manufactured goods are be. ing extended. Consul General Skinner at London has just advised this gov. eminent by cable that no exports of American whiskey to Great Britain 1 will be permitted/ Great Britain's announced indention or granting a general license for the importation of oranges also has been, changed. Mr. Skinner's cabled report un the '*further directions" of the British board of trade these restrictions: Cotton embroidery, 50 per cent of the imports of 1916. ?ole leather, Absolute prohibition until June 30, 1919. Indian kip, absolute phohibition until June 20, 1919. Uornt hatro niirnpn wallets and similar articles, 25 per cent of 1916 ! trade. * j Motor vehicles including motorcy, cles, restricted until September 30, , 1919, to'50 per cent of 1913 impor. tations. Whiskey, none from the United t States brandy, wine, liquors and Hol, land-Geneva will be permitted to go . InT , Beer prohibition maintained. Earthenware and kindred articles . to be admitte'd to the extent of 1 1-2 . per cent, of the trade of 1913. [ These concession^ are reported by , Consul General Skinner: j General licenses have been issued for hand-made lace, antimony ware, , Japanese lacquered ware, feathers , for bedding and down spirits pro. duced in and exported from the part . of his majesty's dominions, brAndy, liquors, Holland-Geneva, bair.Tequlsi. ties and leather gloves. [, Investigation following the receipt of this report disclosed that no action , is being taken or expected to be tak: en in the near future tp obtain relief ; for the American manufacturers, al; though It was pointed out that in addition to the new article put on the , embargo list, as reported by the con, | sul general hundreds of other Britjish trade restrictions operate to the serious disadvantage or the American manufacturers. Originally the British embargoes were announced as necessary meas. ures to assist in the reconstruction of the allied countries. This explanation was accepted by the United States (government, but it now appears that the "reconstruction" of the allied countries is to be continued indefinitely. There will be no relief until this government finds a way to open i the markets of Great Britain or elsewhere for American manufactured goods. o Services at the Methodist Cliprch. Main street Methodist church, Dr. Watscon B.,Dunca?, Pastor.'Sunday school at 10 a. m., Mr. W. Harry! Muner, Superintendent. Preaching at 11 a. m. and 8:30 p. m. by the pastor. Morning Subject: "The Great Whitei Throne." Evening Subject: "What jShall the Harvest Be?" At 4 p. m. a special service for the children and young people will be held. All young people are cordially invited to this service. The Revival Services are being well attended and much interjest is manifested. The meeting will 'continue through next week at least. | : o A Zapata Story. I Tkn tkn.. kin, a oivncg iac/ ten auuui iiixu axt like those which are told of Villa, the bandit Qf the north. Here is one: Zapata demanded tribute from a rich rancher. The fellow answered with I courtesies but no money. He woke up next morning with Zapata at his. i front door. He found himself the ' next afternoon tied to a post in the j middle of a bull pen, his bod> out of j reach, but his legs low enough to be ! gored. Red cloth was tied around the [victim's legs and soldiers were set to tortury^g the bull. The beast was| | turned loose in the pen and saw the !red cloth on the post. Maybe you can' guess what happened. The flesh was 1 gored from the mhn's legs and he died as he hung on t' >ost. Zapata 'had taken the ranchr wife to the ! edge of the pen ana made her sit. I there ami watch the torture of her husband. o w. o. w. It appeared in the News and Cou-' rier some time ago that the rates of the Woodmen of the World had been J raised but this was an error. It was the rates of the Modern Woodmen of America that had been raised. These ( two orders have no connection what-, ever. AMERICAN LOSSES ON ARCHANGEL FRONT. Nearly Two Hundred Men Killed and Died Qf Disease. Archangel, April 21?Since landing ion hie Archangel front last September, the Americans have suffered '528 casualties. Of these 196 were fatalttes, there having died or disease or been killed & officers and 187 men. I The men wounded consists of 12 officers and 320 men. The losses of the Americans on the north Russian front during the past month have been extremely light as most of the recent fighting has been done either^y the newly formed Russian troops who are campaigning bravely for the British. According to the latest information which is believed t0 be authentic, the Bolsheviki have given the freedom to Moscow up to 9 o'clock tonight to j Malcolm V Arnold .' of London, Ohio, and Bryant R. Ryall of Bloomfield, N. J., two Y. M. C. A., secretaries captured at Solshoie Ozerk, and have release# and sent out of Russia by way of Stockholm three of the 11 American soldiers known to have been captured. A total of 43 American soldiers are missing, but outside these 11 menand perhaps one other who is known to be severely wounded in a hospital near Solshoie Ozerki, the others are still unaccounted for the Bolsheviki recenuy nave Deen aiieuiyung 10 cuu'vert prisoners to Bplshevism and send them homeward. Most of these Amerioans are believed to be in Moscow. According tb information received from Ryall and Arnold, aside from being compelled to stay in doors at night and to report once daily to the poliqe, they are being given their liberty in Moscow. They are receiving a pound of black bread, some fish^meat, tea, and sugar daily 'and are*able to exist on the food. ?o Victory Liberty Loan Drive, Proclamation of Mayor J no. B. Hajner. ' * Whereas, the struggle between Democracy and Autocracy has been determined in favor of the government of the free peoples of the world r and our friends, sons and daughters are now returning from Europe to our homes with the knowledge of-a task well done, with the consciousness of having done their duty in this great struggle by offering their bodies as a living sacrifice to their Country. And Whereas, We the people of the T/iarn nt nillnn nnrt ciirrniinrtin? fOlin try have been allowed to remain at home, protected by' those wdrthy young men, who Vent across the seas' to fight our battles and under their j protection have enjoyed ^n era of prosperity unequalled in the history of the world, and are now wealthier and more prosperous than we have ever been before. And whereas that very prosperity, was made possible to us by the1 fact that there was a struggle in which the lives of ohr fellowmen were sacrificed. And Whereas, as aforesaid we were allowed by circumstances to take advantage of. this unprecedented pros-( perity and now have more, money, than we ever had before. It behooves us, the people of the town of Dillon; I and County of Dillon to give thanks, I for.all of the blessings that have been! given to us; and especially to showj | our appreciation to those men whOj have gone across the seap and sac-; rificed their lives for us and to re-j solv'e to finish the task that was laid j upoq the American people by the j challenge o'f autocracy. This task, the completion of the undertaking, lies upon us who remained at home, and that task is to back up the boys who did go to the front by paying some small part of! all this unprecedented prosperity,! - ? -5 Z*"1 nt'nrn_ I into trie Treasury ui uui . ment, so the Government tnay takef care of those boys and pay the ex-!' penses of the war. The Government, does not ask us to give tbiB amount of money, but only to lend it. Know then be it known'to all men, That I, John H. Hamer, by the suf-" frage of the Town of Dillon, Mayor, do hereby proclaim and designate a period of 21 days, beginning on the 21 day of April and ending on the 12 day of May t0 be devoted by all patriotic people of our town and county to the raising and subscrib- 1 ing of our pro rata part of the Victory Liberty Loan, and do request all people to give this loan their ; moral and financial support so that: the same may be successfully car-' ried out. - ? 1 *L1?! Given under my nana ana seui mm the twenty-second day of April, in the year of our Lord, one thoousand nine hundred and nineteen. \ 1 JNO. H. HAMER, Mayor. ? o I He'd Carry Conneticut. |l I If Elihu Root succeeds in that wet 1 case a lot of people of New York will ? not be satisfied with anything short I of nom|^ating him for president. 1 COfflM AND HAPPENINGS | " K NEWSY LETTERS BY RECTOUUI CORRESPONDENTS. rjgjSB News Item8 of Interest* to HentM Readers, Ebb and Fiow of the Human Tide. JSi Fork. Misses Coleen Bethea and Bessie McQueen of Columbia College are spending Easter holidays at home. Misses Emma Bass and Sallie Elate Minus of High Hill and Pleasant Hill spent the week end with Mrs. Milton > Rogers. Lamton Carmlchael who is working in Columbia is spending a few dayh at Hhme. Mrs. H. P. Dubose has returned^ . home from an extended visit to Harts ville. " Dr. and Mrs. T. W. Carmlchael ', and children of Rowland and Mrs. Rod Carmlchael of New York visited relatives in town Sunday. Miss Lucile Bethea is spending some time with her sister, Mia. Jno. ' Bethea of Hamer. Miss Hattie Bryant of Lake View spent the week end with her sister, Mrs. Gurney Hayes. Miss 8adie Moore entertained Fri- k day eyenlng?in honor of Miss Bertha Moore and Misses Spoon and Tucker of Winston-Salem, N. C. A very pleasant evening was spent by those present. -? v&j Mr. and Mrs. Calhoun of Maaion spent a few day8 last week with Mr. J. W. Atkinson: - o- ' Mallpry. Rev. J. B. Weldoi^ preached a very interesting sermon at Bethesda Son- - ? day. * The Oak Grove School closed flay afternoon very unexpectedly to the co&munity. Miss Kathleen Matheson will return to her home at Liberty HID this week. Miss Mary Page spent , Sunday at the home of Mr. J. M. Berry; Mr. and Mrs. Everett Atkins spent Sunday at the home of Mr. i. C. Hayes. * Mrs. Vernon Hayes entertained * number of her friends Monday evening in honor of Miss"Kathleen Matfeeson. Mrs. Robert Dillon of BeBnftUK ville is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Linwood Fore. x . V- v ' 1i$ o ~ y' y5&[ Oak Grove. Miss Kathleen Matheeon, primary teacher left for her home at Liberty Hill Tuesday morning. At preaching services last Sunday T. E. Fore, J. Austin Hayes and J S. Fair were appointed a committee t0 look after repairing and painting Bethesda church. lt was the plan at first only to purchase new carpeting for the churcrf but as the building is badly in need of repairs and repaint-/ ing additional fundg were raised for\ the latter given by the school "here. A large amount was raised tp carpet the church. This fund will be used for this purpose as soon as the inside work of the building is finish- ^ ed- vT - 11 Rev. Wilson Hayes and daughter,. Mrs. Jackson of Marlboro county in visiting, at the home of the former. * * Mr. John David Hayes of Florence after visiting relatives in this com- ' . munity, returned to his home last week. o . (lone But Not Forgotten. It has pleased our Heavenly Father to call from thi^ earth our dear mother, Mrs. L. A. Berry, who was born March 31, 1839 and died April 9, 1919. Just as the sun was going down she passed from this earth to a home on high where no sickness nor pain nor death can enter. She had been a great sufferer for the past five years and most of the time confined to her bed, but God bless her, 3he called us to her bedside jnst the day before she died and asked me to come and help her to hear the sweet music. Ob, bow sad it is to gir.e up a dear mother, but we must submit ? to the will of God. I pray that our Heavenly Father may give us the strength to bear it. A precious one from us has gone; A voice we loved is stilled; A chair is vacant in our home, Which never, never can be filled. Her Daughter and Son, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Rogers. o Death of Mrs. W. S. Nottingham. Mrs. W. S. Cottlngham, who was :aken to a hospital in Fayetteville lometime ago, died last Saturday light. The remain8 were brought to 3illon Sunday morning and was juried Sunday afternoon in the Mt. Holly cemetery. Mr. Cottingham md family have many friends in Dillon who mourn with them in their oss. v\"*y % # i-zjja * - - - '