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i~f: ?lip SuUm 1|mu. :'f^.a: i -. - ^ _ ESTABLISHED 1894. THE DILLON HERALD, DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING MAY 8, 1919. ' VOL. 23. NO. 25 COUNTY NEWS AND HAPPENINGS NEWSY WCTTKRS BY REGULA* CORRESPONDENTS. News Items of Interest to Herak Readers, Ebb and Flow of the Human Tide. . * i ' : Bermuda. The rain of the past week has im-1 proved the crogs here to a great ex-; a?i "?* ?nrl to ha f rn alH iriu. uau, vuuvu !.? ....... ?| were needing rain. Mrs. J. D. Moody and son C urtis Moody, of this place were at Lake View Saturday at the bedside of the former's mother, Mrs. S. J. Hayes wh0 is very low and not expected to . Jive. 1 " Mr. J.. T. Moody whs at Lake View Sunday visiting relatives. Misses Bessie and Emma Turbeville of Gaddy were visiting in this place Saturday night, g. .. Mr. Bundy v Rogers of ^ Zion in j company with Mr. Floyd was here Sunday afternoon. We do not know j unless it was to see his best girl j that he came. ' Mrs. Adline McKenzie spent the WB day Friday'at the home of Mr. Alex Trawick. . One of our young men has begun | taking lessons in Rook and Moon- ' 1-1 -J? nlien Ko mopts anv iigUl nurg uuv nuvu uv ? ? one he does not stop but k^eps going. , teaching next Sunday at 4 o'clock p. m. old time by the pastor, Ber. Mr. Langley. > rft: - > Sellers. | Last Saturday, May 3rd the Ladies 1 Cooperative Club entertained the Dil-1 ^ Ion County Federation of Clubs. The ! Federation appointed two reporters, J one for the Latta and one for the Dillon paper, nevertheless we will give some pf the impressions made on us. V,<^V j Mrs. R. P. Hamer of Hamer pre B sided over the meeting in her inimi- } table way. We were delighted with her both personally and as a~ presid- . hig officer. Some important things { were done at this meeting, steps were taken to have medical inspection for every school in Dillon county, the Federation voted to , join the state Federation of Clubs, and also pledg- ^ ed money for a loan fund whereby any needy girl in Dillon county could borrow money on easy terms for a ( college education. The Demonstration Agent fropa Dillon, Marion and Florence coun- j ties were present at the Federation. } Miss Etta Sue Sellers (one of our own } Sellers r told the Federation of the Demonstration work she was doing in 1 Dillon county. Misses Celeste and Kathleen Sellers did valiant work for the Federation as chauffeurs, carrying the ladies to and from the .depot. y Friends of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Milliken will be interested to learn that they expect to move to Marion in the near future, Mr. illiken having accepted a responsible position with the Anderson Lumber Company. Mr. M. H. Tilghman, president of the Tilghman Lumber Co., died last week, and for three days the lumber mill wa8 shut down here. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Archie Hammond a daughter on May 2nd. Quite a crowd of visitors were at Antioch Sunday afternoon. We notic-j ed Mrs. A. T. Wason, Mrs. ' Hoyt Watson, Misses Flora Watson, Flora Bethea, Evelyn Stafford, Mary Hen-, ry, Dorothy Rogers and Mr. and Mrs. J ? ' Smith. Misses Louise and Margaret Bak- 1 er and Mr. Graham Baker spent Sun-! day at the home of Mr. T. B. Wat-j son. . Rev. W. C. Foster will attend the, Baptist State Convention in Atlanta in the near future Miss Mattie , Price will entertain ' the little folks of her room Saturday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Watson. ' School will close here next week. 0^ We understand that Rev. Howell of Latta will preach the commence- i ment sermon and Sen. E. D. Smith ' will lecture one night. There will be ^ no elaborate exercises. Miss Ruth Sellers is the only graduate this yeer. : o ,< There will be preaching at the I Little Rock Baptist church next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock and Sun- i day night at 8 o'clock by Rer. J. E. Jackson. CLERK OPENED BOMB PACKAGE Store Employee Opened and Hewrapped ' Deadly Packages Unconscious of Danger. The bombs thus far discovered and examined in the country-wide plot to destroy prominent men with infernal machines appeared to have all the earmarks of having been made in Ger_ many, according to officials of the naval intelligence service, who called the attention of department of iutice representatives and.police of - . * ficials to the facts at hand. The explosive ingredients discovered in the bombs bore a startling resemblance to those found in the latest type of German mines discovered during the latter weeks of the wari along the Long Island and New Jersey coasts. "Descriptions of the general composition of the bombs bear a most remarkable and startling resemblance to the new type of German .mine," Baid one of the naval officers. "One of these mines drifted ashore at Moriches Bay, Long Island, and we dismembered, it. The description of the Infernal machines found in the mails, although smaller, of course, tallies in every respect -frith the composition of that mine. "In the German mines there is a glass container filled with acid. If a 3hip comes int0 contact with one of j the horns of the mine the shock breaks the glass container, permitting the acid to come into contact with the fulminating caps placed beside the container. The acid explodes the | caps which in turn, fire the explosives j with which the mine is charged."The infernal machines found iii WnwA an ' AM tor Pvll ' lur ma.ua uavc ait vuw* v/, Lhat corresponds to the cover of the mine. The glass vial containing the icid is like the glass container in; Jie mine. The fulminating caps are J similar" and the acid coming into eontact with the fEliminating ' caps j explode the dynamite with which ;he bombs are charged." belief was expressed that terrorsts in America could not have sesured the fulminate of mercury used n the bombs, and that since the >ombs undoubtedly contained fulminate of mercury the natural delucation was that it had been se;retly sent from (Germany or that the sompleted bombs had been sent from here.L \ Two infernal machines one adlressed to Senator Reed Smoot and ;he other to the governor or lieutenant governor of Utah, are now i tomewhere in the mails, en route to Jtah, it was learned today, after laving been returned to the Gimbid Brothers' store for additional jostage. When they were sent to the store, narked "insufficient postage,?' the >omb plot had not been disclosed and he clerk who received them opened he packages. He owes his life tc the act that they "did not explode. He eplaced the wrappers, affixed the | equired postage and they were sentj orth. - I "This is a joke on somebody," said j he clerk in the Gimbel Brothers'j ihipping department after he had: jlanced at the packages' contents. When the fact became known that .he name of his employers had been ised on thg wrappings covering )Oinb6 sent to prominent men, the :ierk recalls having handled two of he bombs without suspecting their eal nature and reported the facts ;o the store authorities. The latter; ost no time in getting in communi- i sation with federal authorities and neans to and the infernal machines vere instantly set in motion. % I Word was flashed all over the! Jnited States to postmasters to hold ill packages in any manner resem- j jling those described by the Gimbel Brothers' shipping clerk. It was re- j warded as practically certain that tenner 01 inose iwo pacnagcs ma, pe delivered to the addresses. o D. A. Meeting. Rebecca Pickens Chapter D. A. R.: sill meet with Mrs. C. R. Taber on j Tuesday afternoon at 4:30. This is he last meeting of the year and new jfficers will be elected. Will each member who has not paid up her ;hrift stamp and Red Cross pledges, please come prepared to do 60. ( All members are urged to be present. Mrs. T. W. BETHEA, Regent. R. Taber, Secretary. ' V v ^ . - ' A SAD DEATH. Dr. M. B. Munson Drops Dead Wliile at the Home of His Fiance. Dr. M. B. Munson of Andrews, SL C., died at the home of Dr. J. H. David early Sunday morning. Dr. Mun'son's death is peculiarly sad in that; he was on a visit to his fiance, Miss Edna David, to whom he was to be | married on the 22nd of this month. Dr. Munson had been in Dillon about two weeks and had formed the 'acquaintance of a number of Dillon ' - - - "? _ j -people. Saturday anernoon ne uruve out to the*home of his fiance and shortly after his arrival comrfained | of not feeling well. He appeared to be in his usual jovial mood, however, until later in the evening when he became so ill that he had to go to bed. He continued to decline rapidly and passed away at ten o'clock Sunday morning. Dr. Munson was a Korweigan by birth, but had been living in the An-! drews community since he was aj small boy. He was a graduate of the University of South Carolina and the| | Charleston Medical College, being a classmate of Dr. D. M. Michaux at' the latter institution. After leaving college he returned to the home of his mother near Andrews where he practiced his profession and also engaged in farming. ! Dr. Munson served as a navigator | in the U. S. Navy during the war, and came to Dillon shortly after re-) ceiving his discharge. It was his in-J tention to re-enter the navy, his application being before the board of examiners at the time of his death, and he had not laid aside his service uniform. Dr. Munson is survived by a son who is at Camp Jackson recuperating from wounds received from mustard gas while in France. The body was taken to Andrews Sunday afteni,don where the interment will, be made. Dr. 'and Mrs. David were in Savannah on a visit and the remains were accompanied by Mr. Truluck, a friend and townsmen t of Dr. Munson's, Miss Edna David Mrs,. Annie Bransford and Mr. and Mrs. Dixon. ' o LOCAL RED CROSS OFFICE. Mrs. Ada Curtis Has Opened an Office at the Court House. "That if hi8 family is lonely or discouraged, sick or in distress, it shall find a friend in need through the Red Cross," Is the Home Service message to the soldier and sailor. The opportunity for Home Service will increase during the period of demobilisation and in order to meet thig responsibility the llome Service Section of Dillon County Chapter has opened an office at the court house in the room formerly occupied by the Local Draft Board. Every day from ten a. j m. till four p. m. the secretary, Mrs. | F. McC. Curtis, will be there to see j either the men themselves or any! of their relatives who desire infor-j mation, advice or help about allotment, allowance, compensation, insurance or anything in which they are interested. This information will often save time, trouble and anxiety to enlisted men and their families. The Red Cross gives this friendly service freely and willingly to the families j of both white and colored men whoj are or have been in the service fromj Dillon county, assuring them that no j enlisted man's family shall'suffer fori any essential thing that is within the j power of the Home Service section' to give. Ada H, Curtis. o REAL ESTATE CHANCES HANDS.' - : i Masonic Order Acquires Title to a |' Valuable Piece of Real Estate. Dillon is to have a Masonic Temple. The matter has been under discussion for some time, and Saturday a deal was closed whereby the Masonic order comes into possession of all the property in the McLaurin block south of the postoffice. The property includes the office buildings occupied by Col. G. G. McLaurin and Judge Haselden and the building occupied by the Dillon Mills. Col. McLaurin hus purchased from the Masonic order the office building he occupies, and the Masons will convert the building occupied by the Dillon Mills into a Masonic Temple. The Mills will continue for the present to occupy their present quarters and the upper story will be thrown into a large hall which will be used by the Masonic and other orders. ,4 \ - ' . ' L. yjfei-** DID DARING STUNTS; GOT 20 YEARS Americans Had Thrilling Experience in German Uniforms. Coblenz, April 8.?Two American soldiers who went aheadf of the army | of occupation during its march' across Rhenih Prussia last December,! donned German army uniforms and had a series of thrilling adventures, after a court-martial recently, were */v iwflnlw vqqpo of Viar*l loh semciiucu w .... ? .?_ or, The mep, both privates were1 charged with desertion in addition to eight other offenses connected with their runaway trip. According tp the testimony brought out at the court-martial both men spoke a little German and after going ahead of the advancing troops fell in with a number of German soldiers also deserters. The Germans , had stolen a lot of food, wearing apparel and other articles of value and, witnesses said, induced the Americans to . aist the German in rescuing the stolen property from a cache. The two privates, Frederick Richman and Frank Richards, probably were the first Americans to enter Coblenz, as they were more than a week ahead of the schedule of the Third army in its march toward the Rhine. It was in a suburb of Coblenz that the Germans had hidden their booty?in the basement of a German woman's house. In some way the Coblenz police heard of the thefts and for several days and nights had guards watching for the thieves to appear to cart away their loot. When two supposedly German soldiers appeared one night with sacks , and started to pack up the article* and refused to heed repeated Germap nria tn the German VWUiuuuug vv _ policemen began to fire. One man fell, wounded in the arm, and the other, after a chase, was caught. When the two were taken to the German police station it was discovered they were Americans and they were held until officerB of the German army arrived Under the circumstances, after an investigation the Americans decided not to file any charge against the German policeman who had shot , Richman. WOODMEN HAVE FINE OUTING. Local Camp Enoyed Annual Fish Fry , at Campbells Bridge Friday. i The annual fish fry given by the local camp Woodmen of the World at Campbells Bridge last Friday af- ! ternoon was one of the most enjoyable affairs of the kind ever held ! by the Woodmen. For several years J it has been the custom of the local , camp to entertain their brethren and friendg at a fish fry, and while! these occasions have always been! very enjoyable, it was the verdict of J those present last Friday afternoon that this year's fry was the most en- ' joyablexone in the history of the j Camp. There was an abundance of fish | prepared in the most tempting ways;1 ?fried and stewed The stew wasi^ the famous old "pine bark"' stew,; prepared by that prince of fish stew| chefs, Mr. J. W. Rowland. There j' are no fresh water fish in the world' that measure up to the Pee Dee I j bream and robin in point of size, i quality or flavor. Just before dinner was announced j Rev. W. C. Wallace and Rev. W. C. ( Allen were called upon, and made short but interesting and instructive talks. It was a very enjoyable occasion and about 5 o'clock the crowd began 1 to disperse, feeling under many ob-' ligations to their Woodmen friends 1 for a most delightful time. I o ] Pulled Kaiser from the Walls. __ Coblenz, May 5?According to German newspapers published in the un- i occupied district beyond the Ameri- ( can bridgehead many schoolmasters < during the revolution removed the 1 the busts of the Emperor and the i Crown Prince which decorated their i class rooms. Sometime afterwards y the busts were restored to their,< places but recently the Ministry of j Education has ordered them down ; I again. There was also a proposal to1 change the names of all streets in l Germany named in honor of royal- < ties. This has been met by the press < with some hilarity and suggestions < that there were more important top- i ics for discussion just now than that i of the names of the streets. 1 **** v'?.i i t",?4 GENTLE JOSEPHTJS ABROAD. Secretary Daniels Puts One Over on ^ the British Reporters. ?0? London, May 1.?"Dressed in black with an old fashioned waistcoat and j, the now famous black string bow, his appearance was suggestive of a non-conformist parson." This is one London's reports de- c scription of Josephus Daniels, at the e well staged reception here today. It g was interesting for American cor- fc respondents to witness their English colleagues approach the American t secretary of the nivy and the im- o pression he made upon them. I Because of his advocacy of a big t American navy, construed by anti- e American journals here as a slap at c Britain, several British reporters e were prepared to find a fire eater v who would unloose a bombast. is Their disappointment was mani- c fest when they encountered the bland a Daniels'1 smile and the simple, al- h most maidenly, Daniels statement p concerning the influence of the leag- 1< ue of nations in the direction of a 1 downward revision' of the American y naval program.; E So much of the grotesque has been F printed in London recently about the "clodhopper," the North Carolina ed- ? itor devoted to grape juice" and about a the "navy as a democratic universi- ti ty," that the "star"' men of the ^ conservative British journals anticipated to play horse with a "typical s American (as vaudevilled here.) ^ One tried it?a reporter for a no- g torious anti-American afternoon pa- c per. This fresh youngster began ij shooting truculent questions at Mr. g Daniels concerning the "threat of the e American navy." Mr Daniels listened h with a merry twinkle in his eye, and then removed the hide from the 0 youngster with the most charming p grace in the world. But being?wel], v being what be is?the victim did not 0 realize that he had been "horse i played" himself. d It is safe t0 say many British jout- 0 naifsts received a liberal education 0 from their interview with Secretary Daniels who, on his part, enjoyed the u affair hugely. ?: o ?? Home Coming Welcome to Rev. W. b C. Allen and the Returned n Soldiers. xi n At the Baptist church on Tuesday p evening last a beautiful reception ? was given in honor of the home a coming of the soldiers of the church p and the welcome to their midst of a Rev. W. C. Allen and his charming 1] family who not so long ago moved to ? Dillon where Mr. Allen has charge of k the First Baptist church succeeding t Rev. H. A. Willis. a Mr Allen and his lovely wife, o (who was Miss Annie Sherwood of t< Little Rock) have already endeared o themselves to the people of Dillon w and while it was exceedingly hard w to find one who could take the place af Mr. Willias it goes without saying ti that Mr. Willis has a rival in the ir present pastor. g Mrs. S. C. Henslee and Miss Isla t( VfcKenzie" and other close friends b; ivere in the receiving line, with Mr. ai and Mrs. Allen. lc Vocal selections by Mrs James w Moore accompanied by Mrs. Lipscomb w and recitations by Miss Edna David cl ivere other pleasant features of a t( ielightful occasion. Refreshments were served later oy j o' :he young ladies of the congregation ci uid the soldiers, were made to feel C :hat their efforts in behalf of their al ;oun try's call has not been unap- ts jreciated. T. tc o s< BAGLE ATTACKS . pi CHEROKEE MAN. hi Pi Parmer J. R. Wilson Had Hard Fight n< Before Capturing Bird. jn< . tl Gaffney, May 4?J. R. Wilson, whojii, nanages the firm of F. H, Knox, in tt Cherokee county, had an exciting j sxperience yesterday when he was at! A :acked by a black eagle, and had a j , strenuous time before he succeeded j n killing the monster. Mr. Wilson vas pear the river when the eagle y< :ame out from under some timber 'p< ind made the attack upon him. He Jin arought it to Gaffney where it was l; ft-eighed and measured by C. C. Kir- ti by, who has it now on exhibition and aj crowds of people have visited the|ct store Friday and Saturday, as nothing IP uf the kind has ever been seen in [ this section. It weighed ten pounds! and measured eight feet from tip to J< tip. f MPS BEAT ' ; AMERICAN MB 1 _______ American Missionaries in Korea Brutally Handled by Japanese Police H Washington, May 5?Two Amerlan women were beaten with the batt nd of a rifle, swung by a Japanese oldier, in the revolutionary out- ' ireak in Korea. -if This news was made public here ouay at iue Aiuenvaii Qcnuqiuirvejv f the provisional government of the Republic of Korea. It came to the .j Jnited States in a letter, which eludd the strict Japanese censorship beause it was entrusted to a travelr bound for America. The letter was rritten by a New York woman, well ;nown in New York city literary WSvJj ircles before she went to the Orient s a missionary teacher and nurse, ;<138 er name is withheld for fear of ersecutlon by the Japanese. The stter was received by Mrs. I. L. .omprey, of Flushing, Long Island. (j$ rho turned it over to Dr. Syngmam thee, secretary of state of the Koean provisional government. The American women assaulted by he Japanese soldier #ere a Mrs. r loore and a Miss Trissel, workers in he hospital of Dr. Farwell at Pyeing rang, Korea. "Mrs. Moore and Miss Trissel"' ays the letter, "were stopped en their ray to 6ur hospital. They turned te 0 back in obedience to the guard's ommand and he struck them botk 1 thp back with the butt of his un. He assured the news was reportd to the consul who is doing all is is power in the whole affair." The letter give$ a graphic picture f the means taken by the Japanese 0 put down the revolution, which ras fomented by the Koreans with- Jf ut force of arms. The writer saye be plan on the part of the revolwlonists was simply to make a dem- f nstration in Seoul in front Of the | Id palace and the various legations 1 the hope they would be given a [earing at the Peace Oonfereritk "The leaders," says the letter, would, of course, be imprisoned, s Jk ut they were willing to become lartyra. The students, male and to* rale, of the government and the lission schools, demanded the same rivilege8 as the Japanese have, iver so many of them, hoys and girls re in prison?which they also erected. What they did not count on ? ras the brutal treatment of the poce, and soldiers la some ploces. [ere they fired into the crowds and * illed and wounded erer so many, wo died, one has had to have an rm amputated at the shoulder, and ne a leg. School girls were tied to dephone poles and 'flogged. One of ur missionaries saw a man standing rith his back to the road, str.bbed ith a bayonet. "Christians in the jails are being ed to crosses and beaten after be)g stripped of their clothing. The iris from one school who happened ) be taken are the most meek and ashful ones. Some of our teachers re in prison, sentenced for some mgth of time. They^will not allow arm clothing to be given the girls ho were taken .in their summer othes. Today I've had all I could do ) keep warm in all I have. "Churches are being looted, bibles urned and there is an attempt to -ush Christianity. Of course, the hristians went in to do their bit long with the rest and will have to , . ike the consequences, but it is hard > see them so roughly handled. Our ihools are without teachers or pu- , ils as those who haven't been taken ave departed, and as almost all the .nnoliori, oro In nrlorm nnr work is icavuwo a< v *?* |/? ?*??, ^ -? ? ot booming. But as Dr. Moffett anaunced yesterday at foreign church lat if they had just three new beevers, I guess the Lord won't let lings go all to pieces.'' ttention, Confederate Veterans and - . Widows. If you have not already enrolled >u should do so at once. The county ?nsion board will hold its last meetig for this year on Tuetday, May 3th. If you fail to file your applica-on before that date you will not be - vui - - Ail i A nrvl 2 axe to ao SO unin next year, .nyyiiitlon blanks are at the Judge of robate's office, Dillon. t W. B. ALLEN, Chairman Board. OE CABELL DAVIS, Secretary. 1 1.1