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btw r wm i - ^ \ i I?! 31ip lillnn fontlft. iPW . s ." VOL.23. NO. 26 -I .... ,^v HERALD. DILLON. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, MAI 15, 1919. k ESTABLISHED 1894. THE DILIAJ> . coin news ' 10 happenings NEWSY LETTERS BY * REG ULAN CORRESPONDENTS. News Item8 of Interest to Hera)* Readers, Ebb and Flow of the Human Tide. Fork Miss Eugenia Griffin and neice, Miss Era Brown, of Fair Bluff, N. C., have been visiting relatives in the city the past few days. Miss Lucile Goodyear of Lake View is spending a few days with Miss Genevive Rogers. Rev. H C. Carmichael of Burlington,, N. C., spent a few days in town last week visiting relatives. We are sorry to report that Mrs. Ruby Fort Carttiichaers condition became sufch that she had to be taken t0 Richmond, Va., for an operation. A bcx supper was given at the Fork school house Friday night Tor the benefit of the school an<] quite a neat sum of mone^ was madev Mrs. L. G. Fort spent a few days the past week with relatives in Rowland, N. C. There will be a Sunday school picnic at the Fork Baptist church May 24th.. Everybody cordially invited to attend. Dinner on the ground. o MEETS TRAGIC DEATH. ' ?? j Maxcy Odom, Ellis Davis and Robert Blanton, All of Parlinton County Dead. Florence, May 12?Maxcy Odom, < aged 50, Ellis Davis, aged 16, and Robert Blanton aged 17, were killed Sunday aftefnoon at 7:30 o'clock when their automobile was struck by an Atlantic Coast Line passenger train at the Ebenezer crossing five , miles from here. The two boys, Davis k and Blanton, appear to have been ^ killed outright. Mr. Odom lived about B thirty minutes but. never.. .regained Subconsciousness after being thrown f from the car. Grover Odom, aged 16, a son of Maxcy "Odprn, was thrown ? a distance from the track into the ditch and escaped with only a few bruises. Dr. B. G. Cfregg, who reached the scene a few minutes after the trage dy brought the injured lad to the Florence hospital and his wounds were treated. Today the body is seem ingly as well as ever. His escape was miraculous. All of the victims of. the tragedy were from Darlington County, their home being near the Indian Branch section, five miles from the town. They had been on a visit to Ed Hill in the county and were returning home whenyhe accident occurred. Ellis Davis was driving the car and on the seat with him was Grover Odom. Blanton occupied the rear seat. The impact of the locomotive seems to have centered upon the rear of the car When seen this morning Grover Odom stated that no one in the car saw the approaching train until it was upon them. The oncoming train, he stated, struck the automobile almost before fhey knew it was upon tlem. The bodie- of the dead were terribly mangled. It was midnight before Coroner Smith completed his inquiry. By that time relatives had arrived from Darlington and taken charge of the bodies. Mr. Odom was a married man and leaves a widow and five children. He was a well known farmer of Darlington county. The boys, Davis and Blanton, were friends of the Odoms and had been invited to take the automobile ride with them. They were driving a Maxwell car. Except for the engine it was torn into fragments. Those who saw the accident cannot account for it. There is a cleatview of the railroad track at the crossing extending for almost a mile. The engineer, C. H. Faulker, testified that he blew the crossing as well as the station signal, and that he A^Vas running 20 miles an hour The automobile' driven at about the same speed. The only surviving member of the party, Grover Odom, could offer no testimony at the inquest on account of his dazed condition, but stated today that he did not see or hear the train until it was upon him. After t ilting testimony the coroners jury rendered a verdict that Mr. Odom and Davis and Blanton had come to their deaths by being " ' * J * J- -v? At struck Dy a raiiroan iram uu .rnlantis Coast Line tracks. I fc V i ' HON. JAS. STACKHOUSE PASSES. ! Well-Known Marion Citizen H?s Passed into the Great Beyond. Hon. Jas. Stackhouse died at his 'home in Mullins, on the 6th. He had been in failing health for several ;years. Mr, Stackhouse began his business career at Little Rock when 'Quite a young man, but later moved to Marion where he engaged in the lire stock and vehicle business. ?* " * 4 u:? I me IOllOWIllg ai'Cuuin ui ma ucam lis taken from the Mullins Enterprise: "Hon. Jas. Stackhouse died at his late home on upper Main street on (Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, after a long and painful illness. He !tad been confined to his room for about seven months, during which time he was desperately ill, more c>r less all the time. Mr. Stackhouse was for many years prominently identified with the political affairs of Marion County, and represented Marion County in the State Senate. Until recent years -he was engaged in the live stock business in Mairion. Later he came to Mullins and operated a sales stable on West; Front Street. Finally his health J tare way and he retired from active: ! life about three years ago. i Mr. Stackhouse was born in ^ej | Little Rock section (then Marion | County) January 17, 1849, and was| j therefore, past his seventieth year. | ' He was twice married, his second ' I wife surviving. I Ti.. morriocro Via IpMVPS r>V 1119 lllOl uiaitiubv mv . six children, as follows. T. L. Stack-) house, of Marion, R. L. Stackhouse, of Little River, G. B. Stackhouse, postmaster, Mullins.- Mrs. John D. Murchison of Florence, Mrs. G. H. I Macon, of Warrenton, N. C., Mrs.! R. M. Winn, of Marion. Two broth-; ers and two sisters. Will Stack- : :house of Marion, W. F. Stackhouse, also of Marion; Mrs. N. L. Alford, of Marion and Mrs. T. C. Covington,; of Latta. Besides these he leaves a largo and influential family . connection. The funeral services were held i at the grave, in the Methodist i ! Church yard, Marion, Wednesday afj ternoon at 4 o'clock and were attend- j led by a large gathering of relatives' land friends." ? HONORS MEMORY OF JXO. DAYII) i ' Scottish Rite Masons Name Class in Honor of Officer Who Gave Life for Country. A very pretty and fitting tribute was paid to the memory of one of. Dillon's fallen heroes in Charleston' last week when the Scottish Rite J Masons named a class in honor of( Lieut. John David. The class has 130 'members and is composed of) many' well-known South Carolinians. Dr. J. H David, father of Lieut. David was elected vice-president of the1 9 lass. After the degrees had been given : and the class was casting about for e name some one suggested the name of Lieut. John David and the vote; was unanimous. The class was photographed in a 'group and Lieut. David's picture will (form'the centre of the group. At the bottom of the photograph will be the j Idate oil which Lieut. David was born, ithe date of his death, followed by, the following inscription: "The First: South Carolina officer killed in ac-' 11ion in the world war." As an evidence of his appreciation of the honor shown the memory of his son. Dr. David is having made and will present t0 each member of the class a photograph of Lieut J David, Lieut. David was the fifst Citadel man to fall in action and the faculty and student body have erected on the : Citadel grounds a tablet to his memory. _ Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Meares of Dillon, S. C., and Mr. E T. Meares and| ,small daughter, Ruby, of Marion, S. C, returned this morning to their respective homes after a visit to the home of the father of the Messrs. Meares', Mr. J. F Meares, at Allenton. They attended the celebration here Saturday and Mr. E. T. Meares says it was 'way ahead of the celebration at Marion on the day before.? Lumberton Robesonian ' ^ Loose leaf ledgers, binders, index*' 1 es, etc., for sale at The Herald of-' flee.?7-25-tf. I i Latta Del Mr. John L. Dew has returned to i Latta after having spent some time i in Florida. Mr. Rob. Bethea and family of At- ' lanta have returned to Latta for the summer. Mrs. W. S, Lipscomb of Gaffney i and Mrs. J. P. Kennedy of Tryonji W P. mora attractive enests of Mrs. ! L. C. Bass last weak. Mesdames T. C. McGee and Isla' Crumpler accompanied Misses Mildred Smith, Elizabeth and Jennie Lee Dew to Columbia Saturday to ; attend the Schuman-Heink recital j1 Miss Annie Covington who is teach !] ing in Marion spent the week 'end I with her parents Mr. and Mrs. T. C. 'j Covington. Miss Aileen McMillan was home for ' the week-end. ( Mr. and Mrs D. F. Harris returned ( home Friday night and will spend a i few days with their friends after wtiich they will leave for Jersey j City. Messrs. W. D. Bethea, Luther Bass,j; W. L. Rogers and George Bethea j were in Wilson a few days last week. Dr H. A. Edwards has just pur- , chased an X-ray. He now has one of the nicest and completest offices in the state. 1 Mrs. Sydney McMillan of Marion, i is spending some time with her sons, S. A. and F. M. McMillan Mrs. Jane Bethea and Mrs. Fitz hugh Bethea of Dothan were in town , Sunday. Mrs Frank Thompson of Dillon j was among the visitors here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Fox arrived In town Saturday night. We welcome , them home and extend congratula-1, tion. - !, Mrs. W. Ellis Bethea returned from Columbia Friday night accompanied' by little Miss Jewell Duft'ie. .Mr. Luther Rogers and family', were in town Sunday. Mr. Thad Stanton and family of i Dillon spent the week e"nd with Mrs. Asbury Pope. * The Eastern Star held a social j meeting Monday night. Many friends', were invited and a most delightful', evening was spent. * Mr. and Mrs. McKeiver Rogers of j Little Rock were among the visitors j, to our town Sunday. Mrs. W. L. Rogers and Miss Dem-', ma Hill were in Dillon Saturday. Mr and Mrs. W. J. Summerlin ac companied by Mrs. John Tolar and Mrs. Harold Renner motored to Sel- . lers Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Berry of Marion were in town last week. Mothers' Day was observed at the Methodist church Sunday. A very interesting program was carried out. The exercises were conducted by our 1 Supt. S. A. McMillan assisted by our w pastor, Rev. John Graves. The chil- ( dren deserve great credit for the manner in which they rendered their- ' recitations and little songs. The floral decorations were green and white i consisting of sweet peas, carnations t and roses intermingled with ferns. i Mrs. R. J. Dew attended the Shu- J TRANSPLANTING AXD < CTI/TIVATIXU TOBACCO. < ( 1 Clemson College, May 13 ? Much j of the transplanting of tobacc0 in i this state has already been done, tho t in some localities the work is not ( yet finisned. Most of the tobacco, l suggests R. E. Currin, Superintend A Hoo irvnorininnt Qtfl. c fill Ul lllf I cc UA|/vnmviiv |fi tion, is transplanted by hand, usually after a rainfall to create sufficient moisture. Sometimes it may j be necessary to water and plant, to prevent plants from becoming over- j grown in the seed bed. Any method of planting that will gently press the earth to the roots,' leaving the buds of the plants just above the surface, is alright. A good tobacco plant is as easy transplanted as a cabbage plant. , The distance between the plants on the j rows should be governed by the amount of fertilizer used, the fertilizer of the soil and the class of to-] bacco to be produced. Plants are! usually set irom iweiuy-eigni iu: thirty-two inches apart. If cenditions are good and the plants are 1 properly set. they will have soon re- i covered from the shock of removal t from the seed bed. As soon as t practicable, the field should be gone i I partment mann-Heink concert in Columbia Sat-^ urday night. Mr. Oscar Fenegen was in Dillon I'hursday shopping. Those of our business men who, will attend the Spartanburg meeting' of Omar Temple on May 14th to1 take the shriners degree are: Dr. L. j F Carpenter, D. C. Edwards, S. J. Edwards, C. S. Bethea, E. J. Brown, M. M Sellers, L. L. Watson, G. W. Henry, J. J. Allen, H. E. Graham, ] Hoyt Watson B. M. Smith, D G.j Burden, W. E. Allen, H. M. Tliton.j They, will travel in a special pull- j man j Memorial services were conducted I at Magnolia Cemetery Sunday afternoon. A large crowd was present, rhe children were formed in line, e^ch one carrying a flag and a bunch af flowers which they placed on the Confederate graves, after which the Rev. John Graves made a very im-j pressive talk. Mrs. W. W. Braddy and daughter Mae attended the Shumann-Heink recital in Columbia Saturday night. | Mr. Grady Bethea spent the week end at home with his family. Miss Annie McMillan of Columbia who is teaching at Little Hock spent Sunday with Mr. /(and Mrs. E. A. Be-) thea. Mr John C. Bethea and family of: Dillon' spent Silnday in town. Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Humphries ac-! companied by Mrs. Grady Bethea and Miss Pearl Pinkerton motored to Mar J ion Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Seymour, Mrs. Mary Sue Seymour, Mrs. Hart Ma- j sure, Mrs. Ashley Seymour of Florence and Mrs. Dudley D. Seymour of Jersey City spent Sunday in Latta; with their brother, Mr H. B. Sey-; rnour. Thad Cottingham of Lake City; spent the week end with his mother' i in Latta. Mrs. Lizza S. Harris has sold her home to the Presbyterians for a Manse. Dr E. C. Major who has bec-n homei dm a two weeks furlough left Tues-j rtay for Camp Jacksou. The Eastern Star held a social j meeting Monday evening. The program was as follows: Pialo Solo?by Mrs. W. J. Summer, tin. Poem?Heroines of the Eastern Star?by Miss Lola Sessions. Vocal Solo?May time?by Mrs.: Harold Renner. Reading by Miss Agnes Davis. Vocal Solo?Star of the East? by Mrs. T. J. Bass. Piano Solo?Mrs. Summerlin. Vocal Duet?Somewhere a Voice is Sailing?by Mrs. Renner and Mrs., \da Edwards. After which block ' ?ream*and pound cake were served.; The evening was very much enjoyed sy each and every one. The Swamp Fox Chapter, D. A. R. j net with Mrs. H. A. Edwards Monday) lfternoon. The feature of this meetng was a towel shower for the Ta-| nassee school. ????? jver and all missing places replant-: ?d with good strong plants. Two or hree replantings should insure a, perfect stand. Cut worms and wirevorms sometimes give a great deal of rouble in getting a stand. Repeatid replanting will usually beat them,,' towever. In a week or ten days cultivation should begin. Any method that will oosen the earth around the young plants and kill the grass is recomnended. Tobacco usually requires' )ne or two workings with the hoe. i f, for any reason, the earth has to >e removed from the growing plants t should be replaced as early as Is uacticable, as the stalk may be-j :ome hard if exposed. Tobacco re-, luires frequent and shallow cultivaion with a gradual working up of he earth under the bottom leaves )r towards the plant, so that when i ultivation is discontinued the tobac-J o will be somewhat above the level. | Ordinarily, the culture is very much, ike that of cabbage or of cotton. Cultivation should be continued unil the plant shown signs of bloom up, and sometimes it is advisable o plow one more time slightly after! his. Good judgment will dictate vhen to discontinue cultivation. SHERIFF LAXE SEIZES Pl'LLMAX CAR. j 1*1111011111 Company Would Xot Pay Bark Taxes and Sheriff Attaches Property. Sheriff Lane is the first Dillonite! t0 own a Pullman ear. The car is resting quietly on a side-track and will stay there until the sheriff set-1 ties a little difference of $112 between the county and the Pullman company. It is one of the company's best cars and if the company does not settle the sheriff will offer it for sale 1 to the highest bidder for cash. It all came about because the Pullman company had refused or neglected t0 pay a county tax amounting to about $112.00. Sheriff Lane had servj ed them with various notices, even! registering them a letter in which he told them be would have to at-! tach some of their property if they did not pay the amount of the exe-' cution which had been issued against, them. Monday morning No. 80 dropped a Pullman car at Dillon to be used by Dillon shriners Tuesday afternoon on a trip to Spartanburg. The sheriff saw his opportunity. Armed with the necessary credentials he went down ana toon possession 01 me car n ia a valuable piece of property, costing probably around $30,000, and the sheriff will have no trouble finding bidders up to the amount of his execution if he offers it fo*- sale. o A WAVE OF ANGER SWEEPS GERMANY. ' People Expressing Strong Indjgna-' tion Over the Peace Terms. Berlin, May 10?The protests that came from various quarters in Germany over the peace terms as theyi were reported before the official i terms became known are as nothing in comparison with the wave of re-1 mont ranee angry, bitter, disap-1 pointing in tone ? that is sweeping over Germany now that the treaty has been presented. States, municipalities, districts, organizations of various sorts, business men's and women's clubs and the political par-, ties through their spokesmen arei vieing with each other in finding1 words in which to express scorn and i condemnation for the document. For pt*rhaps the first time in his-! IUI v mr un man I'aiuvo at v uuiwx* j in opinion, each of them assailing the terms Germany is asked to sign, but the body of the independent Socialist party does not appear to agree with its organ, Die Freipeit, that Germany should sign the peace on the terms presented. The'newspapers are utterly swamped with the protests, being able to print but a frac-| tion of them. They are urged to this! by The Tageblatt, which says the un-j friendly attitude towards the treaty taken by the Socialists of other coun-| tries will not be of assistance because; they are in the minority in their countries and the Germans must pro-1 test for themselves. The government likewise is being! overwhelmed with telegrams which i it is utterly unable to answer save! by public announcement of its gratl-1 tude. In the criticisms, President Wilson is only midly assailed here and there since word has gone to the press from official quarters that he is not i to be taken to task. The assertions upon which stress are laid are that the proposed peace lacks all elements of justice and conforms in no way to the president's 14 points while indignation is expressed over terms characterized as unbearable and as spell-j ing slavery for the German people. Some of the protestants declare they are deeply moved and outraged by) the provisions of the treaty while! others express deep contempt on , what they call a "brutal peace of; force''. The expression 'a verdict of death" is one frequently used. I I hi It ST X. C. SOLDI Ell KILLED. I i lleflutifiil Tablet in .Memory of Private Geo. E. Galloway of , Kairniout " i Lumberton Robcsonian: ? A beautiful tablet prepared by the'' Fairmont chamber of commerce and bearing the following inscription was I mm> the sneakers stand at < J the court, house Saturday: i< "In Memoriani Private George E.|' Galloway, Fairmont, N. ,C., the first it North Carolina soldier killed on thej< battlefields of France". ;< TWO NEGROES KILLED I CHARLESiON RIOT SEVEN SAILOItS ARE REPOKTEI> i WOUNDED. I \ \'?i v AnthnHflpc Hava RAcmn M Scairhing Investigation Into llace Trouble Saturday Night. Charleston, May 12.?Put of theconfusion on the heels of the rioting here late Saturday night and early Sunday morning it is established bjr city and county authorities today that two negroes, Jame8 Talbert and. Isaac Docktor, are dead and at least 17 negroes sufficiently wounded to be treated in the municipal hospital. Seven blue jackets are reported to have been, wounded. It was learned today that the leave of all bluejackets at the Bavy yard and the naval training camp has been > indefinitely cancelled, only those wltlr special permits to be allowed off their reservations. Meantime the navat authorities are carrying forward a searching investigation into the serious disorders between bluejacket* and negroes, John G. Mansfield, county coFonen. who has ordered inquests into the death8 of Doctor and Talgert, is care tuny collecting tne evidence in tnese cases The fighting was precipitated after the fatal wounding of Docktor. who is alleged to have assaulted and shot a blue jacket. j Charleston was today agog witfci comment on the rioting. The policedepartment has taken precautions against a recurrence, even though, blue jackets are not per.mitted no town. While the negro population airpears to be quiet the authorities d<* not propose to take any chances. Marines from the navy yard barrack* will again patrol the streets sbonld this be . considered necessary. The patrol by marines in the early hoop? this morning was done through the cooperation of Rear Admirals Francie E Eeatty and Benjamin C. Bryan, commandant of the Sixth navai. district and of the navy yard, respectively, with Mayor Tristam T. Hyde. Practically all the rifles taken by bluejackets from shooting galleries have been recovered. At the police station where many persons were tak_ en during the heights of the rioting there is a remarkable assortment ot weapons, ranging from pistols and. rifles down to brickbats. A bullet Saturday night wounded a. negro girl on an up town street. She and her companion were a considerable distance from the rioting and it is supposed that the wound Was inflicted by a bullet that had been fiv?U into the air. Her name was not recorded as the wound was not serious. With respect to (he origin of the rioting, reports are conflicting, but. it appears that violent trouble broke; after a quarrel between Docktor and several bluejackets on Beaufnire Street near Charles, Bluejackets refused to say what they knew about it and negr0 prisoners and patients professed their ignorance. Just how word of the disorderspread so rapidly among the bluejackets in town on leave is not explained, but in a very few minutesabout 2,000 were in the mob Which shouted: "Get the negroes,'" an?S similar phrases. According to the police and other reports several ui their victims were innocent of theoffense to the bluejackets. One wav. dragged out of a Broad Street car hs ? spite of the motorman's effort te say*. him. Another was dragged from at *" ni?4 ,lint itnurn ici IXlIlg Oil Ctrl ICW , UUU DUV?. front of a fashionable restaurant, which was crowded at the time. A. third was yanked from a motor touring car of which he was chatiffeurUntil dawn negro chauffeurs refused to take out cars and the taxi business* was broken down for about six hours. o MICH FERTILIZER USED I'erv Slight Reduction Indicated bj Tag Tax rhe State. Records* in the office of S. T. Carter Sta!?> treasurer, show that ferti lizer tag tax fur the current yeai tclate is $201,401.09 against $203,120.06 last year. This would indicate, that there has been practically no reluction in fertilizer bills in Soutfc Carolina.