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WM ?!jp lUlnn ijmlii. P*; ^ ESTABLISHED 1894. > THE DILLON' HERALD, DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 22, 1919. VOL. 23. NO. 27. COUNTY NEWS MID HAPPENINGS NEWSY LETTERS BY REUULA1 CORRESPONDENTS. News Ilems of Interest to Her&l* Readers, Ebb and Flow of the Human Tide. Sellers. School closed here last week, F i day night. Hon. v. v. .mcuou ??i Bennettsville gave us an excellent address, Miss Ruth Sellers received a ! diploma and Miss Lanier Watson a certificate from the schooL Prof. Baker's pupils gave him a watch chain as an appreciation of his work. This was presented to him Friday ' night hy Miss Ruth Sellers in a few well chosen word3. On Sunday we had the pleasure of 1 hearing Rev. Howell of the Presbyterian church of Latta. Mrs. Sum- 1 merlin's music pupils added much to the commencement. All the teachers have been re-elected and we hope to ' have them w^th as again next year. Mr. C. P. Hodges of Bethlehem church spoke here Sunday afternoon] in the interests of the Centenary] movement. J' Mr. Cope Oliver of Lyons, Ga., is visiting relatives here and at Mariet- ' ta, N. C. Miss Louise Baker is attending ' commencement at Red Springs this "week. Her sister, Miss Mamie, has been a pupil there this year. Friends will be interested to learn thai Miss Margaret Utley was married last Sunday afternoon to Wm. 1 McCormack of Rowland, N, C. 1 Mrs Thomas of Charleston is vis1 iting her son, Mr. T. S. Hughes here. We were happy to have with us Friday night Mr. and Mrs. D. D Mc' Coll of Bennettsville. Fifty years ago ' Mr. McCoirs mother as Miss Nellie Thomas taught the Sellers school, so 1 we have been on the map a long time. Mr. Editor. , < k Mr J. L. Mclnnis had the misfortune to lose his buggy horse about K^two weeks ago. Bermuda. Grass, grass is the topic of the 1 * day here now as every way you look you see grass and the first question is, "have you any grass?" The (armers here are not through chopping cotton yet and are very busy. There will be an evening picnic, ball game and recitations at Bermuda school house next Friday p. m., and the school will close for this term taught by the Misses Millers. 1 The public is cordially invited. Come. Mrs. Adeline McKenzie was called to the bedside of her daughter Mrs. W. R Rogers last Sunday who is very sick at this writing. Miss Emma Bass spent the day Sunday with Miss Blanche Harris both of this place. Mr. J. L. Butler and son Raymond 1 spent the day Sunday visiting friends i in Latta and report a fine time and i day well spent. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Moodv of Lake View were here Sunday at the home of the former's sister, Miss Sarah Moody who is still very sick We hope at next writing we will not have so much grass unless it is the kind w? can feed on. The oat ( crop being fine maybe we can pull through. o Oak (irove. At the close of the preaching services at Bethesda last Sunday morning Mr. C. P Hodges of Brownsville made a stirring appeal in behalf of i the Centenary movement. When Mr. Hodges finished speaking the con- i gregation was canvassed and a large amount was secured in cash and pledges for this great work. A committee was appointed to work this week and as there is a great deal of enthusiasm being shown among those interested in the work there is little doubt but that the church here will go beyond the amount it is expected to raise. An other speaker win De on n?nu nr*i ,-<4^-Sunday morning and it is hoped thai a large crowd will be present to hear -him. _Miss Grace Hayes daughter of J. Rich Hayes, was married last Sunday afternoon a week to Sam Dew of the Zion section. C. P Hodges of Brownsville spoke at Sellers last Sunday afternoon in the interest of the Centenary movement. Crop around here have been great . Miss Yenable Visits Dillon. The Field Director of the S. C. Woman's Division of the Thrift Campaign, Mrs. Mary S. Venable, who visited Dillon on Monday was pleased to meet with hearty cooperation from the Dillon County School Improvement Association, Civic Imorovement Association and Avon Club Woman's Club. Mrs< Venable says: "This is the first time that the worth of women's club has been recognized as an American asset and I am sure the result will astonish the public when the patriotic women show their economic value in dollars saved.'? Each womans club in South Carolina is asked to appoint a committee to look after Thrift work and the delightful program offered by the government is optional. Social clubs will not adopt it off course. The Federal Government through the Treasury Department is seeking in the 1919 War Savings Campaign to promote permanent habits of saving and investment, and to lay well the foundations of a peace time prosperity. It proposes to convert the American people into a nation of sane savers, wise spenders and intelligent investors The means that wi^ &e used is a thorough-going education al campaign teaching the value 01 saving systematically and of investing in safe securities, the safest of which is War Savings Stamps offered by the government itself. The War Savings Campaignt therefore is distinctly a forward looking movement. It foresees a people happy and prosperous, enjoying the pursuits of a permanent peace;* a nation of good citizens, who are owners of Government securities and therefore in financial partnership with the Government It foresees also a brotherhood of finance, made up of men and women saving in little things and investing in Government securities with the consciousness that they are making possible the growth of home industries and the expension jf foreign business. The method adopted by the Government for reaching all the people with its plan of systematic saving and investing is the War Savings Society. These societies are to be formed in schools, factories, offices, clubs, and wherever people are together in natural croups and meet at regular in tervals. This work in the Fifth Federal Reserve District is directly under the supervision of the War Loan Organization, which has headquarters at Richmond, Va., and which is under the immediate direction of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. The movement is therefore being conducted in all the states of the District, namely, Virginia,West Virginia, Maryland, District of Columbia, and North and South Carolina. o NOTICE. All ladies who have any Red Cross refugee garments on hand are requested to send them to the Red Cross room by Friday (tomorrow) afternoon. o Club for Soldier's Relatives. The War Camp Community Service recently opened the Victory Club, in the Arcade Building, for soldiers, sailors and marines. Seeing an urgent need here in Columbia for a comfortable, convenient place where friends and relatives from out of town may iiitrn turn uu>o iu iaui|i, nc offering the club free to all visitors to men in Camp Jackson. Write your boy to meet you there. In any way that it may help you the War Camp Community Service stands ready to serve Call on us for any information you may need. ly benefited by the recent refreshing showers and have shown marked improvement in the last ten days. The outlook for tobacco is very promisingly, although small, the plant is beginnig to grow rapidly. Gary Hayes of Clio was in litis eomumunity last week. T. T Peaeork of Hineham was in this neighborhood one afternoon last week. The farmers are very busy cleaning their crops of grass, but it might be a good idea Mr. Editor if most of us could be persuaded not to kill it all, but to leave a few extra patches for hay. Hay is now selling at sixty dollars a ton. Many farmers are baying it and it is going to take high priced cotton and a great deal of it to pay the feed bills next fall. 1 i Latta De, The Baby Show. \ i One of the most interesting and < enjoyable events of the week was the i "Baby Show*' given under the aus 4U^ ni,.U T AW . ! pit'CS Ul lilt? i/ivn ucagut; un r iiuo; afternoon from five until eight 1 o'clock in Mr. S. A. McMillan's old store. The store was made home i like and attractive with roses sweet peas and ferns. Rugs and chairs ] were arranged until it looked like a big reception room. The decorations were done under I the direction of Mesdames W. Ellis ( Bethea, John J. Allen, M. E. McNair, E C. Major, T. C. McGee, D. G. Bur- j den, Misses Annie and Lillian Bethea and Mr. S. A. McMillan. Tables j were arranged with covers and pretty bowls of sweet peas where re- ; freshments were sold. Cake was sold ] by Mesdames E. J. Brown and D, G. Burden. The lemona'de booth was pre. ] sided over by Miss Onnie Bethea and Mrs. W. Ellis Bethea. Ice cream was sold by Misses Hope Manning, Bertha Fenegen, Lillian Bethea and Mrs. Ada Edwards^ The door was kept by Mrs. S. A. McMillan. The babies were register J ' **?? ? Dm /I ea Dy AITS, w eusic Diauu) auu *uico for the baby oontest were sold by Mrs. J. J, Tolar. Little Louise Rogers, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Rog- ] ers, received the highest number of votes for *he girls, so she received the two ribbons for the prettiest and i most popular?young baby in Latta. Little Miss Rogers is indeed a beautiful child with her pale blue eyes and brown hair. She was daintily i dressed in a hand made batiste dress trimmed with lace and touches of hand embroidery. Little Sadie Pearl 1 Smith, daughter of Mr. W. H. Smith received second place. Master Cornelius Graham Bass, received first place for the handsom- , i est and most popular young boy. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs Howard Bass. Master C. G. wore a beautiful 1 dress of white linen, smocked in pink. Master John Calvin Manship, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Manship, received second place. The ladies of the Civic League feel much gratified over the success of the Baby Show as over fifty-five dol i lars was realized- for the benefit of the League. They, appreciate the co- , operation 0f the people for their donations, the mothers for their interest in bringing their babies and the people as a whole for their interest and liberal patronage. Mrs. D. G. Burden and children spent Wednesday in Dillon. DAIRING AIRMEN ARE LOST. i Transatlantic Flight in Single Motor Plane Ends in Disaster. , There was much rejoicing in Dil- . Ion Monday afternoin when a message from Wilmington stated that j Harry Hawker and his companion, Navigator Grieve, had lauded safely iin Queenslown, England, after makling the trip across the ocean in 20 | hours in a single motor plane, and it was not until later when the afternoon papers arrived that it was j known that no word had been re| ceived from the daring airmen. I Hawker and Grieve left Cape Kace, ;off the coast of New Foundland at i one o'clock Sunday afternoon and expected to reach the coast of Ireland in 24 hours, a distance of 2,000 miles. The world was watching the flight with deep anxiety and there; was universal regret among the peo-T pie of Dillon when it was learned i late that afternoon that the attempt | 11 to cross the Atlantic had ended in! disaster. i Although Hawker and Grieve car-', ried a wireless outfit capable of sending a message 100 miles no word was; received from them after they left the shores of New Foundland At! least 20 ships were known to be in the lane they were traveling, but not 1 a single one of the ships saw the i slightest trace of the aviators. When they left behind them the J( shores of New Poundland it was either Europe or death with the odds' a hundred to one against them. Somewhere out on the broad Atlantic they were forced to come down, and when the daring airmen and their frail craft disappeared beneath the/ wares there was added to the long i list of ocean mysteries another mys-^i . . partment : 7 j1 Mrs, W. D. Bethea and son have ' returned home after having spent < several weeks in Atlanta and Bir- 1 mingham. < Mr. Lacoste Moore has accepted a ' position as salesman in the store of 1 IV F.llis Bethea. !( Mr. W. Braddy is at home on his summer vacation Mrs. Agnes King of Florence spent Ji last Tuesday with Mrs. H. A. Edwards. Mrs. W. B. McCall of Marion spent j' the week end with Mrs. W. W. Brad- 1 dy. Mr. and Mrs. John Manship were among the visitors in town Friday, Mrs. Will Rogers spent Thursday! in Florence. Mrs. Pat Henry and Mrs. L. A. Bass spent a few days in Spartanburg last week Mrs. E. A. Bethea was in Marion last Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Howard Bass spent a few days last week with her parents at Hamer. Mr. Neil Berry of Little Rock was in town Friday. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Bethea motored to Dillon Friday afternoon Several of our townspeople attend- j ed the closing of the school at Sellers Friday night. The exercises spoke well for both teachers and pupils. Mrs. Rob. Manning and little daughter of Sellers spent Saturday in town. Miss Minnie Ayers spent the week end in Florence. Mr Sam Myers of Savannah spent the week end in town with his father, Mr. B. H. Myers. Rev. D. C. Dunn of Kershaw spent the week end in town with friends. Mr. Butler of Bermuda, N. C., spent 8unday with Mr A. G. Stafford. Dr. T. C. McGee and family motored to Marion Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Edwards spent Sunday afternoon in Dillon with Mrs. T. W. Bethea. Mrs R. J. Dew and mother, Mrs. Roderick, visited friends in Dillon Sunday. Mrs. A. W. Berry visited friends in the country Sunday. Rev. Mr. Foster attended the Baptist Convention in Atlanta last week. No services at the Presbyterian church Sunday morning, the pastor, Rev. Mr. Howell having preached j the commencement sermon at Sellers. Mrs. E C. Major has sold her cottage on church street to Rev. S. J. Bethea of Little Rock. Red Letter Day for Latta was a perfect success. tery which time alone can solve. It was a daring undertaking and if Hawker and Grieve had been successful they would have occupied aj place in history along with Columbus I and other immortals. I o Appeals to Farmers to Hold Their Cotton Columbia, May 19?Commissioner of Agriculture Harris has issued a statement in which he appeals to the farmers not to sell their cotton. Mr. [ Harris has attended the great cot- i ton convention in New Orleans and ' there saw put int0 motion the final organization for the great cotton fi- : nancing corporation which he has' been dreaming of for many years." "When I first began to talk of a < $5,000,000 corporation, ' said Mr. Harris, "the people seemed to think i that I was out of ny head. But now t we see not a $5,000,000 but a $100,- j' 000,000 corporation being started, and it will be made a success. There j! is no doubt about it and 1 want to |? see the South Carolina farmers do,' their part. < "While we were in New Orleans; cotton advanced 2 cents a pound. 1 spolg selling for 3 cents There will ! be a decline to follow this. That is 1 the way the bears work their tricks, for thev know that farmers do not ( I srii an a rising mirKei; uui an.v ut- clines will bo merely temporary. Be- 1 fore the first of July cotton will go ' to 35 cents if the farmers will just hold on to what they have." ( o The Woman's Missionary Society ] which was postponed from last Fri- 1 clay will meet tomorrow afternoon ] at 3:30 at the Baptist church. 1 I Civic League Reorganized. j About two weeks ago a few of the ladies interested in the civic improvement of our town, accepted the inkitation of Mayor John H. Hamer to meet with hint and Mr. W. V. Jones, D chairman of the Street Committee, ind discuss plans for the -reorganiza Lion of the Civic League and for the T cleaning up of the town. The League was reorganized under the name of the Dillon Civic Improvement Asso-' ciation and the following officers were elected: President, Mrs. Joe P. F Lane; Vice-Pree Mrs. John Har- 11 grove; Secretary, Mrs. L. Cottingbam, " Treasurer, Mrs. A. J. Evans. Mayor Hamer assured us of the keen inter-,*est that he and the Councel felt in 6 oAr organization and of their hearty 8 co-operation in any of the plans for u the improvement of the town. t( A campaign for the enrollment of; members was put on last Wednesday j* under the slogan "Every Woman in v Dillon a Member." The following la- * dies visited every home in Dillon and v have received over one hundred mem- P bers up to the present time: Mesdames Walker Floyd, A. J. Ev- e ans, W. C. Moore, F. M. Niernsee, W. * A Blizzard, W. B. Smith, Monroe * Rogers and G. H. Bell. This mem-1 f bership roll to begin our work under,'f is most gratifying, but we shall not;! remain satisfied until every woman in Dillon is a member. That they;8 should be, goes without saying and * we feel sure that in a short time ev-j* e?y woman who has not joined will * feel it her duty to lend not only her 1 aid, but the inspiration of her in- d terest and enthusiasm, to this verj necessary work. Some of the ladies j met with some of the colored women j at the public school building last;J week and organized a Civic League [J with tewenty-five members to be- ; t gin with. They are ready tp do their ji part in helping improve their part of i i town. |f We also have now a list of about jf a dozen men as honorary members of, our association at $1.00 per year, and I would like to have every man who s is interested in this work to become t an honorary member also. There will be a call meeting of ? our Civic Improvement Association I Friday afternoon at five o'clock in I the old Chamber of Commerce Hall. I Let every one of us be there andjr make our plans for beginning work. |t There is a great deal to do as we all J know. Let us begin at once. 9 Mrs. Joe P. Lane, President. c lo I To Victory Loan Workers. _ v t I think a letter of thanks is due the ! many friends of the Womans Com- g mittee Victory Liberty Loan for the ^ handsome support given us in our q woVk and the handsome subscrip- s tions given us, as an evidence of'f their generous support and patrio-'y tism. If possible, I will compile a q list of subscribers and have them pub_ j lis.hed in an early issue of our county,j, paper. I wish to thank all who work- j j ed, the Women did well and the chil-r dren did wonderful work. While the! j-, ? * ?,;n rr\\'r\ moHnlo T AI.QO C government win sut >uvW?.m, - ,,, offered a prize, I am giving this p prize to Miss Beatrice Rogers who j did not only do good work but secur-jj, ed more large subscriptions than anyj one worker on my list and gets a jj German Helmet. To Miss Beth Rick-If enbaker will go a $5.00 gold piece ^ for her untiring work for over a week \ and a number of good subscriptions.']. The Chandler twins worked faithful- jj ly and will get engraved medals, I Misses Francis and Mary Chandler, I wish to thank Misses Eula and p Beulah Braddy for their beautifully n decorated car for the speakers on the| 26th and also all the appointed work-' : C ers who did so well., the splendid;., support of my town chairmen, Mrs. j T W. Bethea, Mrs. J. B. Gibson, Mrs. Lattie Moody, Mrs. Monroe Rogers, v Mrs. L. Cottingham and the Publi- n city Chairman, Mrs. Joe P. Lane, whose help was appreciated beyond ^ expression. '-y, Mrs, F. S. Munsell, State Chairman of Columbia, in a telephone mes. j sage Monday gave great praise and expressions of appreciation. Mrs. W. ^ J. David did wonderful work. Of ? a I course "Aunt Brookie" gets a medal but many thanks also. I do not mean Q Lo say the others didn't work There tun nvinv to name here, but put "Uncle Bill" down for ?5.00 besides ^ joing lots of work. A way off at Little Rock the u chairman, Mrs. L. A. Manning made jf her husband hand out $5,0|00 and t( are certainly appreciate this. Mr. Manning, J. P. McLaurin, Dr. Stack- c house, Dr. J. H David, Mr. John 1 i iUNS worn SIGN DECLARES EBERT EF1XES TERMS AS ENEMY'S REVENGEFUL HYSTERIA. ells Big Four What Will Be Done if the Germans Fail to Sign. Berlin, Sunday May 17.?President Ibert in addressing a demonstration ere today said that Germany would never sign the peace terms." The demonstration was held in the .ustgarten and was attended by a reat crowd. President Ebert decribed the peace terms as "the prodct of the enemy's revengeful hyseria" and added: "Foreign countries will not permit he prosecution of Germany. They rill raise their voices with us that his peace of enslavement which we rill never sign shall not come to iass.'' : Paris, May 19?(By the Associatd Press.)?Marshal Foch today laid iefore the council of four his plan or military operations that are to be >ut into effect in case the German denipotentiaries decline to sign the >eace treaty. After the conference between Marhal Foch and the council of four 'resident Wlson had a talk with Jen. Pershing. It became known later hat Gen. Pershing's visit to London nay be postponed in order to await levelopments. , O 'N. Tha PAKpopq P(o1ron? PhantOH m. i?\ uvvvu a. The Rebecca Pickens Chapter, D. R. met Tuesday the 13th with ilrs. C. R. Taber. Most of the town nembers were present and t'he meetng was interesting as the May meetng means the annual election of oficers: Officers are only eligible Or election the first year with the ixception of Historian who has this >osition permanently, so there is orae change in the executive commitee for 1919-1920. The following were elected: Recent, Mrs. Tristrum W. Bethea; vicelegent, Mrs. John Crawford Bethea; lecording Secretary, Mrs. James Jreeden Gibson; Corresponding Secetary, Miss Winnie Jackson; Regisrar, Mrs. A. Coke Rogers; Treasurer, ifrs. Charles L. Whee'er; Historian Jrs. Marietta Georgia Bethea. The officers gave their annual report. The tegents' report showed splendid vork done and the splendid co-operaion of the members. Mrs. Taber, retiring Recording Secretary gave an outline of war work [one, donations of the chapter to Red Jross, Tamassee and Georgetown chools, and other ways in which the 'hantor flnnrichpH In tho lnct fwn ears under the Regency of Mrs. ribson and Mrs. Bethea. Miss Elliott, retiring treasurer, iad a splendid financial report. Miss lary Hunter McLees, retiring coresponding secretary, stated 'that the lusiness has gotten most too large or her, which is an evidence of rogress. Mrs. Wheeler, retiring Registrar, ad a splendid report. The Historian, Mrs. M. G. Bethea, as a number of well written papers rom members and also one of the ferman Helmets from the Woman's rictory Loan Committee for especial/ good work from different memers. Mrs. A. B. Jordan, Mrs. W. C. Allen, Irs. T. L. Manning and Mrs. Paul hillips were unanimously elected lembers by the chapter This closed the business. A ontest was held making words from Woodrow Wilson" in honor of the 3th (his lucky number) in 13 lonths. This, when completed, Mrs. Wheeler of the entertainment Comlittee announced Miss McLees the lcky one and said the prize would e a speech on Wilsop. This prize [iss McLees, presented to the honor uest, Mrs. Marion H. Maner of Coimbia. Mrs. Wheeler, Mrs. Rogers, Misses [arv Murcliison, Beth Rickenbaker nd Beatrice Rogers served cream nd cake and gave small bouquets f red and white roses tied with blue >ses were used for decorations and large basket of wild flowers from far ion county. fargrove and other names coming iter are on our list. So many thanks , all. (Mrs. C. R.) Ruth Taber, ounty Chairman Womens Committee Victory Loan.