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ESTABLISHED 1894. T? THE DILLON HERALD, DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 5. 1919. VOL. 23. NO. 29.
YOUNG WALTER BERRY
MEETSJRAGIG DEATH
FAST FREIGHT HITS ROAD TRACTOR
HE WAS OPERATING.
Skull is Crushed and Death Results
111 Few Minutes After
Accident.
Walter Berry, son of Mr. James
Berry who lives five miles east of Dillon,
was killed by a fast freight at
the Main street crossing of the Atlantic
Coast Line at Latta Thursday
evening. Mr. Berry was driving a
road tractor and did not see the approaching
train until it was almost
upon him. The tragedy was witnessed
by a number of people who saw
the rapidly approaching train and
shouted warnings which Mr. Berry
failed to hear until it was too late
for him to save himself.
Mr. Berry had recently returned
from the army and was in the employ
of the county.
The following testimony was given
at the inquest held by Coroner Gasque:
Mr. T. J. Bass says: Kornblut and
myself were standing in front of his
store and we saw Mr. Berry pass with
tractor going west. I .heard some one
holler and Mr. Berry cut tractor to the
left, then raised up and sat down and
the train struck the engine of the
tractor and threw him out towards
the box car. There was no blowing of
whistle or ringing of bell."
H. A. Bethea says: "Frank Bethea,
Mr. Tilton and myself were at an automobile
standing at the side of the
^ no Vf r? Tlnrnr r*n mo
r. OC iU, uaun as ?1< UVI i; vu>uv
down the street going west. We observed
that he was not conscious of
the approaching train. We all began
to holler to attract his attention but
we failed to do so. He approached
the track and about the time he
reached the track he discovered the
train. He then gave his car a quick
turn the same way the train was goi
ing. Just as he made the turn and
applied the breaks the train struck
him. Whether the train blew or rang
the bell I can't say. I don't think the
wheels of his tractor got on the
track. He fell right near the train.
I pulled him up from right near the
moving train. We had picked him up
and carried him t0 Kornblut's store
before engine of the train came back.
The train was running fast for a
freight train."
H. M. Tilton says: "H. A. Bethea,
J. F. Bethea and myself were at side
of F. & M. Bank talking. I heard the
train blow up the road and I noticed
Mr. Berry coming with tractor. I began
to holler to draw his attention
to the train and he didn't seem to
Ihn
near me. ne rau ngui u?> ....^
tracks and stopped and aboutv that
time the train struck the tractor.
When the train struck the front of
his car it threw the tractor near the
train and Mr. Berry about 15 feet. I
don't know whether train was blowing
for crossing or not. The train
was running about 25 or 30 miles
an hour."
J. F. Bethea says: "Mr. Tilton, H.
A. Bethea and myself were standing
at side of F. & M. Bank and Mr. Tilton
began to holler and I looked and
saw Mr. Berry with the tractor and
the train coming a short distance
down the track. We all began to holler
but he didn't seem to hear us, but
just as he got to the track he looked
and saw the train and he stopped his
tractor and cut it to the left. The
train struck him about this time
and knocked him about 15 feet. H.
A. Bethea and myself ran to him and
we pulled him from as near the passing
train as it was possible for a person
to be and not be run over. We
carried him over to sidewalk in front
B of Kornblut's store. It looked t0 me
like Mr. Berry did all he could to
save himself after he discovered the
train. I didn't hear the bell ring or
whistle blow. It looked to me like
ww* o oKont 7~ frpt nf him
nam wao m a?/v u l i w x . ? v. ......
when he saw it."
i C. S. Bethea says: "I saw Mr. Ber
' rv stop his tractor when his attention
was called by people hollering .a*
him. His tractor stopped a few inches
from the nearest rail. The step of the
engine hit the tractor, pitching him
headforemost toward the track. The
whistle was not blowing."
M. H. Cox says: "I saw Mr. Berry
on tractor approaching the Main
street crossing. I began to holler at
,\K\V DEVELOPMENT IN
i DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
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Just After Tragedy it Was Was Claimed
Hogg and Marley Killed
Each Other.
Aiken, June 2 ? Apparently new
light has been thrown upon the mysterious
killing of Jim Hogg and H.
D. Marley, the two well known planters
in the Allendale section last
week. The report first sent out broadcast
over the country that Hogg was
jshot by Marley, and, then while Hogg
jwas wounded and lying on the ground
| that he shot and killed Marley, has
I been completely upset, according to
the testimony of Carrie Stanley, at
Aiken before Hon. Robert L. Gunter,
the solicitor of the circuit.
Trom the evidence of Carrie Stanley,
who is separated from her husband
and has been Marley's housekeeper,
it appears that a crowd of1
white farmers of the Allendale section
shot Marley to death after coaxing
him out of his house with the
promise of protecting him on his way
ito surrender to the sheriff.
Woman's Testimony
Carrie Stanley appeared before Solicitbr
Gunter here and has sworn
that a crowd of men, ccv-isting of
Herman Lee, John Dunbar, George
:D. Kirkland, Henry D. Best, Paul
Black, Hughes Reeves and Buck
Lewis, came up to the Marley place
after the shooting of Hogg by Marley,
and after getting him to come
out on the ground, John Dunbar shot
him twice with a pump gun which he
(Dunbar) had taken from the hands
of Buck Lewis.
According to the report it appears
that a gathering of ten farmers were
attending a fish catch and dinner at
jCohen's Blurt. Jim Hogg ana ljuck
J Lewis, whose home is on the Georgia
side of the river near Brier Creek,
went down to the home of H. D.
Marley, about three-quarters of a mile
from Cohens' Bluff, to pay a visit. As
Hogg reached the Marley pate he was
attacked by Marley's dog, and being
j afraid of a bad bite from the animal
is alleged to have shot and ^tilled it
j forthwith. Marley, seeing the dead
I dog, and Hogg with his gun in his
ihand, came out of his ho. e and is
sa'd to have fired one load 01 shot in
j the breast of Hogg, who fell face
down on the ground. Lewis then
dodged behind a tree until Marley entered
his home, when he ran to the
'other members of the fishing party
and told them of the shooting.
Marley Fatally Shot.
It is testified by Carrie Stanley
further that the whole party, some
eight in number, then hastened to
the Marley home, and after coaxing
him outside shot him to death.
The affidavits of each member of
the party conflict with the woman's
statement, the party claiming that^
Marley was standing over the prostrate
body of Hogg when the party
arrived, and that Marley appeared in
a threatening manner.
The testimony of the woman states
that whiskey was on the breath of
[several members or tbe nsntng party;
she especially designates John Dunbar,
whom she charges with firing the
two shots into Marley's body.
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Attention Knights.
The regular meeting of the K. of
P. will be held at the Castle Hall tojnight
at 8:30 o'clock. The first and
third degrees are to be conferred and
a full attendance is urged.
JOE CABELL DAVIS, C. C.
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him. Just as he reached the track ho
j cut tractor to the left and sat there.
At this time the train was about 50
;yards of him. When I next saw him
j he was in front of Kornblut's store.
I don't know whether bell was tingling
or whistle was blowing. It lookled
to me he thought he was clear of
i the track as he sat on the tractor.
The train looked like it was running
about 30 miles an hour.'*
Dr. Carpenter was called and remained
with Mr. Berry until he died
about an hour after the accident. In
his statement to the jury he said
that he found a large eut on th? temporal
hone, considerable hemorrhage
front the nose, throat, and ears aid
a slight depression in the tempo/al
bone. Mr. Berry was suffering front
profound shock and never regained
consciousness. The scalp wound, he
said, was sufficient to cause death.
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EUROPE EDS COTTON
SAYS 60V. 1116
FORMER GOV. BACK FROM EUROPE,
TAIKS OPTIMISTICALLY
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Says President Wilson is Regarded
Abroad as Country's Greatest
leader.
Sumter, June 1?Signing of the!
peace treaty and readjustment of the j
I markets of the world to postbellum !
conditions will have an optimistic effect
on cotton, according to ex-Gov
ernor Richard I. Manning, who has
just returned from Europe, where
he attended the peace conference as
the delegate of the league to enforce
peace, which organization is headed
by former President William Howard
Taft.
j As the former Governor has been
in contact with the moving drama in
I Europe and has been intimately associated
with the great leaders there
'for two months, any utterance of his
jon international politics and his obj
serrations of world-conditions are not
'only interesting, but are of anvlitical
and authoratative worth.
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Interesting Story,
i Governor Manning speaks interestjingly
of his and Mrs. Manning's trip
i abroad and of the international pesonages
with whom he was associat-j
ed. He and Mrs. Manning sailed from:
!America on the Adriatic, March 22,1
and their trip across was in a fog
and rough, but no inconvenience was
suffered, he stated. They landed at
Liverpool and went to London by
train, thence to Southampton, where
they crossed the channel to Harve.
j From Harve they were taken by train
,t0 Paris. Returning the South Carojlinians
arrived at Halifax, Sunday,
May 24, reaching Sumter over the
Atlantic Coast Line Railway yesterday
morning at 11:20 o'clock. They
spent a few hours at Sumter and
went to Governor Manning's farm at
Boykin yesterday afternoon and they
spent today at the home of B. H.
Boykin, at Boykin. They were met at
the train yesterday by their son, Col.
W. M. Manning, of Columbia.
This is the most picturesque scenery
I have seen in sometime," said
the former Governor as he got off
the train. "I returned home a prouder'
a better and a more enthusiastic
American than when I went to Eujiope.
The old U. S. A. is good enough
'for me.*'
In Best of Health.
The ex-Governor and Mrs. Manning
appeared to be in the best of
i health and they both stated that they
jhad tin interesting and instructive
|time while in Europe. The former
Governor's first idea was to get into
cooler clothing, as he was wearing a
heavy winter suit, which was not|
(exactly conducive to bodily comfort, j
|Both he and Mrs. Manning wore!
(pins with six service stars, one of j
i which had turned to gold in memory j
iof Major William Sinklar Manning.;
| who was killed in the Argonne forj
est fight and whose body is buried
jon a hillside near where he fell. They
.visited his grave.
In dealing with the cotton question !
! the former Governor said that un-j
jdoubtedly the shelves of the world,
are bare of cotton goods, and that!
the raw staple is, next to food stuffs. '
the world's most badly needed mater-|
ial. He is firmly of the opinion that j
there is need of all the cotton the;
'South intends to raise and that this,
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together with the supply now on j
hand, will be consumed.
With the signing of the peace
treaty and the lifting of the block-ado, >
he said, the world markets will be |
open for the influx of cottongoods.
However, the taking of the
jstaple necessarily must be slow, he |
-stated. The ex-Governor pointed out
the deflation of the European tnon- j
etarv system, stating that the mark
which, normally, is worth about;
twenty cents is not rated at seven and
one-fourth cents, while the franc. |
which is about the same \ulue in
American money as that of the mark,'
is now exchanged at sixteen and two
20 cents is now rated at seven and
the resources of the warring conntries
have been depleted.
Must Kxtend Credits.
"I am not in favor of further government
loans," he said, "but 1 realize
that corporations will have to be
'formed In this country to export
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COUNTY NEWS
AND HAPPENINGS
NEWSY LETTERS BY REGULAR
CORRESPONDENTS.
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News Items of Interest to Hera)*
Readers, Ebb and Flow of the
Human Tide.
born.
Mrs. J. C. Blake and baby of Charlotte
are visiting Mrs. J. O. Rogers.
Mrs. Ruby Fort Carmiehael has
returned home from Richmond, Va.,
where she was operated on at Johnston-Willis
Sanatorium.
Mrs. B. F. Elvington and children
of Nichols spent last week with Mr.
Luther Carmiehael.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Rogers of Dillon
spent Sunday in town.
Ottie Carmiehael and Charlie
Britt have received their discharge
from the army and returned home
Hast week. Both have been in oversea
service in France since last fall.
Miss Ora Rogers, who has been
'teaching at Saluda, S. C., has returnied
home for her summer vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. John Bethea and children
of Hamer spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Bethea.
Mr. Martin McQueen spent last
[week with relatives near Rowland.
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Mallory.
A few days ago Mr. L. E. Smith
received the sad news that his brothjer
William B. Smith and his only son
| Berry had been drowned at their
hnmfi nBav'Vancde Pitv Vn rlptaile
have been obtained up to this time
but from recent letters describing
their near proximity to splendid fishing
and bathing places right on the
river it is supposed they must .have
been bathing when the accident resulted.
As Mr. Smith wa3 an excellent
swimmer it is supposed that the
danger to the child caused the father
to over tax his strength.
Mr. Smith was born and raised
in the Oak Grove community, and had
resided in Dillon at one time. He
was a man of pleasant, agreeable
(disposition and made friends easily
jand his friends and friends of his
.relatives here deeply regret the tragic
end. He is survived by his father,
mother and several brothers includling
Luther E. Smith who resides
here.
On Saturday afternoon as the Latta
Branch train was going from Clio
to Latta about half way between Mallory
and Latta while passing the farm
of Mr. L. E. Dew a small negro child
about four years of age was struck
in some way, completely severing
its legs. The child was taken to Flor
ence for treatment aL the hospital
but death resulted while on the way.
The child was the son of John Smith
and lived near the railroad but was
not in tlte habit of playing on the
track. Irhad a few minutes before
train time called for something
to eat. and then walked off. Its mother
went to look for it and found the
horribly mutilated body beside the
track. The train crew knew nothing
of the deplorable accident till they
got to Latta.
An election is to be held at some
date in the near future on the question
of bonding the school district
t0 raise funds to complete Dalcho1
School building. The district was
bonded a year or two ago to build j
the school house but the amount of
honds voted at that time was only I
about half enugh t0 build according
to the subsequent plans adopted by
the trustees, and the additional issue!
of bonds is asked, for to at range the,
indebtedness on the district incurred
by the erection of the present splen-|
did building and also to complete and !
equip it.
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Oak < J rove.
The Oak Grove School Improve-1
ment Asociation met at the school
building last Friday afternoon. Miss
Etta Sellers of Dillon, home demonstration
agent was present and pave
goods, and credits will have to be extended
on a larger scale than lure-'
tol'ore. Therefore, while all the cot
ton ultimately will be taken, we
must exercise patience an;l judgment
in feeding it to Europe. This must
be done slowly ami gradually. If
undertake to feed it fast, the market,
will be glutted and disaster will follow."
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TABLET TO LIEUT. JNO. DAVID
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i Will Be Unveiled at Citadel Square
Charleston on ,the 12th.
Dr. J. H. David, father of Lieut.
John D?avid, the first officer from the
state to fall in battle, has been notified
that a tablet erected by the fa-'
eulty and students of the Citadel to
the memory of Lieut. David, will be
unveiled on the 12th. Lieut. David
was a graduate of the Citadel and was '
also the fir$>t Citadel man to fall in
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action. Dr. David and family and a;
lnrire number of Lieut. David's rela
tives and friends will attend the unveiling
ceremonies.
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Miss Lticile Thompson Entertains.
Little Miss Lucile Thompson was
hostess to about 15 of her classmates
at her home near Dillon Friday afternoon
from 6 to 8 o'clock. A number
of interesting games were played
on the large green lawn surrounding
the pretty Thompson residence. The
little guests were served with peach
ice cream and cake. Before they left
Lucile presented each guest with a
favor?a dainty little basket filled
with mints. Those present were:
Odessa Bethea, Sarah Herring, Lutie
Bethea, Rebecca Field Hensleee Rachael
Lane, Mary Alice Hamer, Elizabeth
Blizzard, Christine Bethea. Allie
Hasty, Mary Neal Manning, Louise
! Holliday and Sheppard Thompson.
Mrs. L. A. Manning and Mrs. Thompson
assisted with the games. The little
guests wore dainty dresses of
pastel shades that made a pretty pic
ture.
several valuable demonstratiops in
cooking and canning.
Farm Demonstration Agent S. W.
Epps, of Latta was in the community
one day last week.
Prof. L. M. Bauknight, Superintendent
of the Latta schools, was in
this section for a short while one afternoon
last week.
Mr. L. E. Dew passed through here
last#Sautrday afternoon.
Shelton Hayes, son of Mr. John C.
Hayes, after an absence of several
years in the west and other sections
of the country, came home one day
[last week.
Mrs. E. B. Moore died last Monday
morning and was buried Tuesday
morning at Catfish Cemetery.
Mr. J. P. Hodges of Brownsville
iwas in this neighborhood Sunday afj
ternoon.
This circuit passed beyond its -al- j
lotment in the recent centenary drivei
bv several thousand dollars.
We had a fine rain here last Wednesday
afternoon and the crops are
jin a splendid growing condition,
i Nearly all crops seem to be consider:
ably in advance of what they were at
this time last year.
A movement is on foot to improve j
the road runinng through Mr. B. H. j
j Atkinson's place out to Kirby's Cross j
roads.
I A local weather prophet living nf xr
Shank's Cross predicts good weather j
for June. So mote it be.
The melon prospect is fine, not for '
market, however, but for home consumption
only. We shall try to re|
member you, too, Mr. Editor when
they come on. (Now don't forget this
promise Mr. Correspondent. A very I
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thirsty seasons begins about July 1st. ;
?The Editor.)
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Sellers.
M. R. M. Milliken and family were
in Sellers Sunday.
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Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bass of Columbia
spent the day in Sellers Sun-,
day.
Mrs. Cherry Watson who has been
an invalid for a number of years, has'
not been so well for the last week or
two.
Miss Kathleen Sellers is attending
commencement tit Columbia * onemthis
week.
Miss Jessie Smith is spending some,
time at Whiteville, X. C.
Several of our people are planning
to attend the Suite Sunday School
Convention litis week.
Mrs. A. T. Watson, Miss Flora and
Mr. Hoy t Watson also Mr. and Mrs.
Humphreys were at Antioch Sunday
afternoon.
Miss Eetta Sellers and Mrs. D. M.
Watson will attend the home demonstration
course at Winthrop College
this week and next.
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DECLARE GERMANY
CHI SIM SAY '1"
KAXTZAU SAYS HIXS DECLINE TO
AGREE LIKE CRIMINALS.
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Says He Will l)o What is Right
and Await the Result.
London, June 2?Count von Broekdorff-Rantzau,
when asked by a representative
of the European Press
Bureau whether he believed the German
counter proposals would lead to
negotiations, according to a Berlin
dispatch to the Wireless Press, -said
he had cured himself of the habit of
believing in such things. The chairman
of the delegation added:
"I will do what I think right and
await results.
"According to an article in the
Temps on Wednesday, our opponents
seem to assume that the German
counter proposals go beyond the limits
within which they wish to grant
us a discussion. If this article iriterprets
the view of our enemy leaders,
I hardly see any prospect of an understanding."
Asked whether he considered unbridgeable
the gulf between the Allied
demands and the German officers,
the count replied:
"This question itself is based on a
controversy of principles on which no
agreement can be reached. It is possible
to be of different opinions about
the resources of Germany, but there
exists no agreement about 'the ques
tion whether this nation is to do penance
as a criminaf or to fulfill obligations
as a party to the treaty.
"If in October, 1918, an avowal or
its sins had been laid before the German
nation for its acceptance instead
of a preliminary treaty regarding
the foundation of peace, it would have
continued to fight. At present Germany
can not fight any more, but
she can still say 'no,. "
After declaring that if he were in
the position of President Wilson, Premier
Clemenceau or Premier Lloyd
George he would be afraid of "assuming
an equality to God,'' Count v
von Brockdorff-Rantzau continued.
"At the moment when the moral
cloak of penal justice is removed
from the peace document, it becomes
bearable for Germany to a certain extent
that we, as the vanquished must
make sacrifices in power and goods.
We realize this but we decline to
agree like criminals to our removal
into a second-class position among
the nations.
"There is in the draft an astonishing
amount of mental work which
could be used usefully if the stipulations
which were formulated in the
most blunt one-sidedness in favor of
our opponents, were to change to a
point,of view which would correspond
with a peace of justice. It is true
that such a work would possess manybones
of contention which would have
to be done away with in some other
manner but the first condition for
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the establishment of a peace of understanding
would have been fulfilled
by it."
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Clean-Up Week.
This week and the next, if necessary,
will be devoted by the ladies of
the Civic Improvement # Association
to helping clean the streets of our
town. A committee has been out each
day this week with the town wagons,
superintending the work. The scarcity
of labor makes it impossible to weed
and rake as we go, but if everybody^
will have the sidewalks in front df
their homes cleaned, it will make a
great improvement in the looks of
/mi,, Tf n-o ho'-o nvprlnnked anv
trash that has been taked and piled
please phone nie and I will notify the
committee to have the wagons call
for it.
Also, please burn all paper on your
premises. Nothing spoils tlie looks of
a street more than paper scattered all
along it. The men on the town wagons
do not stop and rake >U> paper
as they go and what they do empty
from your trash boxes is usually scattered
along the streets out of the
wagons.
V'lMiiiiiii irrjj iiiru ??t?
work on the two railroad depot plots,
the court house grounds, the vacant
lots of the town and the cemetery.
Clean-up weeks will be followed by
an inspection of all back yard premises
by the Chief of Police.
MRS. JOE P. LANE, Pres.