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ESTABLISHED 1894. THE DILLON HERALD, DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, HORNING, .JULY'S!, 1919. VOL. 23. NO. 47
CHICAGO RACE RIOT
BREAKS OUT AFRESH
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SEVEN PERSONS KILL Kb; MORE1
THAN FORTY WOUNDED.
Four Regiments of National Guar dsmen
Being Mobilized to
Quell Disturbance.
Chicago, July 28?Seven persons
are known to have been killed and
more than two score wounded, many
of them seriously, in a renewal of,
race riots in the Chicago "black belt'' I
tonight.
For more than five hours the fivemile
area on the south side was a
battle ground of scattered fights between
whites and blacks and between
policemen and negroes, who fired
from house tops, fro mdark alleys and
other points of vantage.
Troops Mobilizing.
The call for troops to quell the outbreaks
resulted in four regiments of
National Guardsmen being mobilized,
but at a late hour tonight they had I
not been sent to the disturbed dis-1
trict and Chief of Police Garrity expressed
the belief that the worst of
the disorder had passed.
Five of the dead are negroes and,
two are whites.
The wounded in most oases weres
hurried to hospitals, after which they |
were removed to their homes when
conditions permitted.
There was no concerted battle,
Chief of Police Garrity, at a late hour,
said that it was impossible to make
an exact estimate of the casualties
because of the contradictory reports.
SfnnPii anil Knives.
The riots which started yesterday
on the south side beaches were renewed
when negro laborers began
leaving the big industrial plants and
by dusk more than a score of outbreaks
had occurred. Whites began
.dragging negroes from street cars; ,
the negroes retaliated with stones and ]
knives. Street cars in the heart of
the "black belt" were tied up and ,
the windows smashed.
A "flying squadron" of blacks (
mounted a touring car and, riding at ,
full speed through the section, sent
a volley of shots at a group of whites.
One white woman was injured, but
not fatally. The negroes were overtaken
and placed under arrest.
Shortly afterwards a mob of several
hundred blacks formed at Thirty-fifth <
street and began stoning a policeman.
^ Gun fire was opened and four of the ;
Ply negroes fell, all mortally wounded ,
A whit? man in the same neighbor- t
*" f hood was dragged from a truck and
utaKhorl t. ripflth.
A negM) chauffeur was killed by
whites a lew minutes later in the <
same block.
Several arrests were made but ,
where the rioters were found to be
unarmed they were released. ,
Stores Looted.
Negroes began looting stores of j'
whites in one district shortly after,1
the firing of revolvers by a squad of I1
pcnicemen in an effort to break up the |(
fight.
The police soon emptied their guns,
but the looting continued until a
special squad of police, armed with
rifles arrived. They fired low felling i
half a dozen blacks.
A white woman was pulled from a
street car by a negro. He was soon!)
lying against the curb where angiyj
white men left him for dead. j1
Charged With Razors. I1
Groups of blacks formed in football 1
fashion and charged against white)
with razors and clubs. On one coiner '
the scene was like a miniature battle
ground. Unconscious negroes ujidji
whites dotted the street. u
While the main battles were in pro-; 1
gress women, blacks and whites, j<
battled away in front yards with j:
brooms and missiles. In one of these)
fights a white woman was knocked
unconscious and taken to a hospital, j
Negroes Aid Police.
In the fracas 011 34th street negroes |(
knocked two policemen unconscious <
and were drawing pistols when a
group of discharged negro soldiers
came to the rescue of the police. It ,
another battle three policemen were
shot. One may die.
Tn an effort to nrevent trucks hear-I
ing policemen from one section to
another the negroes began cutting 1
tires.
The blacks began firing on street
car conductors and motormen when
they refused to allow negro pas3en-|
gers to board their cars because of
threats made by white passengers.'(
One conductor was reported to have
been shot in the leg.
Procession of Injured.
? A number of wounded negroes crept
into alleys and other dark places.
When they were found they were hurried
to a negro hospital, which for.
several hours received a vitual pro-,
cession of injured.
Tl\e more seriously wounded ne
groes received at the hospital bad,
^ participated in a battle with whites
on Thirty-fift.. and State streets. Sev\
eral thousand of- the blacks crowded
at this point. It was an orderly gath-i
ering for a time, but suddenly four
negroes raced up the street and 1
stopped suddenly in the home of a,
white man. In a twinkling shots be-!
can in flv in oil (iiroptinns PprhanS
more than a score of negroes fell, j
Some were carried off by companions.
For more than two blocks along
the street negro snipers fired from
house tops and windows.
Orders to Troops.
Springfield, Ills. July 28?Acting
Governor Oglesby tonight on receipt i
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REP. J. \V. RAGSDALE
DIES SUDDENLY
Prominent in House Affairs During
the Six Years of His Service at
Washington.
Washington, July 23?Washington!
was shocked this afternoon to learn j
of the sudden death of Representa-'
tive J. Willard Ragsdale, of the Sixth
South Carolina District, who had become
well known and popular here
during his six years of congressional
service. None of.the Congressman's
friends at the Capitol knew anything!
about his being in precarious health, I
as he had been attending to business
actively as usual and was the picture
of robust manhood. Both the House
of Representatives and the Senate
QHinurnoA tHio oftornnnn nil* nf rp
UUJVU1MVU V.4.Q M4%v.?ww.. w ?V ~
spect to the South Carolinan's memory,
the resolution in the House being
offered by Representative James
F. Byrnes and that in the Senate by
Senator E. D. Smith.
The death of Mr. Ragsdale occurred
at the offices of Dr. Dorman, a
prominent Washington physician. He
had gone t0 Dr. Dorman's offices to
keep an appointment with Dr. Arthur
B. Hooe, whom he had consulted several
days ago in regard to the condition
of his heart.
Dr. Dorman and Dr. Hooe hastily
summoned a third physician when
they found that Congressman Rags-j
dale was in a condition of collapse, j
The three doctors worked with all
their might to resuscitate him, using
the most powerful emergency measures
but without avail. Dr. Hooe said
that death was due to acute dilation
of the heart. .
Knew the End Was%Near.
Evidently the patient knew the end
was near, for he turned to Dr. Dorman
and asked the physician to hold
his hand. Dr. Dorman complied and in
a few minutes the Member of Congress
had died. He was lying on a
couch in the office when the end
came.
Dr. Hooe at once tried to get into
communication with Mrs. Ragsdale
but learned she was in South Carolina.
He then called up the Representatives
office.
Several weeks ago Mr. Ragsdale
complained of nasal trouble and decided
to consul a nose specialist. He
had received several treatments and
shortly before going to the doctor today
he told Representative Byrnes of
South Carolina that he had been great
ly benefited by the treatment.
Dr. Dorman requested, because of
the fact that Mr. Ragsdale had died
in his office, that the coroner have
an autopsy held on the body. This was
lone and the report showed that acute
dilation of the heart, complicated with
serious affection of the kidneys, had
Deen me cause or aeaiu. rsu aumuie-!
tic was administered t0 Mr. Ragsdale |
and there was no connection between
his visit to Dr. Dorman's office today
and the previous treatment which he,
had undergone from another phvsi-|
cian for the slight nasal trouble which
had been mentioned to his friends, j
There was an unfortunate rumor this
afternoon that the South Carolina had ;
died while under the influence of an,
anesthetic during an operation on his i
nose.
Began Service in Sixty-third Congress.
. Representative Ragsdale came to ;
the Sixty-third Congress. He married
the daughter of the late Dr. W. S.
Joynes, long a member of the faculty
of the University of South Carolina i
Before entering Congress he practic-j
ed law in Florence. S. C., his home'
city and was president of the bank'
there. Besides his wife Mr. Ragsdale1
is survived by two children, a boy|
and a girl.
Mr. Ragsdale had been prominent;
In the debates of the House and was;
a niemb'-i of the-District of Columbia
commltteee, the committee on for-1
eign affairs and the industrial arts,
and expositions committee.
Mr. Ragsdale was born in Timmons-'
ville, S. C., forty-seven years ago. He'
was educated at the University of j
C o ?*a1 5 n n onJ uroc Q momhpp nf
OU UUl vaiuuaa any TT HO w ? .
the South Carolina Legislature and
Senate before coming to Congress.
The funeral party will leave here
for Florence at 9 o'clock tomorrow.
The House committee to attend the
funeral will be composed of the six
South Carolina members of the House
and nine others yet to be designated
and the Senate committee will include
Senators Smith and Dial of South Carolina,
Ashurst of Arizona, Beckham of
Kentucky, Harrison of Mississippi,
Ferald of Maine, Sterling of South
Dakota, Spencer of Missouri, Sutherland
of West Virgina and McHary of
Oregon.
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A Sad Death.
Mrs. Alice Coleman Baxley passed
away at her home Tuesday p. m.,
July 15. She had been in bad health
for the past year but had not been
confined to her bed until about two
weeks ago. Her body was carried to
Cat Fish church cemetery.
Besides her brothers and sisters
she leaves a husband, Willie Baxley,
and three boys; Harvey of the navy,
Percy and Roy and one girl, Eva.
She was 44 years of age. She was a
christian and was loved by all who
knew her.
of Mayor Thompson's appeal for Stale
troops, placed Adjt. Gen. Dickson,
now in Chicago, in complete charge of
the riot and ordered four regiments
mobilized ready for duty and the'
Third Illinois reserve militia to active
duty immediately.
ISSUES WARNING AS ,
TO IYFLUEXZA.
Health Officer liner Citizens to Take
Precautions.
The State:
If influenza runs true to form,
South Carolina may expect another
invasion of the disease this fall and
winter in the opinion of Dr. James A.
Havne, State health officer.
The disease is even now widely scattered
over the State. A few cases have
been reported t0 the State health department
during practically every
month since last October \yhen it was
raging over the whole state. In June
tttaca ui iiiiiuvii^a nuc icyui icu
by physicians. It is probable that
there were many cases not reported,
Dr. Hayne said yesterday.
"The history of other epidemics of
influenza is that it continues for two
or three years with a gradually lessening
virulence each year. I do not
fear an extensive epidemic this fall,
but there will likely be sporadic outbreaks
over the State. In order to
keep the disease from spreading, persons
who contract it should avoid
places where they may come in contact
with others, and persons who
have not contracted it should keep
strictly away from those affected. Persons
ill with the influenza should remember
that it is an insidious disease,
and when they become ill with it they
should go t0 bed and remain there
five days after the fever has left them.
With all the people of the State carefuly
conserving their health and taking
no needless risks, I hope the disease
can be held in check this winter.''
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Tnnirr AP VITIAVC
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WILL BE RATIFIED
A. W. McLean Says Republicans Are
On the Run and Trying to Save
Their Faces?President Wilson In
Fine Shape Physically.
That the Republican opponents of
the league of nations are on the run
and are hunting for a way to save
their faces and come into camp is the
general opinion in Washington, according
to Mr. A. W. McLean, member
of the War Finance board, who
left yesterday for Washington after
spending two days at his home here.
Mr. McLean thinks that the league
will be ratified by the Senate, but
that possibly that will not be done
under five or six weeks.
President Wilson is looking better,
Mr McLean says, than usual in
fact appears t0 be in much better
physical condition than he was before
going to Europe. The idea
seems to have gotten abroad that the
President returned from Europe all
fagged out and perhaps on the verge
of physical collapse, and Mr. McLean
says he had that Idea before coming
into close contact with him several
times recently.
Republican Senators opposing the
league of nations took the plunge before
they realized the sentiment of
the country in favor of it. Mr. McLean
thinks, and now that they realize
how strong that sentiment is they
realize they have made -a mistake.
Former Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo told Mr. McLean the other
day that he found overwhelming
sentiment in favor of the league
among the enormous crowds from
all sections of the country that he I
met at the Methodist Centenary cele-j
braion at Columbus, 0., recently.
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RACE ROITS IX CHICAGO.
Two Reported Drowned, One Fatally
Wounded and a Number Injured in
Series of Riots in Negro District.
A series of riots in the negro dis-,
tricts late Sundav reunited in thel
drowning of one negro, the reported
drowning of a white man, probable
fatal injury to another negro, the
wounding of a policeman and injury
to a score of whites and blacks by
bullets or missiles.
Police tonight said they had the'
situation well in hand.
The trouble started at the 29th j
street beach, where whites and blacks'
are segregated and soon spread to
State street, the main thoroughfare;
in the heart of the negro district,
which exends about five miles.
Shooting started near the beach.
There was also some shooting in the
vicinity of State street.
Although ill feeling between whites
and blacks on the south side has extended
over a period of months, emphasized
by bomb explosions, some
shooting and numerous fights, today's
riots seem to have had their start in 1
petty quarreling at the beach. Reports
that negroes wandered across
the dividing line to the white section,
of the beach and that whites amused
themselves by throwing small stones |
at negro bathers, appeared the most;
plausible cause. Soon after the fightInn*
f to n/1 n nOfrTA f lorl nil r_
!?*?, oiai icu a uvgtu itvu, j/ui
sued by a number of whites.
He took shelter behind a building
and began shooting at a policeman
who had joined the pursuit and who
returned the fire. The negr0 finally,
surrendered.
During the fight one negro was
probably fatally wounded.
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Services at the Methodist Church. I
Main street Methodist church, Dr.!
Watson B. Duncan, Pastor. Sunday!
sehonl nt 10 a m_ Mr. W. Harrvi
Muller, superintendent. Preaching at
11a. m. and 8:45 p. in. by the pastor.
Morning subject: "Cleansing the
Temple.'' Evening subject: " The
Unrecognized Christ." Prayer service
on Wednesday at 8:45 p. ni. Public
cordially invited to all services.
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jGERMAN MILLS ARE
READY FOR COTTON.
'('an Consume 1,000,(MM) Rules, Says
Erwin Thompson.
Washington, July 28?German cot i
ton mills with 10,000,000 spindles, es-j
. Unrated as still suitable for operation
Jean consume about 1,000,000 bales of
cotton during the next year, if means,
| are found to finance the movement1
of the commodity from the United j
; States, said a report by Erwin W.'
Thompson, commercial attache of the
bureau of foreign and domestic com-,
merce, made public today.
Mr. Erwin outlined a plan by which
!JL>anisn ana utiicn traaers may De
furnished cotton for rcsuie to Germany
and allowed to assume a part of
the risk. Out of 4,067,018 bales of
cotton on storage in the United States
on June 30, he estimated a very large
preparation was classified in the lower
grades which are especially suitable
for German mills.
Need Lower Grades.
"At this time the German mills
should be eager buyers for the lowest
grades," Mr. Erwin's report said,
| pointing out that during the war they,
have been operating on wastes, shod- j
jdy, nettle fibre and paper, owing to,
! the pressure of the blockade.
[ "Cotton experts are agreed that,
j the cotton in public storehouses in!
; the United tates is of the lower
grades, is the most desired by these!
mills."
Declaring that the problem for the
American producers and holders of |
cotton was to find a way to offer j
large assorted stocks of cotton to German
spinners, and at the same time1
be secured for the value of their prop-j
erty, Mr. Erwia said that warehouses |
in Rotterdam, Holland, yere nowj
available for handling such a trade, j
Could l-inance it. i
"Several strong trading companies :
in Rotterdam are in a position to handle
and finance cotton into Germany
as fast as they can consume it," he !
said. 'Matters can be so arranged
! with them that American bankers can 1
finance the cotton in any amount into <
safe warehouses in Holland and the
Hollanders can arrange their own
credits for delivery to German spin- I
ners in lots to suit their weekly or
monthly requirements.
"Owjng t0 great labor troubles at
the moment, it would be hard to start .
up spinning at full capacity, even if
the cotton were on the spot, but it is 1
estimated in a few months after the
cotton arrives the mills could use 40,000
bales e month.
Danish traders are willing also to ;
resume handing cotton into Russia
and would also stand willing to join in
supplying Germany.
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DISTRICT COMMITTEES NAMED. 1
Chairman David Names Cotton As- :
sociation Committees for Various
Townships.
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Below is a list of the school dis- 1
trict committees named by Chairman,1
| J. H. David who will attend as del-, 1
legates from this county the meeting,*
of the South Carolina Cotton Asso-M
ciation to be held at Columbia August j!
6th at 12 o'clock. The meeting is i1
called bv Gov. Cooper:
School District No. 1:P. C. Dew,
J. W. Haselden, J. F. Dew.
School District No. 2: D. L. MInns,
Duncan McLaurin, Jr., Lock W. 1
Mclnnis.
School District No. 3: Tom Carter, , <
D. P. Cox, J. S. McCall.
School District No. 4: L. A. Man- '
ning, Sr., J. W. Hamer, H. M. Rog- j1
ers. ' i;
^nhnnl Hiefrinf Ma T WT ill'
J. J. Andrews, W. B. Horton.
School District No. 6: P. L. Bethea, j
Clarence McLaurin, W. W. Evans. i
School District No. 7: S. W. Thorn- j
as, W. C. Lane, F. C. Rogers.
School District No. 8: J. S. Thompson,
J. B. Gibson, J. R. Regan.
School District No. 9: L. B. Rogers,
F. L. Bethea, Z. A. Ellen.
School District No. 10: J. P. Rogers,
L. B. Campbell, J. R. Taylor.
School District No. 11: J. F. Berry,
W. B. Stelle, J. A. McLeod.
School District No. 12: D. A. McCallum,
A. J. Carmichael, Will Sim
Campbell.
School District No. 13: R. S. Rogers,
R. M. Oliver, J. C. Adams.
School District No. 14: Barney Arnett,
Hiniard Rogers, L. G. Miller. ]
School District No. 15: I. H. McKenzie,
E. P. Wiggins, T. J. Walker.
School District No. 16: Parker Bar- field,
C. W. Moody, M. E. Hayes.
School District No. 17: A. A. Campbell,
T. T. Moody, A. T. Stephens.
School District No. 18: T. B. Herring,
Andri Wilkinson, J. A. Dove.
School District No. 19: Murray
Hayes, J. H. Stackhouse, W. T. Tur- ]
beville.
School District No. 20: L. A. Man
ning, jr., e k. jtneroe, vv. ru.r- ]
ham.
School District No. 21: W. E. Allen,
John C. Allen, L. N. Hatchell. y
School District No. 22: J. S. Fair,
H. T. Hartly, Berry Lundy.
School District No. 23: R. T. Renfro,
E. T. Ayers, P. G. Ayers.
School District No. 24: J. D. Ray,
G. R. Hayes, Murray McKenzie.
School District No. 25: E. V. <
Moody, W. M. Arnett, J. W. Burns.
School District No. 26: D. R. Roberts,
L. K. Bethea, N. J. Rogers.
School District No. 27: S. L. Watson,
L. F. Jernigan, W. M. Rogers.
School District No. 28: D. G. Man-t
ship, E. B. Berry, Jr., C. E. Haselden.j.
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Miss Mamie McLees has as herjf
guest lier mother, Mrs. J. T. Mc- t
Lees and sister, Miss Lucia McLee of j i
Greenwood. 'I
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TO TRY TO ADVANCE 1 I
PRICES OP TOBACCO.
Strong Organization Formed in Pee
Dee District?Harris Asks Cooperation.
Commissioner Harris is very much >
interested iu the efforts of the tobacco
growers to perfect an organization
somewhat along the lines of the ,
American Cotton Association. Mr. '
Harris was invited to attend and to
preside over .the convention held in
Florence recently and he was unable
to go as he was in Atlanta assisting in
getting the American Cotton Associa- j
tion going in South Carolina, but he (
sent his earnest wishes for success
tinH vi* q c rmronn oll\r ronrocontnrl 1 n .
**1*V4 " Mil i/vioviittllj 1U llig 1
meeting. I
There were 17 counties represented;
and something over 100 delegates at
the Florence meeting and Mr. Harris
thinks that a splendid organization
was set up. The officers placed at the
head of the campaign are active and
intelligent men.
For 25 years Mr. Harris has been
working to get the farmers to cooperate,
particularly with reference to
the planting and selling of cotton,
and he thinks that tobacco is now important
enough in the value of the
annual crop in this state for the producers
to have a self protective organization.
He urges the tobacco
growers not to be too easily mollified
with an increase in prices on the
highest grades, but to insist upon fair
prices for the lower grades as well.
It is the general average price that
will make the crop worth while or t
will cause it to become an actual ex- c
pense to the producer. The officers se- 1
lected at the meeting in Florence are: t
President, W. H. Keith, Timmons- R
ville; vice presidents, D. D. Rhem of c
Rhems, N. A. McMillan of Mullins, c
and Ashton H. Williams of Lake City; J
secretary and treasurer, Mason C. <'
Brunson, of Florence. t
Colonel Keith is an active young t
farmer and businessman of Timmons- f
ville and one of the leading citizens f
of the Pee Dee. Mason C. Bruson is b
editor and Publisher of the Florence n
Daily Times. e
The above named officers with the e
following, one from each county, com- a
pose the executive committee; Dr. J. s
H. David of Dillon; T. L. Smith of n
Marion; J. M. Meares of Horry; J. J
Armstrong Howard, Darlington; R. E. S
Currin Florence; S. B. Poston, Wil- ^
liamsburg; W. H. Andrews Georgetown;
O. S. McFadden, Clarendon; E. d
W. Dabbs Sumter; Russell Williams, v
Berkeley; R. M. Jenkins iVe; D. P. E
Douglas Chesterfield; L. A. Walker J
Dorchester. There is no representa- J
tion from Charleston, Richland, Lex- t
ington and other counties which grow S
tobacco, but have no markets within o
those counties. 0
Mr. Harris points out that while it r
is as strong an org? ization as could r
have been perfected for South Caro- S
lina, it is not capable of 100 per cent. I
of effectiveness unless it cooperates n
with similar organizations in other J"
tates, and he suggests that if the t o- ii
bacc0 growers in North Carolina and t<
other states are not now organized, *
the South Carolina growers should ti
see to it that an inter-State organiza- v
Lion is perfected at once. P
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Copy of Will Senator Tillman. o
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A copy of the will of the late Sen- c
itor Ben Tillman, of South Carolina 1
Una, was filed here yesterday in the V
jounty clerk's office as some of the i'
property named in the will is located g
tiere. A copy of the appointment of j P
the Senator's son, B. R. Tillman, Jr., q
is executor was also filed. v
The property at the comer of tj
Broad and Eleventh streets now fc
torQs, President W. J. McGlothin of V
occupied by the Augusta Vulcanizing P
Company is given in the will t0 Mrs. c
Lona Tillman Moore, the senator's *
laughter. The other property, all located
in South Carolina, is divided be- c
tween the widow and children. tl
The will provides that the children b
shall provide for an old and faithful *
servant of the family gives busts of b
:he famous South Carolian to to Clem- t<
son College and to Winthrop College d
ind leaves a part of his magnificent
ibrary to the grandchildren.?Augus- si
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It Isn't Your Town, It's You
[f you want to live in the kind of ?
town T
Like the kind of town you like, q
Fou needn't slip your clothes in a ,
eriD
And start on a long, long hike, *
ifou'll only find what you've left behind,
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For there's nothing that's really ^
new, j[t's
a knock at yourself when you ^
knock your town, rj
It isn't the town, it's you! q
ileal towns are not made by men g
afraid g
Lest somebody else gets ahead,
IVhen everyone works and nobody ,,
shirks j'
You can raise a town from the r,
dead. F
\nd, if, while you make your personal g
stake, R
ifour neighbors can make one, too,
ifour town will be, what you want to ~
see. is
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NichoIson-MoLuurin. ai
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Mullins Enterprise: li
Invitations are out announcing the s<
narriage of Mr. Hugh MeLanirin, of o
""tin t? Miss Minnio Elizaheth Nich-lb
?lson, of Mullins. The marriage will j ft
ake place at nine o'clock on Wed-jbi
lesdav evening, July 30, at Miller's] tl
tlethodist Church. Miss Nicholson j fi
Mir NEWS 1 J
AND HAPPENINGS
Views Y LETTERS 1IY REGULAR
CORRESPONDENTS.
Vews Items of Interest to Herald
Readers Ebb and Flow of the '
Human Tide.
Fork.
Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Carinichael of
3erkeley, Va.( are visiting Mrs. Annie
Carinichael.
Mr. and Mrs. M. K. Fort and rs.
tuby Fort Carinichael spent Saturday
n Rowland.
Miss Ora Rogers spent last week in
Jmithsboro with Mrs. Foster Rogers.
Miss Nannie Belle Taylor of Vir;inia
is spending a few days with her
brother, Mr. C. E. Taylor.
Miss Lucile Bethea has returned
roni an extended visit to Greensboro.
.
Mr. D. A. Goodwin of Centenary,
i. C.. spent the week end here with
riends. ..-J
Mrs. Mary Rogers spent last week
;t Nichols with her daughter, Mrs.
21i Jones.
Mrs. Jane Thompson of Lake View
s visiting relatives here. '
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Allen-Hodges
On Thursday afternoon at four
hirty o'clock at the First Baptist
hurch a wedding of much interest
ocally and t0 friends all over the
he state took place when. Miss Belle
IcKenzie Allen and Mr. Charles Pery
Hodges, Jr., were married, the
eremony being performed by Rev.
oel I. Allen, father of the bride. The
hurch was beautifully decorated for
he occasion, pink and green being
he color scheme used. Ferns, cut
lowers and festons of old English ivy
ormed a lovely background for the
ridal party. Preceeding the cerenony
a musical program was renderA
Vf<nn rTT-u? - * rv
u. iTiias ocsaie nuiutu ui W?K.e rwst,
N. C. played Chapins' "Nosturne
nd this was followed by two vocal
olos "Until and "At Dawning" charaingly
sung by Miss Mary Hunter of
larion accompanied at the piano by
liss Julia Quattlebaum of Columbia,
fho also played the wedding march.
To the strains of Lohengrin's wedling
march came little Ruth Rachael
rho opened the gate for the bridai
art; then the ushers: Joel I. Allen,
r., H. E. McLeod, Jack Green and
ohn Carlile. Following these were
he two bridesmaids, Misses Essie
imith and Henrietta Hodges, sister
f the groom, wearing lovely dresses
f white organdy with white transpaent
hats and carrying pink Killarney
oses and fern. After these came the
roomsmen, Kenneth Hodges and
'hillip Hodges. Next entered the two
tatrons of honor, Mrs. William Meritt
Allen and Mrs. Ransom Williams
i orchid organdy with maline hats
o match and carrying bouquets of
Lillarney roses. Miss Ruth Allen, sis
er or ine Driae and maici or nonor
tore an especially lovely dress of
ink organdy with hat of pink nialine
nd silver lace and carried a bouquet
f pink Russell roses. Preceding the ,
ride was little Catherine Paschal,
arrying the ring on a silver tray,
"he bride entered with her brother
William Merritt Allen.. She was lovely
a her exquisite gown of flosh Georette
with hat of orchid maline and
oint lace and carried a shower bouet
of brides roses and lilies of the
alley. She was met at the altar by
he groom and his best man, William
[odges. During the ceremony "To a
Vild Rose" was softly played on the
iano and the bridal party left the
hurch to the strains of Mendlerrhons
redding march.
After the ceremony an informal reeption
was given the bridal party at
he home of the brides parents. The
ride presided at the cutting of the
redding cake and the ring was cot
y Miss Ada Guthrie while the but3ii
went to Phillip Hodges and the
ime to Miss Bessie Holden.
Mr. and Mrs. Hodges left or? the
Ix-thirty train for a honeymoon in
ie mountains of North Carolina and
n their return will make their home
ear Brownsville.
The bride is the youngest danghter
f Rev. and Mrs. Joel I. Allen and is
charming and lovable young woman,
he groom is the son of Mr. end Mrs.
harles P. Hodges of BrownsvilJ*. He
as recently been discharged from the
rmy and is now engaged in business
ith his father near Brownsville.
Out of town guests at the weddiog
nln/ln/) \f laooo Phccio UaMaR nf
/ake Forest, N. C., Essie Smith of
[ullins, Julia Cottingham of Columia,
Mary Hunter of Marion, Henietta
Hodges of Brownsville, Ada
uthrie of Burlington, N. C., Phillip
[odges and Kenneth H odges of
rownsville, William Hodge.-, of Petrsburg,
Va., H. E. McLeod. John Carle
and Jack Green of Bonnet tsville.
oel I. Allen, Jr., and little Misses
uth and Cathrine Paschal of Wake
orest, N. C., Mr. and Mrs. C. P.
[odges of Brownsville, Mr. and Mrs.
. J. Williams of Mnllics.
i the attractive and very nonuiar
aughter of Mrs. Annie Nlcholsan,
nd numbers her friends 1?\ the
:ore. She has been engaged in inilnery
in North Carolina for the past
iveral years. The groom to be is
ne of Clio's popular and pi-e.g-assive
usiness men who lias considerable
irmiug interests throughout ..iarl
oro County. The couple will uiake
leir home in Clio after returning
om a wedding tour.
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