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Watch Label on Your Paper / 4 I 1^, -A A-1 % I i I ^ The Date on the Label is the gruB* vlUlu IJfFntUL sa" "cESTABLISHED 1894. THE DILLON HERALD, DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MORNING, AUGUST 21, 1919. VOL. 23. NO. 50. 1 ? > # yOTEilS HEAR CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESSi LARGE AUDIENCE GAVE CANDI-[i DATES ATTENTIVE HEARING. i! \> \\ ere in Good Humor and Asit]^ for (i a Few Jokes Made No Refer- |j ence t0 Each Oother. j] A fairly good size crowd of Dillon county voters met the candidates for ! congress at the court house Monday morning and gave them an attentive and respectful hearing. The candi- . dates were in a good humor and it was not long before the audience j caught the same spirit and the meet-1 ing was pleasant and harmonious < throughout. Each candidate at the j conclusion of his speech was given ap- , plause and so far as outward appearance went it would be difficult to tell which of the six candidates for con- . gressional honors made the best impression on the audience. jt There are six candidates in the race i ( and each candidate was given 20 min- t utes in which to present his claims to's the audience. In discussing ^national < issues the speeches were practically along the same lines and did not vary ? unless one candidate told a joke at the ? expense of one of his opponents. \11 t the speches, however, were pitched on ? a high plan and not a single remark, |t even in references to each other's can- j j didacy, could be construed as reflecting in any manner whatsoever on the one at whom the remark was directed. The first speaker was W. F: Stackhouse who touched on a number of national issues which held the close attention of the audience. Mr. Stackhouse said that he could not enter into a thorough discussion of the issues in the limited time at his disposal. He was strongly in favor of draining the creeks and swamps and improving the farming lands in the district, and if elected would use his best efforts to get federal aid to carry out drainage projects. He emphasised the importance, in the interest of economy, of adopting a budget system in the expenditure of public j funds. He referred to and deplored the tendency of the times interfere with state's rights and upheld the Jim Crow car law. Mr. Stackhouse said if the people elected him to congress that hewould close up his law office and devote his entire time to his duties in Washington. He said there was some criticism of him on account of his opposition to the forina< tion of Dillon county. He said his ? . opposition wae based on the convic- ^ tion at the time that two counties c st/Milsl r\r\i Ko run o c nhOQnl v qo nnP i VVUiU UVV WV * UU MO VMVWJ/.J V?u WMVt lg "You licked us," said Mr. Stackhouse |c "and we took it gracefully. We might |have tied you up iu the courts, but * you won in a fair and square fight a and that ended the matter so far as I , was concerned." Although the two ^ counties are divided by geographical s lines, they still have much in com- v inon, and believed that all fair-minded men had long since forgotten the v issues between us at that time and ^ would not try to revive and drag them * into this race. Mr. Stackhouse closed v with an earnest plea for the people toj remain un ted. and stated that if Dil-]c Ion had put out a candidate he would |j have been one of the first to ask hisjt people to show to the world that old issues were dead and buried beyond | r resurrection by voting for a Dillon t candidate. Mr. Stackhouse was liberal- a ly applauded a* the close of his re- j marks. ^ P. H. Stoll, of Williamsburg, for t many years solicitor of his district and | j a major in the late war, said all the I ^ candidates stood on the same platform |a as to national issues and he would' not enter into a discussion of those t issues. He told a good joke, and thenjj devoted the most of his time to a r vigorous defense of the south, show-j ing how the southern farmer had been i discriminated aga ust in the halls ofp legislation. He saiu he was a southern :C democrat and if sent to congress * would remain a southern democrat, j. He said the time had come to get rid of "isms'' and get down to business.;1 He urged the farmer to organize and j insist upon his rights. He said he was; charged with going over to Florence!1 and trying to break up the soldier's c Uo V, ? A i A r,r. in 1 t ui gaiu&aiiuii. lie aaiu nc v&ivi gu w tbe Florence meeting and did oppose the forming of a soldier's organization if the negro had to have a voice in it. He said it should be white man's organization and that it would be un-; wise to try to have an organization composed of both races. He was; heartily in favor of a soldier's organization if it was composed of white, men alone. Mr. Stoll made a clear- j cut, business-like speech and was applauded when he closed. J. J. Evans of Marlboro reviewed his record in the house and senate' as a representative and senator front I Marlboro. He said he had served his people to the best of his ability and declined re-election. Mr. Evans is a ^ member of the board of trustees of 1 Clentson College. He urged farmers * to take advantage of the present op- 1 portunity to organize tor tneir own protection, and promised, if elected, 1 to do all he could to assist the farm- 1 er in getting a f-air return for his ' labor. He said he had been raised on * a farm and felt that he knew how ' the farmer had been discriminated ' ogainst by those who fattened on the1 fruits of his toil. Mr. Evans said they a were all democrats and were practi- t cally agreed on national issues, but < he favored a system of drainage fos- f tered by federal aid, the education of i Hail Storm Monday. . . 3 ^ 1 Dillon and vicinity were visited by; a hail storm Monday afternoon, but the hail stones were small and very little, if any, damage was done. The cloud came up f^om the west and was accompanied by a heavy wind. So far : as can be learned the storm did not cover a very wide area. Hail at this season of the year is unusual, but the Dutch weather prophet said last spring that we would have unusual seasons this year and it seems that his predictions are coming true. o Sendees at the Methodist Church. Main street Methodist church, Dr.' Watson B. Duncan, Pastor. Sunday school at 10 a. m., Mr. W. Harry Mul-j er, superintendent. Preaching at 11 [ i. m. by Rev. W. C. Owen, Sunday! school Field Secretary of the South ! Carolina Conference. No evening service. Public cordially invited to all services. ' ;he masses and federal aid for the I levelopment of the agricultural imprests of the south. Mr. Evans told j several jokes on his opponents and I ilosed with applause. J. W. LeGrand also of Marlboro said he was born in North Carolina ind was a South Carolinian by adopion. He had married a Marlboro lady! tnd owned a small farm near Ben-1 lettsville. He educated himself, stud-j ed law and was admitted to the; ^Jorth Carolina bar. He w'as quite ac-J ive in war work in his county, but elt that he did only his duty and1 vas not asking suppor$ on the | strength of his war work. Mr. LeJrand launched into a vigorous at- j ack on the profiteers and said that! my man wh0 took advantage of war! :onaittons or conaiuons iuuowuig me; :lose of the war and profited on the: uffering of the people should be put j n jail. He strongly condemned1 toarding and hoped the government] vould succeed in rounding up the! ood hoarders and put them behind1 he bars. He said if elected he would 1 >ut his heart and ^oul into any move-1 nent that would assist the farmer in ! jetting a legitimate profit on his cot-1 on. He favored liberal appropriations' or the education of the masses and f the people sent him to congress he rould get every dollar he could f^r he education of poor boys and girls. It. LeGrand made a vigorous speech fhich was well received. J. S. Mclnnis of Darlington said he i fas no stranger to the people of Pilon county. That Dillon gave him a ;ood vote in 1916 which he would i lways remember and appreciate. He : onducted a clean campaign that year ,nd he would conduct the same kind i if campaign again this year. Mr. Menu is said he was just a man of the 1 ommon people; that he was just an ; .verage man, and if elected he could iot promise to make the people of the 1th district more than a useful repreentative. That his time would be de- 1 oted to working for the people of the listrict and geting his district all it < fas entitled to. "Cotton,'* said Mr. .lclnnis"' is the foundation stone of: >ur prosperity. If cotton sells for n vhat it is worth our people are pros-'i ejous; if it sells at or below the' ost of production we suffer." That': f elected he would do his best to look I iut for the interests of the cotton] uoducer and work and vote for every neasure that would tend to lessen the]i >roducer's burden. "The price of pot-] ish should be reduced," said Mr. Me-1 nnis. "I do not promise to reduce it.j >ecause the republicans are in power,] >ut 1 will fight for its reduction at ] Qng as there is a ray of hope in light.'' He favored a system of drain-1 ige for lowlands, creeks and swamps, I ,nd said if the government would give' is what we were entitled to the Pee lee would be the garden spot of the lation. i The last speaker was E. J. Sher-'] vood of Conway, a former Dillon ounty boy, who moved to Horry 15 1 'ears ago. Mr. Sherwood said the >eople ot Horry had been extremely Lind to him. They had sent him to he general assembly and had confered upon him other honors of which ie was proud. He made the race for : he lower house with nine Horry :ounty boys and was elected in the hird primary by a large majority. 1 fhat even though he lived in another j ounty he had always kept before him he ideals formed in his old home! ounty and would go down in defeat] >efore he would do or say anything; n this campaign that would reflect^ liscredit upon his home people. Mr., Sherwood read an endorsement of his, :ancLidacy by many prominent citi-' lens of his adopted county and added, hat the people of Horry were solidly >ehind him and were going to send; ? *>? />rvn orooo Uo coir) Via kol 1 n\'D/V Hill IV WUgl^OO, A1V OUIU lie IJVIlVf vu ( n a system of drainage and would | vork for federal aid in draining every >ranch and swamp in the district,; hereby adding to the value of farm-: ng lands and at the same time imiroving the health of the people by! liminating the malaria?spreading nosquito. Mr. Sherwood said that next o the declaration of independence the >eace treaty was the greatest document in the world and paid a glowing ribute to President Wilson and his fforts in framing the treaty. Mr. Sherwood was liberally applauded at he close of his address. At the conclusion of Mr. Sherwood's iddress the meeting adjourned and .tier spending several hours in town the andidates went to Latta where they 'poke to the Latta voters that afterloon. AMERICAN FLIERS HELD FOR RANSOM Mexican Rand its Demand $15,000, Threatening to Kill Airmen. Marfa, Texas, Aug. 17?Letters purporting tQ be from Lieuts. Paul H. Davis and Harold G. Peterson, American army aviators, missing since last Sunday, were received here today at military headquarters. The letters stated that the avitors were being held by bandits for $15,000 ransom snmpwhere in Mexico and were threatened with death unless the ransam was paid. Ransom Will Be Paid. El Paso, Texas, Aug. 17?An official statement was issued at military headquarters here tonight signed b> Brig. Gen. James B. Erwin, district commander, announcing that Major L. A. Walton, commander of the areo unit at Fort Bliss, had received a message from the two missing aviators saying they had been captured by Mexicans and were being held for $15,000 ransom. The ransom must be paid by August 18, according to the message. Arrangements were being made here tonight to obtain $15,000 gold coin and to send it to Maria early tomorrow for payment of the ransom. This action was deemed advisable to protect the men. The demand for the ransom was received here today and a report made at once to Major Gen. Dickman, commander of the Southern Department An unconfirmed report also was received here that the aviators were being held at a point close to the American border and that Hico Cano, a famous bandit of the Big Bend Ojinaga district, was the leader of the band holding the aviators. According to the demand, the ransom must be paid tomorrow. It is to be delivered in gold to an American supposed to be an agent of the bandits at Candelaria, Texas, on the Rio Grande, sixty miles south of Valentine, Texas. Aviators Peterson and Davis are a part of the personnel of the Fort Bliss aviation corps, but were on detached duty with the Big Bend district military headquarters at Marfa, Texas, when they disappeared. They left Marfa last Sunday morning for the usual patrol of the border, planning to follow the north bank of the Rioj Grande to the end of the district. | It is believed by aviation officers j here that they confused the Conchosj river, which flows into the Pio Grande j near Presidio, Texas, with the Rio Grande, and followed the course of this river into interior of Mexico. Another theory advanced here by fellow aviators is that they were forced to land, either on the American or Mexican side of the border in the wild country of the Big Bend district, and were made prisoners by the Mexican bandits who make marftuding trips across the border at frequent intervals in search of cattle and other property which they carry off to Mexico. When it became known at Fort Bliss tonight that the aviators were held by Mexican bandits there was much discussion among army officers of the possibility of American troops cross-j ing the border in search of the bandits. This was discredited by higher officers for two reasons. The princi-; pal one advanced was that the American aviators would be killed-if an ex-i pedition crossed in pursuit. The other j was thatorde r for expeditions to cross I the border in the Big Bend district | apply only to the pursuit of'bandits who have stolen property on thoi American side and then only to fol-1 low a 'hot trail.'' A ?i cr 17 I >? aoiiiii6iun, nug. a ? ww.ivi.ui; . Baker tonight, after Associated Press dispatches telling of the holding fori ransom by Mexican bandits of two American aviators had been read to him, said that he could make no comment. The secretary did not indicate whether advices as to the plight o;' the aviators had reached the War Department. The State Department, is was said by officials there, had received no information on the affair. News of the holding of the aviators by Mexican bandits coming on the heels of the warning note to the Carranza government that unless protection was afforded American property and life in Mexico, a radical change in the policy of this government toward Mexico would result, Intensified interest in official circles here. It was pointed out that the incident reported from the border tonight was the second of the kind within less than two months. However, in the' present case those being held end; threatened with death are American military officers and thus, it was said, there could be no claim of mistaken ( identity as might have been possible in he two previous instances. Confirmed by Johnston. San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 17?Col. W. T. Johnston, chief of staff of the Southern department, tonight confirmed the statement that a report had been sent to the deparment the effect that Lieutenants Davis and Peterson are prisoners of Mexican bandits. Col. Johnston declined to discuss the report in any way. o Look Out Profiteers! Judge Davis has received a. tele- j gram from the Food Administratori requesting him to organize the coun-! tv in a campaign against high food, prices tmd hoarding. "Fair price" committees will be appointed in Dillon, Latta and Lake View. Judge Davis savs he is going after the profiteers with a vengeance and will thank the public to assist him in every way possible to see that the consumer gets a square deal. SO MERCY SHOWN FOOD PROFITEERS. I i District Attorney Weston to Carry Out Orders tG Letter Columbia, Aug. 18?Francis H. Weston, United States district at' torney for the Eastern district of 'South Carolina, in a statement to ' the press today, in addition to advocating the creation of a fair price fixing committee for each county of the 'state, calls on those who have com; plaints to make about alleged hoardjing or profiteering to make them nit Vtnn a r?i n f C a 1 11 m Ki o at? a Vi to dincri iu iitiii at wiuuiuia, \ji iu 11 ic assistant, J. Waties Waring, at Charleston, according to the division of the district. In order to expedite the investigations now being made by agents of the Department of Justice into the standard of prices now governing the 'foodstuffs market, Mr. Weston has divided the Eastern ^district into two subdivisions, one with headquarters at Columbia under his supervision, and the other at Charleston In charge of Mr. Waring. The counties contiguous to Columbia are under the district attorney and those in the vicinity of Charleston and its trade territory are taken care of by his assistant. The counties under Mr. Weston are Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Darlington, Kershaw, Lee, Lexington, Marlboro, Orangeburg, Richland and Sumter. Mr. Waring will have supervision over Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Clarendon, Colleton, Dillon, Dorchester, Florence, Georgetown, Hampton, Horry, Jasper, Marion and Williamsburg. When a citizen of any of the foregoing counties thinks that hoarding or profiteering in foodstuffs is being practiced by the merchants of his county he is requested to report the facts to either Mr. Weston or Mr. Waring, according to which one of these gentlemen is in charge of the county in which the alleged violation of the provisions of the food control act occurs. District Attorney Weston is working energetically in putting the machinery in operation to stamp out hoarding and profiteering in his district, and actions of libel and profit eering prosecutions are expected m short order. Mr. Weston is determined 1 to carry out th orders of the Depart-j ment of Justice to the letter and to! leave nothing undone to reduce the1 present high standards of prices Of foodstuffs if it is in the power of his] office. He stated several days ago1 that violators of the food control act j could expect no mercy from his office, i no matter how high the violator might be in the business and social world. "I would request,'' said Mr. Weston in giving one plan for reducing the standard of prices, "that county food administrators call at one a meeting of the citizens of each county at | the county seat and at this meeting a list of fair prices should be agreed u^on for publication in the county, papers, and a committee made up of dealers and disinterested citizens should be appointed to revise the list of fair prices each week, or whenever it may be necessary. This would re-i suit in posting the people as to what1 merchants are realizing a fair profit and what merchants are exploiting them. Public opinion is a mighty factor in correcting any grievance, and, a man who in the present crisis through which the world is passing seeks to impose on his fellow citizens, is distitue of patriotism and con-' science and should not be patronized! by the public. The day has come fotj separating those who are willing t"l deal fairly with the public and those; who are gouging and robbing in a ; desire to get rich quick." o S. ('. C1IXXERS FIX PRICE. Declare dinners Should Receive $<"> fin. i Ilnnftin. II.i I., imiv * wiumi. Greenwood, Aug. 17?Mr. F. S. Evans, president of the South Carolina Ginners Association, has given out the following announcement for: publication. At a meeting of the South Caro-| lina Ginners Association, held in Co-| lumbia, S. C., at the Jefferson Hotel, j August 14, after going over the mar-j ter thoroughly it was decided that the ginners should receive for their ser-i vices rendered in ginning a bale of cotton weighing 525 pounds per bale $3.50 and all in excess of 525 pounds, seventy cents per hundred pounds and $1.50 for bagging and ties, making a total of $5 per bale for ginning and fixed by the food administration last year. I trust that all the ginners in your section will adhere to this price. o DARLINGTON MAN KILLED. FA. R. G. Howard, M. C., Shot by Bandits in San Domingo Darlington, Aug. 18?Mr. Armstrong Howard of this place, yes terdav received a telegram from Gen-; eral Barnett, commanding the United State Marine Corps, informing him j of the death of his son, Lieut. Rich-, aid Howard, in San Domingo, on the 18th inst. Lieut. Howard was shot by bandits. His body will be sent to his father and interred in this city. This splendid young American was twenty-two years old. He was a Citadel man of the class of 1917, graduating with second honors. Miss Lillian Powell, Master Powell Jones and Miss Elizabeth Gainey have returned from a trip to the mountains. Tobacco Sells High. All records for nigh prices were broken Tuesday when tobacco sold on the Dillon market for 70 cents per \ pound. That is the highest price, so jit is claimed by tobacco men, that inas ever oeen paid on me union inaiIket. Numerous other lots sold for 60, !65, and 69 cents a pound. The fig!ures were not obtainable, but it is j estimated that a quarter of a million pounds were sold on the Dillon mariket Monday and Tuesday there was 'such a congestion that thousands of (pounds had to be carried back home. iThe warehouses were holding two sale^ a day but that did not relieve the situation. The floors are literally covered with the weed and late Tuesday afternoon there was not enough room on the floor of either warehouse to store another load. The buyers are "up to their necks," so to speak, and all sales had to be called off yesterday in order to clear the floors and allow the buyers time to catch up with their work. The sales will begin again this morning and will continue throughout the season, unldss, of course, there is another congestion. o THREE KILLED IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. Machine Struck by Freight Train Near Ridgeway. Ridgeway, Aug. 18?O P. Way, a prominent merchant of Ridgeway, was instantly killed late yesterday afternoon and his wife received injuries from which she died before reaching the hospital, when the automobile he was driving crashed into a freight train at Smallwood. Other members of the party were: Mrs. Joseph Parker who was painfully, but it is hoped, not seriously injuried. Mrs. Parker's two daughters, Louise Cozart, granddaughter of Mrs.. Wray and William Nelson, who escaped with minor bruises, and Eugene and Arthur McCarrell of Concord, N. C., both of whom were seriously injuried. Eugene McCarrell idying soon after reaching the hospital and his brother being now in a critical condition. The party had been out pleasure j riding and were returning when the accident occurred. The car was driv|en by Mr. Wray and it is thought he did not see the approaching train, [said that the automobile appeared on the track immediately in front of the engine. The injuried were sent to Columbia hospital 08 the evening train [where the survivors of the accident are receiving the best of attention. o HARD TIMES AHEAD FOR PROFITEERS. Committee to Name Fair Prices on Food. The State: Efforts began last night at the fair price for food and articles of wear meeting are expected to round up the hoarders and profiteers in Columbia and establish prices on all goods that will be fair to the purchaser and seller at the same time. The meting was called by Francis H. Weston, district attorney in order to arrive at some means of curbing the profiteer and hoarder and to see what could be done towards reducing the i cost of living. After the purpose of the meeting had been explained by Mr. Weston he severely arraigned food hoarders and characterized them as would be! producers of a revolution in America. The profiteer came in for some hard blows from the district attorney. He said there were merchants in Columbia today who were charging i exorbitant prices for their goods anu others who were hoarding in the ex-| pectation of fleecing the public. Mr. vVestOn said he received reports from I four sections of South Carolina yes-j terday that sugar was being sold lc; 1 20 cents a pound when a car load was sold at wholesale in Columbia yesterday'for nine cents a pound. He was most severe in his criticism of such merchants and said the federal government was going to prosecute the<-men relentlessly. Mr. Weston said he called the meeting in an effort to protect the merchant who was dealing fairly with his customers as well as the man who bought. After considerable discussion from the floor a fair price committee on foodstuffs and another 011 shoes. clothing( wood- and coal and rents was nominated and unanimously i elected. These two committees are to | investigate goods sold by the raer-! chants and name what they consider prices just to all concerned. They will be backed by the federal agents, but themselves will have only a conciliatory duty in the hopes of arriving at a fair price for the goods offered and to put the profiteer out of business. o ?? "I'm hanging on to my war Insur-1 ance," said a returned soldier in At-i lanta the other day. "Two reasons?I I can't get any other for as little | money, and, as a matter of fact, 11 can't get any other at all. Can't stand the physical examination now." I The soldier, now discharged and back' at his old work in civil life, showed! plainly that- he had the idea. War) Insurance is good business. It is a! good investment. It is the cheapest insurance that ever was. And the dis-j charted soldier has five years in which to convert it into any one of half a dozen or more different types.! There's no hurry?just keep up the payments, and consult the nearest Red Cross chapter or branch. There j you can learn all about war risk; insurance and its conversion t0 the' best possible investment of civil life. COUNTY NEWS - ! AND HAPPENINGS I NEWSY LETTERS BY REGULAR CORRESPONDENTS. I News Items of Interest to Herald Readers Ebb and Flow of the Human Tide. Fork. Mr. and Mrs. Jonothan Lewis are spending a few weeks at Moore Springs. Misses Gertrude and Lottie Smooks from near Spartanburg are the guests of Miss Ronnie Edwards. Rev. H. C. Carmichael of Burlington, is spending a few days with his mother, Mrs. Annie Carmichael. Mrs. J. L. Floyd and children of Aynor are visiting Mrs. W. K. Fort. , Mr. and Mrs. Melton Rogers and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rogers spent last Tuesday and Wednesday at Myrtle Beach. Dr. and Mrs. T. W. Carmichael and children of Rowland were in town Friday afternoon. Miss Mary West of Andrews spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Bethea. Mrs. N. N. Schofield and children have returned from a months visit to Wagener, S. C. Miss Bessie McQueen has accepted a position as stenographer in Darlington. Little J. W. Atkinson, Jr., of Cameron, N. C., is spending some time with his father, Mr. J. W. Atkinson. o TO MAKE MALARIA SURVEYS IN STATE. Municipalities May Have Them at No Expense. The State: At the request of Dr. J. A. Hayne, a government public health officer has been detailed to come to South Carolina to make a survey of the towns and cities of the State for the purpose of learning what is necessary to eliminate malaria for these towns and cities. Dr. Hayne has been notified that J. M. Fisher, associate sanitary engineer of, the United States health service, has been ordered to come to South Carolina for the purpose of making these surveys. Mr. Fisher is to have his headquarters in Columbia, and the letter of instructions to him in part reads: "In carrying on these investigations you will cooperate with and assist the State and local health authorities, and as directed from this office you will make necessary malaria surveys, prepare estimate of extent and cost of malaria control work, and furnish such supervision as may be required in successfully prosecuting this work." When the survey is complete the municipality will be furnished with an estimate of the cost of eliminating malaria from its boundaries. The surveys are to be made at no cost to the municipalities and .it is only after the surveys have been completed that the municipalities may de: termine whether or not they wish to control malaria in their boundaries. Summerville is the first town in the state to make application for infor? ! mation concerning a survty. All other towns wishing surveys at no co/;t to themselves should apply at once | to Dr. J. A. Hayne, State health offi'cer, Columbia. Dr. Hayne has done a great piece of good work for the stale in securing the services of the national government officer to make the surveys, and untold benfits are expected to be derived from the surveys. If each municipality of the state is surveyed and then has such were done as well eliminate malaria from lis Dounuanes. it 11 exists, in accordance with the government regulations no greater asset in the eyes of the nation would be created for South Carolina. Regardless of the general good health of the State the opinion of 'the people in the North and West is that malaria abounds here. There are several of the largest insurance companies in the United States which have never done business in this state on the theory that health conditions do not provide the best risks. However ill founded these theoiies may L.e the fact that the national government should declare the towns and cities free from malaria would do South Carolina incalculable good. The surveys will be made free of expense ro the municipalities. They will be furnished with an estimate of malarial control and it will be in their power to eliminate this malady if it exists in their boundaries. o MEXICANS SHOOT UP PLANE American Airplane Returns With Wings Pierced. Marfa, Texas, Aug. 10?A:*. American airplane returned tonipM from a scouting trip into Mexico v. Ah two bullet holes through a wine of the machine. The aviator observer said he was fired on by three Mexicans. He returned the fire with a ir.avir e gun and believed he killed one. 7*..: cavalry is pursuing the b;?r.difa. he said. o Frank Hursov, The H'. .;:hr< "office devil", is spending someone in Lancaster with Iiis brother.