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* H. Watch Label on Your Paper i 4 ^ ^ \ The Date on the Label is the ar- *-*- viUt? mimx IJJuraUL sag" """88 ^ ESTABLISHED 1894. THE DILLON HERALD, DfLLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MORNING, AUGUST 28, 1919. VOL.23. NO. 51. ^COTTON PLANTER!) ORGANIZING GQUN1Y CAMPAIGN FOR MEMBERSHIP IX DILLON BEGAN MONDAY Every School District Will Be Canvassed from One to Three Times in Big Drive. Following the practical talk of the state organizer, B. F. McLeod, and the eloquent address of President Snyder, of Wofford College, at the court house last Thursday, the farmers of Dillon county organized for the big membership drive of the South Carolina Association which began Monday and will end today. Dr. J. H. David, county chairman, pre* ' and introduced siaeu m iue umtme Mr. McLeod and Prof. Snyder. The former outlined the plan of organization while the latter showed the importance of the farmers banding themselves together tor their mutual protection. Both addresses were along strong practical lines, and those who heard Mr. McLeod and Prof. Snyder left the meeting with the determination to go out and work for a permanent organization in Dillon county. Every school district and township in the county will be canvassed for members a'nd if you refuse to join when you are first called upon, a second committee will call on you, and a third committee and so on until you join the ranks of your brethren who are fighting to secure the farmer a legitimate profit on his labor. Meetings were held in every county in the state las week preliminary to the campaign and in almost all of the counties great crowds heard the speakers and evinced great enthusiasm for the organization. Every farmer, merchant, banker, business and professional man in the state will be asked to join. The prosperity of the South is dependent on the prosperity of the cotton farmer. In this way it is figured that men of every calling should be as vitally interested in the association as the farmer who grows cotton. Plan or Organization. The organization will extend into the townsnips of the county and the wards of the city. The plan for the permanent organization provides for township associations. Each township ^association shall elect a township . JMfciairnian, a vice chairman, a secrean& three members of the county IF beard of directors. * The county board of directors, consisting thus of three members from each township and ward, shall elect a president, a vice president, a secretary and an executive committee, consisting of the president, the vice president and five members of the bo'ard of directors, of the state association. All county associations are branctco of the state association. The state organization will. con sist of a board or directors, composed of three members from each cotton producing county of the state.. The board of directors is charged with the duty of naming a president, a first vice president, and seven other members of the board of directors. Objects of Association. The South Carolina Cotton Association will be an integral part of the American Cotton Association. The ob_ jects und purposes of the American Cotton Association are set forth as follows: 1. To protect the interests of the cotton producer and to improve his condition. 2. i'o promote economic regulation of production to the end that supply shail be so adjusted to demand that the producer shall at no time be required to sell his product at less than a fair and reasonable profit. 3. To promote intelligent diversification of crops, and to develop markets for such crops, other than cotton, as may be profitably raised. 4. To improve and^enlarge presently existing warehousing facilities and to secure additional facilities to the end that the producer may carry his crop, or such part as he may desire, at the minimum of expense and physical damage and at the maximum of security and financibility. 5. To broaden the market for raw cotton and to enlarge the uses for cotton and cotton goods. 6. To improve and increase transportation and distribution facilities. 7. To collect information as to both domestic and foreign consumption of cotton, the state of trade, the extent of acreage, supply and condition of crop, and all other information of practical interest to the cotton industry, and to disseminate the results through the several sub-organizations to every member of every community, together with directions as to the course to be pursued in order lo secure the best results in view mif the facts disclosed. 3. To do all and singular whatso^mer may be conducive to the stabil11%and profitableness of the cotton producing industry. The American Cotton Association will establish offices in every cotton consuming country of tlie world. The experts in charge of these offices will report regularly to the American Cot ton Association as to the supply and i demand, etc. The American Cotton Association will send these reports to the State Association and they will be sent out by them to each indivir ' PRESIDENT APPEALS TO PUBLIC 1 War Demands of Kail way Shopmen Postponed by President. Washington, Aug. 25?The Presi-! dent's statement addressed to the i ; public follows: "My fellow citizens: "A situation has arisen in con1 nection with the administration of the railways which is of such general significance that I think it my duty to make a public statement concerning it, in order that the whole country may know what is involved. "Tim roilrnuH chnninon havo rlf> manded a large increase in wages, j They are now receiving fifty-eigljt, sixty-three and sixty-eight cents peri hour. They demand eighty-five cents per hour. This demand has been j given careful and serious consideration by the board which was constituted by the railroad administration j to adjust questions of wages, a board consisting of an equal number | of representatives of employes and of j the operating managers of the railjroad companies. This board has been I unable to come to an agreement and it has therefore developed upon the director general of railroads and myself to act upon the merits of the case. Case Xot Parallel. "The shopmen urge they are entitled to higher wages because of the j I higher wages for the present received by men doing similar work in ship | yards, navy yards and arsenals, as well as in a number of private industries, but I concur with the director general in thinking that there is no real basis of comparison between the settled employment afforded mechanics by the railroads under living conditions as various as the location and surroundings of the railway | shops themselves and the fluctuating! [employment afforded in industries ex-j jceptionally and temporarily stimulat-i | ed by the war and located almost without exception in industrial centers where the cost of living is highest. "The substantial argument which the shopmen urge is the very serious increase in the cost of living. This is; a very potent argument indeed. Butj I ~ . * v. ? ...t ii?u> me iati is umi iuc tuai ui iiviug i 'has certainly reached its peak and will be probably lowered by the ef- { forts which are now everywhere being j concerted and-carried out. It will cer-! tainly be lowered so soon as there are settled conditions of productions!' and of commerce, that is so soon as | the treaty of peace is ratified and in j operation and merchants, manufac-| turers, farmers, miners all have a, certain basis of calculations as to what their business will be and "what ' the conditions will be under which it must be conducted, therefore and all 1 similar demands are in effect this: "That we make increase in wages, I which are likely to be permanent in 'order to meet a temporary situation j which will last nobody can certainly tell how long, but in all probabilities only for a limited time. Increase in wages will, moreover, certainly result in still further increasing the j costs of production and, therefore, the cost of living and we should only! jhav.-? to go through the same process again. Any substantial increase ofj wages in leading lines of industry at' this time would utterly crush the' general campaign which the governiment is waging with energy, vigor' and substantial hope of success, to 'reduce the high cost of living. And: ;the increase in the cost of transports i :tion which would necessarily result j ;from increased in the wages of railway employes would more certainly1 land inore immediately have that ef-l feet thun any other enhanced wage; costs. Only by keeping the cost of production on its present level, by increasing production and by rigid economy and saving on the part of ! the people can we hope for large decreases in the burdnsonie cost of liv-i i ing which now weights us down." "The Dirtcor General of Railroads and I have felt that peculiar responsibility rests upon us because in de-i termining this question we are no; \ i studying the balance -sheets of corporations but in effect determining !the burden of taxation which must fall upon the people of the country in general. We are acting not for private corporations, but in the- name of the government and the public, iand must assess our responsibility accordingly. For it is neither wise notfeasible to take care of the increases | in the wages of railroad employes at this time by increasing freight rates.1 It is impossible at this time, until peace has come and normal condi-! tions are restored, to estimate what the earning capacity of the railroads will be when ordinary conditions re-' turn. There is no certain basis, therefore, for calculating what the increases of freight rates should be, and it is necessary, for the time being at' any rate, to take care of all employes' (through appropriations from the pub-j lie treasury. Would Postpone Action. "In Kiioh pirriiniRtfliippi! it coomc i clear to me, and I believe will seem clear to every thoughtful American, ' j dual nu mber. Has Accomplished Much The American Cotton Association has accomplished much without organization. The statement has been made on Alio floor of the United! ' States Senate that the association i ! his already saved the South $500,-1 000,000. But for it cotton would to-( i day be bringing ten or I it teen cents, it is declared. Officials of the assoi ciation say that with a permanent orI ganization it will be able to revolutionize things in the South. SHERWOOD GOES IN SECO STOLE iOjf Indications Are that Secc tween Sherwood < with thp lightest vote ever Dolled in for the nomination of a successor to the Tuesday with E. J. Sherwood of Conwaj that Mr. Sherwood will be in the second j and Julius S. Mplnnis of Darl?ngton arc are only five boxes to hear from in Da Florence where Stoll is strong there are chances are that Stoll will be Sherwood' mary. The indications are that less thr entire district which has a voting streng VOTE BY COi COUNTIES. Darlington, 10 out of 15 Dillon, 16 out of 16 Florence, 16 out of2 9 Georgetown, 4 out of 19 Horry, 35 out of 37 Marion, 4 out of 12 Marlboro, complete Williamsburg With a total enrollment of 2*00 Di Following is the vote in Dillon by precii I I I)e a> g o = Precinct. = f j % J a U S | h "S ? > 3 2 Z 5 o wa W ^ 2 1 w w nic boi DHlou 0 2 181 721 5lf 10 V? Latta 0 4 17! 19| 53| 17 Floyflale 1 0 11' 2! 15! 1 Fork 0 1 221 11| 16| 8 Lake View 0 0 161 111 31! 2 Kemper 0 0 14j 8| 8! 0 Bermuda 0 0 1| 71 10' 2 Mt. Calvary 0 0 0| 1! 7i 0 Gaddys M. 0 1 0| 9j lj 1 P. Hill 0 0 4| 5! 10| 0 Mi Hamer 0 0 9| 8| 8j 1 Little Rook 0| 0 6] 641 5| 0 Judson 0| 2 19 131 171 1 : Cent'ville 0| 2 7 101 19' 1 Oak Grove 01 2 2 111 76| 0 Maple Mill 0|_ 0 0 13| 36| 1 Total 1| 14 146 26413631 45 . pri grt including the shopmen themselves fce] when they have taken a second j thought, and t0 all wage earners of BU1 every kind, that we ought to post- ^i pone questions of this sort until normal conditions come again and we e(j have the opportunity for certain cal- gh culations as to the relation between h0] wages and the cost of living. It is < the duty of every citizen of the coun- ou try to insist upon a truce in such tri] contests until intelligent settlements wh can be made, and made by peaceful and effective common counsel. I appeal to my fellow citizens of every employment t0 cooperate in insisting upon and maintaining such a true and to cooperate also in sustaining the government in what I conceive to be the only course which conscientious public servants can pur. 0]L sue. Demands unwisely made and pas- C01 sionatelv insisted upon at this time en menace the peace and prosperty of fr(J the country as nothing else could, and thus contribute to bring about tri] the very results which such demands jn^ are intended to remedy. tht "There is, however, one claim jf made by the railway shopmen which wa ought to be met. They claim that ce{ they are not enjoying the same advan- aj tages that other railway employes are |^h enjoying because their wages are cal- i h0 culated upon a different basis. The bu wages of the other railroad employ- an es are based upon the rule that they th< are to receive for eight hours' work grj the same pay they received for the st0 longer work day that was the usual pa; standard of the pre-war period. This we claim is, I am told well founded and bu I concur in the conclusion of the Di- he rector General that the shopmen tei ought to be given the additional four Tu cents an hour which the readjustment asked for will justify. There are Vei certain other adjustments, also, an pointeed out in the report of the Di- de; rector General, which ought in fair- he ness to be made, and which will be tie made. "Let me add, also, that the position which the government must in conscience, take against general in- th; creases in wage levels while the pres-jto' ent exceptional and temporary eir-led cumstances exist will of course not 8ej preclude the Railroad Administra- t^( tion, from giving prompt and care ful consideration to any claims that pr may be made by other classes of Qn employes for readjustments believed er to be proper to secure impartial ^ treatment for all who work in the ju, railway service. e ' "Woodrow Wilson." a? o P'W8 Services at Methodist Church. j of Main Street Methodist church. Dr. | Watson B. Dunsan, pastor. Sunday! school vit 10 a. m., Mr. W. Harry Mul- be ler, superintendent. Preaching at 11 tu: a. m. by Rev. E. Palmer Hutson, of,is Blenheim, Public cordially invited to, to all services. No evening services. da IID RACE INNIS RUNNING CLOSE' )nd Race Will Be Be- t and Stoll. c the Sixth District the first primary J, late Congressman Ragsdale closed j ' leading the ticket. It is conceded t race. P. H. Stoll of Williamsburg g s running necK ana necK. mere rlington while in Georgetown and t 28 boxes yet to hear from and the v s running mate in the second prim 8000 votes will be polled in the . th of 21,000. j UNTIES t i M r g w eg w a < cd o ST ? ? O E- ? g ? a 5 2 s 3 ** I f - 2. | c i i a ? ? ? j d : pi p- i i c j s t i i I i i L 2 2 848 8 10 45 1 14 146 264 353 45 * 11 23 168 53 147 197 s 1 1 50 98 10 131 I 1 5 54 1,548 83 14 11 ? 3 66 66 503 66 1 329 239 143 32 37 61 11 ? 1 47 6 8 1,013 ^ u 345 288 1,522 2,075 1,151 1,572 c n lion county polled only 800 votes, p nets: S c ath of Mrs. Mary Elvington Rozier * Mrs. Mary Francis Elvington Roz- ^ , the beloved and faithful wife of j W. P. Rozier, passed to her re- f rd and home in heaven Sunday j, trning, August 10. Mrs. Rozier was c rn in Dillon county, near Lake q jw, November 3, 1882, having jnt her entire life at the old home- p ad. Early in life she gave her heart to j d and united with Union Methodist 0 jrch and lived a true christian life t( Before her marriage she was a 0 lighter of Mr. John E. Elvington. a e was married on Jan. 18, 1888 to ? W. Preston Rozier, by Rev. T. f( Odell, of whom one son was born, ^ lliam Clyde. jj During her eight years of long c 'fering of rheumatism of which p > last four years she was an inva- 0 , she bore her suffering with great t tience and fortitude. v She was laid to rest with appro- 'a ate services at the family buying p )und, services being conducted by r pastor, Rev. W. L. Phillips. Besides her husband and son, she is vived by one sister, Mrs. W. J. lliamson of Plains, Ga. Her parents and brothers preced- 1 her to the grave many years ago. > e will be greatly missed in the h me and community. b The sympathy of many friends goes e t to the aching hearts, who we tl ist will find peace and comfort, * ich alone can come from God. v o c BOY DIES FROM INJURIES. r ling Harvey Carter In juried by *! Auto Truck Died Tuesday Morning. Harvey Carter, the fourteen year A I son oi Mr. Robert Carter, who c iducts a grocery store in the east- h l suburbs, died Tuesday morning b mi injuries received last Friday jl*. tile attenippiing to jump on a' h ick belonging to the Carolina Mill-1G j Co. The truck was returning from |e ; Seaboard Air Line station where g iiad delivered a load of meal. It It s returning empty with the ex- h ption of a barrel of oil when sever- a boys attempted to jump aboard, e negro driver says he warned the s ys not to try to get on the truck, a t they failed to heed bis warning ;P d caught hold of it. Harvey caught jb i truck near the front, but lost hisja ip and fell. Before the driver could ip the truck the rear wheels had'f ssed over his body. His injuries | re not regarded as very serious t complications arose and although h was given the best of medical atition he continued to decline until I1 esday morning when he passed 0 ay. He was a bright little boy and ry popular among his companions I d playmates. Not only is his tragic ath a shock to the community, but S will be missed by his circle of litfriends. o After the Profiteer. v The story comes from Florence c it a secret service man walked in- t a Florence clothing store and ask- ( to look at a suit of clothes. He * ected the suit he liked and asked 0 e price. It was priced to hint at J 0.00. He demurred but the pro- h ietor insisted that he was making ly u iumaie proru. me custom- 1 asked the proprietor to show him ^ ; invoice. This the proprietor re- a sed to do. The prospective custom- v pulled the lapel of his coat back 11 d displayed his badge. The pro- I ietor produced the invoice and itij1 ts found that the wholesale price I ij the suit was $10. The profiteer ' 11 settle with Uncle Sam. o f Lieut. John C. Retliea. Jr., who has) en over-seas nearly two years, rc-j rued home Sunday. Lieut. Ilethoa f" still in the service and will return j Wnsnington after spending a fowl ys at home. t >AYS POISON WILL KILL BOLL WEEVIL. Senator Itansdell Lives llesults ot' Calcium Arsenate Tests. Washington, Aug. 25?According o Senator kunsdell, of Louisiana,) vho is himself -a large grower of cot011, the boll weevil is about to be con[uered by poison. The Louisiana Senator, with fre-l luent corroboratory inteiruptions by j Senator Harrison, of Missippi, who j s familiar with similar experimentsj onducted in that State by the De-1 tartnient of Agriculture, made a deailed statement on the subject to the Jenate a few days ago. Mr. Ransdell's own words will give1 he substance of his conclusions in a vay to interest all cotton growers: "Mr. President, it is thought by hose who have investigated the subect carefully and I am one of them,! hat a remedy for the boll weevil pest ncotton has been discovered through l poison known as calcium arsen,te, which was developed in Tallulah, ..a., at an experiment station conlucted for the Department of Agriulture by Mr. B. B. Coad, an able cientist, under the Bureau of Enomology. "Some of the largest planters in the lississippi Delta have tried it extenively. One of these is Prof. J. W. ^ox, of Scott, Miss., who is general nanager of the largest cotton planation in the world. He says in a etter addressed to me under date of tugust 15: 'I am now ready to say inqualifiedly that this poison will ontrol the weevil at a cost which is ot prohibitive.' Another very large lanter of Mississippi is Mr. Alex, Y. icott, who is manager of several sucessful plantations near Rosedale. le indorses the poison in unqualified anguage. "Then I have a letter from Mr. A. V. Barrett of Albany, Ga., to which call the attention of the Senator roni Georgia. This letter seems to udorse the poison very strongly and alls the attention of the people of Georgia to it. "Mr. Coad gives the results of exeriments made by a gentleman in .ouisiana, Mr. F. J. Venerable, of eanerette. He made a test last year n a small field of five acres of coton?two fields rather, or two and ne half of each plat was poisoned nd the other half not poisoned. Mr. load says: 'Average yield per acre or the two varieties of cotton tested y Mr. Venerable was 159 pounds of int cotton per acre in his untreated otton and 4 63 pounds of lint cotton er acre in his poisoned cotton.' Anyne who is a cotton grower knows hat that is a marvelous gain; that a ield of 4 63 pounds of lint cotton is very satisfactory yield and that 159 ounds is certainly not profitable.'' o George-Hattawaj. On Tuesday afternoon August the 9th at 5:45 o'clock the home of Ir. and Mrs. John J. George near ere was the scene of a very simple ut beautiful wedding when their ldest daughter, Nora Annie, became he bride of Tfiomas It. Hattaway of [irkland, Ga. The decorations fere of pot plants, ivy pink roses and andles against a white background. * * ' -i V, T ill liltJ iippuiUlCU iiuui luiaaca liuv.? iogers of Bishopville 'and Ethel oluison, of Minturn, entered the weding chamber and drew the ribbons . hich formed the aisle for the brial party. Then came Kev. J. Arch IcMillan, pastor of the First Baptist hurch ol.McColl, the officiating minster, followed by tlie groom with his iest man George Daniels of Kirkind, Ga. The bride then entered with er maid of honor, Miss Vashti ieorge, her only sister. The ring cermony was used. The bride and room motored to Dillon where they ook the southbound train for a brief oneymoon after which icy will be t home near Kirkland. The bride wore a smart traveling nit of blue with accessories to match nd carried a beautiful bouquet of link roses and ferns. The maid of onor was dressed in pink and white nd carried white roes. Only a few relatives and close riends were present. Mrs. Hattaway is a graduate of iimestone College and will be greaty* missed in her home circle. Mr. lattaway is a prosperous farmer of [irkland. They have the best wishes f their many friends. o )EMES AID TO DYING WIFE. * io Ituiis Charge Against Citizen of Georgia. Romet Ga., Aug. 24?Because lie yas reported to have refused medial aid for his wife and daughter, he former fatally injured in an auomobile accident near Cartersville, .. A. Kurkendell has been arrested n recommendation of the coroner's urv following the woman's death; icre. Kurkendall and his family were en oute to Acworth from Heber Springs Irk., to visit relatives when their utornobile overturned near Carters-1 ille, pinning Mrs. Kurkendall be-j icath it and inflicting fatal injuries, 'hysicians sent to the scene offored | nedical aid. but this was refused, it, s said Kurkendall declaring the fam-i ly's religious faith did not permit 1 hem to accept the proffered aid.' 'urkendall was released on bond. J. K. Crout of Atlanta was in town Sunday and Monday. Mr. D. McLaurin is spending some ime at Jackson Springs. I , COUNTY NEWS AND HAPPENINGS NEWSY' LETTERS BY REGULAR CORRESPONDENTS. \ _____ News Items of Interest to HcrnM Readers Ebb and Flow of the Human Tide. Calvary. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Moody are spending several days with their son Tom at Rowland. Mrs. J. W. Allen is expected to return from Wilmington at any time. Mrs. Alien has been there for the last two months. Henry W. Allen of Latta spent last week end here. Henry has been with the aviation service in France for the last several ihonths and can relate some interesting incidents of the aeroplane force. Raymond Stephens of Bermuda section was here last week in the interest of telephone poles. " Miss Lillie Hayes of Pyerian section spent last week with he- brother here, Willie Hayes. Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Harrelson of Pleasant Hill section were here Sonday last. Robert Moody went over to Fork last week end. A series of meetings began here Sunday night last. Rev. J. A. Langley is conducting the services. The hours for meeting are 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. by old time. There will be no services Saturday morning on account of the Union Meeting at Plonennt flrrvro /?Hnrr?h O Fork. Miss Annie Laurie Witherspoon of Mayesville is the guest of Miss Emma Carmichael. Mrs. W. K. Fort is spending some time at Mt. Vernon Springs, N. C. Mrs. Oliver Carmichael spent a few days last week with relatives at Kentyre. Mrs. Karl Miller of Hartsville, S. C., spent last week with Mrs. H. P. DuBose. Misses Bessie McQueen and Mary McMillan of Darlington spent the week end here. Miss Harold of Petersburg, Va., is visiting the Misses Moore. o Carolina ' Mr. and Mrs. K. L. McDonald and little son Malcolm John, are spending some time at Glenn Springs and Montreat. Miss Berta Mclnnis returned Monday night from an extended visit to Montreat and Kanapolis, N. C. Messrs. D. W. and Edwin Lee Mclnnis spent the week end in Kanapolis, N. C. with their brother, Rev. Neill Mclnnis. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Henderson and faniilv are sDendine a few days at Wrightsville Beach. Misses Christine and Johnnie Johnson of Rowland are the guests of their sister, Mrs. Gary Webster. Mrs. W. M. Mclnnis and Miss Euima Kate Mclnnis spent last week in Dillon. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Webster spent last week; at Jack3on Springs. Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Cottinghann are spending a few days at Montreut. Misses Gertrude and Mary I. Mclnnis visited friends at Nichols, last week. Miss Elizabeth and Sue McCall and Lizzie Usher are at Jackson Springs Mr. and Mws. Dunk McLaurin and family and Mr. and Mrs. John Bennett and Miss Blanche McLaurin are among the recent visitors to Jackson Springs. Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Mclnnis spent Sunday in Rowland. Misses Flora Carmichael of Hamer and Irene Sinclair of Mscxtoci and Messrs Lawrence Mclntyre and W. P. Stevens of Dillon were visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. Mclnnis Sunday. Mr. Bill Mclnnis attended the dance in Mullins Friday night. o Oak GroveProtracted services have been in progress at Bethesda for the past ten days. Rev. J. B. Weldon, the pastor is being assisted by Rev. Mr. Sojourner of the Floydale circuit. These services are oeing largely attended and much interest is being shown. Messrs. J. P. and H. M. Hodges of Brownsville visited in this section last Sunday afternoon. Mr. John David Hayes of Florence spent several days in this community recently among relatives. Mr. James Bethea of Latta spent several days recently at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Tracey E. Fore. Cotton is opening rapidly in this section and picking will coon be well under way. ?o Kidnapped Children. The following is from the Clio correspondence to the Pee Doe Advocate: Mr. D. L. Bundy went to E-iltitnore Thursday to bring hi? 7?ftie son. Donaldson home. One day last week while Donaldson ,'.-:yinfx with a little Kill in a back yard the children were lured 'o th" fence and taken over and carried away The alarm was given and a posse to ^owed tho kidnapper to the o'-'r'rts of the city where the children were found in and old on' b Hiding ! nt ihe kidnapper had made good 1:s escape."