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Watch Label on Your Paper f f I i^ The Date on the Label is the 1 andDon'tLet Subscription ll" 1 i| I ff. 1 || jj ?|,X 4- * Stopped"1" Paper Wi" Be ^ ESTABLISHED 1894. THE DILLON* HERALD, DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 9, 1919. VOL.24. NO. 6. Wm ' ^ ? ? * * 1 PRESS OF NEGROES THREATENS BYRNES ASSENTS THAT "SOCIETY'S ARM WILL REACH' IILM. Same Publications Boast That Death .-/I of Late Congressman Was Due to "Borgia," ___ Washington, Oct. 6?Through negro publications, printed in Washington and elsewhere in the United States, open statements were made >' today tha# the life of Congressman - / James C. Byrnes of the Second South Carolina district in the house might be forfeited at an earjy date for his remarked antagonism to the negro C ; race and especially for his recent utterances on the floor of the house on; me negro question, inese puDiica. tions openly and shamelessly and without any reason whatever declare that the life of the late Representative James Willard Ragsdale'of the Sixth South Carolina district, who died suddenly in this city on July 23,. 1919, was caused by them and thati "the long arm of the society (the Bor. gia) will soon reach Mr. Byrnes.'' There were also anonymous communications received by Mr. Byrnes today which have been laid before | the United States department of justice. Threateneding letter. Among those was the following I1 "When you Southern M. C. begin top Vrite and squirm it shows the shaft P has sunk deeply. When you depart from the straight path of legislature I for cotton and crackers then your names go on the list of the prescribed. "Ragsdale became obnoxious and the long arm, of the society reached out and clutched him. An gccommo dating doctor certified heart failure. 1 "Tne shadow of the society is hovering over you and if it descends 1 V. t and envelopes you there will be ano. j ther vacancy in another South Caro-i llna district. One big four alliance! sits at Paris, another sits elsewhere, j You Southerners initiated the terror! and terror it shall be. Your ?age has; been picked up." Mr. Ragsdale died about the tiipe of the recent race riots in Washing- 1 ton. He visited the offices of his J Washington physician and while seated in a chair in th elatter'a office suddenly expired, ^he coronOr of the District of Columbia held an autopsy ** . and rendered a verdict that the de^ceased cdme to his death from "acute dilation of the heart." < It was just about the same, tiwe ' that Mr. Byrnes made a speech on the floor of the house on the negro question. Shortly after this speech he be. gan to receive many insulting letters from ananymous writers throughout the country and although they threatened to "get even with him," IiAnA nf them vont nnito en f or o c c to say that he would jpceive the * same measure treatment as that 5 whichth e "society' had just meted 1 out to his colleague, the late Con- ( gressman Ragsdale. ? Secret Service Men Active. ? 1 Mr. Byrnes took the matter before 1 the government authorities and it is understood that secret service men ? have been on the trail of the anony- < mous writers and that some of them 1 may be landed behind the bars as a <4 result of the investigation. i The allusion to Mr. Ragsdale, shows the bragging methods employed by these negro publications and ^ writers to frighten Mr. Byrnes, who j may think as "be does concerning the negro question. Just why the postmaster general < should oontinue to permit these pub- j lications to go through the mails which sooner or later must cause j strife and bloodshed between the , races is not known but the sooner , they are excluded the better it will be for whites and blacks, is the opinion expressed here. o ] WHEN CLOCKS TURN BACK. i Last Sunday in October At 1 O'clock i A. M. I Washington, Oct. 3?General un_ i certainty as to when the clocks of ; ti^ nation may be turned back and ] daylight saving abolished seems to ; have resulted from the recent action1 i of Congress in repealing the Daylight Saving Act. In answer to numer- \ ous inquiries officials have pointed out that clocks may not be turned back until the last Sunday of October or October 26 at 1. a. m. o - Dr. Duncan's Sermons. On next Sunday evening at the Main Street Methodist church at 8 o'clock, Dr. Watson B. Duncan will < begin a series of evening sermons on "Spiritual Athletics." The series will consist of the following: 1. "The Racer.". 2. "The Wrestler." 3. "The Climber."', 4. "The Fighter." The object of the pastor in the ser-j mons is to present some of the vital j phases in the development of virile i jjggjMf manhood and womanhood. Public cor-' difllly invited. ??* Cotton Ginned to Sent. 25. Special Agent S. W. Jackson reports that 13,160 bales of cotton were.ginned In the county up to September 25 as compared to 10,608 bales up to the same period last year, i t ARKANSAS BLACKS PLANS SLAUGHTER PLof AGAINST WHITE PEOPLE IXPH1LLIPS COl'NT\\ Confession of Proposed Uprising Secured by Investigators orf Kecenf, Itaee Disturbances. Helena, Ark., Oct. 5-^-That'organized negroes of southern Phillips county, of which this city is the seat of government, had planned a general slaughter of white people in the local." ity tomorrow was definitely revealed today by authorized investigators of the past week's disturbances in that section. According to those authorities, the plot included a widespread uprising in the event certain demands were not met.' With October 6 set as the day for the uprising, negro prisoners are said to have confessed, each member of the organization at specified places was to have picked a bale of cotton by that date, take the cotton to certain prominent land owners, plantation managers and merchants and demand a settlement. The confessions, as announced, inade it appear to the investigators that without further ado following this demand the blacks were to shoot down all whites in sight. A list of 21 names, admitted to represent the men to whom the demand would be placed, is in the hands of the investigating committee. ? Paul Revere Messengers. Killing of these 21, the prisoners said, was to be the signal for all members of the organization to attack the white population. An extensive courier system was explained in the evidence, providing for messengers known to the negroes as "Paul Re_ peres". These couriers had been duly appointed to ride into all parts of :he territory, according to the testimony. and summon members to irms. The organization concerned was dpflarpd tn hp thp lnr^l tndep nf thp Progressive Farmers* and Household Jnion of ^America, confiscated litera:ure of which designated Washington, D. C., as national headquarters, tvith state offices at Winchester, Arkansas. "We've just begtin,'' was the pass tford of the uprising, the negroes told the investigators. This pass word ind the "Paul Revere" couriers were mnfessed to have been employed last rue6day night and Wednesday mornng in summoning blacks t0 Hoop Spur, 18 miles south of Helena, after W. A. Atkins, special agent of the Missouri Pacific railroad, had been tilled and Charles Pratt, deputy sherff, had been wounded. The confessions were taken to ex. )lain the rapidity with which armed )lacks were assembled at Hoop Spur md the neighborfng town of Elaine, 'ollowing the incident. The statement idded that at the time Adkins was tilled there were 15(0 negroes in the :hurch at the scene of the shooting. 3ome of these were women, it was laid, carrying automatic revolvers in heir stockings. Questioned about their supply of ihotguns, rifles and ammunition, negroes declared that they often had jeen advised by speakers always to 'keep their racks full" and "if your :ack isn't full, fill it now/' Ammunition in School. Fifty thousand rounds of ammunition was discovered last night in the Branch Normal school at Pine Bluff, iccording to a telephone message received here today from Mayor Hollis af that city. The institution is a aegro school maintained by the state, rhis report and evidence found locality led authorities here to believe the contemplated uprising was of more than a local nature. Members of the investigating committee declared there is every evi_ 3ence that mercenary individuals haVe been inciting the negroes in the name of tKe f^leral government. Among other things, it was stated, they were led to believe a part of the government at Washington upheld them in arming and organizing aganist the whites; that a large temple and armories were to be erected at Washington for the convening of their "congress" and for federal training of 3,000 soldiers to protect them in their uprising. Much of the evidence is known to be directed in an effort to establish conclusively connection of white men with the agitation and there is said to be strong indications of such a relation. Only two whites were in custody here today following the week's disorders. A man named Fuller was brought in from Postelle last night and placed in the county jail. O. S. Bratton of a Little Rock, Ark., law firm, has been in custody several days, pending investigation. o . Services at the Methodist Church. Main street Methodist church, Dr. Mfo 4 T> Tliirt no-r) noctAV ClinHnv ?* airuu if. iyuuv.au, puovvt . uuuuuj school at 10 a. m., Mr. W. H. Muller, superintendent. Preaching at 11 a. in. and 8 p. m. by the pastor. Morning subject: "Spiritual Athletics." No. 3?"The Racer.'' Prayer service on Wednesday at' 8 p. in. Teachers' meeting on. Saturday at 6 p. m. At this meeting the pastor lectures on the S. S. Lesson for the next day. Public cordially invite 1 to all services. ^GOVERNOR GALLS FOR MARTIAL LAIA ; EXITED STATES TKOOPS KEACi GABY. ,]Xo Violence During Day But Pa rade Comes in ayite oi order to Contrary. I Chicago, Oct. 6?Martial law wa. 1 declared within a radius oi five mile; from East Chicago, Hid., tonight b: ! Adjutant General Smith, acting un der authority of Gov. James Good ' rich, Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood,, com mander of the central division of tn< United States army, arrived at Gary nearby, with 1,000 overseas regular; of the Fourth division to preveni trouble as a result of a tense situa tion in the steel strike region. No violence occurred today, th< only outbreak taking place Saturday night before state troops were sent to the field. But a large parade ol strikers, including 200 former sol. diers in uniform in spite of an ordei against parades and meetings, was held today, preliminary to a meeting of strikers in a park at Gary. Speakers at the mass meeting some of whom 'were in soldiers uniforms, announced a meeting of former service men lor tomorrow tc consider plans for the "release of one of our men'' held in custody. It alsc was announced that a mass meeting would be held tomorrow in Garj hall. Steel plants throughout the district continued to operate today varying forces of men at work. As on previous days plant officials claimed that many additional men had re. ported for work, but strike lehders asserted that only a few unskilled workers had gone back. After an investigation following the arrest of a negro on a charge of carrying a weapon, C. E. Huber, assistant postmaster at Gary, declared today that many firearms were reaching negroes at Gary through the mails. He expressed the belief that posloffice authorities?could not refuse delivery of the arms after they once had been placed in the mail. The federal troops sent to Gary to night were dispatehed in motor trucks by General Wood immediate, ly after he had received a request for aid from Governor Goodrich. Gen eral Wood announced that he would assume personal command of the tiops. On arrival of the federal troops the state units were withdrawn from Gary and concentrated in Indiana harbor and East Chicago. Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, commander of the central department of the United States army, tonight took charge of the Indiana steel cities of Gary, Indiana Harbor and East Chicago wllir 1,000 overseas veterans of the Fourth division and with cannon, machine guns and rifles and declared martial law in Gary while Ad. jutant General Smith with a thousand state troops declared martial law in ihe other two steel centers. No soldiers' uniforms may be worn in Gary by civilians under the general's orders. No disorder preceded the action of the military today, but the troop movements were brought about by a parade without permit of 2,000 strikers from the steel mills in Gary, led 1 by a large number of former joldiers in uniform, and a mass meeting in a Gary park, where speakers de. manded the release of strikers arrested after a riot on Saturday and the withdrawal of troops sent by Governor Goodrich of Indiana, at the request of city officers. This was the first action by federal troops since the steel strike start, led on September 22. It came unexpectedly as there had t>e*n comparatively little disorder in any of the cities, but the movement was rapid. No sooner had Mayor' Hodges ol Gary asked Governor Goodrich for troops after the mass meeting had |been held in violation of his Orders, and in defiance of the 300 state i troops on duty in Gary than the gov **???? . V A MAnuAsl 4 A or. v; uui irpcaicu iuc i rvjuuoi iu vicuci al Wood at Chicago. In five hours the regulars at Fort Sheridan had | been loaded in trucks and transport. |ed 50 miles to Gary. They had barely uuliinbered themselves from the long ride before General Wood issued his ;order for martial law. j The order provided that no publit (meeting or assemblies might be held "in any street, park or other portion of the city." However, it specially exempted from this provision churches theaters, motion picture houses anc lecture rooms. The order set forth that all men ii the uniform of the United States army in the city would be brought to military headquarters immediately. If investigation developed that, a parlicu ; lar man was, "a part of -the armed forced of tht. nation," the order add. ed, he would be placed under th< command of the military authorise; in the city for duty. If however, tin man was out of the service, the ordei stated, he would lie held "pending further investigation.' This latter provision was taken t( m 4 1* r\ 4 U.,.Ur. enl /I \ AfL- riT/f'i r? mean iiuii uinvimifiu oviuivio ing their army uniforms in the cit? would be held in custody. ? o Mr and Mrs. R. L. Poindexter o .Beaufort. N. C., are spending sonn time with relatives here. \ REPORT PRESIDENT I! GAINING STRENGTH 1 PROGRESS MADE TOWARDS RECOVERY SAYS PHYSICIANS. , i . May Be Able to Give Attention to Official Matters Later in Week. 3 Washington, Oct. 6?President j VJCVl. tig up UC ouppcy vu i?o viviuva i and went down to the power house. J He walked up to the engine, took a wrench and made a few turns oni the bolt that he had dreamed was the seat of the trouble and the en. glne began to behave beautifully. The "knock" that had beeq giving trouble for several days disappeared and he gays the engine began to run like new. At last accounts the engine; was still running like "greased lightning'' and Mr. Tarlton says his trou-j bles are over. Do you believe in | dreams? o ELECTORS VOTE TO EXTEND LIMITS. Small Vote Cast in Tuesday's Elec-, tion, but Majority for Extension is Large. Very little interest was manifest-1 . ed in the election held Tuesday upon: ithe question of extending the town' I limits.' A very'small vote was casti but the majority for extending the [ limits was more than two to one. Voters living within the corporate limits were given an opportunity to; | vote upon the question of extend., | ing the town limits, and a strange I coincidence is that exactly the same ; number of votes favoring the exten, clnn Tvora naet at hnth nrprilirts in ' side and outside of town. ' Following is the vote: Out-of-town Poll. - For the extension 20 1 Against the extension 8 Within the Town. I;For the extension * 20 Against the extension 00 i r 20 The new limits will run a mile - each way east and west from the in tersection of Main Street and Rail. I road avenue, a mile north from the intersection of the aforesaidstreets, >jand one-half mile south on the east 31side of the Atlantic Coast Line and ? one mile south on the west side of r the Atlantic Coast Line. II A general election was held Tues-j day at the same polling precinct toi confirm the nominee for congress! from this district and 28 votes werei . cast for Mr. Stoll. ; Tho managers of election within i the town were R. A. Harelson. Thos.j |Britt and J. W. Rowland, f: The managers outside of town were. R. J. Moody. T. T. Cotingham and! W. J. McKay. i < NO GREAT CHANGE IN 51EEL STRIKE I HOT H SIDES SEEM TO HAVE MARKED TIME. Officials Continue to Announce Operation of Plants While Vnion Men Discount Production. Pittsburgh, Oct. 7?Conditions in ! the steel workers' strike in the Pittsburgh district were without marked change today. No additional plants' woro r<?nr>rtoH Irv Rtsrrtpd lin and i the strikers did not announce any ma. terial additions to their ranks. The works that resumed yesterday in the i Donora-Monessen field after an idleness of two weeks, were reported as Having continued operations today, ] while strike headquarters received word from organizers that some men are in the various works, but there is little if any productions. / All the big plants of the Carnegie : Steel company in this district, which j the strikers failed to shut down when ' the walkout began, are continuing to operate. The company reports that 1 men are slowly but steadily reporting '' for their old jobs. The executive council of the federation of labor met behind closed doors to discuss the strike situation. Com- 1 plaints against the state police and '' deputy sheriffs are under discussion, it was said. The meeting gave rise to a report ' that the council might consider the 1 question of a general strike. When asked as to the possibility of the strik spreading beyond the steeel industry 1 W. B. Rubin, counsel for the steel ; workers, said that "unless the lawlessness of the state police and other 1 authorities stops and the workers get T>i i * -.L ill ...L. .. I justice, nuauuigii win pruunuiy see one of the greatest strikes in its his. tory." Chicago, Oct. 7?Quiet prevailed to. day throughout the Indiana zone of the Chicago steel strike district with federal and state troops in control of the situation. At Gary, Ind., where Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, commanding 1,600 federal troops, has established "military control," government agents seized a quantity of radical literature in several raids and a number of persons were brought before the military authorities and questioned. They were released later. An effort by several hundred sympathizers to held a meeting in one of the city parks at Gary this afternoon was broken up by troops *rithdut violence or arrests. The crowd scattered upon being warned by officers in command of the troops. Several arrests were made during the day on charges of carrying concealed weapons. General Wood and Mayor Hodges issued statements at Gary attributing recent disturbances there to "red leaders.' o GOVERNOR SPEAKS AT LODGE OF SORROW. Exercises Were Held by Mackey Lodge at Methodist Church Sunday Afternoon. Although the mercury was ranging around the lOOtli degree there was a large gathering at the Metho. dist church Sunday afternoon to wjtness the exercises held by the members of Mackey Lodge A. F. M., in memory of their brethren who passed away during the year. There were many out-of-town visitors and the large auditorium was filled to its capacity. The exercises were opened with an eloquent prater by Rev. W. B. S. Chandler, pastor of the Presbyterian church, Who was followed by Worship ful Master C. S. Herring, who in a short, but eloquent * and touching address, announced the purpose of the meeting. The speakers, who were introduced in the following order, paid beautiful tributes to the memory of their departed brethren: A. B. Jordan on F. Mc. C. Curtis. W. C. Moore on Archie Cobb. J. B. Gibson on I. I. Fass. , W. H. Muller on P. B. Sellers. D. D. McColl, Jr., of Bennetts'ville on Lieut. John H. David, Jr. Rev. W. B. Duncan on John W. Gaddy. Gov. R. A. Cooper oif Richard Dewey Stanton. The addresses were interspersed with inmres ive music by a specially selected cho r. Gov. Cooper returned I to Columbia on the afternoon train. While in the city the Governor was! the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. Murchison, who entertained at a delight, ful seven course dinner in his honor | Sunday. j o j CRIME OX INCREASE ! THROUGH GERMANY, I Besides Being \ictims of Robbers ( People Now Subjected to All Kinds of Extortion. i ~r. ; Berlin, Sept. 10? Germany has in-1 creasingly taken to crome since the revolution and the once orderly em-j pire, where pickpockets were almost; unknown and holdups and robberies created a sensation, is undergoing an epidemic of crime. Probably no sys. tern has proved more effective than. in ?Vif>co dnvs nf imnprtninfcv and change, playing-the official of iinper- 'j sonnting a soldier or a policeman. ,1 Recently two clever criminals, twho { discovered that a certain man had t s i Wilson continued his progress toward < - 1 recovery today, his physicians report ing that cumulative effects of sever-! al comfortable days and nights slow-jly was making itself felt in a gain ;: of strength. He was kept in bed, howj! , ever, and it was emphasized that he' 5 still was far from being a well man. j L The bulletin issued by pr. Gray-json at 10 o'clock tonight said: "The President had a fairly com-i >! fortable day with a slight improve-: r ment." t Will Not Resume Duty Soon. I I There was no indication that the; President would be permitted to re- | jsume duties of his office at any timej 5 j soon, although it was said he might j I be able to give attention to some of-! ficlal matters later in the week. , ' At a cabinet meeting at the White j . House, over which Secretary Lansing . presided, Dr. Grayson advised that , one but the most pressing business be ; referred to the President. Afterward , Secretary Tumulty announced that a : session around the cabinet table ?d r revealed little in various departments that required immediate attention. Among the many messages of sym_ . pathy which kept the White House i wires busy during the day was one [ from Pope Benedict saying he prayed for the President's speedy recovery. ; ;?O 4 ( DO YOU BELIEVE I* DREAMS? , Dillon May Says He is Convinced That Dreams Come True. One of the easiest ways in the j world to break up a gathering, wheth. i er on the streets or in the drawing j room, is to begin to tell of something-you dreamed "a few nights' since." As a rule people do not like to hear other people's dreams. They' do not attach much importance to' i them. But there is a Dillon man who is convinced that there is something in dreams. He thinks the spirit comes to one at night in the form of a dream. It came about in this way: Mr. Tarlton, electrician at tfte Ught plant, had been haying troulfl^Wnh one of the engines. He could not locate the trouble, although he and other expert machinist worked over the engine day and night. It was getting on his nerves, so to speak, and he was at his row's end, when a few nights ego, he dreamed that he walked into the engine room and placed his hand on the very spot that had been giving him trouble. He awoke at once and the dream was so vivid he could not get it out of his mind. He got up and looked at his watch; it was 2 o'clock in the morn-j lng. He tried to dismiss the matter from his mind, but it clung to him and he could not go back to sleep. nr> V* a ellnnnJ a? Vila aIKoc COUNTY NEWS ' 1 AND HAPPENINGS NEWSEY LETTEltS BY REGULAR CORRESPONDENTS. News Items of Interest to Herald Renders Ebb and How of the Human Tide. Fork. Dr. N. N. Schofield has returned home after an extended Trip to Texas and Mexico. H. P.- Dubose spent the week end in Lamar with relatives. Miss Bessie McQueen of Hartsville is spending a few days at home. Carson Carmichael attended the 30th division reunion at Greenville last Monday and Tuesday. i Protracted services started at Hope well Methodist church Sunday an0 will continue throughout the week. Rev. M. F. Dukes, former pastor of \fullins circuit, now of Turbeville, is assisting Rev. J. W. Arial.' Services will begin promptly at 12 a. m. and 8 p. m. All are cordially invited to attend these services. o?? Lake View. Mrs. Missouri Ford, from the state ' af Florida is /visiting relatives in and around tgwn. , Q^iite a number from town went to the beach for a few days the past week. Among the number were Mr. H. L. Graham, Mrs. D. C. Humphrey, and family, Mr. W. E. Ford atd wife, Messrs. R. F. Bryan, Gernie HAyes, Bishop Grantham, BaTry Page, F. E. F. Page, Archie Bunn and John Scott. ( rheyReport a fine time but the water was rather cool. The Hebrew stores were closed lere Saturday in order that they o' serve' the "Day of * Atonement." Messrs. Shachett, Lerner and Mascow were all out of town. Mr. Dillon Humphrey is having litrhfe inctullpH in hia hurhor ihop. 3 Rev. and Mrs. P. H. Cowherd of Blenheim, S. C., spent Monday with Rev. E. T. Mason and family. Mr. Nonus Pace spent the past veek end in tWn. Until a few months tgo he prkctically made his home n this town but he .now has an ex- "n :ellent position with the Railroad :ompany at Sumter, S. C. The community was saddened to tear of the death of William Owen, )aby son of Mr. Bart Flowers. It las only been a few weeks since the nother was taken and now the little son, nine weeks old. Our sympathy s extended the family. lxrKN. mrou.cs ETEAOIN OA TET o Outlaw in Florence Jail. Daily Times. R. L. Lowery, who is said to be a nember of the famous gang which ins been operating in this state and rennessee for some years has been >rought to the Florence jail to await i preliminary hearing before the Jnited States Commissioner on the sharge of running an illicit still. o ? Bowyer-McDowell. " . Married by Judge Joe Cabell Davis it the Court House Monday after loon. Miss Macie Bowver of Nichols ind Mr. Pink McDowell of Dillon. ^ rhe groom has been over-seas where le served gallantly with Pershing's orces. oncealed in his house 115 thousand lollar mark notes of the old type and iable to confiscation had frigthened lim into surrendering the money on he promise of escaping prosecution. A real official, who had nosed out he plot, entered just in time to see he transfer of the money and really lid confiscate it, besides arresting the hree men. More original was another false oficial scheme. Here a group succeeded n including a man who had hoarded )0 thousand mark bills to sell them it a hatfdsome profit. The deal was n progress when fellow conspirators losing as officials, appeared 'confis:ated the money and robbed the iwner. An airplane was used to capture^ :riftiinals when the authorities got x vind recently of an attempt to carry 20,000,000 marks on an express train :o Munich whence they were to be mniEE'led across the Swiss horder. Robberies at railroad stations from 'reight cars have been increasing to a 5reat extent. Countless cases of false papers for the delivery of goods have peen discovered, usually after it was too late. The discovery of two carloads pf bacon lying on a. siding at suburban station led to the discovery of a huge swindle organizating in Holland. conducted from the Rhineland, ind making use of false bills of lad. ingj Many railroad men were involved in a small way for their share n handling the faked bills of lading. The constant swindling extends to ;very imaginable kind of food and aw material. A young man appeared ecently at a storehouse in central Berlin and asked to have some cases stored. When the warehouse watch nan faw the cases he was suspicious )ecause they came from the imperial extile plant at Zwickau. So he re-. , >orted the presence of th0 cases, investigation showed 5,000 yards of extiles worth 120.000 jparks and the J voung man was captured by a ruse. k He had procured the cloth on a for- A red order bearing the signature of ^ he textile authorities. 1