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^ ESTABLISHED 1894. THE DILLON* HERALD, DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 9, 1919. VOL.24. NO. 6.
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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,"
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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.
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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.
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- 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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Mr and Mrs. R. L. Poindexter o
.Beaufort. N. C., are spending sonn
time with relatives here.
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REPORT PRESIDENT
I! GAINING STRENGTH
1 PROGRESS MADE TOWARDS RECOVERY
SAYS PHYSICIANS. ,
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. 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?
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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.
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NO GREAT CHANGE
IN 51EEL STRIKE
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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.'
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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
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CRIME OX INCREASE !
THROUGH GERMANY,
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Besides Being \ictims of Robbers (
People Now Subjected to All
Kinds of Extortion.
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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.
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( 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.
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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
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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.
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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