The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, December 11, 1919, Image 4

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=-- - : ? iShr Lilian l^pralii , A. B. JORDAN . . . Editor , Dillon, S. C\, December 11, 1919 EXCESSIVE PRICE OF PAPER. / The Herald has been bothered for some time by the excessive price of paper. This is no idle wail, but a fact. It is announced by the paper makers that the consumption of paper in the United States is 20 per cent beyond the production thereof, and that the situation is a serious one for the newspaper industry unless consumption is curtailed. It appears t0 ye a mighty hard thing in some quarters to curtail consumption. The trouble does not lie in the smaller cities or the small towns, but iu the large centers of population, where papers put out enormous Sunday editions, three-quarters filled with bunk, merely because it has become a habit to do so in American metropolitan journalism. One issue of & Chicago paper, for instance, con. sumes 750 tons of paper for one Sunday issue. Manifestly this is an absurdity. Such a waste o* paper should not be permitted by the government. When there is a scarcity of an article its waste should be curtailed, and the right way to do it is to begin with the big useless Sunday, issues. Mere ability to buy paper should . not be the criterion for getting it. If there were a shortage of bread ' in the country we would not idiuk of letting the man with money buy more than his share; why should the government permit wasteful metropolitan journalism to eat into the available supply of white print paper and thus cause an unreasonable hoist in the price of paper to others? The newspapers, particularly the smaller newspapers that depend on a limited circulation, have been hit pretty hard. The .price of ordinary news paper has advanced from $2 per hundred to $8.50 per hundred, while there has been a very small advance in suoscription and advertising rates. The price of inks, type and all other materials that enter into the making of a newspaper has advanced from 100 to 500 per cent, while there has been an advance of something like 100 per cent, in the price ot labor. The great majority of newspapers were just about breaking even before the war, and it is evident t.hat many of them have been losing neavny lor ine pasi imw "years. Advertising is on the increase. Many of the larger corporations are spending millions in advertising where they spent only thousands before the war. This helps reduce the excessive war profits tax and at the same time gives these establishments the benefit of a great deal of publicity which will return handsome dividends in the future. For this reason the consumption of newspaper is bound to continue to increase, and the only bope for the smaller newspapers is to increase advertising and subscription rates. o INCOME TAX RETURNS TO BE POSTED. All Dillonites Who Made Income Tax Returns Can See their Names on Bulletin Board. The names of all persons making income tax returns 'Are to be posted by federal government in the postoffices of the land. Dillonites who have incomes over certain figures will within the next few days find their names on the bulletin board of the post office, if they have been honest enough t0 make returns to the income tax collector in 1919. The office of D. C. Heyward, collector of internal revenue has sem to Postmaster Hargrove the names 01 Dillon county persons who made income tax returns in 1918. Each postmaster is instructed under government orders, to post in a conspicious place the names of all the persons receiving uijul at his office who havi made their income tax returns. The government's purpose in post ing these names is to allow the ligh of publicity to fall on those whose names should be on the but win will be conspiciou6 by their absence. There are approximately 19,000 persoois in South Carolina wh0 make Income tax returns. All single persons with incomes of $1,800 or more and married persons with incomes of -$2,000 or more, are required to make returns to the collector. Returns are to be made in January. o , JL/XV'JDI. X VTT ll?iXK7 ar FOR PLEASURE CRAFT Palm Beach, Fla., Dec. 7?A large fleet of pleasure yachts and privately owned cruisers started north today, i mostly by the inland water route, in response to "SOS" telegrams from their owners. The cause of all the hurry was learned to be the inability of many wealthy persons to" secure private Pullman cars or reservations or any kind of desirable railroad accommodations, to bring them from New York, Philadelphia and other cities tc their winter homes here. The coa strike is responsible. In sheer desper ation they wired for their yachts which had previously been sent her to await their coming. o A number of farmers in Charles ton County will plant some flax as an experimental crop next year. v i / PLAN BIG COTTON CAMPAIGN.'j Columbia, S. C., Dec. 8?Col. R. M. . Mixon, of Williston, who was yes-! tor day elected president of the South Caiol.na Cotton Associate*:, announ-j cod today tiat a vigorous campaign, to enlarge tl - membership v.f the associate?u v?>uld be launched at oi.-e In a statement addressed to the , bankers, merchants, business men, 1 farmers and women of South Carolina . j Col. Mixson said: i "The South t irolina branch of the . American Cotton Association Tuesday perfected a permanent organization.1 ' J "Whether wisely or uot (timealone i !jcau tell) 1 have been elected president t 'of the Association. Words are inade- r quale to express my sincere apprecia- ( tion of this expression of the confi'dence of my people?and I am an-, xious to demonstrate my appreciation d by the successful organization of our j association in South Carolina. This, ( I cannot do by myself. I am dependent upon the assistance of every man! and woman in South Carolina who J have the prosperity of the state and a jthe improvement of rural conditions L at heart to help me. ' J j. ! "For fifty years the farmers of j, the South have been growing andlc selling cotton below the cost of pro-|a duction. Had cotton sold for a proper price during the past fifty years, billions of dollars more would have r been invested in the South. This | j yvould have given us good roads, good f schools, good churches, a higher class1 v of better paid teachers, better homes. [ r The curse of illiteracy would nota have been fixed upon us and the necessity of having our women and children labor in the fields would t never have occurred. c i "But cotton did not bring a proper n price. Instead we have been selling o * - - -J loot, fhan the fflSt < our CUllUIl til a ynic ivoo tuuu . of production, which has kept our far. a mers in commercial bondage and pre- t vented our beloved southland from In enjoying that prosperity to which she s was justly entitled. To correct these j, evils and to bring our country back! into her own, I earnestly appeal to every loyal man and woman in South ti Carolina to join nie and help me per- a feet the organization of the South j Carolina Branch of the American Cot- o ton Association, carrying the organ- o lzalion ' into every township in the n state and keeping up the fight'until s every banker, merchant, business 1 man and farmer in the state becomes 11 a member of our organization. "We are all interested. Upon the; . prosperity of the farmer depends the 0 prosperity of every Banker, merchant,iu bsuiness man, doctor,, preacher, 1 teacher, lawyer and mechanic in the state. You can't crush the farmer e without injury to all. When the far-jv mer prospers all prosper. The fight, ^ is joined. We are determined that i the farmer shall have a fair price for J? his cotton?not this year alone but for all thne to come. He has worked 0 in commercial slavery long enough. The shackles shall be stricken from his hands and justice shall be done|. him. To accomplish this it will take 0 the earnest co-operation and active assistance of both the men and worn- t( en of our state. ^ "Yes, the women can help. Your n sisters, thousands of them, and their little children are compelled to labor L in the fields through sunshine and|f showers, through cold and heat?day j e 'in and day out, year after year, help-i6 I ing to make ends meet. I call upon i, jthe women to assist in this organization so that the women can be kept at home to look after their domestic i< duties and the children sent to school e where they can receive suficient edu- v cation to equip them for citizenship, p The women are helping in other o states, won't our women in South n Carolina help? , ip "I appeal to the county and town-ip ship committees to throw themselves e into the work and not let up until you j succeed in enrolling every farmer,'o business man, merchant, bankers, jf lawyers, teacher and preacher in the t state as member of our association.: h I This will take but a few days if you j f will go to work with a will. Won't jo you do it? jt "Cotton is bringing a good price P now. The American Cotton Associa-I tion has saved the South hundreds of ^ millions of dollars on this crop. But if you are satisfied and relax your efforts and let the organization fall 11 down and a fair crop of cotton is 1 grown ne&t year, you will see the 11 1920 crop sell below twenty cents 1 "Through the influence of the highj1 prices obtained for this crop, specula- . ^ tors and spinners are expecting you to j t plant 50,000,000 acres in cotton next ] year. Farmers, don't make this mis- 0 take. Your salvation depends on your j*' raising plenty of food and feed, and]1 a small crop of cotton. Do this andj" become members of the American ,,J Cotton Association so that you mayj5 be in position to protect your cotton i? and demand and receive a profitable J11 price for it next year and every year P thereafter. Let's stand shoulder to v shoulder t0 this fight. Feeling the elbow touch will give us enthusiasm 8 and inspiration and help us to ljrii\g d iour beloved Southland back into" her ? own.t Won't you help?*' 0 o c WIFE OF GENERAL ANGELES DIES, f c Was Never Informed of Execution d of Her Husband. a c New York, N. Y., Dec. 7?Senora I Felipe Angeles wife of the Mexican i revolutionary leader recently execut- s ed by Carranza troops, died today { i without having been informed of her r hnahanrla orrpat nnH Hparth Sh? pa trip i here from El Paso three months ago suffering from nervous exhaustion t caused by fear for her husband's f safety and gradually grew worse. f > At the time of General Angeles' ( execution her condition was so feeble c her friends deemed it inadvisable to c , give her the news and she remained in ignorance to the end. She leaves four children. Senora Angeles was { 43 years old. i o t > The Dillon county corn crop is t said to be the best in several years. I GOVERNMENT ISSUES i DRASTIC ORDERS i IA X UF ACTURING PLANTS PAT OX 3-DAY WEEK BASIS. i dwindling Supply of Soft Coal Brings Further Sharp Cut in Working Hours. i Washington, D. C., Dec. 8?Viewng with alarm the steadily dwindling dtuminous coal supply due to the uitier's strike, Fuel Administrator Tarfield, by an order tonight, restor-: d for the erttire nation most of the Irastic restrictions on lighting anu leating, which were in effect durir.j. he coal shortage of 1917-18. The limitations which are applic-1 ble to consumers of bituminous coal! .nd coke, were made effective tonight nth issuance of the order and are to in AnfnrAo/1 Kir tViA t* Q i 1 rno H oHmin. rc cni wi vtu ktj iiic inm vnu uu 111111 stration. Consumers of anthracite | oal, gas and other fuels are no; .ffected by the order. Further Reduction. All street lighting other than tha lecessary for the safety of the pu. ic, must be curtailed and stores, of ice buildings and industrial plants' rith a few exceptions, are put on . educed ratipn as to both lighting nd heating. Reduce to Three Days. Another of the restrictions provides 1 hat all manufacturing plants, ept those engaged in the making lecessary products, shall reduce their! iperations not to exceed three days: n any one week. Electric railways1 re required under the fuel admini.. ! rator's order to reduce schedules t l lininium requirements and no i hall, be provided in electric cars dur ! ng the rush hours. Restrictions Follow* The restrictions were announce hrough the railroad administratioi s follows: XT ^ AimnmAnfol lirrhto wh it. irotM ?c*U Viiiaia^Miai nguio, nuivy ?? ?.? ?. i r other unnecessary street ligh. utline lighting, electric signs or ilR miated billboards, show windows o howcase lights are to be operated. I 'his does not affect street lighting! ecessary for the safety of the puu. Cannot Use Light in Day. No cabaret, dance halls, pool hi. r bowling alley shall be permittee se light except between 7 p. in. . 1 p. m. Stores, including retail stores, L xcepting stores selling food, a arehouses must not use light (e:: ept safety lights) except for si ours npr day. Manufacturing pla hall be allowed to use a light < uring the time prescribed for the f power. Reducing Lighting. Drug stores and restaurants may emain open according to present chedules, but must reduce lighting , ne half. Railroad stations, hotels, hospital#, elephone, telegraph and newspaper ffices are not included in so far as ecessary lighting is concerned. General and office lights must be ut off not later than 4 p. m. in ofice buildings, except necessary fedral, state and municipal offices, and xcept where office operation of vital ndustries is involved. Certain Exemptions. Dairies, refrigerator plants, bakerjr, plants for the manufacture of necssary medicinal products, water rorks, sewerage plants, printing lants for the printing of newspapers nlv Kottcrr nhorcintr mitfitQ in rftn 11 1J > ??"V1 J vt.i0...e lection with plants producing light over for telephone, telegraph or ublic utility companies are exemptd. Only enough heat may be usejj in ffices, stores, warehouses and manuacturing plants to keep the average emperatur^ at 68 degrees Fahrenteit and th"n only during the hours or which light is permitted. During ither hours only enough heat is to ?e used to prevent freezing of water tipes or sprinkler systems. ?. o HK WASTE PAPER NUISANCE. The following is a portion of Ordiiouc? r-c 37 published b * the Civic mprovement Association as a reminder t0 anyone in business in Diion that they have no right to sweep he wsate paper from their place of risiness or dump their refuse out in0 the streets of Dillon. It is further provided that no dray r delivery wagon by whatsoever ame called, be permitted to remain a the streets in front of their places 1 business longer than necessary to mload and load and that all perins, firms or corporations opening ;oods in their places of business, will iot be allowed to place wrapping taper and other refuse on the sidevalks or in the streets of Dillon. Any person or corporation or firm hall violate the provisions of this or Linance, upon conviction before the .layor, shall be subject to pay a fine >f not less than one dollar or not nore than ten dollars for each and (very offense, or to serve upon the tublic highways of the Town of Dilon or Dillon county for.not less than >ne nor more than thirty days, in the iircretion of the Mayor." The Civic mprovement Association has secured issurance froir Mayor Hamer this irdinance will be enforced hereafter, >ut feels sure that only a reminder s necessary to have this very unightly and unsanitary condition of >aper ^nd refuse strewn streets renedied. 1 o The Farmers Cooperative Associaion of Newberry county has bought or its member farmers already this all 660 tons of ground lime and 500 tons of nitrate of soda and is lemonstrating in many ways what ooperation among farmers will do o Edgefield County fanners are ?oing in strong for tobacco. As a esult of several meetings held in he Comity recently, it is reported hat 400 to 600 acres will probably >e planted in 10 tO. V U. S. OFFICERS SLEW LEADER OF HAYTI AN BRIGANDS. b< si Marine Trailed Charlemange to Camp ai Swamp?Bandit Band is Jcc Captured. Facing death at the hands of the banditti led by Charlemange. the desperado who has terrorized Hayti y( for twenty years, and in the swamps ' that surrounded the recess where Charlemange had built his headquar- . ters, two daring officers of the United ,1' States Marine Corps rivaled the cap* . ture of Aguinaldo in the killing of f the Hayti-an bandit and the arrest of J1 his followers four weeks ago says the New York Herald: " The story of Charlemangue's death a was brought to New York yesterday ai by Miss Marie Adele Lincoln of Au- hl gusta, Me., formerly a navy nurse, later in the Marine Corps, and engaged by the Public Health Service for duty in Port au Prince, who arrived * on board the Dutch steamship Prince Frederick Henrik. for two decades Charlemangue had di raided and killed and stolen as hejbl willed in Hayti. After the arrival of I H the marines, who were landed then, ai last spring to restore order, he be- F came particularly aetive. The marines m organized a native constabulary, offi- F cered by American men, in an en- m deavor to effect his capture, but st Charlemangue, who knew every foot cl of the island eluded them success- in fully. Captain' Hannagan and Lieut- tt enant Button were two of these o/fi- ai cere. tt Stole Away from Headquarters. Captain Hannagan and Lieutenant Button," Miss Lincoln satd, "disap- hi peared from their headquarters with- iE out taking any one except their su-|gi periors into their confidence. Natives 'ej and Americans believed them dead,|? probably victims of Charlemangue's g' torture. Charlemangue had captured a marine sergeant guarding an airplane while the aviator went for assistance in the timber lands, and tortured and killed him and stole the machine's gun a short time before. This created grave apprehension on the part of the Americans as to th. fate of Hannagan and Button. ^ ? "But Hannagan and Button had' dis guised themselves as natives and joined one of the lesser bands of h< bandits. Their daring won the confi dence of these robbers and they jjj sought acquaintance with Charleniangue, but the wary chieftain never en permitted them near his quarters., th Hannagan and Button learned that 111 Charlemangue was to hold an impor- ? tant conference at Plaisance in the wilderness below Cape Haytian. Shoots Bandit Leader Dead. ^ "They stole out through the swamps crossed two rivers, eluded the six outposts Charlemangue had established and finally crept to a cabin beFore which a bonfir1 flamed brilliantly. They had travelled twelve miles through almost impassable wilderness. They saw a figure emerge from the cabin, a huge man, who stopped at the fire. Captain Hannagan levelled his automatic and fired twice. Both bullets were effective and the captain and lieutenant fled through the under' ''sb "Soon a Captain Hannagan and Lieutenar utton led a squad of th ai constabulary into the interior and in a quick attack captured many of the _ bandit's gang and took Charleman- J gue's body to headquarters. from yout Ren H The Ft Fisl F. S. RCT L. C "I understand the two men have ien recommended for the Congresonal Medal of Honor, the Haytian ithorities joining with the Marine >rps commanders in the recommenitlon." o Senatorial Dignity. "Were you much impressed when )u saw the United States Senate in >ssion?" "No," replied Mr. Cobbles, who nH lust rfttnrnpd from a visit to 'ashington. "In fact, I was kinder sappointed. 'Twarnt much different on a session of our own'state legisture, 'cept that them fellers in "ashington beat about th' bush quite spell before they come right down 1' call each other liars."?Birmingim Age-Herald. o BOY IS BURXED TO DEATH. iglit Dress of Little Fitz Lee Howard lit Flames. Florence, December 7?His night ress catching fire from the flames azing in an open place, Fitz Lee oward, the 6 year old son of Mr, id Mrs. Lee Howard of Clausseii, lorence County, was so severely bured that he died soon after reaching lorence, where he was brought imediately for treatment. The funeral irvices will be held at Hopewell lurch at 11 o'clock tomorrow mornig. Mr. and Mrs. Howard are among ie prominent people of the county id their friends sympathize wit lem in their distress. o Lee County's fourth annual fair, eld Nov. 26-29, was one of the best i the state, with an attendance oi D00 people. Livestock and poultry chibits were very fine. a rRAYED ? FROM MY FARM OS December 5th two horse mules weight about 1000 lbs. 10 years old. One coal black, one sorrel with white spot above eyes. The finder will please notify the undersigned and receive reward. Seen last near Mallory Monday 8th. J. O. Brigman Mallory, S. C.?12 11 lt._ No Worms in a. Healthy Child All children troubled with worms have an un< ,'althy color, which indicates poor blood, and as a le, there is more or less stomach disturbance MOVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC given regular!} r two or three weeks will enrich the blood, im ove the digestion, and act as a General Strengthilng Tohic to the whole system. Nature will the: row off or dispel the worms, and the Child will be perfect health. Pleasant to take. 60c per bottle JUST RECEI\ BOYS A, Juvenile Just the thing for < LARGER S12 The "Reading Standard i le bicycle world that an mtr( ad let us show you these wheel le quality of the machines. . e. Mcdonald, ????? "fertilizer will if you use fSTI trade mark .pen, r? RL0ISTCRCO trtilizer The i Scrap Far, ifSTER GUi i BRADDY, / DILLON, S. C. i Services at the Methodist Church. Main street Methodist church, Dr. Watson B. Duncan, pastor. Sunday school at 10 a. m., Mr. W. H. Muller, superintendent. Preaching at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. by the pastor. Morning subject: "The Spirit of Co-Operation in Church Work." Evening sub. M Ject: "A Message from Hell." Prayer fl service on Wednesday at 7 p. m. W Teacher's Mee .n? on Saturday at 4 1 p. m. Public cordially invited to all services. o CITATION'. ? The State of South Carolina, County of Dillon, by Joe Cabell Davis, Probate Judge. I Whereas, Mrs. Francis Fass, has made suit to me to grant unto her letters of administration of the estate* f onH affaota nf I T Pass. Jr. These are, therefore to cite and ad- J monish all and singular the kindred land creditors of the said I. I. Fass, i[jr., deceased, that they be and ap- J pear before me, in the Court of Pro- 1 | bate, to be held at Dillon on .Tues- j day, December 22 next, after publica- ? tion hereof, at ll o'clock in the fore- M : noon, to show cause if any, why the M jsaid administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 8 day of jflH December, Anno Domini, 1919. JOE CABELL DAVIS, . M* Judge of Probate, , 12 11 2t Dillon County. __________ CITATION. ; The State of South Carolina, Coun- V of Dillon, by Joe Cabell Davis, Pro- V bate Judge. fl Whereas, A. P. Bethea, has made j . suit to me to grant unto him letters jfl ! of administration of the estate and I '[effects of Mrs. W. W. Hamilton, Sr. g 1 j These are,, therefore, to cite and 1 J 'admonish all and singular the kin- 2 dred and creditors of the said Mrs. 1 jW. W. Hamilton, Sr., deceased, that -II | they be and appear before me, in the H , Court of Probate, to be held at Dil- ffl Ion on Wednesday, December 24 next, VI "after publication hereof at 11 o'clock a in the forenoon, to show caus^, if any 1 [ they have, why the said administra- j I tion should not be granted. Jfl 'J Given under my hand this 9 day of ! December, Anno Domini, 1919. JOE CABELL DAVIS, Judge of Probate, |l? 11 2t , Dillon County. rED, Nice line of ND GIRLS 2 Christmas present :es for men ind "Dayton ", so well known to )duction is n</t necessary. Can I Is. Tke price is low considering 4Jk / - - DILLON, S. C. i . ' be greater > S I SR'S , | ?> N P mm ? it Made . nous H # \N0 CO. kgent % I