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"established 1894. the d1llon herald, dillon south carolina, thursday MOItXI.\(J. march ii. 1920. vol. 24. no. 2f
COUNTY NEWS AND HAPPENINGS I
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News Hems of Interest to Herald
Readers Ebb and Flow of the I
Human Tide. 1
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Oak drove. t
The Oak Grove school resumed t
work again last Monday morning af- \
ter closing down for a about ten days a
as a precautionary measure against j
the flu. There seems to be very lit- g
tie sickness in this community at t
present. t
Dow r <3 Vnidpr nreached an able t
AiCT . V. ?
sermon here last Sunday in the build- f
lng now occupied by the school. He a
has made a fine impression upon the ti
people of this section. je
Mr. and Mrs. W. Hudson Fore spent o
several days last week visiting at Mrs. e
Fore's former home at Richburg. p
Plans are moving along favorably jt
for the rebuilding of Bethesda g
church. Many generous contributions b
have been made by people around f
here and in other communities to- l<
ward this work. t
Good weather now prevails and the c
plow man is making use of it. 1<
Loyd, the six months old infant i
son of Mr. and Mrs. P. A. George,
died at their home last Wednesday
morning after an illness of about ten
days of influenza followed by a brief s
attack of pneumonia. The little one F
was laid to rest at the old Union u
cemetery last Thursday morning, the iv
funeral services being conducted by p
Rev. Jno. G. Graves of Latta. Ie>
Mr. and Mrs. George have a host n
of friends who sympathize with them n
in their bereavement. is
o |d
Fork. tl
Rev. H. C. Carmichael of Burling- f<
ton visited his mother, Mrs. Annie;
1 oof troolr f]
uariiiii'iiaci ia.H nwi>.
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Edwards and D
children of Marion spent Sunday ii
here with relatives. jO
Miss Lucile Bethea has returned to b
Greensboro to resume her studies in w
the high school. o
William Adams of Dillon spent f<
several days with Mr. and Mrs.it]
Maxcey Adams last week. .si
Oscar Rogers of Florence spent $
Sunday at home with Mr. and Mrs. a
J. O. Rogers. a.
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Latta. i*
Mr. Martin Covington of Redlw
Springs is visiting his brother CaryiJ?
Covington. j?j
Miss Frances Allen who has beeni.
teaching in Maxton is visiting rela- 'r
tives In town.
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Berry are atl?
home again after sofne time in Tam- i jj
pa, Fla. i u , 1
Miss Annie McMillan who is teach- ?
ing at Little Rock is visiting Mrs.
Isla Crumpler her school being sus- *
pended on account of flu.
Rev. J. C. Foster has returned from
Florida where he has been in the ^
interest of his orange groves.
Mrs. J. D. Gibson of Red Springs *
is UMLfuest of Mrs. Clara Manning. ?
IHST-Daisy Brown of Marion is
visiting Mrs. W. T. Walker.
Mrs. M. H. Blum has returned from ?
northern markets where she has been
-....k.alnn onrlnir crnnris
uuiuiiaoiut. out iup.
Mr. S. A. McMillan is back from IJ
northern markets and Miss Edoraj?
Cox has arrived to take charge of
the M. H. Blum millinery department. .
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Tolar visited in !
Fayetteville last week.
Mr. E. A. Bethea and E. B. Berry *
Jr., spent Monday in Bennettsville. j
Mr. M. H. Cox has returned from I
Florida. , J
Mr. and Mrs. E. tf. Brown and Miss
Velma Robertson motored t0 Mullins 0
Sunday afternoon. f,
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Lake View. ! o
Mr. D. Verner spent the week end[o
in Charleston.
Mr. and Mrs. D. L. McCormac have
returned after having spent several
weeks with Mrs. McCormac's mother
who is a resident of Fountain Inn.
The quarantine has been lifted and j
school started Monday. The attend- J
ance was small. ;v
Mr. H. Moscow spent last Tues-i*
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day In Latta. i The
new milliner, Miss Nelson of *
New Church, Va., has arrived to take a
charge of the millinery department at'0
the Ford Brothers store. !h
Messrs. Monroe Ford and Charles!1
Bullock spent a few days in Balti-jv
more, Md., the past week.
Mrs. R. F. Elvington and children v
and Miss Grace Mason spent Wcdnes-, u
day in Clio, S. C. .P
Dr. E. P. Smith has moved in hisj
new home and Mr. W. R. Britt has.J^
moved in the house formerly occu-|?
pied by Dr. Smith. j*
Dr. Rufus Ford preached at the 0
Baptist church Sunday a. m. and 1
Mr. A. Finch. Baptist pastor at Kem-ja
per, preached at the night service. Dr.
Dr. Ford announced the regular
preaching services, in the absence of i
a regular pastor, until one is procur-,
ed. <
The Baptist Young Peoples Union t
will meet every Sunday nichf at 7 '
o'clock, as usual. r
Mr. Sam Dunni of Fairmont w;rs in '
town Monday. jS
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. McMillan and v
children are visiting relatives in Sum- *
ter. S. C. |
News has been received here an- '
nouncing the safe arrival of Rev. E. ?'
T. Mason and family at their new 1
home. Sycamore. S. C. 0
Miss Ellen White returned Sunday J
after spending several weeks at lier ;
home In Dillon. B
Mr. Gordon Flowers and Mr. Ringland
Smith are able to be out once
more after having rather bad cases t
of influenza.
Mrs. Kemper Horn who has also s
been on the influenza sick list is ableiS
Wit EC K AT SEABOARD. <
An early morning Seaboard Air
,ine freight train going toward Ham- 1
et came to grief at the junction Sun-1
lay when the engine was derailed and
urned over. An Atlantic Coast Line!
rain was passing and the junction
vas closed. The Seaboard freight was '
ipproaching the junction at a snail's r
?ace, and it is claimed that the en-l{1
jineer was watching the Coast Line *
rain and failed to see or think aboutjf
he open switch. The engine struck a
he switch and after running about 30 e
eet turned over on its side. It was t
, complete wreck and no one was r
lurt except the engineer who sprain- *
d his ankle. A train hand was asleep
n the fireman's box, but before the i ^
ngine could turn over he awoke, j?
Itched through the opening between c
he engine and tender and hitting the;v
Tound on all feet ran about 50 yards i?
etore he stopped. The engineer and jb
ireman stuck to their posts and craw.
sd out of the wrecked locomotive af- P
er it had settled. Wrecking crews *
ame over from Andrews and Ham- ?
2t and cleared the track. '
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COUNTY FAIR MEETING. ?
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There will be a meeting of the 1
tockholders of the Dillon County K
'air Association at the office of the ^
ndersigned on Friday afternoon, ?
larch 12th at 3 o'clock p. m. Every 81
erson in the county who is interest- c
d in Dillon County having a fair
ext fall should be p resent at this
leeting. The purpose of the meeting *
s to elect officers and to raise ad- a
itional money by sale of stock for e
ie purpose of erecting the buildings
jr the fair.
Last year a charter was secured!"
rom the Secretary of State for The 15'
illon County Fair Association, hav-j
igan authorized capital of $10,000,- e'
~ AA 4U!n n/tlr V? O O !
V. uniy $1iSUU.l/V U1 llllO siutn ? ??-.
een subscribed. With this amount,
re bought a little over fourteen acres
f land for which we paid $2700; a
;nce was erected around the proper- r,
f at a cost of nearly $2000; a grandtand-was
erected at a cost of over ri
1500; stables were built at around P
cost of $1000 and fixing the track
nd other improvements cost over 11
500, making a total expenditure of ^
7700.00 and we wound up the year "
ithout owing anything. In other ?
'ords with $4200 capital paid in we ?
pent $7700.00 or around $3500 more Y
lan was paid In, in addition to pay- n
ig the stockholders e 20 per cent 81
ividend on the capital stock paid in
f $4200.00. This was made from "
ices we had last summer. During w
le latter part of December we pur- ?
lased from Mr: J. P. WcLaurin 5 1-2 v
creB more of land at $400 per acre ?
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UU IU1B IB tVH luu i nv w? v
le present time. Our purpose is to
ill all the remainder of the stock to j\
eople all over the county and pay
ir. McLaurin for the additional
mount of land and use the remaindr
in erecting the buildings for the f,
lir. The stock is $10 per share, and t!
re want to distribute this stock all (,
ver the county. A few men will n
ike all of this stock, in fact two have ^
sked for $500 worth of stock each a
ut we want to distribute the stock d
ver as wide an area as possible. The n
0 acres of land that the association d
wns is worth in itself the entire cap- c
:al stock of the association, not tak- 0
ig into consideration the buildings a
nd other improvements on the prop- h
rty.
This is not only a good business /
reposition but Dillon County must j
ave a fair and every one should j
ome in and endeavor to make it a is
uccess. I therefore earnestly asiv e
hat everyone interestd in this coun- s
y wide enterprise be at the meeting
n next Friday afternoon at three I
'clock.
A. P. Bethea, Secretary.
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Civic Improvement Association j?
Notice.
The Civic Improvement Association1.,
rill meet this Friday afternoon at t
he Ladies' Rest at 4:30 o'clock. ,
'his is not the regular afternoon for
he meeting but as we have been un- j
ble to hold a meeting for sometime *
n account of the quarantine audi
ave some important business toL
ransact, meeting will be held thisj
reek. It
The Coker Glee Club of Hartsville j
rill come to Dillon the 2nd. of April ,
inder the auspices of the Civic Im-I ,
rovement Association. A musical |c
reat is in store for the people of Dil-h
an as this is considered the finest
tlee Club in the South. It consists of (
wenty-six talented young ladies uner
the direction of Professor Allan ^
tennett Lambdin, director of music f
t Coker College. !
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.Moonlight School Closes.
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The New Holly Moonlight School j
losed last Friday night. A number of j
he pupils and others interested were ,
n attendance. Prizes for the best!)
eading were awarded to the follow- (
ng: First el-ass? Mr. Ellis Daniels;
ieeond clo.-s - Manning Hyatt; Ad-i
anced class -Robert Hodges. Mr. ^
CI 1 is Daniels and Miss Folio Regis- t
er received the prize for the greatest f
niprovement in writing in the first j
ind second classes respectively. For (
he spelling contest of the advanced t
lass Robert Hodges was given the i
irize. Rowland Hinson was awarded
he prize for the most faithful in
ittendance.
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o be out again. i
Quite a few from here attended the l
ipring openings at Dillon Friday and <
Saturday. j
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O-OI'ERATIO.V SAVES
FARMERS OVER $20.0,000
\dmetto Farmers Saved Over
000 East Year by Co-operative
Buying and Homo Mixing.
Clenison College. March 5? Some
nteresting figures in regard to the
urchaseand use of fertilizers in 1919
ippear in the annual report of the
extension Service. A total of 14,000
armers were advised by county
gents in the proper use of fertilizrs,
and 367 farmers conducted ferilizers
demonstrations under the diof
thn otronfu ticino a inter 1 r?f I
663 tons for this purpose.
One hundred and one communities
yere influenced to buy fertilizers co-|
peratively. The experience of these
ommunities is a good illustration of
rhat co-operation will do in dollars ]
nd cents. The quantity of fertilizers'
ought co-operatively was 20,935
ons, the value of which (actual price,
aid by co-operative purchasers) was|
789,101. The saving accomplished I
y these co-operative purchasers wasl
126,244.
Home mixing of fertilizers is one
f the most important phases of ex-|
ension work in regard to fertilizers. |
'he number of farmers advised and
ided in the home mixing of fertilizers
ras 5,818, the estimated saving per j
on being $13,80, making a total
aving of $80,288.40 over the purhase
price of mixed fertilizers.
Another interesting item of the j
Brtilizer report is that 8,488 farmers ;
rere influenced to use fertilizers as!'
top dressing in order to get more'
ffective results.
The figures given in this report are j
ot in any sense complete. Doubtless 'j
ittny uiuer tanners uiiaiuea oy couii-i
y agents bought co-operatively orj
ome-mixed their fertilizers and sav-[
d money thereby. i,
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BUYS COMMERCIAL HOTEL.
C. L. Wheeler has purchased from I (
as. M. Carmichael the Commercial |
rotel property at the corner of Rail-'(
oad avenue and Harrison street. The i t
roperty has been in litigation for'
he past 10 or 12 years and was soldi,
ist fall under order of court, and1 J
asied into Mr. Carmichael's hands. L
Ir. Carmichael was renting it as an
partment house and the hotel h:
een closed since the first of the (
ear. Mr. Wheeler has not as yet anounced
his plans, but it -is undertood
that he intends to greatly enirge
the hotel and make such other
nprovements as will provide Dillon
ith a hotel large enough to accom- '
lodate the transient trade. Mr. ,
Wheeler is purchasing material and ;
opes to have the building ready for
ho nnnninc r>f tho tnharen SftftROn.
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l Post Card Shower for Winthrop ;
College. I
It is not customary for one, to ask
or a "post card shower", but Win- j
hrop College wishes her 6000 daugh- j
ers to give her such a "shower" on ]
[onday, March 15th. Will each one (
rrite a card, giving (1) her home ,
ddress; (2) teaching or business adress;
(3) maiden name as well as .
rarried name, if married; and (4) i
ate and years of attendance at the |
ollege. Give any other information |
f interest; for example?if one has .
daughter at Winthrop now, or hasi,
ad, tell it.
Address Miss Leila A. Russell,!
ilumae Secretary, Winthrop College,!
tock Hill. S. C.
The Winthrop Weekly News will
tate which class sends in the greatst
number and percentage of re-j
ponses.
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SXTERTAIXMENT AT
PLEASANT HILL.
The following program was renlered
by the students of Pleasant
lill School last Friday night:
'rayer.
:3rd Psalm recited by school.
The Reapers" sung by the school,
leading?Cassetriaca,*' Fred Cook,
tecitation?"The Tempest," Nellie
Watts.
leading?"Bread," Mrs. Katip Lee.
lecitation?"Sleep Baby, Sleep,"
Mary Brigman.
leading?"Which One Are You,"i
Maggie McDonald,
tecitation?"All's Well That Ends
Well," Bob Cook.
'Love Left Me," by the school. i
Awarding of prizes.
Spelling, Miss Maggie McDonald.
Irithnetic, Miss Nellie Watts.
Yriting, Miss Emma Watts.
:lass i.
Readingf, Miss Katie Lee.
Yriting, Miss Ida Hyatt.
Spelling, Miss Mary Brigman.
'Let the Lower Light be Burning.",
by the school.
The short address was made bv the j
eacher, basing her talk on "The;
Aghts Along the Shore,' for as you
enow education is th0 light that gives
is the power tQ sen tlie beauties of
ife as we look through the windows
if the world.
The prizes were offered by the mill
rh0 School Improvement Association
cry kindly furnished the refreshments
served. Miss Lee McDonald
ind Mrs. Lee played the accompani
nents. The school gratefully approbated
th#? courtesies and continued inerest
of the superintendent, Mr. \V
1. Monald.
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Owing to the influenza situation!
here will be no jury cases next
iveek. The jurors have not been summoned.
There will be equity court,
beginning Monday and lasting several
lavs. Judge Jno. S. Wilson will preside.
liK(aISl!iATIVK WORK
HROIGHT TO CI.OSK.
Peimanbiit Roads, Better Schools and
Public Health Receive
Much Aid.
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The State.
The second session of the seventy-;
third general assembly of South Car-!
olina was concluded at 7:45 o'clock
yesterday morning and the majority j
of the members caught the early)
trains for their respective homes. |
The clocks in the two houses were
stopped at 11:55 Saturday night.
The free conference report on the(
appropriation bill was received in thej
two houses around 7 o'clock. The re-)
port was adopted immediately without
discussion. By 7:30 the bill had
been ratified and signed by the governor.
A few minutes thereafter final
adjournment was taken. Total appropriations
amount t0 $6,091,241.39
for which a levy of 12 1-2 mills will
be required.
The general appropriation bill as i
first passed by the house carried $5,800,000,
which did not include $200,000
it had appropriated by statute for
the Citadel. An appropriation of $50,000
for a heating plant for the State
House was also made in a resolution
passed by the house. A number of oth.
er amounts thus favored by the house '
were put in by the senate. When?all
these had been added to the appropriation
bill in the senate and the
senate's own increases put in the total
carried by the bill was $6,731,000.
The free conference took off about (i
$672,000- by distributing the appro-,!
priations over two years, providing i
ror loans and by reductions, thus
bringing .the bill to approximately !
what it was when it left the house. ,
Generous for Roads.
While many of the legislators were ;
somewhat disappointed in the volume.1
of constructive legislation enacted,
ind although many desirable measur-J
es went into the discard, much was jj
[ione toward laying a soua Dasis ior
future growth and development. This !
ean not be better emphasized than ;
the response to the universal desirej
throughout the state for good roads
and the generous manner in which
eounty delegations voted bond issues i
for their counties. A statewide levy'i
of two mills was also put on for per-'<
manent road building, the amount
each courtty raises to be spent in that '
particular county. Bond issues for i
roads and bridges in the different
eounties approximate $13,000,000.
Appropriations for public schools i
are the most liberal ever made. The
amount appropriated for 1919 was
$704,337.83. The amount carried this
pear is $931,090.
Public health activities are to be I
encouraged rather than neglected. :
The amount last year for this department
was $102,241.83. This year ;
the appropriation is $220,394.14. |
State Colleges Helped. |<
Permanent improvements at state
Institutions are to go forward in keeping
with the spirit of progress. In
U111
running down the appropriation out
the free conference committee die- ,
trlbuted the amounts for new buildings
over two years, instead of providing
the full amount this year. In'
3ome instances provision is made for
borrowing the necessary funds. This!
latter provision applies to the University
of South Carolina, the trus-[
tees being authorized to borrow $75,-:
000 for the erection of nine homes |
for professors. An appropriation of
$200,000 is carried by the bill for the '
new plant for the Citadel, the $600,-'
000 appropriated for " this purpose,
being distributed through three an-'
nual installments. The old plant is J
to be sold to repay the amounts ap-:
propriated. f
Other constructive work was the
passage of a statewide dog law, which
increases the tax from 50 cents to 75c
cents and requires the dog to wearj
a collar, with the license tag attach-;
ed. This should mean much toward j
en-couraging the sheep raising indus-,
try, particularly in some of the coastal
counties where farmers attempt*!
ing this venture have been greatly
handicapped because of the great
number of sheep killing dogs running
at large. This measure was pressed
through by Dr. Barnwell, representative
from Charleston, whose zeal was
unflagging to get such a statute on
the books.
The resolution by Senator Christensen
for a joint committee from
the tw0 houses to study the state tax1
problems and weeded legislation and;
to report hack next session with rec-j
omniended measures was passed after |
considerable debate in the bouse Sat-1
urday. Expenses are limited to $10,-j
000. The president of the senate appointed
on this committee: Senator!
Christensen of Beaufort, Senator Laney
of Chesterfield and Senator Marion
of Chester. House members are: Berry
of Orangeburg. J. B. Atkinson of
Spartanburg, Lide of Marion and
Buckingham of Aiken. The following
are the provisions of the Christensen
resolution:
"Whereas, it has been found necessary,
in order to meet the legitimate
needs of the state under present
economic conditions, largely to increase
the tax levy for general purposes,
and in addition thereto t() le\\
a special tax for road purposes; and.
"Whereas, these increases tend to
accentuate and aggravate existing inequalities
in the assessment of prop-:
A .. UT.OI1 itwlil'ill - I
t'liy IUI IUAULIUU an
uals, thereby milling heavily to the
burdens of the honest taxpayers; I
and,
Some Escaping Taxation.
"Whereas, it is a matter of common
knowledge that a considerable
proportion of the taxable property of
the state is now escaping taxation and
FATAL WRECK NEAR WILSON.1
Fast train No. 86, which passed
through Dillon about noon Friday was,
wrecked one mile this side of Lucania,
between Fayetteville and Wilson, j
The engine, together with the ntail,
express and baggage cars, was a complete
wreck, it is understood. Engineer
Bob Wilson was taken from be
neath the wreckage in what was said
to be a dying condition. j1
The fireman was killed outright.)
Express Messenger Rutledge and,
Baggage Master Peele had not been
found. In so far as could be ascer-,
tained no passengers were killed, butj
many had received a severe shaking 1
np.
Bob Wilson was a splendid and
popular gentleman. He lived in Dillon
for almost a year several years :
ago and had chrge of a shifting engine
which was doing extra work on
this section of the road. He made
many friends here and never lost an
opportunity of stepping off his engine |
as opportunity permitted when passing
through Dillon and chatting with
his old friends. For several years he
has been on the fast trains through 1
here and was regarded as one of the J
very best of the employes of the Atlantic
Coast Line. Mrs. Wilson was 1
with him when they lived in Dillon.
They have since made their home in 1
Rocky Mount.
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Pee Dee Advocate.
On Sunday night, Mrs. Julius Am- I
mons died at her home on Fletcher 1
street from Influenza _ pneumonia. '
She leaves a husband and one adopt- 1
ed child to mourn her loss. Mrs. '
Amnions was about 38 years old.
Born in Dillon county where, as 1
Julia Stricklin, she lived for years; I
lived in Laurinburg 'for many years '
and a was a member of the Laurinburg
Baptist church. She died trupt- 1
ing in her Saviour. Rev. Geo. L. Mul- 1
lis conducted the funeral service in 1
a most appropriate and touching 1
manner.
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FLUE QUARANTINE LIFTED. '
The influenza quarantine which has
been in force for the past several 1
weeks was raised yesterday. Schools !
reopened yesterday and the usual Sun- j
day services will be resumed at the ,
churches. The moving picture theatre
opened last night and the stores !
which have been closing at 7:30
o'clock are observing the usual opening
and closing hours.
There are very few cases of flu in
town and the quarantine regulations
were lifted at a joint meeting of the
health authorities and the physicians
Monday afternoon.
that methods and sources of raising
revenue now generally resorted to by
other states are not in use In this
state; and,
"Whereas, it is believed that wisely
considered changes in our laws that
would tend t0 rectify these condi- 1
tions are of vital importance to the
people of this state; therefore,
"Be it further resolved. That a 1
joint committee, composed of three
members of the senate, to be designated
by the president of the senate,
and four mmbers of the house of
representatives to be designated by
the speaker of the house, be appointed
for the purpose of making a|
thorough investigation and study of
the subject of taxation in South Carolina
and of suggesting and recommending
for the consideration of the;
general assembly at its next session j
such changes in laws and such leg- j
islative measures as in the judgment |
of said committee will best serve to
correct existing evils and to equalize!
and lighten the burdens of taxation ^
in this state.
"Be it further resolved, That said
committee be authorized and directed
to call in consultation the members
of the tax commission of South
Carolina ana mat saiu i-ax tumuug-,
sion be and is hereby authorized and j
directed to place at the disposal of;
said committee the records and data
of said commissioner's office and to
cooperate with and assist committee
in the performance of its duties.
"Resolved, further, That the report
of said joint committee be pub-,
lished and mailed to each member of |
the general assembly 30 days in advance
of the next meeting of the gen-[
eral assembly. The expenses incur-,
red by this committee shall be paid /
out of the state contingent fund and;
shall include actual expenses of the.
members of the committee while engaged
in the performance of the du-l
ties of their investigations and such ,
sonographic work and other expenses
as may be by this committee J
deemed necessary thereto."'
Just prior to adjournment yester-,
day Governor Cooper sent the following
message to the two houses, in
which he thanked the members for
their cooperation in the legislative
program, his gratification over the
character of legislation enacted and
extended his best wishes for happiness
and success at home:
"I have the honor to inform you
that I haw signed th,. general appropriation
act and I have no further
ics-utges for your honorable bodies.
' In this final communication to
t!i - general a?sembl\ of lhi'O, permit
t?# press my graiification at tin*
intruder of lecislat ion enacted by i
><>11. The numerous educational acts,
im vases in the pay of county supi-rinn-I'lenfs
of education in various!
counties, the roads legislation and,
measures of other nature indicate
state progress of the most wholesome
kiini. You have engaged in constructive
labor and the result is such that i
the session now closing will be long'
and favorably remembered.
"For each of you I wish much success
and happiness."
THURIBLE LOSS OF LIFE.*'
Inxtors an<l Nurses Have Narrow
Escape as Turks Attack American
Hospital.
Adana, Asia Minor, Sunday, Feb.
29?(By Associated Press)?Since
the seige of Peking, foreigners have
undergone no more nerve racking experience
than seventeen relief workers
of the American committee for
relief in the Near East, shut up for
twenty-two days without outside communication
in a mission compound at
Marash. They were under a constant
rain of lead, while French troops,
aided by Armenians, battled with
Turkish Nationalists for possession of ,
the city. More than half of the town
was burned during the engagement
and there was terrible loss of life.
The story is told in the diary of
the Rev. C. T. S. Crathren, a Boston
Y. M. C. A. secretary, who went
through and arrived at Adana on Fehruary
15. Mr. Crathern reports Algerian
troops were engaged in a skirmish
with Turkish bandits when the
American automobile appeared ami
drew fire from the Turks. Mr. Crathern's
diary says on January 21 he
Found Marash with its bazaars
shops closed and the Turks engaged
in talking in small groups throughout
the city.
Shots Were Heard.
At noon shots were heard by the
relief workers indicating that the
long threatened clash in the city had
started. French officials arrested several
important Turkish officials,
which, it was thought precipated ?
clash at Aros. Shooting soon began
in all parts of the city. A French
sentinel guarding an American hospital
was killed and another French
soldier jvas wounded.
Sniping continued throughout the
night and the Americans were
awakened on the 22nd day by the
sound of guns and flashes from exploding
shells. An attack was made
on the American hospital, the doctors
and nurses having a narrow escape.
Fighting continued On the 23rd and
through-his field glasses Mr. Crathern
said he could see Armenians fleeing
through the streets before the
rurks, who shot them down, while
Turkish snipers on the hills about the
r?ltv ahnt nt Armonlnna atfomntfn# tr?
leave Marash. The diary says:
"It was pitiful to see them throwup
their hands and scream while attempting
to escape. We watched
them fleeing over the hills untill they
reached our compound, some dropping
wounded, and others staggering
into the mi88sion grounds nith wild
eyes and purple faces, telling of the
awful massacre Just beginning."
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THIRTY THREE PERSONS KILLED
El Paso, Texas, March 7?Francisco
Villa commanded the bandits who
held up and robbed the northbound
Mexico City passenger train near
Corralties last Thursday, when thirty
three persons were killed and several
held for ransom, including one
American, according to passengers
wh0 reached Chihauhau City today.
According to passengers the train
was stopped by an explosive place
on the track, which derailed the locomotive.
A pitched battle ensued between
fifty Yaqui soldiers of the train
guard and Villa followers to the
number of 300, commanded by Francisco
Villa in person. Nineteen soldiers,
four civilians and ten bandits
were killed when the fighting ended
v/jth the retirement of a sub-lieutenant
anj s'x Yaquis, all of the train
guard who remained unwounded.
Villa then herded the passengers
to a nearby hill, threatening them
with death. Apolinar Ruvalcahs,
train conductor and Jesse Garcfa,
Pullman conductor, were killed, the
latter by a shot from Villa's pistol.
An American, Joseph Williams, an
employe of the American Smelting:
and Refining Company, and Mr. Nassar.
a? Arabian passenger, were held
fcr ransom, while another American,
R. W. Black, was not detained.
After vainly attempting to open
the express car safe, the bandits sef.
fire to the train. Before leaving Villa
narangued the passengers, telling
them he was not a bandit but that
ho was fighting for civil liberty and
to avenge the death of Gen. Felipe1
Angeles. In the course of bis talk hp
said trains would not be permitted to
run.
The passengers walked twenty-four
kilometers north where they ware
picked lip by a train from Jimirrez.
It is reported a number of passengers
hidden in the cars were burned
to derth. when the train was destroyed,
but this is not confirmed.
At the HI Paso office of the American
Smelting and Refining Compaitj'.
it was said that no report of the captun1
of Williams had been received.
Military officials in Juaraz said they
had no official report of the trail*.
They explained the interruption of
t? ;;ii, service for the last few days is
being duo to shortage of equipment
caused by northbound twins being
caught behind bridges burned by rel>
els near Chihuahua
Corral it os b about ton miles sniitfi
of El Paso.
(i. \V. t'UVINCTO.V.
Clio. March 7?G. \V. Covington,
who has been in declining health for
the past three months, died at his
home in Heburn yesterday afternoon.
The deceased was about 30 years ?T
age and was a prosperous young man.
His family consists of wife, one chifd,
his father, one brother and two sisters.