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A Watch Label on Your Paper /-g JfTt 1, f | ?. J[ ?X . A <*-4- 8 J% The Date on the Label is the ^ Q}U$ 13U10U jBpniUi* srr p,p",vi"" ESTABLISHED 1894. THE DILLON HERALD, DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNINO, APRIL 8, 1920. VOL. 24. NO. 31. BOUNTY NEWS AND DAPPENiNDS I NEWSY I.KTTERS BY KEGLXAlt I OilKESPOXDEXTS. j, v*?" *?<\? VntAKuwt tn Hpiltlil lirui^ VI Uiiv4ve>? ?W ? Readers Ebb and Flow of I lie < Human Tide. \ i Lake View. ; < The children had quite an enjoy-,1 able time Saturday afternoon when they were given an Easter Egg 1 Hunt on the Methodist church j grounds. An egg hunt was also given' at school on Friday for the first sev-l en grades. 1 The meeting conducted by Rev. Mr, Leslie at the Methodist church ' Wythe past week closed Friday night. The crowds were good and very attentive and all enjoyed the sermons ( from time to time. Dr. Rufus Ford ( was in town Thursday night and ( preached at the Methodist church. | Miss Georgia \Vhite who is home j for the Easter holidays spent Friday-j with her sister Miss Ellen White. ^ The Misses White went to their home in Dillon Friday night for the week ; end. . !J Miss Bessie Hayes who is attending school at Carolina College is home for the holidays. f Quite an interesting game of base } ball was held on the school grounds j Thursday afternoon between the j fhnnl hnvc anrt fown hovs. Tho SCOTe was 19 to 13 in favor of the town t boys. Mr. Bascil Norman has been appointed*policeman in town to tf.ke Hy^e place of Mr. Joe Hill. i{ BBMr. Hiniard Rogers and daughter, ^^*s Eva Boyd, spent Saturday in ' MfcHins. js Allen Hayes spent the week " en<j iM Charleston ! j Mrs. R. F. Elviiigton and children and Mrs. Lawrence Elvington andij son, spent Thursday in Clio. !] Mr. Quattlebaum who is repre- t senting the Pj^fe Paint Co., of Atlan- ^ ta, Ga., spent several days in town t I the past week. f I Mr. Moscow spent Sunday in Latta. . I Dr. Tom Ayers and wife of Flor- ^ knee spent the week end with his j parents near Nichols. Dr. K. t\ tnvmgion spent several l days in Florence the past week. ^ k Mr. D. Lerner spent Sunday in Marlon. a Rev. Mr. Finch of Kemper preached a most excellent sermon Sunday night j at the Baptist church. Mrs. E. E. Jordan and two children j of Conway spent part of the week end g in town with her relatives. Mrs. Willie D. Rogers is spending j several days in Mullins. < Mr. Andrew Smith after spending a few days in Columbia has return- j ed home. I Mr. McKenzie of Gaddys Mill spent, Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. T. f Hankins. j?] Mrs. Prasser of Sandford, N. C., is; home with her parents, Mr.'and Mrs. ] Luther Ford for a few days. Mr. Frank Shorter's sister spent ] several days in town the last week. o !, Oak Grove. Several days ago Superintendent of 1 Education, R, S. Rogers, Mr. P. A.' George and Mr. Miller, a representa- ( tive of a fire insurance company, vis- ( ited the Oak Grove school and adjusted in a satisfactory manner the insur- t ance on the school building destroyed by fire some weeks ago. The pupils of the Oak Grove school enjoyed an easter egg hunt last t. day afternoon. The second quarterly conference 1 for the Brownsville circuit was held * last Saturday morning at New Holly. * A. \V. Tart is preparing to erect a garage Oak Grove in the near iu- j ture. He will also put in a filling sta- ' tion. Rev. C. S. Felder will begin a reviv- 1 al meeting at New Holly next Sunday a week. i A wind of almost cyclonic propor- ' tions but of a narrow path and sh? ; duration passed over this section last 1 Friday morning doing some damage;' to outstanding buildings belonging to J. Austin Hayes. The wind was l'ol- 1 lowed by a heavy fall of rain. 1 The recent heavy rains have check- ed the planting of cotton and this in ( connection with the delay some of the ( farmers are experiencing in getting 1 their fertilizers will doubtless cause much of this crop to be planted lat-1 ei than usual. Lacey M. Lundy who for the pusti1 few months has been attending the 1 Georgia school of Technology in At- ! lanta returned home recently on n< count of the condition of his health. The building committee of IJeth- 1 esda church met with a contractor at ' this place one afternoon last w< ek and ' it is tIre purpose of the committe, t" begin work on the building in tin n? ; future. . Robert Dill on of Bennettsvi". vi - j ited in this section Saturday and S : , cr.y. ^ , I .at t;i. Mr?. John r?a>ner of Ml hi'..- i> : visitinp iii f mother Mr.-. El.. A len. Mis? I.ucy Evans who is u a?-:.r.a 1 near Sumter is at hom(. 201 ; : w days. Misses Cathrine Fitzsimmon- and 1 Mary Alford spent th0 week end with ] Mrs. Ed par Fenepan. Mrs. S. R. Eady of Kinpsburp is : (>lil> MID MARKET REMAINS FOl'M While Excavating in Wilmiiigteu Workei-s Dig I'm Pieces of Stumps Pilings or Pieces of Supposed In 11 inn Pipes. Wilmington. April 2?Remains o: the old Mud Market have been founc in the excavations for the building which R. B. Bellamy and Son are er ecting at Second and Market streets Workmen digging below the surface of the street have come across the stumps or pilings and pieces of sup posed Indian pipes Why the pipes were put there is more or less of a mystery; it is pos sibile they were relics of an ancienl Indian civilization, but more probably cherished possessions of the river men of the last century. During the 1820' and "SO's the corn stackers used to bring their wares from Onslow and 'he counties round about, and peddle them in Wilmington. Even from South Carolina hey came, and the Cape Fear was 'illed with* their queer, flat bottomed :raft. At that time there was a creek eading from what was a wharf ui Dock street almost to the courthouse. LTp this creek the small boats could jly, and a favorite place to tie up ind unload their cargoes was old Mud Uarket. It stood on the corner of what is tow Second and Market and was so alled because the ground nearby was ather like the mud flats which arc n evidence in Wrightsville sound al ow tide. The lumber in this section must lave been staunch and sound, for i( s perhaps a full century since the >ld pilings were driven into the mud; ind the boatmen used to gather there >f an evening to smoke their pipe? md tell yarns of the days when Wilnington would become a port foi trange foreign craft. o ^umberton Robesonian. Misses Christine> May and Besiie Berry* and Mr. Sam Edwards ol ..atta. S. C.. attended a reception at he home of Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Caldvell here Tuesday evening, returning o Latta yesterday. They were ac ompanied home by Mrs. Caldwell tnd small daughter, Francis, who will ;pend a few days at Latta visiting elatives and friends. isiting relatives in town. Mr. Robert Dew of tbe Citadel is it home for Easter. Miss Annie Covington who is teachng at Marion spent Sunday at home. Misses Elizabeth Foster, Jennie Lee md Elizabeth Dew of Coker College ipent Easter at home. Mrs. R. M. Caldwell of Lumberton s spending sometime with her moth;r, Mrs. Edwards. Mrs. Carey Kilgo and children of Jishopville are visiting her mother, vlrs Edwards. Mr. and Mrs. William Horn of Fay>tteville spent Sunday with Mrs. J. J. rolar. Mrs. John Hayes of Kirby's Cross ioads was in town last week. Demont Biggs of the Citadel spent Caster with his mother. Miss Price of Sellers spent Sunday vith Mrs. W. J. Summerlin. Miss Emma Bass who is teaching it Cowards spent the week at home. Mr. Paul Oliver of Marietta attend d the entertainment given by the ?oker Glee Club here Saturday night. Miss Agnes Davis of Ellerby was in own Monday. Upper Kirby Ixienls. Mr. Sam Huggins and Miss Sara Earner were married last Thursday light at the home of the brides parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Garner J it. Smith, notary public, officiating F. C. Smith of Fairmont visited his section Sunday and returned Sunday night. Rowland Hinson and W. H. Burley of Free State visited this section Sunday. J. M. Hodges has tied the dog and aid up the gun until hunting tinu igain having killed near one hundred abbits. He has certainly hurt th(. cot on tail race. Oats are fine in this section and iow bad we need them we can't tell The Rural Itoute examinatio,, foi da 1 lory It. F. D. will be held the 1? >f April and we do hope our preseni 'arrier, Mr. L. E. Smith, will win, a> le is giving perfect satisfaction ?o al nitrons on his route. k,,,i tiii* ..-.,..1 V. Ut llljj 1^ II*-I II W. J'KIIUVU ? II 10 ?? * ? n n every nook and corner. The boy ivant a bijr crop and bi^r money tlii; all. Some few have not yet {rot thei aiano. Onr roads are in had shape up here Wonder when we can expect sons* ivork? It better be before the candi lutes start up here unless they i-i?)? >n a lop cart or coin? afoot. Fork. Mr. and Mrs. C. K. llopers am ' a by, Misses Coleen and l.ueile I! Ilea, spent the wt < k end here will relatives. Messrs. Ku.eiie Curmit Intel am Hurt Huberts of Wofford Fiitini school spei.t Faster lit re. Mrs. Kuby Fort Carinit hurl am little llovtl spent a ft w days in Kow land this week. Miss Ilerthn Moore of Saiem Co! loRe. and Willi,, and Sadie Moor,. <> Coker College, spent Faster holiday! here. Mr. and Mrs. Zack Edwards spen Sunday and Monday at Purvis, N. C ICHAltLESTOX DKV, ) COIAMBIA IS WET. i Liquor Easier hi <iet Here Than in ,; Large Cities. Tiie State. "There is less whiskey in Charlesf ton than in any other town in the 1 state in porportio,, to population," ; said J. H. King, federal prohibition - agent with headquarters in Charles. ton, yesterday. Mr. King was at the i office of the collector of internal i revenue during the day and said de spite the fact that Charleston is growling at a rapid pace and many new 5 citizens are coming in, whiskey is - far from being plentiful. t| Conditions are different in Colunt' bia. So far as the federal authorities are concerned they seem to be giving <+V>YfUrklA ottontin tnwarHc pr.nHi ci.v....*,,, i cation of whiskey stills in the couni ty. They have shown little or no acs'tivity in the city of Columbia. What - has been done here has been done by i the city police force. Last month the ; force was active and about 14 eases [.were docketed against persons charged with selling liquor. But : I the following comemnts taken at ran) dom tell the condition in Columbia. . | The following is from a newspaper ['account of the arrests made Sunday: 11 "Unusual number of plain and helpt j less drunks noted on docket." The [patrol hauled 42 men to the barracks i'who were helplessly drunk, and another lot composed of 21 persons were [charged with being drunk and disorderly.'' A man well known in Columbia, [talking not for the purpose of being heard but making, statements of fact said last week: !j "Liquor is easier to get in Columbia than in Philadelphia, I know, for i'l have tried both places, and it was > not because I know the ropes here-and did n?t know them in Philadelphia. 1 'have friends there who are more fom |of a drink than I am and they will follow me a half mile to get a drink at my room in the hotel, for they i not get any whiskey in Philadelphia j without difficulty. I always carry imy liquor with me from Columbia when 1 go to Philadelphia. : Another well known citizen who 'heard the above replied: lj "Liquor is easier to get in ColumIjbia than in Chicago. A man who had '1 been iu both towns tells me that he ihas no difficulty in buying liquor in Columbia and he has great difficulty . in getting it in Chicago, and he knows the ropes in Chicago as well as he does in Columbia." | "Good liquor can be had in Columbia at $150 a case. The same quality in Jacksonville costs fuuu a case, in 1 Jacksonville it costs $18 for a 14 ounce quart. Here it costs $16." A guest at one of the hotels re1 icently said: "I saw 11 empty quart whiskey , bottles carried out of the hotel at which I am staying one morning. I | asked the negro woman who had gathered them where the men got so 'much whiskey. She said, 'Lor, mum, : this ain't no dry town. As much li'quor here ?s in dispensary times." o Society Meetings. There will be a regular meeting of Rebecca Pickens Chapter D. A. R. on [Tuesday afternoon, April the 13th, at four o'clock at the home of Mrs. E. ,T. Elliott. Thursday evening at 8"30 o'clock at school auditorium, public meeting of the D. A. R. Chapter. The state Regent will be present. The regular meeting of the ParentTeachers Association will not bo held this week on account of the debate between Dillon and Bennettsville. Announcement will be made later. o ; AIR SHIP PASSES OVER. I ?o? ; Thursday about one o'clock a giant . airplane passed over Dillon going i south. The ship was flying high and there was much speculation as to I who was in the ship and where it . was going. Friday morning about I 8:30 o'clock the ship passed over on . the return trip going north. The oceupants of the ship were Capt. LawI'son and Lieut. Davis of Langley Field, Va. They went down to Char. lest on to select a landing field for , the coast patrol which the government is putting on front Maine to . Texas. They arrived in Charleston an I hour and a half after passing over Dillon and left Charleston about 7:3fi o'clock next morning on thP return journey. The ship they were using was it large D1I-4 which has a normal speed of about 100 miles an hour, f>n account ot lite noavy nouns they were flying low when they passed over Dillon Friday morning ant] lr.'d to land near Fayetteville o,, account of a heavy rain. HOUSK UCI.VDS iji<; piuck. Mr. James Bryant has disposed ol I his paring mare. (Jtteetie Abbe to a - wealthy Now Yorker. for tin- ruin of i ?.KiOu.oo. A representative of tin New Vi?rher came down Saturday and I el used the thai through Mr J. It Cihson. making the payment in a co r til'ied check for $2."O0.nO and fivt i $10o hills Qtn t n,. Ahhe was bought - iIt Richmond ahout a year ago hy Mr. Kd. Kegels who |r i<] $1000 for - her. Mr. lingers sold In r to Mr. f Bryant for $1500. Sh*? has been in ; several races at Dillon an,i other points while she was owned by Mr. t Rogers and Mr. Bryant and made an . excellent showing. \k<;ko lyxc hi;d by laihkxs >n:.v. i (Quietly Taken from Cell ? Found Hanging from Bridge. Laurens, April 2 ? Joe Steward, twenty-five years of age, shortly before midnight Thursday, as near as can be ascertained was taken from a cell in the police station here and lynched. This is the first time in about seven years that a Laurens negro has been executed without due process of law. He was mixed l,P 'n a f't?kt with several white men Thursday night, this being given as the cause of the trouble. Steward had been employed by a local coal dealer for about a year. He was carried to the foot of Cemetery Hill and hanged from the North Harper street bridge over Little river. The rain-soaked body was cut , down and taken to an undertaker this morning. Upon the arrival of the coroner inquest proceedings were imc-t rt nd iritK UlCUiaiCl^ oiai ICU nun uvitvibw* Blackwell representing the State. In the exainination of witnesses, alter four or five men had testified, including Chief of Police Blakesly and !Sheriff Reid, on motion of the Soli'citor adjournment was taken until a ! future date with the view of ascertainng, if possible, additional evidence in the case. Dr. W. D. Ferguson who examined Steward's body testified that five stab wounds were on the body and his neck had been broken, though death was due to hanging, the wounds were not serious in his estimation. The lynching of Steward was the result of an alleged fight earlier in the night with a party of young white men, three of whom were more or less painfully cut with a knife wielded by Steward, it is said. In the fight, .which occurred on a back street nea Harrison Hunter's shop, the Legro received five wounds from which h r.Anl,. until Iiimliitnl till Oil tinl! , uiiru iicn; limn itivwivw. 'was given him '.it the statio,, house, where he was taken by the arresting officer, who is said to have rescued the negro from some of the boys in the fight after Steward ha(j been carried to a local negro surgeon for treatment. i It is said that the fight came about by Steward taking up for another negro who it is alleged, offended a young white boy by brushing against him as the negro was leaving the opera house about 7 o'clock. The boys, tit is stated, started to get the offending negro w'hen they encountered Steward who, it is claimed, challenged the boys and used abusive language which led to an immediate fight. All wounded parties had to have the attention of doctors. Up un'till 11 o'clock everything appeared quiet and most people went home, j Chief Blaklev and another policeman were on duty. The officers left 'the station house for a short tin and when they returned the negro was gone. He had been removed froi the cell, the door of which was forced open, and taken out through the rea I Ktiil/linrr Qn niliptlv flip iwork done that no one has been found | who hear any unusual noise about the station at the alleged time of Steward's removal from his cell. It v ; not thought necessary by the officers to place the negro in jail as everything was apparently quiet there was no apprehension of further , trouble. o THIEF STEALS CAR. I ??? A thief stole Mrs. Lutie Bethea's iFord touring car Friday night from I the garage in the rear of the residence. The thief clipped the staple to the garage door with a pair of plyers. It was a new car and had a Yale lock, and it is thought the thief disconnected the wires and formed a starting circuit independent of the switch. | Mrs Bethea offers a reward of $150 for the return of the car. This is the second Ford car stolen in Dillon in th(. last few weeks. A ,' thief stole a Ford car from Mr. A. B. Welch several weeks ago and it has not been recovered. The car was stolen from in front of Mr. W. J. David's hoarding house while Mr. Welch was at supper. n Will: CO.MKS TO All?. Negro Shot While Attacking Sheriff in (icorgia Jail. Stateshoro, da.. Aprilt -t In an apparent attempt at jail delivery while : prisoners were being led this noon, Charlie Smith, is year old negro, i struck down Sheriff DeLoach. A wins down weight to which ? rope was iittachcd. was the weapon used. Mrs. Itel.oach heard the cries for help and rushed in with the sheriff's pistol, shooting th(. negro twice, once in the hand and once in the thigh. The sheriff will re-o\er. The window weight cam,, troin 'tie cell of John H Hoover, a white intiu from Ohio. w!.o i- held on a rhaiire of torgery. Smiic* at Methodist Church. VI.iill -tivit M*-7himIi>t c!iu'<li. I?: Watso,, !! Duncan, pastor. Snn?I; school ;ti I ' in., Mr. \\". II Mul Ii-r, superintt tuN-nt. Preachiiu- . II .!. in and s p. in. by tin- pastor Mornini: "Tli,, Fullness <>t Christ." Kvfiiin^ subject: "Pitch inn <?ur Tents Toward Sodom." Prayer service on Wednesday at S p. in. Choir practice. Teachers' meeting on |Saturday at 4:30 p. in. Public cordially invited to all services. HEWLETT LANDS XEHKOES IN JAIL. Chief of Detect i\es of Kayrtteville Traces Anonymous Letters Written to Missing Man in Centenary. Fayetteville Observer. Chief of Detectives Hewlett has' returned to the city from Centenary and Marion, S. C., after succeeding in landing in jail two negroes on probable charges of murdering Edman J White, an aged anj respectable white ! farmer living near the former place1 last Friday a week ago. Seymour Swinton and John Sim! mons are the negroes now in jail and !the arrest of probably one or two, ! more is expected. It will be recalled that Edman White left his home during the rain walking down the road to meet his; brother at the school house about' three-quarters of a mile from his { [house to place a tombstone over a! grave. Mr. White's sister last saw him when he passed around the bend I in the road on his way to meet his! brother. Threatening letters hadj I been received by the missing manj during the month of November of last j year. Chief Hewlett went down to; I Centenary t? assist the officers in | rounding up the parties responsible) jfor the man's murder, if one had; 'been committed. On his arrival there! he discovered that some time ago a, (houste belonging to John Simmons, a| j negro, had been burned on the farm j of Mr. White. Letters written by I some annonymous person were secur-i .ed and the handwriting compared with| some chocks at the bank as well as at the postoffice and Seymour Swin-] ton was placed under arrest. After] n severe grilling at the courthouse he' confessed he wrote the letters with) the assistance of John Simmons, who] was later arrested. The two negroes were carried to Marion and placed in jail. Assisted by Sheriff John V Rowell j an,i two deputies ot .Marion county. Chief Hewlett made a thorough search . of the country about the farm with-, 'out finding any trace of the body. Ful- \ Iv a thousand persons joined in the, search of the woods. A large lake at, iCentenary has been gone over sever-j al times and will be dragged later.' : Pee De0 river is nearby and some of, i the officers are of the opinion that ;the body'was thrown into the river.I On account of some minor trouble, some time ago the negroes made an I !effort to place burning of the! Simmons home on Mr. White and the! | threatening letters resulted in the jhope of causing the community to; place the blame also on White. n COUNTY BORROWS WITHOUT INTEREST. Bunk of Lake View Agrees to Lend County $40,(MN) Without Interest. The first meeting of the County Commissioners, under the new act | amending the county government law,! was held Tuesday. Quite a lot of'ac- j cummulated business was disposed of. j The new act provides that banks shall j submit sealed bids on the rate of in terest to be charged the county for, borrowed money, and pursuant to the 1 - . -? .t-!_ . . 1 US.1? I |provisions 01 mis act, mr mu? ?<n ;opened yesterday. The Bank of Lake View was the lowest bidder, having I agreed to lend the county $40,000.00 without interest, and also to pay the [county a bonus of $280.00 for the [privilege of handling the account. The Bank of Lake View also agrees! to pay the county 5 per cent, on the! money carried in the sinking fund. The act provides that all county fu | shall be deposited in the bank nial; |ing the lowest bid. Bids by other banks were as follows: First National Bank. 1.87 per cent; Union Bank & Trust Co.. of Lake View. 2 per cent; Peoples Bank 5 per cent. o Knit SAI.E I - ?? I.uinberlon Robeson ian. One Ford car with pision rings, two rear wheels, one front spring, has no fenders, seat or plunk; burns lots of gas, ha I'd to crank, carburetor busted half way through, engine missing?hits on two. Three years old (four in the spring>, has shock absorbers and everything Radiator busted? sure does leak differentials dry? you can hear it squeak. Ten spokes missing, front all bent,' tires blowed out ain't worth a cent, (lot lots of speed will run like the deuce burns either pas or tobacco juice. Tires all off, been run on tinrim? a darn good Ford for the shape it's in. I'OFTK .11 STIFF The alleged "rhyming robber" .lanie> Smith, who is said to have Uiioied poetrv ie a dnueist while lie rifled th,. cash r? . ister, was given t.oefie iuslice XiH1 Vork la.-f M?'k when Mapisii Win. S Wi ? t/.? r pi ??no in- -?1 i In- ;"??! 1 <?\v 111tr lyrie judsMiiOnt: "! 1:?'M ymi in five thousand i 1. Which inniiis ynu t'ti ritrlit b.mk n? j:ii! I St i r in i.if > i m 11 jus' ! r ui? ?a>. 'iii li? !?! liti mime ' #1 ?> -.-11 * I p:'\ I'll th> I'm ' i di-po- r f I It ft;' |||. . t' prisoner promptly m . poiit! <!: I;' ;.1I riL'lii judyo. I'm nn my \vn;. Vmir verdict means I'm point: away." !.' !i\it an(] I!i?* mapistrafe replied: 'You said it boy; bo on your \va>." Miss Anni,, Itanks of Harisvilb spent the week end with Missos Leila jand Kstelle Braddy. FLAT TURNS OVER .1 LIVES LOST TEKItlULE TKACEPY -YEAR M*COKMACK Sl'XDAY. Ferry lloai Cable (jives Way Wliem Auto Party Attempts to Cross River. McCormick. April 5?While oo t pleasure trip yesterday afternoo*. traveling in two automobiles an<6 crossing Savannah river at Harper'.* ?iv mllA. of T icu ?, OIA uiuca wcai ui 10 out of 11 persons in the party weas.drowned in the waters of the Savu.?-. nah river. The young people were on their, way from South Carolina to Elbert county, Georgia, and had started across Savannah river on the flat. Th? post holding the cable by which thfttlat was operated gave way and Lb** flat drifted down the river until h.. struck a rock and capsized. Thosir reported drowned are: Albert Suther land, about 18 years old; Miss Alkw Meschine, about 15 years of age* and' her brother, Charlie Meschine, abator. 19 years old; Lester Waters and bit wife, young couple w'ho had beer married only six weeks; Inez Manning aged 9 an^ her Bister, Miss Anni*-. Manning, 16 years of age, and the brother, Robert Manning, age 221, Miss Allie Bradshaw, aged 18, andi. her sister, Miss Lucy Bradshaw agetu 15. The only person iu the party wire was saved was Thomas Bradshaw, & brother of Misses Allie Bradshaw anjeL J~>ucy uittuauuw. It is thought that the high watenr of the Savannah river and the strong current rushing against the flat load ed with the party and two automobiles, in which they were traveling caused the cable post to give way All of the drowned are from prominent families residing in and arouroP. the town of Lowndesville, Abbeville county, and as soon as the matte? was reported the whole country tcrrv ed into a searching party trying to recover the bodies of those drowned. 0*i account of th0 swollen river none otf the bodies had been recovered lal* this afternoon. The tragedy has caused a gloox>r. over the entire community. Abbeville, April 5?Ten peop)** were drowned at Harper's ferry, near Lowndesville, yesterday afternoc? when the ferry cable snapped and thar flat capsized in Savannah river. Eleven persons were making the trii across but Thomas Bradshaw manag' - * - * V, n/irtnr/linrr fn. fll IU gel iu Uie suuic, atwiuuif, U< information here. Those who drowns were: Lester Waters, ferryman, aui' Mrs Waters, Albert Sutherland, Luc* Bradshaw, Allie May Bradshaw, AJicx Meschine, Charles Meschine'and thre*children of Walter Manning. The Waters were a young coup** who had been married only about a month. Mr. Waters was nn exsoldier. having seen overseas service; Mrs. | Waters was a public school teacher and some of those on the flat weir. I her pupils and the party is said i . i have been crossing over to her home Albert Sutherland was 18 years ofc and was the son of one of the jurors to have been here today for th' sett triall. He had taken his father t<r? the train at Lowndesville earlier irthe afternoon. The continuous rains hflve caused something of a freshet in the watc*(courses in this section and the annah river was said to have beer/ up seven or eight feet when the tragedy occurred. Harper's Ferry is about six niil?* jfrotn Lowndesville and about :{o miles ! from here. From Lowndeville this afternoon it is learned that the flat at Harper's? ferry turned over directly after th* steel cablp broke. This was cause ? it is said by a wind sheet or board which was dropped along side i inflat to relieve the pressure on tlv ' ------- ui.?i U'tion fti? CUBIC (lining infill nut". ....... ?- . cable gave way, the undertow of in' current is said to have turned the flu' completely over on the occupants. Tb flat was near enough the Ceorgia sic. for one boy to jump trnd get to C l? * bank. DILLON' <'LI'llS MKKT AIMtIL XI. Tit,, various Democratic clubs it. the county will meet Saturday, April 24th, for the purpose of electing d"i egates to thH County Conventinc which will be held on the first Morday in May. There are 1*'. clubs i: Dillon county, as follows: Dillon, Lai. fat Floydale, Fork. Kemper. Tlertn ; da. Caddys Mills, Lake View. Ml vary. Dlea^ant Hill. Hamer. f j"j ' flock, Maple Mil!. Judson. Fore, am Centerville. There is some talk o| changing !? rubs of the ptirty and permitting it. women to vole in the priuiarbs ? y.ar TIsis has nothing to do with tfi -u fra",, amendment, but it t >? en i tuitie tit should fail < !' ratiii. ;,t : ti.' women would not be ailnwo veto ;n ?! ?- gfi i ore I bet ion T>< rules will ha\e to be amended rii tf; S?n', Democratic Convention whi I I'M *- i III IIII V. Mil \ 1 .'I II. r.Mii- f 'I.' !> W rill'-S tillTr 'Mil I i' ;i ' in mIi ?i- m .nrollnnnt < \ ry fv yiii'-. ?.fil tli. Huh rolls w;ll 'f>o or i.o(i on tin- hist Tuesday in Juno and nmait oji.-ii until tho last Tuosd:..8 in July. o E. R. Edwards spent Wednesday an(j Thursday of last week in Greeirs bnro. N*. C.