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ESTABLISHED 1894 THE DILLON HERALD, DILLON SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY .MORNING, OCTOBER 28, 1920. *0L- N0* 8
.MAXHANDLED B\ MOB.
Out* Peter McMahou tu New Yoiu
Tells Siorj iti Dough Treatment
at Hands ol a South Carolina
Mob.
A Philadelphia dispatch of October
?u gives the following:
Peter McMahon 01 Yonker, !?.
his wrists scarred by a rope and his
back bearing 'he marks of a whiplett
a northbound Pennsylvania railroad
train here today ana sought the
police tor medical attention. He
says he was seized anu whipped Monday
night, a few miles outside oi
Trenton, 6. C., after he attempted to
assist a young woman of Aiken, S.
C., in a settlement which involved a
division of her father's estate.
W Hus underclothing was stiff with
^ blood and, besides lash marks, his
uody ana neck bore the marks oi
ropes with which he said his tormentors
had attempted to hang him. Po*
lice here ar e investigating his story
ot attempted lynching ana mistreatment.
McMahon, who is 55 years old, saia
he believed his assailants were adopting
methods oi the Ku Klux Klau.
He said he was seized when he lelt
the train at Trenton, S. C., and was
driven into the country in an automobile.
At the point where his mistreatment
occurred, he said, eight
men, .wearing white hoods, gathered
a:onna and beat him.
They threw a rope around my
neck, then tried to put the other enu
ovtr a tree but it would not reach,'*
McMahon said at the Hanmman
hospital toaay. "After a severe beat
iiig tne ait-ii icld me they had defined
to let me go. Then tney drove
me to Denmark, S. C. They gave me
money to buy my ticket to New York,
alter making me promise 1 would not
return."
AiC.vlahon said he was too weak to
leave the train at n'ashingtou. Hcto.u
the police lie was friend and aa\istr
01 the young women and that
her lather lives at Aiken. Recently,
according, to McMahon, the lather
made a uivisiou of nis property among
ms children. Her share was #50.000.
"1 did not believe that sufficient",
he said, "ana she una I went to Aiken
last week to see it we couid not get
fa better share for her."
From Columbia conies the tallowing:
Denial is made in telephone advices
from Aiken today that any
white-cap activities have taken piace
in Aik? n or Edeelieid counties in con
* nection with the vi&:t of Peter McMabon
to that section.
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GEORGIA NEGROES RETURNING
' BY THOUSANDS FROM THE
NORTH AND EAST.
Macon, Ga., Oct. 13 ?Thousands
of Georgia negroes who migrated to
the North ana East soon alter the
outbreak of the war, iured oy high
wages oifered in industrial plants,
are returning to Georgia, ana hundreds
a others, unable to make the
homeward trek because of lack of
luuus, are sending appeals to ihe.r
lot mt i employers for tickets on
which to travel back to Dixie.
Notice contained in the newspapers
of Macon from southern counties ui
o<-u!g:a chronicle the return ot many
lamMies ana appeals from even larger
numb rs for funds with which to
reiuin to their native homes.
Y.uucllj all of those who lemrn
ana thus... who are writing for 'ci to
state that tUey have been t!iu- u out
01 tini-it jnient and now tin 1 t ,e. >selves
faced with the prospect of a
hard winter ih a strange land.
Returning negroes all tell the same
story. The high wages received counted
tor little with tnem, as they were
more than onset by the hign cost ot
life industrial centers to which they
we^it. Practically all of them return
to tneir old homes penniless, giud to
have saved enough from their high
wages to purchase the precious pasteboards
which mean transportation
back to the luDd of toiton, sweet potatoes,
iiee quarters and free firewood.
Dr. Duncan hi FlorenceDr.
and Mr?. Watson B. Duncan
spent last week in Florence where Dr.
Duncan lectured every night to the
Sunaay school Training Confer* no*
neid in Central Methodist Church.
The Florence Daily Times of last
Friuay had the following to say:
"The training school for Sunday
school teach* rs, that has been in progress
at Central Methodist churcn
since Sunday, will come to an er.d tonight
with an address by Dr. Watson
ii Duncan of Dillon at S:1U? o'clock.
Tnis is the fifth of a series of talks
that Dr. Duncan has been giving each
.night in nis inimitable way, to the
i charm and delight of alf who hear
* him.
mF The school has been well patron iz\
* ?l and Instructors Ford. Miss St <
(lath and McCoy are to bo eoiigrut;.
lated upon its .-ucce.-s. The ,'UUlio s
urged to a'teiid tli.s last s* s.ion."
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I.irnbt rton Kob? soman.
M5:> Annie Randolph o: H* nd? rson
a::;; Mr. William Crave r t>f Dilluu. S
C.. wt re marriea in h? oi::.\ ii ?i-uiflt
r o! L?t* ds .M. \V. Ficyd. Hatir
day afternoon ai -1 o i: dui k. J
M. G. Mcivci.zit of Ivi.r t*d. This \va
the 3aOth couple joined in wedlock by
Justice McKenzie.
COLD BLOODED MIKDE1L
I'uited States .Marines Trying to
Whitewash Dastard)) Deed.
Details of the killing of two native
Haitians on orders ot an insane noncommissioned
ol'tieer ol the American
marines were learned in Washington
| Tuesday, says an Associated Press
dispatch.
it was this incident which caused
General Barnett to make his charge
of indiscriminate killings oy uie
American torces occupying Haiti. General
Bai rn it wih be the first witness
beiore the board ot na\al inquiry
(which is to start an investigation ot
die charges Friday.
The details of Killing of two natives
without trial came out in the
court martial of a sergeant and two
men who acted on his ordei's.
The two Haitians were Leonard
Placiae and Destine Jean, who were
shot at Croix de Bouquets on the
night of May 22. 1919. One had.been
arrested for "working magic" and the
other for theft. They were taken ftoui
jail by the sergeant, and ordered to
dig their own graves, the evidence in
the courtmartials shows. Kerosene is
said to have been poured over Placiae's
head, only a high wind blowing
out matches preventing him from
utmg tortured by fire.
Tne sergeant is then said to have
assembled his firing squad, which besides
two marines, contained three
native gendarmes, and a civilian mechanic,
and having ordered them to
shoot the prisoners. When the Haitians
failed to fall at the first volley,
tne sergeant is charged with finishing
them oif with his revolver.
At the courtmartial it was brought
out that the sergeant was hopelessly
insane and the two privates, it is understood,
were acquitted as they acted
on orders of a superior.
During the courtmartial the counsel
for the sergeant declared this was
not the only case of killing of natives
! without trial. It is understood thai
I this will be explained before the nav
jal board on the ground 01 mimaio
(necessity. It is pointed out that when
then marines took "cacos,"' or native
bandits, they shoot them because they
had not sulticient tnen to guard the
prisoners. It released the "cacos"
would 111 form tce;r fellows of the position
of the marines who usually
weie outnumbered ano far irom their
base. The "cacos" themselves took no
prisoners it is said.
! A l .Mgl E CASE OF
"liEA'll.W. THE BEAKS."
W. .M. Frierson Won't Sell Till Long
| Maple Keaehes $1.00 A l\tuud.
(Florence Times.
I A unique case of "beating the
bears'* in the present cotton situation,
is reported 1:1 the lower end of Florence
count}. It is being reported tc
ja. a. Wannamaker, president of the
American Cotton Association lor possible
recommendation to cotton p.antjers
of ;ne South.
\V. M. Frierson, of Lynchourg, is
;ouiiding an individual cotton storage
j warehouse unuer the provisions 01
the South Carolina laws. He expect#
10 put 17a 01 -'t?0 oa.es 01 long staple
! cotton in it this season. Then he is
going to make his will pertaining to
aiis cotton.
.vir. Frierson has a young son, about
su\ years of age, named Jack, lie is
filing to win tms cotton to Jacck, un
ili-n ,t i< tfi tie sold
I Ut'l liitr y i \j ? iciv.i ?v ? ?
!"when it will bringq $1 per p<. ?
Snouid ion^ staple not bring <1 pet
pound, within me lite oi Jack, the
j cotton is to handed down the line
?to Jack's son; to Jack's son's son,
i ana so on till t tie re is a uoiiat inaiket
! tor long staple.
Willie waiting tor that "dollar market",
Air. 1-rietson is going to occupy
niuisen at memorializing ms insianc
loi storing cotton, fie is going to tic..t
II ne word "Jack" pa in leu in nig lotlurs
acioss uie tront oi his waienoust
'so mat everyone will know or learun
,oi the circumstances.
i My. f uel son is reputtd one of the
;wealthiest anc biggest cotton p.anteit
jets in sotitti Carolina.
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1HL? AkTLIi &HOKT 1LL.NKSS
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|thai-Lie Bennett Bussed Away at Little
Hock La-l Tuesday.
Mr. Charlie Bennett of Little Rock
i(lied last Tuesuay nignt alter a bri-.t
j niiitss. Air. Bennett was in Dillon
i't.esday anu retained home aniout 1
io'cigck. At 4 o clock that ai'ernoou
no cOmihuineU of leeling unwell anu
iwtni to ueu. His coiiumon became selious
auu physicians wert summoned,
but he lapsed into unconsciousness
jario uieu about J o'clock that night.
Air. Bennett was 4i? yvars ol age anu
. aves a wile and several cniiu:-ii. :iv
operated a blacksmith <hop at Littic
hock. The bod \ was taken to ..uuibenon.
Xir. Bennett's native home.
! interment.
County TtMilifl'x' .Meeting Next S.?tunlay.
The i:U n t.'o.Teachers" Assoe
at ion will hjiu its tirsi meeting o;
the sci.uo! yeai Sat'.rday, Oct* !> 1 :
!at oe.o<k. I'n? an t ting will t??
:< i.- !m..' :i s'c.iOiti An<. itoriti:/!.
j Aec?<ru: .*r o a i? solution whirl;
! ! %ailed at ?: la.-' i.e?ilic <?| :It*
{association ti.? teachers will orgutiizt
ih- iollo'vini: dt j-ar:a?':its:
Iteparui. m : riniaty T*a In i s. De!
partt:n :it I::T?: :n diai*? 1 e.u-her:-. and
l D< parti.: at Hiv a.Sc.i<.>oi "i\'ache;s.
Dr. S. 11 Edmunds of Stimiri will
addles* the gvmral meeting.
COUNTY FA III A SUCCESS.
Everybody Drli&hted With Splendid
Ciilcction ui Exhibits.
In point of exhibits attractively displayed
Dillon County's first lair was
a success. The attendance did not
come up to expectations, but ihe men
behind the movement are very nnich
; gratified to know tuat everybody who
attended the fair spoke in the most
jcomplimentary terms of the many initeresting
and attractive exhibits, and
pronounced it one of the be.-t county.
I fairs in the state. The attendance was
I cut down by the good weather prevailing
which enabled many people to
igather cotton, but even in the face of
I these conditions the total receipts
amounted to something like $5,5i)0.
litis amount will just about pay e.xI
penses, but as the fair was not estab
! li.-heu as a money-making institution
the men behind tbe movement are
not disappointed.
The live stock exhibit was splendid.
As visitors passed through this
department they were heard to remark,
"Well, I had no idea there were
so many fine hogs in Dillon county."
The cattie exhibit showed up equally
as well.
There were many attractive exhibits
at the tair, but without discrediting
the others, it may oe saia that
the Dillon High School agricultural
exhibit was one of the most interesting
seen at the fair. It was artistically
arranged and showed how a small
larm crop should be diversified under
boll weevil conditions.
A list of the prize winners is being
i prepared by the committees 011 exjnibits
ana will be published in the
I next issue of The Herala.
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j .NO ROOM FOR PESSIMISM.
j South Carolina Will .Not Suffer, Says
Director V.. \V. Long,
CK-mson College, Oct. Zi?"*.i
'cotton selling around the 20-eent iev;el,
at least GO percent 01 the crop
(must go to pay for the fertilizers
I used ana the expense 01 picking ana
ginning", says Director \V. \V. Long
ot the Extension Set vice of Clemson
College, "ana I am more convinced
than ever 0: tLe correctness of the
;position ot the Extension St 1 vice ii
Iadvocating a well balanced system of
I diversified agriculture, itecenuy, in
jurging increased acieage in cover
j crops to enrich our soils, I pointed
jout that oty iertnizer bills would
itotal $50,ou0,0bU and that it woulu
1 take over ZaO.OUO baies at 4?j cents,
i or 3oO,uOO baies at UO cents, to pay
!this fertilizer bill.-With cotton at
|2o cents it will take abo.dUO bale.-.
I or *0 per cent of the crop, to pay the
i fertilizer tilli kione. Add to tnis lbU,
! uvO bales to pay ior lucking ana 60,iOOu
Dales ior ginning, anc we have
;a tclal ot 740,vOo btwes, o; 60 per
jceni ot the estimator. yield.
"Tiife ngures speax muxe convineJingly
than any one can say oi' the
I soundness ol tiie tioctrin- o! diversitiIcanon.
Only the lariutr wlio has folI
lowea uiversitiet: laiming tnis year is
.on tat sale side.
I ".but we .must not b- pessimistic.
There is no room lor gloom or uesIpoudency.
.\'oiwiuists.ii?;ng the great
I losses in liie slump in cotton prices,
i we nave luucn to be ihunuiui lor, b-,cause
our food and fted ciops are
lauumiaiit and \aiuable. The corn crop
' I which in early suiiihur piomiaea to
i Oe a poor one on small acreage, now
pioinises i by reason of the tanners'
'response to tne cuil for increased acreage
and better cultivation. and the
ravorable seasonsi to be around 44,iboO.d'jO
busi.ei.. the la:-est in oui
II ' - ! I*-, r.wrtril
v?vu mv
'yit'icl of 1017 by about lour miliim
' oushels.
"Tnen, too, wp have more hogs in
thc state than ever before; and our
live stork is increasing raj.ioly m
number and value. We iiave ar. immense
crop oi liii" hay; and we have
xce,.; .eiiai yields ot sirup, a otg crop
'cl .-weel potatoes, etc.
"Now 11 our people will turn attention
as early as possible to seeding
ot a iaige gra.n crop, there is uo
I danger ot want 01 loou or leed or ot
I Oeing forced to the expense ot buying
lliiese things irot.i ouier states with
'the money trotn low priced cotton.
"Tne newspapers ot October 21st
' any an interesting article Horn Secretary
H. 0. Hester, ot the Now Orleans
Cotton Exchange, wtio makes
tne statement that there is nothing
I the matter with the South beyond an
1 unreasonable siaiv in cotton, and
points out that this decline, the preat'est
in the history ol the market, was
due largely to the fact that :n tru
past ten weeKs mors than l.OoO.oOO. 000.
bales oi spot cotton ha\e literaij.y
been thrown overboard withou.
I rime or rtason. It we make tip our
in)lids thai conditions are not as bau
(a*- tin-y set-in and everyone* can catch
'I the spirit oi optimism, m a short time
iti.nas will leadjUM themselves. Let>
think about iiicr?*asir.si our food cropfall,
thus accomplish!!!!: two pur'<
pus* s ? tiiniisiiiiic foou lor all our
i people ant: reduciur our cottou ae!
it ace.
I oi k.
1 Miss Nannie It-!!* Taylor o' While'vi
1! *. N. f . sp un Sunday wi'h Mr
iam'. M:-s. t K "laylor.
< Mi-s'.-rs. Hurt Kober's a: u t,'a:r'?i
1 II o: Woitord oilec- Fninc
I School spent a itw days at .10:10 ;a;
v.t < i;.
.Mrs. Annv Cnr:iii<*l:.v ! ha- r? *1
td home from Rowland. N. L.. wlnta
lit- visited I?r. and Mr- T W. Carunchael.
S. A. Los-lie S p? lit ill' Wt( k
1 end at Marion.
SOLDIER KILLS SISTER.
Committed Deed at Her Request toj
Relieve Her Sintering.
; Johann Strugger, formerly a cap-|
'tain in the Australian arnty, has been!
arrested on a charge of murder for j
shooting and killing his sister at her'
I own request, according to a dispatch
'front Constance, Switzerland. The'
sister suffered a fracture of her spine j
; in an Aipine acciuent last year, knew!
her illness to be incurable and had
i rt pt atedly begged the physicians ol a l
sanitarium of which she was a patient j
J to telieve her of her sufferings by an'
ovtrdose of morphine.
Sirugger delivered an ultimatum to
I the physicians that if they failed to
I comply with pis sister's wishes within I
hive days be would shoot her himself.!
iThis he did with the full consent of
i the girl.
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: WILL ASK HEN'S TO STOP MONTH j
1 Louisiana Governor to Iksuo I'rocla-j
mat ion.
New Orleans. Oct., 24?Gov. John
j M. Parker will tomorrow issue a proclamation
culling upon all cotton gin
'owners in the state of Louisiana to
close their gins for a period of 20
j days beginning November 1 in an el
! lort to give new life to ttie cotton i
market. Promoters of the movement
to close the gins are daily receiving
promises of cooperation from all sections
of the South and already several
hundred gin owners have declared
themselves in readiness to close theii
1 gins as long as may be necessary.
In addition to issuing his proclamation,
asking the gins to close, Governor
Parker will, at the same time,
iaddress communications to the gov-1
; ernors of all the cotton producing
i states asking them to issue a similar
| pioclamaiion.
Tne appeal of \V. B. Thopson.l
ipit-sideni o: the Louisiana division!
iof the American Cotton association,!
ito the tne cotton men of the South, to-i
1 gt-iher with the action of Governor!
Parker, is expected to bring ginning!
(operations to a virtual standstill not I
later than November 1.
i Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas !
iare already fairly well organized foi |
jibe closing campaign and telegrams
from leading cotton men from other I
:states indicate that they will not be
far behind in closing down.
In addition to the movement lookling
to the closing of the gins, preparations
aj-e already under way in
many sections to secure a large reduction
in cotton acreage next year.
I The Texas association has notified
|the Louisiana division that under a
sworn pledge the crop in that state
jwill be reduced one-third. From
;Alabama came the declaration that
I among the farms to be turned to
jother uses are allowed to lie idle next
vtar, is one 100,000 acre plantation.
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Amounts Received by General Willie
Jones from the Different Counties
ci ibe !?tute for <he Deiiiocr.ilie
I k-unti ? Oct. 2.5, 1 1)20.
I County. Amount
[Abbeville $201.50
J Aiken 41$.00
! Allendale 305.00
I Anderson 7 o 1.00
Bamberg 150. oil
[Barnwell 250.00
Beaufort 9.oo
; Bet keley 13.00
Calhoun __20U.oo
j cr.ariestou __ 2,1*4.65
l.ifh.itui' 2*3.60
i CI.* Her 857.00
Chest* rfieid 1*0.oo
jCla nndon 194.00
COileton 4 S.i j
iDnrhi.gton __ 1,255.25
Dillon *17.93
Do: Chester lol.Oo
i Ltigetield 552.3*
[Fairfield __ __ 274.00
' Florence __ __ 69.0'J
'C<'urgetown __ __ __ __ __ -- 26.00
i Greenville .-1,5*1.21
j tii? enwoou 51;?.oo
.Hamilton __ 1*7.75
jHoiry ? ? .. 252.00
[Jasper
! Keisiiaw ? 211.00
Lain.isitr l.oia.oc
LuUkmis 367.us
i Lee 405.00
j Lcdh^ton SOT.50
. icCo;L.icii _ __ Soli.oo
Marion ? ?3&G.75
.Marlboro 4 67.75
Newutrry 1,007.50
jOconre __ -- __ 476.00
Oruapeburg __ 551.
Pickens __ __ __ ? S4 i.o i
iiu-bl;.nd __ 4,313.65
S...Ui:.; -- 101.05
I Sp-arianburg __ 1.0;* 1 .?.? '
s>umur ? ? __ OS 7.5o
i jii'mi ____________ __ 7os.uo
{ \\ uii it:..-bur s. ... __ 506.-2.:
York _ .. 757.01
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' Services air Mcth<*<Ii>t Church.
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| \\ ill.-Oil i'l. iniULUl,. pilfJOV SlllHii..
i r iioul CI.. Mr. \V. M :i ..
jMijier.utenden:. ;t; 11 ...
Iand 7 ;-v ! . in. t?> ii.?
; Murniiu Subjtc: "The ! >::. ;
1 :? o'.or. ' on t-> . ? :.j
y ;.|-I - will i.. !i i- n
? .: Ev?'in - w > .
] ; Sa\- A'! Men?" K'a:.'-' . - .? - r
M-rv?c?* tn <: >
! 7 : * " p. til.. !i lowed by choit . . ?u*?
j I\iblic cord:;!!1;, ill'. :? ?! '
Mr. Tom Miller of Lynch l-u it. ^
C : ji? n? the wt !: end wth Mr T
.S Kictibouri:.
LORD MAYOR DIES
IX BIUXTOX PRISON
ilody M ill Be Removed Secretly to
Cork for Burial by Officials, it
!s Believe*I.
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London, Oct. 25?Terence MacSwiney,
lord mayor of Cork, the most
piominent of the Irish hunger strikers
and said to have been the brains o;
ti4e republican army in Ireland, uieu
early eoday in Brixton prison.
The end was not unexpected for the
lord mayor had been unconscious lot
several days. He was entering upot
the seventy-fourth day of his hunget
strike as a protest against a sentence
of two years' imprisonment on several
charges, including cne of having
seditious documents in his possession.
Only his brother, John MacSwiney.
and his private chaplain, Father Dominic,
were with him when he died.
Mrs. Mactswiney and the prisoner's
'? A cict^rs Annie and Mary, were at
ft nearby hotel.
The lord mayor, who was terribly
emaciated as a result of his long
abstinence from food, had been delirious
lor many hours, and was unconscious
when death came.
Family ltoarhes Prison,
It was several hours after the lord
mayor died before his brother was
permitted to tell Mrs. MacSwiney the
sad news. She immediately went to
the prison, accompanied by her parents
and the Misses MacSwiney, and
the family, stoical and dry-eyed prayed
over the body as it lay on the
cot.
There were no untoward demonstrations
outside the prison after the
news of MacSwiney's death became
generally known. A lar'ge force of ponce
had been concentrated to put
down any disorder that might occur.
It was said at the prison that the
reason for withholding permission to
John MacSwiney to inform the dying
man's relative of his condition was
that it was in the prisoner's interests.
Just before MacSwiney died Father
Dominic and John MacSwiney knelt
at the bedside and ottered up prayeis.
The priest administered the rites
oi extreme unction.
To Take liody to Cork,
if is well within the possibilities
that the uody will be taken to Coik
I secretly in order to avoid unpleasant
results trom whatever demonstrations
;m:glit be arranged in England ana
| Ireland along the route traversed by
t'.ain bearing the body. There is no
I intimation tnat any otricial advocates
;reiusai 10 send it to Cork.
The home otfice in charge of prisjons,
which would control the movement
of the body in England, said
'true 110 plan for the removal of tin
body had been officially considered.
I At the Irish office it was declared
'that no plan had been formulated loi
tue transler ui the body to Ireland
una mat final decision on this point
would rest solely with Dublin Castie,
it is within the powers of the homt
oil ice to gi\e up the body of a prisoner
in whatever way.is deemed most
expedient. It is pointed out that it
cuuid legally transfer the body in
secret to some out of the way port
and late.* to a government vessel and
deliver it at Cork.
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1 A Ml.\ L 1'lihVAil-S i\
1'AuT Ol' CHI.NA
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-( PKftMrtMi People A i f Said to lie it
l auger it Deal a Hunt
.Starvation.
Vw n.. nftiidiiif :.< in Chihli. Shan
.-i. snai.uing, and Honan provinces,
iii Liu...c, (idc iu repeated ligut crops
iollov.vd by almost complete failure
inis summer art- reported by iuvtsDgatois
to be tbt* worst in years. It
is estimated that 20.uuu.0uu people
ar<. in perily of death from starvation
aiu: disease during the coining
wintei unless help' on a lame scale
Thousands of families are alr?au>
aiou; making their way northward in
the i.ope 01 iiudiiig it.ud ana employa.ebt.
tubers are selling their belouy':i;gs
piecemeal to procure ?oou a;
g:?atl> advanced prices. Farm anu
draught animajs a;? b? iug disposed ct
,lor a song lor lack 01 louder to keep
'them and fuel to cook tium if sluagli|tered.
Dr. F .F. Tucker of Tehchow, Shantung.
i roviace. and Dr. F. J. I'eill. ot
' Siaochang. also in Shantung, report
tnul o tag without food and unable
t?# buy it. people are living on weeds
and (tie leaws ol trees, cotton se? d
and brftn. Children. ?specially girls,
te.ug sold or given away, the;
John Griffith, of th? Canadian l'res! ;.
teraui Mission. Ctiangteho. North
HuMuri writes:
"The last fading'hope was tliat at
least .. crip of quick maturing buckwheat
might be secured utter a lnt?
tail:. Hut no rain has- coir.*- and that
hope is now entitely gone. Kv-ry road
notthwat'd swarms with thn hungerp::ichfii
human;!;. Tie l'? kina-Hai;kow
railway i> geneto tsly allow.! a
relative to travel ftv# i n all trains
in uini tor South Hunan and Hupt h
and th'se at- < rowiteu witn famtle ?
having many littl- children or olu
pe'<p.,. \% no cannot face in- trek o.i
li.? mo it.tain toads to Shansi am.
'I ! At.ieric; a i;? d ?.'ros- has a'
' e | '.iiiiiiiiii f (i the tila
ii China ttn<! Japat : .1
' o! <: a larti .no .n < : .
< < tinmit.it} I aia at seller*.
T' will be ,1 11 tiimuhi'y Fair
1 !! -- .-< :>ool iioi:s? ? : 1 Ftida.' . Oc'e
'c : L"?th. b- ginning at 4 o'clock Ti.li'iti
- 1* r-i.alh invit'd t< attend
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'CAN'T VOTE FOK HARDING.''
Says Man Just Before He Walks U+
His Heath.
Niagara Falls Fails, N. Y., Oct. VI?before
the eyes of a score of sigb-l - * "
seers at Prospect Point late today a
man climbed over the railing waded,
vntt into the river and was carried over
the American falls. Too astonished
lo act, the spectators sluou by whi:?
tiie man drifted to the brink waving
..a. hands and shouting.
"Here's where 1 leave you: goodbye.''
m a oiacK ueroy iounu near vu?j
plate where the man climbed the failing
was found a piece of paper ou
which was written:
"This hat belongs to Carl A. Ellis,
of Hamburg, N. Y." The description
of the suicide corresponds to that of
I Ellis, who could not be located iu
Hamburg, tonight.
The owner of a souvenir stand near
the falls told tha police tha t the man
approached him and laughingly said:.
"Well, I can't vote lor Harding, so
I may as well go over the falls."
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COLORED FAIR POSTPONED.
The promoters of the Colored Pair
which was to have been held thin
week met Saturday and decided to
postpone the fair 30 days. The main,
reason for reaching this decision was
oecause there is so much cotton in
the fields which should be gathered
while the weather is good, and another
reason was that the promoters
needed more time in which to prepare
lor the fair. The colored folks are
very much interested in the move
nu-nt and are laying plans to hold a.
fair that will be a distinct credit to
their race. Dillon county number*?
i among its colored population many
splendid farmers and there is e*e*y
reason to believe they will get together
a large collection of interesting
and attractive exhibits. The committee
has not decided on the exact dale
on which the fair will be held, but.
when they reach this decision jhv
dales will be announced through the
columns of The Herald.
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JlTKli: INDICTED FOR
Kl.WI.Vti DIVORCE MILT*.
Alabama Jurist Charged With Distiltri
tuning of Fraudulent Divorce
Decrees.
Anniston, Ala., Oct. 26? Judge Jas
F. Creen, who was arrested here on
October 12 on a Federal warrant
! charging use of the mails to defraud
[land who is ai present dangerously ill
at his home here, was indicted thi*>
[afternoon by the Federal grand jury
| under five specific counts, the governjnient's
allegation being that JudgeCreen
had distributed a large number
lot fraudulent divorce decrees bearing;
'the forged signatures of court officials,
and tor which Creen receivi-d
a uniform price of $25 each.
According to a statement that afternoon
by Assistant District Attorney
i;J. C. Smith, of Birmingham, th?s
government's investigation has rticlosed
that the u -lawful divorno mill
'has been in operation since 19 IK, at'
the result of which many illegal nrurjriages
have been contracted and a
.'number 01 illegitimate children born.
Judge Creep was retorted today h>
i* his physicians as b'-ing too ill to b?*
t it sen to the i'taeral court loom, even
on a stretcher, and the case will go
|over until the May term of Federal
court. Most ol" tl-.i alleged fraudulent
idivorces charged against the Annis,
'on man were sold to persons living
in Georgia, acccrdlng to Assistant
'District Attorney Smith.
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I I IKK IDKSTIIOVS GINNING
I'KANT IX SOI Til CAItO KIN A. .
! Aiken, S. C.. Oct. 26?Klre thought
to be of incemlary origin destroyed
'the large ginnery of H. 1'. Hug Ices.
mar Graniuville, last night. about
,'9:30 o'clock. Thirty bales of cotton
and 3.00(1 bushels of c ot'.on
I were also destroyed by the flames.
Mr. Dychess e.-timates his loss at
'aboutif 10.O00. with half insurance-.
I No notice had been posted on the gir?
iand it had been left unguarded n?I
night.
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i Mr. Sam Elfenb'in of the Klfenbmftt
Company is in New York this went
attending several big cost sales put.
oil by New YorK joooers.
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Rev. W. C. Wallace, former Baptist
pastor .it Lake View, but now n'i
|Jonnsonville, S. C.. was among tfW
visitors io town Tuesday.
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Mrs. Schafei- ITuesday.
Mrs. Ray Rosenstein Schafer, wib
tof Mr. Sain Schafer, of Little Rock.
! died early Tuesday evening after a
I brit t illness The news of Mrs. K-hafi'
l's death vaine as a distinct shock <?.?
I the cointiiunity. as she was ill only
\v hours before sin pa.-aed away
i Mrs. Schafer cann to Little Kwli
i just a year ato as a yoi!'!'- bride, .net
I '.;.i ha hi r b: : : :< -un li< t there ni.id*
. . !i> ft".etuis wi.o (ie. ply y.i i* >'t
;:learn of !:* i untimely d-ath. Re
iter, rani: a*? -in was .\i ss Kay Roe
> n t> in of Baltimore.
Th.. bod v. a - ; b? a la I'altiiooM
.:. ... h; and i e a? v. ill b?? m.id?, !..
.1* w. s| <. : ry ;:i t h I <it v
r. i?. ? . MKI:TI\<L
I Tile 1* 0. (' Chapter will meet
('in horn. Mrs W. C. Moor* tin
aft*. rnoon aT half past four o'clock.
Mrs. Wade -ra.-khouse.
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