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GENERAL PERSHING
IN WASHINGTON'
VICE PRESIDENT MARSHALL
GREETS HERO. \
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Tribute to .Women. 1
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Many on Hand to Bid "Black Jack"
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Washington, Sept. 12.?With the *
plaudits of New York and Philadel-v;
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' J. Pershing arrived in Washington to- 1
day and received a foretaste of the
, . more formal greeting he will receive
next week when he leads the First
Division up Pennsylvania Avenue in
the Nation's Victory Parade.
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As he stepped from his special train
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at the station, the men who led the | '
American army to victory in France
heard a shrill cry of greeting rise
from the hundreds of women and girls t
who lined his pathway. As he stood ^
later with bared head before Vice
President Marshall in the president's '
) waiting room to receive the welcome 0
of the president and of the nation,
again it was women with flags and
flowers who surrounded him. There J
4 was little of the pomp of war about
this conqueror's return.
The reception with the exception of 11
?' the lines of school girls and women *
nf the departments, and the greeting .
J extended in President Wilson's name 11
* by Vice President Marshall, was informal.
Secretary Baker and General a
, March, chief of staff, greeted General 0
Pershing at the train and escorted 1:1
him to the room where the vice presi- tl
dent awaited him. a
The arched roof of the big building 1
where the wide approaches were built |
with just such scenes in mind, roared
with the shouting of the crowd jammed
close along its path. A military i
band pounded out its formal greeting
of "Hail to the Chief" almost un:
.heard. The crash of saluting artil(
lery posted far away by the Potomac,
beside the nation's stone built tributes
to Washington and Lincoln, went un- n
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Possibly it wus the great prepond- ^
erance of women in the crowd about h
him that^led General Pershing to pay
high tribute to the women of America p
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vice president. . In the ungrudging t
confidence the president had reposed *
In him, he said, he had found constant h
? * strength for the tasks that had fallen ^
to him; but he added that it was the v
high courage of the women of Ameri- d
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> escort, General Pershing was taken to d
his hotel by Mr. Marshall in the lat- b
ter's automobile. A draped army car, c
flying the general's four starred ban- d
ner, was in waiting, but the vice
* president would have none of it and n
personally conducted the man who r
has come home as his country's hon- 0
ored guest to the hotel that is to be ^
his temporary home in Washington. c
All along the line of the swift mov- r
/ ing procession, the street crowds wav- 11
ed -and cheered. At the hotel streets c
were blocked with people and they re- 0
mained for hours after he had disap- 1'
peared within. d
When the car drew up at the hotel, *
the two troops of the Third Calvary i
that had escorted it were lined up
# with sabres at present. Beckoning to ?
him the officer in command, general $
Pershing signified his wish to inspect 1
^ the men before he went to his room, *
and through the opened ranks he e
walked with eyes taking in each Retail
of equipment. 1
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Colston Clippings.
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Colston, Sept. 15.?Mr. Henry t
Beard and children dined with Mrs.
Ann Chisolm Sunday. c
> Messrsi Wilson Beard and Cope- ^
land Zeigler spent Saturday night 8
and Sunday at Springfield with their *
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. John G. Clayton, of *
Walterboro, spent Saturday night and g
Sunday at Mr. Thomas Clayton's.
Mrs. W. P. McMillan returned j
> home Sunday from Columbia, where \
she has been for several days with
her sister, Mrs. Alex Jennings, who T
has had an operation performed. Her (
many friends are very glad to know
she is getting on very well and we
hope she will soon be bach again. 1
Mrs. Louis Woollev and children ]
spent Sunday with Mrs." J. F. Clay- 1
ton. ]
t Misses Thvra and Eleanor Good- 1
win spent Saturday night with Mr. 1
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ONE KILLED, TWO HURT.
>esperate Negro Slays Josiah Broom
at Blacksburg.
Gaffnev. Sept. 14.?A tragedy was
inaeted in the town of Blacksburg
his morning about 2 o'clock when
I'osiah Broom, a young white man
vas shot to death by a negro named
Brown and Chief of Police J. H. Allien
was shot through the neck by the
lame man.
C. Y. Allison, State constable, and
lis assistant, Charles Byers, were
alking to Chief Allison and Broom
>n the street, when they heard a sus>ious
noise, which led them to beieve
that someone was breaking into
lome freight cars which were stand- '
ng on the track. The two Allisons
cent in one direction while Byers and
Broom went in another.
When near the place where the
loise was heard Bvers and Broom
net the negro Brown, carrying a jug
>f whiskey. Without a word, the
legro opened fire emptying his pistol,
:illing Broom instantly. Byers opened
ire on thef negro shooting him
lirough the body and through the
eg. The negro then ran into his
icuse and secured a shotgun and
ng that officer through the neck,
pened fire upon Chief Allison, shootHe
was then captured and brought
o Gaffney to a local hospital with
ery little chance for recovery. Dr.
tesbit, the county physician, says
hat while it is barely possible for the
egro to recover the chances are all
gainst him. Sheriff Thomas is at
llacksburg where an inquest is beng
held over the body of young
{room. Mr. Broom was regarded as
splendid young man by the people
f Blacksburg and his death has
lrpwn a pall of gloom over the' entire
own. It is said that the feeling
ginst his slayer is intense and it is
ikely that unless cooler counsel preails
an attempt will be made to
pnch the negro.
IMPROVEMENTS AT CARLISLE.
Litchen Equipment Enlarged.?Material
Placed for Laundry.
During the summer months a great
iany improvements have been made
t the Carlisle school. Paint has
een used profusively, and .things
ave a very bright clean and attractre
appearance. A great many imrovements
were necessary on acount
of the increased enrollment
hat is expected at the opening of
he next session. Accommodations
ave been arranged for two hundred
oarding students, and enlargements
rere necessary in some of the school
epartments in order to care for this
lumber, which is far in excess of any
>revious enrollment. In addition to
he studehts who will be accommoated
in the school barracks, rooms
ave been secured adjacent to the
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ation for quite a few more cadets.
In the kitchen it has been found
lecessarv to install a much larger
ange. As the culinary department
f an institution is most important,
liis improvement has been given very
lose attention. A modern hotel
ange, about fifteen feet in length,
ias been purchased and installed at a
ost of about $400. This range burns
oal, and is the largest cooking aparatus
ever seen in Bamberg. A
iish washing machine has also been
nstalled. as well as other labor savng
and sanitary devices. ,
Material is being placed on the
:round for the erection of the launIrv
building. The equipment for the
aundry has been purchased, and it
s hoped to have the laundry in optration
within the next few weeks.
Thirty dining tables have been
daced in the dining room, accommolating
eight cadets to the table. The
!oors have been polished, the walls
leatly kalsomined, and the roof of
he Guilds hall is now being painted.
The friends of Carlisle are corlially
invited by the headmaster to
'isit the school any day this week,
ind see the improvements that have
>een made.
The next session opens on Septem
>er 24.
md Mrs. George Kinard.
Messrs. Calvin McMillan, Henry
render and Roy Padgett motored to
)rangeburg Saturday.
Mrs. Thomas Clayton spent the
veek-end with Mr. and Mrs. C. W.
Mayton in Columbia.
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The biggest stock of ledgers, cash
Dooks, journals and day books carried
by any store in this section of
ihe State. All bought before the
recent advances in price. Our prices
have not been advanced. The Herald
Book Store.'
POISONOUS DRINK
BEING WIDELY USED
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DENATURED ALCOHOL INJURIOUS
INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY
Brings on Blindness
Commissioner of Internal Revenue i
Issues Warning Concerning
Use of Liquid.
So widespread has become the use
of denatured alcohol as a beverage
that the commissioner of internal
revenue has taken cognizance of the
fact and has sent out to collectors a
bulletin urging them to make known
to the public the dangers attending
the use of the liquid for either external
or internal applications.
Frequently during the past few
months officers making arrests of disorderly
persons have found them
wildly delirious and practically insane.
They have seemed mentally
deranged and upon sobering up apparently
retain little recollection of
what transpired while under the influence
of the liquid they had imbibed.
Their condition is generally supposed
to have been brought about by the
use of denatured alcohol in combination
with some other liquid.
Completely denatured alcohol is
composed of 100 parts by volume of
grain or ethyl alcohol added to 10
parts by volume of wood alcohol to
one-half part of benzine. This mixture
is a violent' poison and when taken
internally induces blindness and general
physical decay, ultimately resulting
in death, according to the bulletin
sent out by the commissioner of in
ternal revenue.
Injurious to Skin.
The bulletin in part, follows:
"Reports recently received in the
bureau establish that completely denatured
alcohol is being used extensively
for bathing and rubbing pur- '
poses. This is contrary to the law and
regulations and such uses can not be
tolerated, as the completely denatured
alcohol is highly injurious to the
skin and animal tissue.
'"It. is also established that completely
denatured alcohol is being
sold by irresponsible dealers under
such circumstances as to assure them
that it is being used for beverage purposes.
Where it is so used for any
length of time blindness inevitably
ensues and the continued use can
only result in death.
"Collectors should use every means
at their disposal to make known to
the public the dangers of either external
or internal uses of completely
denatured alcohol. Wherever collectors
or revenue agents in charge hear
of a misuse of completely denatured
alcohol, a njpst thorough and careful
examination should be made immediately
and all the facts fully reported
to the commissioner for the infliction
upon the responsible parties,
of the ultimate penalties provided by
law."
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Another bulletin dealing with the
use of completely denatured alcohol,
recently received by the office of the
collector of internal revenue for this i
district follows:
"In view of the grave and extended
abuses of the use of completely denatured
alcohol reported, it is deemed
necessary to print upon the labels affixed
to wholesale and retail packages
a further and more specific warning
as to its use than is shown on the
present required label.
"In addition to the present matter
on the labels there will be required
on all new labels hereafter, the printing
in large letters in red ink under
the skull and bones symbol, the word,
"Poison," and at the bottom of the
label there will be printed the following
statement:
" 'Completely denatured alcohol is
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a violent, poison, n caxi uut ue ayplied
externally to human or animal
tissue without seriously injurious results.
It cannot be taken internally
without inducing blindness and general
physical decay, ultimately resulting
in death.'
"Until the present stocks of labels
are exhausted this additional matter
may be affixed to the containers on a
separate label pasted above the present
required label."
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To Take Food Off Market.
Washington, Sept. 12.?Postal officials
here today decided to cut off
parcel post sales of army food to the
public on September 25 because the
public response to the opportunity has
been so poor. Not more than 10 per
cent, of the supplies have been taken.
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Fill ST BOLL WEEVIL MEETIXO.
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Hold at Ehrliardt, Well Attended.
Next Meeting at Bamberg Sept. 25.
At Ehrliardt last Thursday the first
boll weevil meeting was held by
County Agent Geo. R. Briggs. The
attendance was about 100 persons,
chiefly farmers. Great interest was
shown throughout the meeting by all
present.
District Agent Henry S. Johnson
spoke chiefly concerning the weevil.
He spoke of the damage he has witnessed
in Beaufort, Jasper and Hampton
counties. He advised the farmers
to plant next year about 7 acres
to tne plow ana to pian to ngnt tne
weevil as the other weevil States
have been fighting him. There is no
way of knowing just how much damage
to expect next year for the weather
this winter and next summer will
be a great factor in determining this,
and it is far better to play safe than
to try just one more big crop as it
ha? been this last crop which has
ruined many.
'What to do with part of the remaining
acres was told by Mr. V. \V.
Lewis, extension animal husbandman,
of Clemson college. More hogs and
livestock and better grazing crops
and pastures was stressed. This calls
for more fencing and the co-operative
buying of fencing in carload lots
through the assistance of the county
agent. Plans for this purchasing of
fencing in carload lots was discussed
at the meeting of State, district and
county agents at Fairfax on the following
day, and more information
umIT avcjilahlo liitpr
Mr. F. L. Harkev, of the bureau of
markets, discussed the selling of farm
products. He stated that there was
an oil mill in a neighboring city that
told him that they could take care of
as many peanuts as could* be raised
in the county. Mr. Harkey wanted it
understood, however, that he was not
advising the planting of a particular
crop, but that this was only one of
the things that could be grown and
sold from this section.
The next meeting of a similar nature
will be held in Bamberg on
Sept. 2.". At tlr's meeting there will
be a talk on tobacco given by Mr.
McFadden. district agent, of Manning.
All prospective tobacco growers
are urged to attend. It will be
held in the LaVictoire theatre,
through the courtesy of Mr. LaVerne
Thomas, where a moving picture on
hogs will be given by Mr. Lewis, extension
animal husbandman.
Two more meetings, one at Denmark
and one at Olar, will be held,
but the tobacco man cannot be present
at these meetings, but perhaps
the sweet potato storage house man
will be present.
Each of these meetings will be further
advertised by circulars. Watch
them for dates.
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CONTINUE THE RED CROSS.
Community Worker Will Be Employ-1
ed to Carry on Local Work.
At the meeting of the local chapter
of the Red Cross it was decided to
continue the organization, if possible,
and to employ a local worker. This
meeting was held on the call of the
chairman for the purpose of determining
on whether or not the organization
is to be continued and what disposition
is to be made of about $4,000
that the local chapter has to its
credit for local county work. While
the meeting was attended by only a
few, it was t^e general opinion of
those present that the county should
avail itself of the opportunity of using
this money for local work. It
was the idea of those at the meeting
that a capable woman should be employed
to devote her entire time to
community work.
The Red Cross rooms in the main
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building of Carlisle school, wmcn ia?
chapter has been using, were turned
back to the school, the contract providing
that the rooms should be used
by the Red Cross during the duration
of the war and for six months thereafter
if necessary.
In regard to the employment of the
woman worker, the chairman. Rev.
Geo. P. White, states that he is constantly
receiving inquiries concerning
some phase of work which it is impossible
to give attention to unless
there is some one employed for that
specific purpose. The Red Cross organization
is seeking to look after
the returned soldiers and their families.
and to do this will be one of the
duties of the worker. However, the
work would not be confined to this,
but all cases where attention is required
will be looked after.
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REWARD OFFERED
FOR T. U. VAUGHN
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WHITE RAPIST ESCAPES FROM
STATE HOSPITAL.
Wide Search Under W ay
Escaped Electrocution Because He
W as Pronounced Insane.?To
l>e Resentenced to Die.
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Columbia. Sept. 16.?T. U.
Vaughn, former superintendent of the
Odd Fellows' Home at Greenville, an
inmate of the State Hospital for the
Insane, under an order of the court
for observation as to his sanity, escaped
some time during last night
and has not been apprehended.
Vaughn has been confined in a
ward on the fourth floor of the main
building of the hospital. In the opin
ion of the asylum authorities he had
secured a pass key and unlocked the
door leading to the fire escape, down
which he escaped. The escape of
Vaughn was made some time between
S o'clock last night and 6 o'clock this
morning. Vaughn complained of a
headache about 8 o'Ciock last night,
according to the statement of the
night attendant and said he would retire.
This attendant saw no more of
him. At 6 o'clock this morning he
went into Vaughn's room with a
newspaper and saw what he believed
to be Vaughn's body lying resumbent
beneath the sheets on his bed.
At 7 o'clock the night attendant
went off duty and the day attendant
came on. About an hour later the
day attendant went to Vaughn's
room to call him as he had not appeared
and found a dummy made of
clothing in the~bed and Vaughn gone.
The hospital authorities immediately
gave the alarm and a thorough
search was made of the building
and grounds. They were forced to
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the conclusion ia<n vauguu uau ?jj
some way secured a key and unlocked
the door to his ward during the
night. "None of the window bars
were broken and the night attendant
who said he was in and out of the
ward during the night, saw nothing
of Vaughn. Dr. C. Fred Williams,
superintendent of the hospital, says
he has absolute confidence in this attendant
and is satisfied that there
was no collusion on his part.
when he left the hospital, Vaughn
carried with him a gray suit, an extra
pair of blue trousers, a brown
hat and black top shoes and was
wearing a cream shirt. The hospit'al
authorities describe him as being
about 38 years of age, about five
feet tall, weighing 120 pounds and
effiminate in appearance. He has
light brown hair which is very thin,
almost to baldness on the top, has
penetrating blue eyes, rather protruding.
is of light sandy complexion and
wears a No. 5 shoe.
The governor has offered a reward
of $200 for the apprehension of
Vaughn.
ANOTHER WAREHOUSE.
Tobacco Farmers Plan to Organize
Stock Company at Once.
, At a meeting of a number of tobacco
planters of the Bamberg community
Monday afternoon it was decided
to organize at once a siock compauj
for the purpose of building and operating
another tobacco warehouse in
Bamberg. This action was taken because,
it was stated, tobacco buyers
cannot be induced to come here unless
there . at least two competitive
tobacco warehouses, and inasmuch as
it is expected that tobacco will be one
of the leading crops in this county
next year, this step has been taken
to insure a tobacco market here.^.It
was decided to capitalize the
new corporation at $20,000, and to
limit the amount of stock to $500
to each stockholder, in orde7- thus to
give as.- wide distribution as possible
tr> tVia stnok
While as yet no definite plans have
been formulated as to the construction
of the warehouse, the matter was
discussed at the meeting, and it was
decided to erect a modern establishment
with plenty of room, and if
the plans discussed are carried out,
' this will probably be the largest warehouse
in this section of the State.
The present outlook is that the
acreage in tobacco around Bamberg
will be likely doubled several times
over last year's acreage. The fact
that Bamberg tobacco made such an
unusually good record the present
and last season has caused many who
MAIIHIKI) IX AIKEX.
Wedding of )Ir. Milton Shapiro and
Miss Liliic Poliakoff.
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The wedding of Miss Lillie Rose
Poliakoff and Mr. Milton Shapiro, of
Bamberg, was a beautiful event, taking
place at the Titanian hall in Aiken
last Tuesday evening, Sept. 9th.
The hall was beautifully decorated
with palms; the ceremony was parformed
before an improvised altar,
the Rev. A. J. Poliakoff, of Augusta,
uncle of the bride, officiating, assisted
by Rev. I. Rebenstein.
At the strains of Mendelssohn's wedding
march artistically rendered by
Miss Mildred Surasky, the little
Misses Ida Wolf and Rosalie Harris,
dressed in dainty pink organdy dress
es, entered as flower girls; followed
by Miss Gussie Poliakoff, maid of
honor, Miss Annie Mann, of Newberry,
was bridesmaid, and Mrs.
Louis G. Poliakoff, of Baltimore, a
recent bride, was matron of honor.
The groom was accompanied by
Mr. David S. Polier, as best man, and
Mr. Ben Poliakoff, of Columbia,
brother of the bride, acted as groomsman.
A sumptuous supper was served
following the ceremony, after, which
dancing was enjoyed until a late
hour.
Mr. and Mrs. Shapiro left immediate'lv
after the ceremony for Atlanta,
where they will spend a few days, before
going to Bamberg, where they
will make their future home.
Mrs. Shapiro, the eldest daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Poliakoff, is an
accomplished yourtg lady who enjoys
a great popularity among her
many friends. She has never looked
more charming than in her girlish
wedding gown, made of dutchess
satin and georgette crepe.
Her brunette beauty was set off to
a great advantage by a simple veil,
trimmed in orange blossoms, and she
carried a shower bouquet of bride's
roses. Her only jewels were a string
of pearls, the gift or ner parents.
The groom, who has recently returned
from overseas, was formerly
of Augusta, Ga., but is now a successful
business man of Bamberg, S. C.
The happy couple were the recipients
of many handsome and useful
gifts.
Among the beautiful gowns worn
that evening, was that of the maid
of honor, who looked most beautiful - %
in a dress of black lace over peach
color satin, with which she carried
pink roses. The bridesmaid was
lovely in her gown of yellow satin,
her powers being yellow roses. The
matron of honor wore a becoming
dress of blue satin, and carried white
roses. ^
The mother of the bride looked
handsome in a gown of black crepe *
meteor, and Mrs. Taylor, aunt of
the groom, wore a dress of blue
satin. Many out of town guests were
present.?Augusta Chronicle.
Mr. and Mrs. Shapiro arrived in
Bamberg the latter part of last week,
and have taken an apartment in Mr.
W. P. Herndon's residence on New
Bridge street.
TO EXPIATE CRIME.
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Vaughn Taken From Asylum to Jail
For an Examination.
Greenville, Sept. 13.?Thurston TJ.
Vaughn, former superintendent of
the Odd Fellows Orphanage here, who
was convicted in 1911 and sentenced
to death on a charge of criminally assaulting
girls who were inmates of
the orphanage, is to be removed from
the State hospital for the insane to
the Greenville county jail to be held
subject to examination into his mental
condition.
An order remanding Vaughn from
the asylum to the jail here was
signed by Judge James H. Peurifoy
in the court of general sessions this
afternoon upon motion of Solicitor J.
Robert Martin, who desired Vaughn
examined so that he may be resentenced
to death if the examination
shown him to be sane.
! After sentence of death had been
pronounced upon him, Vaughn became
insane and has been confined in
the State hospital.
have not heretofore grown tobacco to
lay their plans for one or more barn&
during the coming season. Not only
have the home folks caught the tobacco
"fever," but farmers from other
parts of the State are buying-iands
here for the purpose of going into the
tobacco industry on an extensive
scale. ,
A rising of Polish workmen against
the Germans is taking place in many
towns in Upper Silesia.
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