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SOLDIERS KILLED HE SAYS, BY DOPE Lieut. Finnerty of Provost Guard Tells of Drugged Cigarettes According to a statement sent out from the office of the New York ' Camp Community Service, the frequency with which soldiers and sailors have been found in N. Y. city robbed and unconsc'ous after having accepted drugged cigarettes led Lieut. John M. Finnerty of the Pro vost Guard to issue instructions to all uniformed men not to accept cigarettes from any but agents of recognized war work organizations or from persons whom they know. The instructions were communicated to the New York Camp Community Service for distribution among the uniformed men using its clubs, canteens and sleeping quarters. "There have been several cases recently," said Lieut. Finnerty, in which the Provost Guard found soldiers or sailors lying unconscious in gutters or doorways. This is always in the night and in every case the service man has been stripped of everything of value. They are always drugged and they always tell the same story ^yhen they come to next morning. They say a package of cigarettes was handed to them and they 'went out' after smoking half of one cigarette." The drugged cigarette practice was first called to the attention of the Provost Guard about two months ago, according to Lieut. Finnerty. So many soldiers found drugged told of receiving cigarettes from a woman that the Provost Guard looked for and found her. It was discovered that the soldiers were right. The woman had been giving them drugged cigarettes. Now, according to Lieut Finnerty, other crooks are adopting the drugged cigarette as a means to rob men in uniform. Lieut. Finnerty announced also that cases have been discovered recently in which drugged whskey has been given to soldiers and sailors, who were then lobbed of everything | F ortu WE ARE OFFE AND 1MV ALLIED ( $2.2 is one of the largest c oil land in Texas. It II A! 1.1 I owns me enure ouisi Gas & Fuel Co. of Tex Co. of Texas, Allied D ware, Almo Petroleui IT HAS 25 MILES OF refineries, and is mak construct two gasolit daily. The proposed ? capacity of 50,000,( contracts to the Fort' Armour and Co., Swi FOURTEEN WELLS duction the Company TWELVE PER CENT If you want to make r stock you should sem We will not except or to return orders whei to-day to The Hu< Dr I. M. Israels< ik.; I they possessed. In four cases the i "hiskoy was overd rugged and tho men were found dead in dark doorways or died after being taken to 1 the Provost Guard headquarters, 3 without regaining consciousness. < GRIME EPIDEMIC i SCOURGES RERUN ; < ?1 I 1 Many Clever Swindles Uncovered by Authorities?Im- i personators Thrive. Berlin.?Germany has increasingly i taken to crime since the revolution, ; and the once orderly empire, where pickpockets were almost unknown ' and holdups and robberies created a sensation, is undergoing an epidemic | of ciime. Probably no system has I proved more effective than, in these days of uncertainty and change, play ing the official or impersonating a soldier or a policeman. J Recently two clover criminals who 1 discovered that a certain man had ] concealed in his house 115 thousand-1] mark notes of the old type and liable I ? to confiscation had frightened him 1 ! into surrendering the money on the i promise of escaping prosecution. i Confiscated Money. , A real official, who had nosed out ; the plot, entered just in time to see ] tne transfer of the money and really I did confiscate it, besides arresting ] i the three men. t < j More successful was another false J official scheme. Here a group sue- 1 ceeded in inducing a man who had < hoarded fifty thousand-mark bills to ; sell them at a handsome profit, the j deal was in progress when fellow- J conspirators, posing as officials, ap- j pearetl, confiscated the money and i robbed the owner. < An airplane was used to capture criminals when the authorities got 1 wind recently of an attempt to carry 1 20,000,000 marks on an express train r to M.unich whence they were to be smuggled across the Swiss border. Robberies at railroad stations from freight cars have been increasing to a < great extent. Countless cases of false papers for the delivery of goods have ] I been discovered, usually after it was ' ] mes Made i RING 100,000 SHA EST YOUR MONEY )IL COMPAN' 5 PGR SHi ;onipanies in the country. It own has a daily production of over 7,0 anding stock of the following con :as, Central Power and Light Co. rilling Co., San Jacinto Petroleun m Co. of Deleware. j : PIPE LINE to transport the oil ing plans to build 100 miles more le plants that will produce 15,0( sixteen inch pipe line to Fort Wor )00 cubic feet daily, and will supr wortn Light ana Mower uo., Text ft and Co. are now being drilled and on the will have net earnings of $4,000,1 DIVIDENDS is paid now on the ! noney in the near future besides I j in your orders today. ders tor iess than 50 Shares. We i received too late for the present itlers Invest! Ml ! ! FLORENCE, S. C. THE HOEBT HERALD, 00 too late. Huge Swindle Uncovered. The discovery of two freight carloads of bacon lying on a siding at ft suburban station led to the discovery of a huge swindle originating in Holland, conducted from the Rhine land, and making use of false bills of lading. Many railroad men were involved in a small way for their share in handling the faked bills of lading. The constant swindling extends to every imaginable kind of food and i raw material. A young man appeared recently at a storehouse in central Berlin and asked to have some cases stored. When the warehouse watchman saw the cases he was suspicious because thev camp from thr? {mTwrlnl textile plant at Zwickan. So he re- I ported the presence of the cases, in- I vestig-ation showed 5,000 yards of tex 1 tiles worth 120,000 marks ami the young man was captured by a ruse. He hail procured the cloth on a forged nrder bearing the signature of the textile authorities. DECiSiON FINAL SAYS SHERWOOD Columbia.?E. J. Sherwood, of Conway, emphatically stated that under no circumstances would he take the nomination of his opponent, P. H. Stoll, of Kingstree, for Congress from the Sixth Congressonal District, nto the courts. Mr. Stoll was nominated by the State. Democratic Executive Committee, which gave him a majority of twenty six votes over Mr. Sherwood. "Emphatically, I shall not take the nomination of Mr. Stoll into the courts," said Mr. Sherwood. "The. State Democratic Executive Committee is the supreme court of the South Carolina Democratic party and I. as nil good Democrats should, intend to ibide by its degree. It declared Mr. Stoll the nominee, and that settles it as far as I am concerned and I shall .rote for my opponent in the general ilection." . The' general election for Congress 'or both the sixth and Seventh districts was called by Governor Cooper ruesday, October 7. By Airship. Mrs. Hoyle?My ancestors came Dver in the Mayflower. Mrs. Doyle?What old-fashioned people; my ancestors came over in the R4-11-44.?Judge | n Oil ; i i RES?BE WISE < ' NOW IN y STOCK &.RE u i s over 85,000 acres I i inn harrek nil It I WW WMI VIV Vllfl f % ipanies: Consumers of Texas, Dallas Oil o Corporation of Dele *ry i. s wVrtm*'uii^La. ? ?w'fi?? I from the fields to the >. The Company will )0 gallons of gasoline th, Texas will have a >ly gas under favorable is Railway & Light Co., .basis of present pro300 per year, stock. having a good paying aiso reserve the fiyhl prices. Mail check I rinnt Pa I IIGIIl UU. I J. A. Zeigler I fa \ arwAT, s. ov opt. t, i?i?. L MONEY TC RATE OF INTE COUNTY IN AM LOAN TOO LAR OR HELP YOU " TRACT. PREFI UPWARDS IN C Carolina E f OFFICE LOCAL COUNSE 1-4 p-tf-9|18 h mmmmmmmmmmmmmwumm THE MAN OF MORN. "he Man of Morn came down the way rVith laughter in his eyes of light; To saw the world a sunny day, fe helped the world forget the night. To took the care and took the grief. Vnd fled with them and cast them out Vnd brough the world a new relief Vnd sang and sang a battle shout. The Man of Morn was good to see lecause of smiles that decked his face, ife broke men's gyves and set them free \nd made the world a sunnier place. Ke grasped the shadow, rolled it back, knd put the vision in men's hearts, \nd lifted them from off the rack knd swept old sorrows from the marts. He played and danced, he was a beam From hills of beauty and of dawn; He showed the world the way of dreams, And put its rainbow colors on. He took the creed and hate and scorn, And cast them down, and with the sun Of hope and cheer relit tho morn In spirits that had cried them done. The man of mom came down the street, And all the weary and the old Turne young and gay and blithe and sweet And traveled back from gray to gold. And took the sights and sobs and tears And turned them into smiles and song And stayed the doubt and healed the fears 1 And steeled the right against the wrongs. He loved and suffered and was true, He gave and served, and answered death With spring, and on his trumpet blew i A challenge with his morning breath. A piper of the peace of earth, He led the legions, and they came With dance and song and smiles of 1 mirth That sprang from his auroral flame. ] ?Baltimore Sun. ** Ingenuity. Little Jackie?I want another box of . pills like I got for mother yesterday. Chemist?Did your mother say they were good ? , Little Jackie?No, but they just fit my airgun.?Pearson's Weekly. ft ARB OAN ) LEND FOR TERM OF YEA REST ON FARMING LANDS OUNTS OF $1,000 AND UP GE. WILL LEND ON LAND Y TO FINANCE PURCHASE OF ER FOR LAND.TO BE 40 PE ULTIVATION. tond & Mori WRITE OR CALL TO SEE iff. A. WRIGHT, ATTORNEY, IN SPIVEY BUILDING, CONW L FOR CAROLINA BOND AN COMPANY The 1920 is a t lit if r- hah NAVt TUU / Let us show you thi make deliveries now. Wl have been planning to bi what you need. For ten days begim we will give you FREE 01 casing you buy from us , YOURS PC MARIOH MOT Phone 182 DEALERS IN OVERLAND Baby's Fondness. 'Friend?I suppose the baby is fond of you? Papa?Fond of me? Why, he sleeps all day when I'm not at home and stays up aii night just to enjoy my society.?Rochester Post-Express. *o JUST SEEMING HAPPY. Just seeming happy is a fine thing to do! Looking on the bright side rather than the blue; Sad or sunny musing Is largely in the choosing And just seeming happy is'a brave thing to do! Just seeming happy helps the othei . folks along, The journey may be toilsome, anc || y -ill 'MmjUmrnrnSSSSBSSSm j J s ' V iRS AT LOW A |T IN HORRY * I WARDS. NO I OU NOW OWN I ADDITIONAL :R CENT. AND tgage Co. AY, S. C. D MORTGAGE 11 ? I Maxwell IIMfl V* VII jeauty. SEEN ONE? is new Model. We can hat about that Truck you uy? We have it?just V ning Friday, October 10th, ne red tube to match any at regular price. >R SERVICE, j OR COMPANY MARION, S. C. ? MAXWELL ? DAVIS _ V ' !? they not strong, Lets try to loose a fetter, And make the world seem better By stepping to the music of a bright bit of song. fling liiijipy IS iilt' 1'ignl iniDMr to do, ^ Bravely smiling at our tasks the whole day through, H.ope to hope be matching, ? Cheerfulness is catching, Just seeming happy will help make it true! ?Church Prd^rcss. - Nothing developed in the steel strike in the Pittsburgh district to materially change the situation. The Fairfield Agricultural society will hold its annual fair in Winnsboro 1 October 22, 2.3, and 24. ) i . . V , . , . . , rL ..v