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COMPRESS MISSION
ABROAD APPROVED
American Labor. Finance and
Business Represented at
Conference Here.
TO .UPROOT BOLSHEVIKI
Appeal Will Be Made to Brit
ish and French Workers
to Avoid Pacifist Traps.
TO .UPROOT BOLSHEVIKI

Samuel Gompers Is going to England
for the British Trades Union Congress
In September to aid in holding labor to
faith In the cause of the Allies and to
urge doctrine OF helpfulness for Russia
His efforts will be directed against
pacifism and Bolshevism.
Mr. Gompers last night presided at a
conference of labor leaders, jurlsts
business men. bankers. representatives
of the American Alliance for Labor and
Grafton. No report of the discussion was
made public. but It Is understood that
the best means of counteracting Bolshe.
vism in the United States and the allied
countries was discussed
organized labor OF America, France
and Great Britain never will submit to
a compromise peace with Teutonic
power" said Mr.. Gompers. There can
be no peace between democracy and
autocracy Either one or the other must
give way"
The conference was held at the head
quarters of II National Civic Fedora
ton for the purpose of obtaining Il rep.
resentative statement of American
opinion on the problems that will come
before the London labor meeting. which
will be held September y, Is and 10
with delegates present from all allied
countries. The mission from America
headed by Mr. Gompers, will later visit
France and Italy to obtain first hand
data.
At the meeting resolutions were
adopted advocating aid for Russia. but
the uprooting Of Boshevism. Confidence
was expressed in Mr.. Gompers and r
the power of labor to stand with tn,
allied cause unflincl ingiy throughout tn.
war The bearing OF the conference or
the British labor situation lies in the
fact as stated by William English Wall
Ing that OF 900 Parliamentary candi
dates OF the Labor party in England o.;
SO far chosen are pacifsts. In Franc.
two-thirds of the Socialist party led b,
Longuet are pacifist
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-09-12
ID. A. II. Meeting.

The Rebecca Pick ems chapter, l..
A. +. met with Mrs. J. B. Gibson On
Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. T. w. Bethea
Regent presided. In opening the meet
ing Mrs. Bethea welcomed the Daugh-
ters to the first fall meeting and gave
them cheer and encouragement in
their work for the new year.
Delegates to the d. A. R. State Con-
ference in Cheraw were elected with
the following result: Delegate, Mrs.
A. c. Rogers; Alternate, Mrs. c. r.
Taber.
Miss Ruth Allen talked to the
chapter about the movement now be-
ing made by the D. A. R. to chickenize
France. The cost Of a chicken farm
to be about $4,000 to be cared for
by Frenchmen physically unfit for
other work. The members of the
chapter will begin at once to help In
this worthy cause. After adjourn
ment of business, splendid papers
were read by Mrs. T. w. Bethea and
Mrs. A. M. Bethea.
What our chapter proposes to do
during the coming year: Mrs. T. w.
Bethea. What the individual. mem
s.,r owes to the chapter and it's Of
ficers." Mrs. A. NJ. Bethea.
Iced tea and cakes were served
later by Mrs. G. D. Barlow, Mrs E. T.
Elliott and Mrs. A. M. Bransford.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-09-12
Include Women Also.

City Council made q wise move the
other night when it passed an erdi-
nance requiring all able-bodied men
between the ages of As and SIS to
perform SO. hours work each week. If
the law is rigidly enforced it will 60
long ways toward solving the labor
problem so far as it affects Dillon.
But Council should have gone a step
further and required the women to
work also. The town is full of idle
colored women who do nothing from
daylight till dark and these women
should be put to work. 1t might be
good idea for Council to instruct
the officers to organize raiding squads
and make raids on certain sections
on Saturday nights. These are the
nights on which the colored gentry,
many of whom are earning more
money than they know what to do
with. return to town for a weekend
frolic. and If these fellows have no
home of their own to go to they
should be made to spend the night at
some respectable colored boarding
house. The negro women do not have
to work so long as these weekend
frolics are permitted. This is a mat
ter which the municipal authorities
should investigate. Every city in the
country has its vice-squad and a vice
squad in Dillon will 60 a leng ways
toward making the town better NOR
ally and at the same time material
ly help in solving the servant prob
lem.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-09-12
Letter from Private Alt.

Mrs. R. B. Alt, formerly Miss Mat
tie Haselden. is in receipt Of the fol-
lowing letter from her husband, Pri-
vate Alt, who is with the 3Oth divi-
sion in France. Mrs. Alt is teaching
in Greenville during Mr.. Ats abb
sence:
Ny Dear Wife,
received your letter written
July 18th, yesterday. You don't know
how glad / was to hear from you and
to know you are feeling well. l am
o. k.
Guess you are teaching school
now. are you not? Hope you like
your place. Write me all about it.
and how you like it. You knew W at
you got by teaching school one time
when you taught down near Swansea? :?
You remember one Sunday afternoon
when a little boy came up there all
by himself to meet you? And what
did he say? Well, he is satisfied You
see the Lord saw fit for me to meet
you like l did-don't you believe it?
About you wanting to send me
something for my birthday. the only
thing Iwant you to send is letters for
you see we get the other things we
need over here.
How did those folks where you're
teaching feel about getting a married
lady? Write me all the news.
Guess the crops are fine, are they
not? / hope some old day to come
back to you and l believe l shall.
There is never day that l don't
have a talk with God, and ask His
blessings to be with you while l am
away. He has been so good to US
already. / must believe He answers
my prayers. feel sure He will bring
me back safe to you, so don't worry
but don't forget to pray for me.
would give anything to see you.
| Hope you get all my letters.
write some believe me. Sometime,
when 1 get the chance. Everything
is nice over here. We stay quite busy
Enjoy it very much, so don't worry
but cheer up.
Write often; your letters are 8,
much help.
With all my love, I am,
Your true husband.
ROBERT ALT.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-09-12
FARMERS ARE DOING WELL.
At Last Enjoy Deserved Prosperity
DIR. Floyd in Hospital.

Fair Bluff, Sept. 7.-Since the to-
bacco has been marketed the opulent
farmers will turn their attention to
harvesting their cotton which will fur
ther swell their capacious pockets
with greenbacks. Never in history
has such an opportunity been offered
the farmers to acquire wealth. They
know nothing Of the woes of the great
army CT wage earners.
Necessarses for home comfort not
produced on the farm can be easily
had without great burden. as COM
pared with prices paid for farm pro-
ducts. Farmers surely deserve their
good fortune, for as class they tahe
greater risk than any other workers
heat, storms, floods and in
sects often destroy a years hard
work. Today all over the country the
farmers are doing a great work in
clothing and feeding a worlds de-
mocracy as well as the destitute peo-
pie of Europe. objects of the kaiser's
Following the tobacco activities the
S>e - ~ASoA uP CdhPdlSn.
and wagons are kept busy hauling
river mud on the streets which, when
after a few weeks seem as compact
as cement and as impervious to mois-
ture.
Cotton, corn and sweet potatoes
will be nothing like last years big
crops. The dry hot weather did the
damage.
The excitement over the varmint
that visited many homes in the still
hours of the night has subsided and
Capt. Dick no longer keeps loaded
guns handy when he retires to WOO
balmy sleep to his weary frame.
Mr.. Johnson is still confined to his
bed and his friends feel anxious as
to his prospects for recovery.
DR.. A. r. Floyd, the most important
man of the town, the man whose ears
are ever open to the appeal of the
sick and afflicted and his great big
sympathetic heart always sends him
to their relief, is now confined to a
hospital in Wilmington with a malig-
nant carbuncle on his back and Fair
Bluff Is minus a doctor.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-09-12
COUNTY NEWS
AND HAPPENINGS
NEWS LETTERS BY REGULAR
CORRESPONDENT
News Items of Interest to Herald
Readers, Ebb and Flow of the
Human Tide.
Fork.

We had a nice shower Saturday
and Sunday which was needed very
much.
Mrs. F. M. Edwards is visiting rel
atives and friends at Hemingway.
Mr.. J. T. Mcqueen made a business
trip to Southport, N. c., last week
Mrs. Frank Rogers is spending
some time with her mother, Mrs. Ber-
ry at Orangeburg.
Mrs. H. P. Dubois is visiting rela-
tfves at Lamar and Lydia.
Mr.. Alfred Owens returned to
HopewelL Va, Sunday after spending
two weeks at home.
Mrs. c. E. Rogers and little Mar
garet Rebecca are visiting Mr.. L. X.
Bethea
Mr.. Jim Braswell is back from
Camp Jackson now.
Mr.. H. P. Dubois returned Monday
from Lamar where h., had been spend
ing some time with his parents.
Miss Emmie Stanton is visiting
friends in the community this week
Quite a number of our girls and
boys leave for college next week.
School opens next Monday, Sep
tember 16. A matriculation fee OF
SO will be charged for the whole ses-
sion. one half to be paid on OF
before Monday morning Sept. 16.
Naturalization cards can be purchased
from X. S. Carmichael at the Post
office.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-09-12
Wolf Defeats 6app for Attorney Cen
eral, Arnold Beats Richardson
and Harrison Wins for
Commissioner.
U. 8. Senate, Short Term: w.
r. Pollock.
Attorney General: Samuel II.
WolEe.
Railroad Commissioners: II. III.
Arnold.
Commissioners Agriculture: b
Harris.

Not more than half the state re-
turns were in yesterday at noon. but
enough had been received to show
another landslide against "Blease-
ISM" The Reform ticket, or as some
may call 1t, the "Blease' ticket, has
been showed under. Not only the out
and-out Bieaseites were defeated to
q man. but 1t appears that every man
who. has had anything to do with
Bleaseism in the past has been de-
feated. 1t is evident that with the
1918 primaries the state witnesses
the passing Of Bleaseism. Many Of
Blease's strongest supporters have
fallen away from him and it will take
q strong leader to gather up and SOL
idify the fragments of the once for
midable party.
There will be second race be-
tween Osborne and Gilmore for comp
troller general, with Osborne leading
by several thousand xotes. In the
Fourth Congressional District Mich
OILS has a slight lead over Bomar.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-09-12
VOL. 22.--NO. 43.
LOCAL BOARD FINES HOURS.
Work Has Become BurdensOme and
Must BE Systematized.

The Local Exemption Board. as will
be seen by announcement elsewhere,
has been forced to adopt regular Of
flee hours, and the public is notified
In this issue not to request any mem
Der OF the Board to discuss selective
draft matters outside of these hours.
The Board will meet every morning
at 10 o'clock for the purpose OF
transacting all matters connected
with the selective draft work and all
complaints. protests and petitions
will be heard at these meetings. The
Board has been forced to adopt these
rules purely as a matter of necessity.
Each member of the Board has his
own private affairs to look after and
it is impossible for him to keep up
with his own work when he is being
interrupted at all hours during the
day by persons who have complaints
to lay before the Board. After the
matter has been discussed with one
member Of the Board it must be
carried before the Board at it's regu-
lar meeting SO that the Board may
act on 1t as whole, and therefore
much valuable time has been lost by
the public and the Board members
discussing these matters informally.
The Board wants to be accommodate
ing and will do everything in it's pow
er to assist the public in interpret
ing and applying the selective draft
rules. but tho public can be of great
assistance to the Board If it will OBJ
serve the rule laid d., above and
not ask any member of the Board to
discuss matters outside of the Board
meetings which must come before
the Board as a whole.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-09-12
New Courses in Dillon High School.

The Board of Education of Dillon
takes pleasure in announcing the fol-
lowing new courses to be given in
the High School during. the year
1918-19:
1. Farm Crops. Prof.
Presley. a graduate of Clemson and
University of Wisconsin and an in
structor in Clemson, has been secured
for this work. This course will be both
theoretical and practical. Boys tax
ing the work will cultivate crops ON
their own home plots under the di-
rection of the instructor. Shop work
will be given as part of the course.
Professor Pressley's work will in
clude instruction in four rural schools
Fork, Minturn, Hamer, and Little
Rock in addition to the Dillon High
School as central school,
2. Commercial-typew and
shorthand Miss Mae Edenfield. of the
Georgia Normal University Of Vir-
ginia, and the Osborne Business Col
lege, will give this course in addition
to household and manual arts. Other
courses will be added later. Arrange
ments have been made for a town
class in this work in order to help
meet the demands of the war for
this kind of talent. The charge for
this will tse merely nominal, $500
per month for typewriting and short
hand. This class is meeting at pres
at 2:00. Six ladies are taking the
course. There should be a class OF
ten. Others desiring the course should
begin at the beginning.
w. E. MOORE. Supt.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-09-12
GOVERNMENT RULING ON
SUBSCRIPTIONS.

The War Industries Board has
ruled that all subscriptions I'm
arrears October 1st must be
discontinued. The Herald
adopted the cash-in-advance
system more than q year ago
and has been revising its list
monthly and semi-monthly.
After October I st the list will
have to be revised weekly and
subscriptions will be discon-
tinued OH the date Of expira-
tiOn. All subscribers will
please take notice of this rul-
ing. The demands on The Her
aid are heavier than ever
while We are working with q
limited force, and subscribers
can assist in the work mater
tally IL they will look mt the
date on the labels on their pa
per and renew their subscrip-
tiOn before it expires.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-09-12
w. G. Miller Wounded.

The name of Sergeant William G.
Miller appears among those reported
as seriously wounded" in yesterdays
casualty list. Mr.. Miller is a son Of
Mr.. Bill Miller who lives near Floy-
dale. Sergeant Miller is q member of
the regular army, having enlisted
about four years ago. He went over
with Gen. Pershing shortly after the
United States entered the war and the
letters received from him indicated
that he had been in some Of the hard
est fighting. 1t is not known how or
when Sergeant Miller was wounded.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-09-12
Death of Child.

Mr.. and Mrs. A. N. Coppedge have
the sympathy Of the community I'm
the death Of their IA months old
son. David Marion, which occurred
last Wednesday night after q brief
illness. The body was taken to-Red
Springs, N. c., the former home Of
the parents. where the intermont
was made In Red Springs Ceraetery.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-09-12

Main Street Methodist church, DR..
Watson B. Duncan, Pastor. Sunday
school at 10 a. M, Mr.. w. Harry
Muller, Superintendent. Preaching at
IL a. m. by the pastor Subject:
THE Fathers House." The sermon
will be the third in the series on BE
yond the Shadows" and will be an
effort to answer the question as to
what and where is Heaven. At $3.50
p. m, Rev. NJ. w. Hook. Presiding
Elder. will preach. Epworth League
at p. M. Mr.. L. C. Brady, Jr.,
President. Prayer services on Wed
nesday at $50 p. m. Public cordially
invited to all services.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-09-12
FLYING SAFER NOW
SAYS OLD AVIATOR.

Flying in the air is becoming rap
idly more safe, veteran instructors at
the British-American aerodome in
England tell their pupils. The pro-
portion of casualties during training
in the air force are now NO higher,
they. say than in any other branch
of combatant service.
During three years flying exper-
ie' &c I have seen UPWARDS of fifty
CT shes, but I have not yet seen any
n n receive more than skin-deep in
juries as the result of these chashes,"
declared Lieutenant L. Walmsley. of
the Royal Air Force. in talk with
American airmen recently.
Probably my experience has been
unusually fortunate, but statistics
show that the proportion Of fatali-
ties to crashes is extraordinarily
small.
Some Of the first airplane acci-
dents were due to the collapse of the
pilot in those days was merely strap
ped to a board or strut without any
covering whatever the results were
mostly fatal. The introduction of the
fuselage or body, made strongly of
steel and wood, in which the pilots
and passengers seats were placed,
made 1t possible for an airplane to
fall from great heights without the
occupantes being killed. Because of
the central positions Of the fuselage
this is always the last part to feel the
effects Of q crash, the main force of
which is broken by the undercarrlage
and planes. which act as buffers
1.-TWO days after l joined the Royal
Air Force saw a machine come down
in a giddy spinning dive and land
sQuarely on the roof of one Of the
hangers. The pilot climbed out and
lighting q cigarette, calmly asked If
the other machine was ready.
During the next few weeks. saw
no fewer than five crashes, and not
in a single case was either pilot or
observer hurt.
"Since then, in nearly three years
Of flying, l must have seen perhaps
fifty crashes. I have seen airplanes
crash into hangers, stone walls,
houses, lamp-post. trenches, motor
lorries and bridges. Personally I!
have crashed into a barn, on a tennis
court, in q flooded field, and into
a tropical forest; the last at a speed
Of 80 miles an hour. And in all these
adventures. have not yet seen a man
receive anything worse than a skinned
nose as the result of a crash, and the
only wound / ever got myself was
made by thorn from q prickly pear
bush.
IAN airman can usually tell when
crash is inevitable, and like light
ming he must make up his mind how
he can use his undercarriage and
planes II necessary, to best advant-
ages, first of all to save the life of
his observer and his own, and IL pos
sible to save the engine, the most
valuable part Of the machine.
"He may have to pancake into q
patch of bush, or he may have to fly
deliberately between two trees and
strip his wings; but so long as he
keeps his head the chances Of maxi
ing successful crash are greatly In
his favor"
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-09-12
NOTICE

The duties of the Lo-
cal Board of Exemp-
tiOn are multiplying to
such an extent that the
Board finds it neces-
sary to lay down the
following rule: On and
after this date the
Board will be i'm regu-
lar session every week
day from 10 till IL
o'clock when all mat
ters connected with
the draft will be taken
up and disposed of in
regular order. No
member of the Board
will be allowed to dis
cuss matters connect
ed with the draft in
any manner whatsoever
outside of the regular
daily Board meetings
at the hours above
mentioned. Therefore
it will be useless for
any person desiring
any information to ap-
ply to any member of
board outside of these
hours. This rule is
adopted and will be
strictly adhered to in
order for the Board to
handle it's work proper
ly without so much
loss of time in taking
up individual cases at
their private offices.
1t is hoped that the pub
lie and all persons hav-
ing business with the
Board will comply
with this rule.
A. B. JORDAN, Chm.
JNO. G.. BETHEA,
D. M. MICHAUX, MD.
Members Local Board
for Dillon County.
K X X x K X X X
to the Dillon Herald.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-09-12
Light VOTE CAST
TUESDAYS PRIMARY
p. l.. BETHEA NOMINATED FOR
SENATE BY 70 VOTES.
C. p. Hayes Is Nominated for Com
missioner I'm District No. 2. Pol
| lock Big Majority.
State Senator: Preston l.. Be-
thea.
Commissioner District No. 2:
G. p. Hayes.

The second primary passed quietly
last Tuesday. The greatest interest
centered in the county senatorial race
and the vote was remarkably light
considering the activity Of the candi-
dates and their friends. With the ex-
ception Of the race for sheriff two
years ago it was the closest race in
the history of the county. Mr.. Bethea
receiving the nomination by a major
ity OF 2s votes. Following is the
vote:
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-09-12

c. p. Hayes is nominated for COM
missioner in District No. 2 by a ma
jority of more than 100 votes. Mr..
Hayes served as commissioner sever
al years ago.
Among the state candidates Pol
lock more than doubles Peoples for
the short term in the U. S. Senate
while Wolf gets a big majority over
Sapp in the race for attorney general.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-09-12
AUGUST 1918 REGIsTRANTs.

e AUGUST REIIsTRANTs.
Of the of
their liability
- and tons
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-09-12

No. Name Nc.
McRae, Dillon No. 11a
1S6 Cornie Wade Lupo
lam Henry Barnes Dillon Co.. 115
13O Grover Moody No
No wb 117
OSBORN
1875 Ralph Lake VIII 119
Little Rock VIII 100
~ Thomas Sweat Mallory. 121
Bailey, Dillon No Wh 122
NJ. Bailey, Iatta VIII 1921
158 Leeraymsnd Fork l. VIII 124
1l3 Luther Hayes. Lake
Hamer No. 2 VIII 1875
IL Lawon Brigham. 1.
11s John Hayes. Iatta No. l. VIII 1928
l4s James Davis. Lake view. No l. Col 12s
112 Floyd No
Fork VIII 131
123 Aphus George Rogers, Fork No 1, wh 1872
12O William Fork No Col
$50 Willie Scott, 3,
14S Daniel Campbell. No /, 1876
Sellers 1876
116 Latta Col
1873 Henry Bailey. Dillon No 4,
Coats. Iatta No. Q VIII 13s
/
NJ. Fork VIII 141
Slyveste Moody
124 Milton McKeler,
Calder Iata VIII 144
iS4 Albert Bailey Lake View No. 8, VIII 145
III Waius Brown.
IIamer Col
144 Frank King, VIII. 14s
126 Joseph Mrrtt Dillon No L.
Thomas Mallory No
lag Claude Dillon No
lIo Coy Jackson Dillon. No 2. VIII 152
III Arthur Bethea Dillon No
1873 Barrentne Lata No g. VIII. 155
121 Eugene Lata
Jones', Mallory VIII 157
lis Bishop Andrew Grantham, Lake
152 Troy L. Hulon, Lake lew, No /, Wh. 15s
LOCAL BOARD DILLON COUNTY,
BY
sth day Of september 1918 y D" Clerk
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-09-12
Gfnners Take Notice.

Unless you have license to gin you
must shut down your gin until you do.
Heavy penalty for failure to comply.
JOE CARELL DAVIS,
Co. Food Administrator.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-09-12

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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-20
Peace Celebration
Cuts Coal Output

WnshingtOn-Celeb by the
in the coal fields of the sign
ing of the armistice with Germany,
which continued in some sections for
almost week, resulted in a decrease
in the output of bituminous coal to
the lowest point of the year. The
production for the week was 10.409,-
600 tons. The record production in
one week this year was in the seven
days ending September 2S, when 49,
100000 tons were turned out.
The output of the anthracite fields
during the week, however. showed an
increase of $1,000 tons over the pre-
vious week.
The saving feature of the nations
winter. is that virtually all consum-
ers at long distance from coal mines
are well supplied and that the prob
lem now is to provide for the needs
of residents and industries near the
producing fields.
With the burden of military traffic
decreasing on the railroads the move
ment of coal during the next few
weeks win be materially simplified
and the Fuel Administration hopes to
care for the remaining requirements
as rapidly as the output of hte mines
will permit