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The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-06-27
Pressley-Aamot.

Lieut.. Horace B. PRESLEY and Miss
Siegfried Aamot were married by Dr.
Joe Cabell Davis al his residence
Sunday night. Lieut. Presley is
stationed at Camp Jackson and the
bride is from Wingate. N. C. They
left next morning for Wingate where
they will spend several days with
relatives before proceeding to Co.
lumbia.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-06-27
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PERSONAL MENTION. J

Tracey E. Fore. Esq, was in town
this week on business.
Jasper N. George was visitor in
town this week.
Miss Nell Smith left Wednesday
morning for Norwood. N. c., to visit
per sister, Mrs. F. A. Skidmore.
Miss Flossie Cook of Mount Olive,
N. c., is spending a few days with
Miss Lila Mcintyre.
Mr.. p. A. George, Miss Thelma
Hayes and Miss Ruth Fore of Latta
were In town a while Tuesday.
Little Miss Kathryne Dewitt OF
Columbia is on q visit to her grand
mother. Mrs. s. w. Jackson.
Mr.. and Mrs ]. F. Dali and Misses
Emma and Lula Reaves motored over
to Mullins Sunday to visit friends.
Auction9sr A. M. Finch, has ar
rived In town and will be here
through the tobacco season.
Miss Florence Fass has returned
home from Charleston where she has
been attending school,
Miss Francis Fass will leave to-
night for New York where she will
visit friends.
Mr.. l.. Cottingham spent yester-
day on his plantation in Williams
burg county.
Hiss Mabel Leigh Evans is visit
ing Mr. and Mrs. Junius Evans in
Hamlet.
w. Boyd Evans. Esq, of Columbia
was in attendance at the Probate
Court this week
DIR. G. r. Taber. who has been away
for his health, is at home again. DR.. |
Taber's health has been very much
improved.
]. w. Johnson and L. D. Lide,
prominent attorneys of Marion were
In attendance upon the Probate
Court this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. James M. Carmich- !
ael, OF Bennettsville. were the
guests Of Mrs. J. c. DSvis one day
this week
Sergeant Hyman Rephan and Nor
ris Rephan Of Savannah spent the
week end with Mr.. and Mrs. Morris !
Fass.
Mr.. ]. R. Reeves of Mount Olive. !
N. c.. arrived Monday afternoon to |
spend sometime with her daughter,
Mrs. f. M. Hale.
The Parent Teachers Association
will hold it's regular meeting at the
old school auditorium next Tuesday
afternoon at o'clock.
Mrs. MAX Fass, accompanied by
Mr.. Fass, left Tuesday night for
Baltimore where she will undergo an
operation at Johns Hopkins.
Owing to the low water in the Lit
tie Pee Dee Mr.. A. Pierce Bethea
has gone to Mississippi to spend
. some time with friends on the faith
er Of waters"
Sheriff Lane has received a cable
gram from Lieut.. R. L. Lane stating
that he is just out OF the trenches
for another rest and enjoying good |
health.
DR.. Duncan will preach what is !
known as his Railroad Sermon"
next Sunday morning at the Metho-
dist Church. A special invitation
has been extended to all persons con-
Iected with the railroad.
Mrs. E. A. McCormac, who has
been under treatment at the Infir-
mary in Florence for several weeks,
returned last Monday night and is.
we are glad to say, convalescing.
Judge Joe c.: II Davis tas teen ap- |
pointed United ..ates Explosive
Agent for Dillon cou..ty. If you use
any explosives you will have to get
license from him.
Mr.. w. r. Staples is in the city
making arrangements foi he open
ing of the Brick Warehouse Mr..
Sfnr t.,
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-06-27
DR.. w. b. Smith is in Hope Mills
today on professional business.

III. w. b. Smith 10 In Hope Mills
today on professional business.
Mrs. p. d. Deaton is visiting rela-
tives in Troy. N. c.
Miss Marian Moore is visiting
friends in Atlanta.
Misses Louise and Dorothy Moore
are spending the week in Charlotte.
Miss Aleen Bethea OF Latta is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Lutte Bethea.
Miss Cook Of Latta is the guest
OF Miss Nina Afford this week.
Rufus Edwards, of Americus, Ca,
was a visitor in the city Saturday.
Miss Mildred Lauray of Charles
ton spent the weekend with Miss
mabel Leigh Evans.
Mr.. j. E. Maddox. OF Greensboro,
N. c.. was the guest of Mr.. E. l..
Moore several days last week.
o
Supt. Rogers is attending a
meeting of the State Teachers Asso-
citation at Winthrop.
Miss Mary Rogers of Free State
was recent visitor at the home of
her brother. Mr.. Place Rogers.
Mrs. w. L. Mitchell of Hickory.
N. c., Is visiting Mrs. Leroy Will
liams.
Miss Edna Rogers of Fork spent
the weekend with Miss Rosa Lee
Rogers.
Raymond Evans. who is at Platts-
burg Training Camp, is expected
home in a few days.
Material for the Red Cross sur
gical dressings is ready and help is
needed to finish the June allotment
this week.
Mrs. Nina Mcleod and little daugh-
ter, of New York, are visiting the
formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. s. w.
Jackson.
Mr.. w. v. Jones was called to
wagner, s. c.. Saturday morning
by a telegram announcing the death
Of sister.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-06-27
"The Stacker"

Dillon. May %, 1918.
Editor Herald:
1 bin hear SO much of Stacker dat
wus comm to asst you what is er
Stacker, but l meet er white man
an he tells me. I ast de Rebrdn Most
Abel Pasture of de church 1 intend
an he says as Use er Babtist l got
nuthin' ter do wild Slackers. He
say desc yer Methods what 20 back
in ter de worl ter injye de pleasures
of sin fer er spell an den cum back
ter shout, at de quarterly meatin'
moust be Slackers, but If dey is dey
is of de lesser sort
Yours truly,
JOSH"
Not dish yer Talcum.
Tukky Buzzad lite on de water tank
And look all ober Dillon;
He smellin' sumpen nifty rank
He poets ter feed he fill on.
He set up dere an fole he wing,
En- dis de song dat Buzza'd sing:
Il sho mus git er snack uf
Sump'n eff hits er Stacker"
He set up dere en- sing he song
Tel bimeby long come Mr.. Grow;
Same time er Stacker rid erlong
En- his Ford was runnin' slow.
Crow say: Il sho lub rotten tripe,
But dish ydr Slacker's ober ripe;
Les go en- hunt er colery hog
En- den er two weeks old ded dog"
En- fer dat puppus. 1 suppose,
Dey bofe fly off holm der nose.
JOSH"
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-06-27

Jack Cauthen. of Orangeburg, son
OF Rev. A. J. Cauthen, former pas
tor of the Methodist church, is the
guest of John F. Elliott.
Privates Bernie Lane and ]. E.
Sizemore. the former from Camp
Jackson, and the latter from Glenn
son College, are at home on q short
furlough.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-06-27

Mr.. j. L. SCHNEIDER of Washing
ton. d. c., will deliver an address
on War Savings Stamps at the school
auditorium this afternoon at S
O'Clock. and at the Latta school au-
ditorium tonight at 9 o'clock. Mr.
SCHNEIDER is making talks through
out the country and has an interest
ing and entertaining message for
the people.
Connecticut western news., 1918-06-20
j. II. MALONEY,
GREAT HARRINGTON, MASS.

nature, the songs, recitations and
readings being all in accord with the
thought of the day. Following one
song, the congregation joined the
school in a salute to the American
and the Christian flag, both of which
were suspended over the platform.
The little ones, under the direction
of Miss Catherine Roraback and Miss
Gladys DeHart, had a distinct part
on the program that pleased those
who were present.
The older scholars completed the
exercises, by their contribution of
songs, both singly and in classes, as
well as carefully selected readings,
concert exercises and recitations
arranged by Mrs. F. F. Stevens and
Mrs. F. H. Lee.
Rev. A. H. Nesbitt briefly ex-
planned the meaning of the day, and
introduced the taking of the offering
for the work of the Board of Sunday
Schools.
Connecticut western news., 1918-06-20
Extra Dividends

The Thomaston Savings Bank will
disburse to depositors the coming
July LIST thirty five thousand in divi-
dends.
The bank has declared the usual
semi-annual dividend of per cent
and an extra dividend of 1-2 of l per
cent payable to depositors of record
July l, 1918, being at the rate of 5
per cent per annum.
This bank has been successful in
accommodating an unusually large
amount in surplus and profits in
proportion to its assets. For years
the management has firmly believed
in well placed mortgages upon i'm
proved real estate and has been bene-
fitted, with today not dollars worth
of foreclosed real estate, or overdue
paper.
The institution has now come to be
one of the strongest savings banks
in the state.
Connecticut western news., 1918-06-20
An Appreciation of Mrs. Mary c.
Corbit

Human character is still in the
process of development. None of
us have yet attained moral perfec-
ton. But, here and there are to be
found some royal souls that have pro-
crossed far beyond the great ma
jority. Mrs. Corbit was one of these,
judged on the basis of a long and
intimate acquaintance, and a tender
and we'll tested friendship. And the
writer has pleasure in putting on
record this brief outline of his per-
sonal knowledge and estimate of her.
AS a personal friend, she was sim
cere and absolutely faithful, not
alone in the matter of attachment,
but equally in practical devotion.
In broader, but equally true
sense, she was a sincere, almost en-
thusiastic friend of young people,
always and intimately associated
with them IN matters of pleasure and
service.
She had a deep and whitening con-
tempt for everything of fraud,
sham, and incerity, wherever and in
whomsoever it might be found, and
was likely to treat it with frankness
and clarity that was sometimes
startling to those against whom her
criticism was directed.
She was an earnest and thorough.
~ consistent Christian, and a de-
voted and energetic church-member,
in which relation she will be sorely
missed in the years that are coming
to the Church with which, for almost
lifetime, she has been identified.
She was a constant and intelligent
student of the Bible, from which
she obtained a clear conception of
Christian character and a strong and
vivid vision of personal immortality :;
and it is our comfort to believe that
her vision has now become an eter-
nal reality.
w. A. Mackey.
Connecticut western news., 1918-06-20
Children's Day at M. E. Church

Sunday evening the Methodist
church was filled with the friends of
the Sunday school, who gathered to
listen to the annual Children's day
program.
The exercises were patriotic in
Connecticut western news., 1918-06-20

Mr.. and Mrs. DeBeaulien and
children of Hartford were week
end guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Victor
M. Coe.
Connecticut western news., 1918-06-20
The Loyalty

of the New York Herald to Old
Glory is unquestioed and all Pa
triots should read it every day.-adv.
Connecticut western news., 1918-06-20

NIL anu WITS. James ull6r Oh new
Haven were in town last week. Mrs.
Fuller's son, Miles Traver is now
stationed at St. Paul, Minnesota,
having been sent from Texas. Mrs.
Fuller visited him while he was in
Texas.
Mrs. Jane Camp has been visiting
friends in Newtown and Kent.
Miss Margaret Mcclure has been
entertaining Miss Margaret McKaig
of New Haven.
Mrs. o. J. Decker has been visiting
friends in Gravesend, L. I.
Master Russell Risley of Pleasant
vile, N. Y, has been visiting his
aunt, Mrs. Alonzo Smith on the
Clayton road.
Mrs. Leonard Caldwell and daugh-
ter, Mildred are visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Creevey in
Bridgeport. Mr.. Caldwell spent
the weekend there.
Ernest Stocker spent the week
end in New York city.
Miss Alice Cooper returned to
her home in Little Falls, N. Y, on
Monday morning, accompanied by
Miss Clara Merchant who will visit
Miss Cooper.
Lewis P. Roraback was home
from Berkshire School over the
weekend. "-'+ .-. BE-.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-31
Every Man Went for
His Gun When the NeUs Spread

When the party arrived at Springfield word had gone
before them. How the reached the town has
been learnedt will remain mystery Even before the
party reached Springfield Sheriff Mackey, in the Jail
where confined, twenty miles from Springfield
had been notified by telephone that the body had been
found and he into the cells to tell me-
Twenty thousand persons had gathered in the public
.quarc by the time the three reached the city The
mems pushed their way through the crowd and continued
toward the Kee home at the edge of the little city Some
one tclephoncd to the home that crowd going
toward the house. Mr. Kcet received the message Mrs
Keet saw his face as he stood at the telephone
"Thcy re bringing Lloyd!' she cried, and flew away
to rearrange the flowers in the which had been his
Ida McCammon the girl, had been walking in the
ncgborhood. She the people surgng into the
and the Keet lawn stand by the side of Mrs
Kcet who had rushed onto the porch Mr. Keet coatless
and hatless to the hedge that surrounds the Kee
place, to meet the crowd.
In that crowd the member of our gang who still
was unsupported He described for later the at
the Keet home
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-31
Riley and His Girl
Haze Never Been Caught

With one impulse the crowd turned
out into the streets. Every man who was
not carrying his rife, as nearly all men
did at all times those days, went straight
to his home to get it. Automobiles gath
cred in the square from all parts of the
city. AS fast as they drew up men
climbed in, until more than five hundred
automobiles, loaded with armed men,
were speeding toward the town, twenty
miles away, where we were in Jail. The
crowd left rope for each one of us hang
Ing from lamppost in the Springfield
square.
The sheriff knew what would happen
when he learned the body had been found
Before the crowd reached our Jail we
were in the sheriff s automobile being
hurried away in safety. The chase lasted
all night, through dark roads and across
open fields. The sheriff dared not put us
aboard train, as the pursuing mob had
split up into detachments, one Of these
guarding every station where a train
might have taken us aboard.
At dawn we drove into Kansas City,
where the sheriff hurried us into the we'll
protected cells of the death house in the
Kansas City Jail.
Riley and his girl have escaped. I
doubt if they ever will be found.
/ am satisfied with the sentence of
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-31

thlrty-ve years that was imposed upon me. am sorry
was ever persuaded to take part in the plan. sorry
for Mrs Keet sorry for the fahersorry for those days
during which little Lloyd suffered much did all that
could to make them easier responsible for
any of the gangs treatment of the baby feel that per-
haps good will of it all in the end if the lesson
have learned will be taken into account by any one else
who plans such crime.
And know, too, that Taylor Adams and his and
the others of the gang who serving smaller sentences
than mine hope their punishment will serve as warning
others.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-31

Keet's eager eyes picked out from the mass Of
people the three men who walked close together
one OF them carrying the bundle--the dripping ban-
ket drawn over the little body. One Of the men
looked up as they drew and met Keet's eyes,
That glance from the street told Keet his
hopes were forever ended. He turned to meet Mrs
kect who had broken away from the nurse girl and
was running across the lawn to meet the crowd at
the gate.
When she her husbands face Mrs Keet
screamed and fell onto the grass unconscious Her
husband and the carried her into the house
with the three men bearing baby Kect's body close
behind Her first words when she opened her eyes
Were they very cruel to him7''
They put the little body in the crib and brought the
flowers closer Hundreds of persons had crowded into
the mouse and stood in the halls and in the doorways
Keet from his knees at his wfe's side when She
opened her and holding her hand turned toward
those VINO mad pushed into the room He did speak,
but the crowd quietly withdrew to the lawn outside It
stood about silently for moment Then who was
one of the high officials of the county said aloud:
Nov we've got work to do!'
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-31
ng> Reveals the Secret Of How the
In Crib, Hidden In Cave and Afte
ment Finall y Poisoned With Laudan

ar-old son Of wealthy
last May created GYM
very American mother
iody was found in an
widespread demand for
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-31

The old Crenshaw Mansion. hidden among the
trees, where the kdnappers kept the baby and,
eventually, killed it with poison. The house was
built In the days of the James Boys" and the
secret passages in which the gang kept the baby
were used by the former owners as hiding places
during the bandit raids.
Above is little Lloyd and his nurse, Ida Nc.
Cannon, who was in charge of him the night he
was kidnapped. The kidnappers intended to ask
her to join them, but gave up this idea when
they found she was Straight" SO Piersol says.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-31

In the hope that full knowledge what happened to baby Keet
during his captivity stimulate
dnaPpers the full confession of Peo the gang was
secured by this newspaper. - m
The third and last namcnt this which
inc death OF the baby described given these
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-04-19

ceipts were estimated at 1850, MAX
ing 14,300 for the week, compared
with 1890 in the like time last
week, and $500 which arrived in the
corresponding period a year ago. The
quality was not better than good.
There was again good call for stock
ers and feeders. Finishing cattle are
selling at Is a soc higher rates than
they we're at the opening session last
Monday morning. The advance is
centered in the better kinds of heavy
and medium weight steers, and
choice stock heifers.
Hog values were at a decline of
20 a Acc per hundred. The run was
a generous one, and heavy supplies
were reported at other big centers.
The top for the day was $17.10, and
the bulk, $16.75@17.O0 per 100.
Quality of the offerings was good.
Early estimates gave the sheep re-
ceipts as 200. making only about
400 for this week. The tone is
steady to strong.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-04-19

Foe Gives Up Attempt to Penetrate
American Line.

With the American Army in France,
April 18.-The American troops north
west OF Toul have again taken pos
session Of No Mans Land near Apre-
mont forest after a week in which
the shell torn land between the
trenches was virtually deserted, ex-
cept during the long series of weeks,
because of the violence of the artillery
fire. Two American patrols went out
seeking a machine gun nest which
was reported in front of the German
trenches, but found it empty. The
patrols went up to the barbed wire
in front OF the enemy first line, but
encountered no Germans.
The enemy apparently has given
up, temporarily at beast, his attempt
to penetrate to the American third
line, after the crushing defeat he sus.
tanned in several attempts with spec.
tally trained shock troops last week.
--- RTrY 7. II. RnNDC -
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-04-19
BAKER READY TO PORT
TO Tell President Story Of His
Trip to Battle Fields.
Present Method OF Withholding Al
dresses In Casualty Lists To BE
Continued.

Washington, April 1S.-Back from
his seven weeks trip to the European
battlefronts. Secretary N. ID. Baker Ii
ready to lay his observations of the
military situation before President
Wilson. The secretary. who has re-
turned to his desk at the war depart.
ment, said he would see the president
without delay, and the story of the
trip would be made public In chap
tiers from time to time.
Present Method to Continue.
The war secretary also was author
fty for the statement that the present
system of giving out casualty lists
without addresses would be continued
and fntimated that Information he had
gained abroad had convinced him that
solution of this problem was compar-
atively simple.
The question of the form American
casualty lists should take was one of
the few ON which Mr.. Baker exercised
his official authority as head of the
war department during his absence,
despite the fact that he went abroad
believing the publication Of casualties
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-04-19
~ u. Il. BONDo -
VOLUNTEER FOR FARMS
Three Million Men Ready To Help
Raise Record Crops.
Increased Acreage In All Grains As.
sured BY Offer Of Labor to
Farmers.

Washington, April 19.-Through.
out the country 3.000.0 900 volunteer
farm workers are ready to develop
Americas bumper crop this yea
Agriculture department reports
show that cities and small towns are
Offering hundreds Of thousands in
response to farm labor calls.
Most will work in territories near
their homes. One army of maneu-
ver"-10,000 workers, will be mob
ilized, however, for continuous serv-
ice in the wheat belt. II will start
June l I'm northwestern Oklahoma,
move through Kansas, g~arnering 81
SOC, 900 bushels of wheat there and
then pass into the Dakotas.
Increased Acreage Foresecn.
Advance reports indicate that in
addition to a per cent Increase in
the wheat acreage there will be big
increases in other crops. The in
crease in corn is put at 1900 900
acres, while 10 per cent area Is
expected to go into barley. In North
Dakota the barley increase will
reach 25 per cent more acreage.
More than 300, 900 workers alone
will be needed to harvest the addi-
tional $4,000. 900 Of wheat expected
this year. 1t will take this army 10
days to do the job.
Record Wages Predicted.
The big volunteer army will com
mand the highest wages aver known.
Last year harvest hands were paid
$3.50 to IS a day with board in the
wheat belt extending from Oklahoma
to North Dakota. This year higher
wages may be paid.
In Michigan farmers recently es.
tablished a minimum wage of $50 q
month with board for permanent
workers.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-04-19
- BUY L. L. BONDS -
NO TRlKES OR LOCKOUTS
Barred In Minnesota for Period o,
the War.

barred IN Minnesota Tor Feriou OF
the War.
st. Paul, April discrimination of
lockouts in Minnesota during the war
has been directed In an epoch making
order Of the State Public Safety com
mission, based on an agreement sign
ed by officers of the State Federation
OF Labor and the Minnesota Employ.
ers' association.
The main points In the basis OF
agreement included In the commits
sion's order, are as follows:
Employees shall not ask for recogni.
tion OF a union which had not been
recognized before the war. Employees
by lockout or by other means, shall
not try to break up q union which
had been recognized before the war
Employers and employees agree, in
good faith. to maintain the existing
status In evey place of employment
OF q union, non-union or open shop
All differences with respect to wages
and hours of labor shall be referred
to state board of arbitration. No lock
outs nor strikes under any circum'
stances during period OF war.