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The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-05-09
BRITISH SNIPER'S
STORY OF BIC FIGHT.
Tells About Cutting Down the
Boches i'm their Drive on


Boches in their Drive Oh
Somme.
London, April 5-(Correspondence
of the Associated Press. III am a
sniper by trade and it was day of
joy for me-" said Private Langford
in relating his experience in the
great German offensive on the Som
me. Langford who was a member
of battalion stationed at Mailly,
is now in a hospital here recovering
from wound.
the morning of March &C." he con-
tinued, LAS we went up toward our
position, Fritz was shelling us pref
ty hard, putting over some very big
stuff. A soon as we got into the
trenches we spotted the Germans
500 or 700 yards away on a ridge.
During the night oL flying men
didn't allow those Huns any sleep but
kept peppering them with heavy
bombs.
About 10 o'clock the next morn
ing they started one OF the most
terrific deadliest barrages 1 have ever
seen. 1t was fierce, and 1 have had
seventeen months of straffing. No
gas shells but all very heavy ex-
plosives. He kept this lombard
ment up till about a quarter of
twelve, should say, then he left
his trenches and came toward us in
mass.
AS the boches came along 1 killed
some myself. All our chaps were very
busy laying 'em out.
! "Unluckily, when their creeping
barrage got right on top of us we
had to keep down and we couldn't
see what their names was Fritz
managed to slip through gap on the
left of our company.
Two machine gun crews in ad-
vance of the main body got through
the gap and right in our rear. They
slipped through very quickly and
smart, and planted their guns in a
shell hole in no time, and intended
no doubt to wipe us off the map.
But our boys spotted their game.
There were only about twenty
three of us and the Huns with their
machine guns were about thirty
yards distant at our backs. Yes, he
thought he'd got us beat, but we had
something up our sleeve yet. AS
quick as lightning our chaps threw
nice little dose of Mills bombs at
F'em-and that was the end of them.
The whole lot were done in.
I'VE then looked to see what was
happening in front of our trenches.
l saw they were coming full tilt at
us. They outnumbered us, I should
say, by ten to one. But we got busy
with our machine guns and rifles,
and did great execution, cutting lines
in 'em.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-05-09
Mrs. IL. j. Blackwell.

Mrs. K. j. Blackwell died at the
Florence Infirmary las Wednes-
day morning. Mrs. Blackwell was
the mother of Mrs. W. Murchison
and had many friends in Dillon who
were panied to learn of her death.
Mrs. Blackwell had been in declin-
ing health for several months.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-05-09

$500 SALEM SEAMLESS SHEETS.
Wonderful bargains in extra heavy
unbleached seamless sheets in extra
large sizes at ---.----- $1.5O
SPECIALS.
BOYS WASH SUITS.
Lot of dressy new wash suits, plain
and fancy colors, sizes to at Csc.
SPECIAL SALE OF HOUSE AND
PORCH APRONS.
Looks almost like house dress full,
large and roomy of light and dark
and checked, figured and striped per-
Gale at -------------- ----.. 98c.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-05-09

MEMS WORK SHIRTS.
Heavy blue Gingham Work Shirts,
with collar and pockets sizes ii to
to II at --- 69c.
EXTRA SPECIAL FOR RED CROSS
ONLY.
Knitting Zephyr in Khaki and gray
per hank --- CSC.
BOYS BLOUSES.
Choice of sport blouses with high
neck and sport collar white, blue and
stripes at ------------- 29c.
One lot of oxfords and pumps $4.OO
to $500 values special at --------S -S1.98
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-05-09
DRESS GINGHAMS

DKESS GINGHAMS
Big lot assorted patterns special at
Womens black hose, special at -1Oc.
Womens silk hose all colors with cot
ton tops, regular 65c. values, special
at &c.
TURKISH BATH TOWELS.
Extra heavy, thick pile, white regu-
lar 25c values special at ---12c
GAUZE VESTS.
Womens elastic ribbed gauze vests,
cut full, and nicely taped, regular
sizes at - 12 1-2c
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-05-09
WOMEN'S PUMPS, OXFORDS,
BOOTS.

A sale of especially high grade foot
wear, mostly small sizes.
Shoes that must be sold to make
room for the summer white footwear.
Oxfords and pumps in gray, patent
leather, tan leather, black kid skin and
combinations.
One lot oxfords, regular $500 values
special for this sale at --$1.48
One lot of womens oxfords and
pumps regular $500 to $500 values
special at $248
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Shepherd in Baltimore is used for in
corrigible Catholic girls. while the
Prctestants are sent to an Industrial
School at Melvale. Md. For white
wards. ST. AIMS Infant Asylum and
the Washington Home for Foundlngs,
with its excellent Montessori kinder
f;arten. receive babies and small chill
dren under school age. The Indus
trial Home School in Georgetown is
are children at St. Nincent's Orphan
age and the Jewish Foste- Home
Chronic runaway Catholic boys are
sent to St Marys Industrial School in
Baltimore, while Protestant boy prob
lens over fourteen are placed at the
National Junior Republic.
The board is fortunate in having a
sa1ilcient number of very desirable board
ing homes for colorcd children. but it is
anxious TO obtain good homes for white
children. 1t is DESTROYS of getting in
touch with suitable persons who will re-
ceive these children into their homes.
The children in orphapages and in
stitutions beg necessarily to "go with
Il family" clamoring for the privileges
of the average fortunate boy and girl
The questions and queries of these
youngsters about what children do
who have father and mother, who do
not sleep in dormitory with many
other children, who do not all dress
alike and who do not eat in a large
dining room or do the same thing at
boys and girls, are both pathetic and
amusing.
The 1000 children who are now wards
of the board of children's guardians
vary in age from deserted babies to
the young man and woman nearing
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the landing places of the olden time
changed their names because of the
passing away OF old owners and the
coTG.ag of new ones. Landing places
could change their names almost as
easily As old mills could change theirs,
ard nearly everybody knows that mill
hanged It's name about every time the
mill changed owners or a new miller
leased or rented the property.
Ii. making = trip down the Potomac a
Traveller is strack with the fact that the
ruGhcr Of old wharNes at which the
boat stops is large. but that the num-
Der Of elder. ruined and abandoned
whaTves at which the boat does not
stop is much larger. The traveller is
scarcely ever out Of sight of a row, a
double row or a quadruple row of ven
cradle plies 5uttiag out from the shore
and marking where some earlier land
Ing place WAS Wharf mortality is high
on the Potomac and its tributaries be-
cause OF ice and food, and principally
because of ice Moving ice grinds OFF
the tops of the piles, and the rest of
the tiinbers are carried away by the
current All along the river, and es--
pecially at low water, these sad re-
minderS are exposed.
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of Columbia Board of es Guardians and Its Important Work for the Homd

s. Uford, Mrs. Thomas II. Carter, Will
liam Knowles Cooper and William w.
MILAN.
After a careful study Of the laws in
other states the hoard has prepared
new board Of childrens guardians bill.
which is now before Congress. Among
the items is 4 provision for mothers
pensions for families where. after in
vestigation. il is found advisable to
help the mother keep her children. The
board of children'S guardians has the
administrative machinery to do this
work and needs only to add to its
staff the necessary workers. There is
also provision for children's aid
work. which would enable children to
be temporarily received and cared for
by the board without a court order,
pending some crisis in their family life.
and later returned to their homes. with
out the parents losing their Jurisdic-
ton.
If this bill is passed the board OF
children's guardians of the District of
Columbia will hold interesting and
unique position throughout the entire
country as an agency for childrens
work. The work of state charities is
usually distributed through various
branches, and for this reason the Dis
trict Of Columbia can accomplish a
better grade of work. which can be
done in a small area If the board OF
children's guardians is granted by
Congress the handling of the moth
ers' pensions fund, il viii prevent an
unnecessary amount of duplication, as
il already possesses the records, the
administrative machinery required for
its execution and the office force.
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twenty-one years of age. These chii-
dren are of all sizes, nationalities and
temperaments, each one presenting an
individual problem. which must he
solved in an Individual way to suit
peculiar needs. The task of properly
supervising children for a child Ca ring
and child-placing agency in accordance
thought is not simple one. 1t does
not consist in merely knowing that
a child is housed, clothed, fed and sent
to school.
The child is not simply placed. but
is regularly visited by a placing and
investigating officer. The sleeping
quarters are inspected to sec that the
proper standards of hygiene and
cleanliness are maintained. The foster
parent and child are Interview pri-
vateGy in order that both may b. able
to speak with confidence. The Diff
culties which are sure to arise are
tactfully adjusted and Smoothed ove-
by the inspector for the mutual benefit
and satisfaction of both parties. If
the temperamentS of the caretakers
and children clash the children are
proves satisfactory. and a women who
has failed nth one type of chld may
be successful with another The in
spector visits the school in oder to
learn the conditions under which they
are sent to school and to talk to the
child out of its home environment. In
formation is obtained about the child's
progress and conduct. the inspector
standing ready to assist the teachers
On matters of discipline
The medical work is properly super
vised and carried out The average
child must go to the hospital for the
removal of it's tonSils and adenoids, to
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show YOU de bottles in de cellar. An
she tells you dat | sleeps by myself
and her big old son he sleeps with me
and he takes all de covers, and Sammy
and George Washington, she let's them
wear all my clothes"
Such a tale is Immediately investi-
gated In this case Sammy and George
Washington were questioned separate
" at school, and later the virtuous
Joe had the satisfaction of exhibiting
the bottles in the cellar. With such
conclusive evidence. Miz admit
ted that she refreshed herself with
beer when thirsty and weary. ''aS any
lady would" But Joe's transfer to
new home was not under the altogether
pleasant circumstances which he had
anticipated for Miz told that
the would-be preacher had taken her
"ha ndSome gold bracelet" to school and
had sold it for 10 cents. So Joe and
the "guardeen lady" spent the after
noon in its quest.
For many types of children an in
stitution is not only desirable, but en-
tremeiy indispensa BILE. They perform
= splendid service in fitting these less
de:.i "a bile little citizens for their place
and work in life by giving the train
ing so lacking in early life. When
child in a family is unsatisfactory it is
transferred to an institution, and when
child in an institution needs family
life for it's development the superin-
tendent makes the recommendation to
the board and a change is made
Among the institutions used by the
board for it's colored wards are the
Industrial Home School for Colored
Boys at Blue Plains, the Childrens
Temporary Home and the National
Colored Home. The House of the Good
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the clinic for the examination of its
eyes, and in all cases systematic dental
work must be done. The medical de-
partment believes very strongly that
bad teeth and infected gums are to be
blamed for most cases of focal infec-
ton and consequent retarded growth.
and to remedy this the board has con-
tracts witk five dentists, who give a
considerable part of their time to the
work.
In order properly to execute all OF
this the board of children's guardians
has a staff of eighteen trained and ex-
perienced social workers, seven of
whom are employed in the administra-
tive work of the office. 1t takes a large
clerical force to do the work on the rec
ords, as each case has its family history,
and after the child has been placed I'M
der the care of the board of children s
guardians it has its own individual his
tory where a complete and careful ac-
count of it's life is recorded. The field
workers form the remainder of the staff.
carrying out the supervising work as
directed by the officer.
The present agent of the board is J.
Lawrence Solly. who has held the posi-
ton less than four years. During that
time he has worked faithfully to raise
the board Of children's guardians to its
present standard of efficiency. He is
directly responsible to the board proper.
which is composed of nine members ap-
pointed by the judges of the District
courts. The present members are George
F.. Fleming, Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor. DR..
Pullman, Rev. Louis Stern, Mrs. Walter
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without them. After a period OF pain
full and acute distress, the child poured
forth her story.
II want u home where l am the only
child she said. because everywhere l
20 the lady loves the other children more n
me ana / want 10 be loved tne most. II
| was the only little girl. wou4dn' she nave
TO love me? And l want a home where
there is a beautiful young lady who won't
have nothing to do but to love me and
who thinks I've got d right TO beautI-
full name like Gladys even If l am cross
eyed, cause the doctor at the boo OF
guardeens' said he was going 10 make EN-
straight and my beautiful lady must
think red hair is pretty. And there mustn
be any children TO call me feeble minded.
l amt feeble minded, and II theren't any
children, then ! can't fight EN-, and II
l don't fight I'll have beautiful dis
position like Susies and then every
body will love me. / want to be loved.
For the support of these children in
boarding homes the sum of $500 is
expended monthly, which does not in
clude the amount paid to institutions
The nurses" as the caretakers of the
board are called. receive SIS per month
for children under three years of age,
SIS for children over three. ST. FOR
chronically sick children, and SIS for
feeble minded children. The strict
supervision of the inspectors easily de-
tects the woman who takes the children
for the money alone. and when it is
known that the money is not used for
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WHARVEs ALONG POTOMAC

a LONG the Potomac between Wash
IN ington and the bay a@d III those
g q broad estuarics wG:%a ia the
yernacufar are c;-ii.1 creeks. SGT " MICA
might with prop-;ety he called rivers,
ruined wharves arc 50 n1:.-rr5as that
it would be a great task 20 6a1her up
their names. IL .,:;G Ion "a e-'c-e r&iI-ed
wharves whose gray ara -of;:ts tim
beers show above t:2e water at 10" t;ce.
there are many other abandoned land
ing places which give no sign 10 travel
ers on the broad river that steamboats,
ever put in there. Even ii a man should
walk along the shore he would in most
cases see no token that the place had
ever been a steamboat landing, SO
thoroughly has time done its work of
obliteration.
The history of some of these landing
places goes back to the time when the
first steamboat began to ply on the
ma iectfc rtNer of " achington. more
than a century ago. While it would De
difficult to recall the names OF the
abandoned wharves. it would be much
more difficult to collect the names OF
those places that were landing points,
but where not even a vestige OF
wharf remains. 1t might be curious
pastime for man if he should under
take to write in on map of the Po-
tomac river those ancient place names,
but il would be a labor requiring much
time Perhaps it nit,at prove TO be an
impossible task. for many of the names
have been forgotten. All those persons
who knew these old steamboat landings
are of course. dead and in l0any cases
their descendants have scattered. none
now being near the cd home by the
river landing. In some cases the people
WHO tn the land immediately a..ong the
shore where was an old landing Nplace
two OF three generations ago do not
know the fact
Even the tradition of a landing place
has faded out of the minds of men. An
he thof Of
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thimble finger. I'm ruint- Oh, OIL OF.
OIL"
The poor fellow was so sincerely
desolated over the loss of his neces
sary finger that / couldn't accuse him
of shooting himself Intentionally. l
detailed a man named Bealer to take
lssy back to a dressing station. Well
Bealer never came back.
Months later in England I met up
with Epstein and asked about Bealer-
1t seems that after Issy had been fix
ed up the surgeon turned to Bealer and
said:
What's the matter with you"
Bealer happened to be dreaming Of
something else and didn't answer.
Il say" barked the doc. speak up
What's wrong"
Bealer was startled and jumped and
began to stutter.
oh. l see." said the surgeon. Shell
shock"
BeaIer was bright enough and quick
enough after that to play it up. and
was tagged for blighty. He had it
thrust upon him. And you can bet he
grabbed it and thanked his lucky
stars.
We had been on Mill street a day and
a night when an order came for our
company TO move up 70 the second line
and be ready TO go over thetop the
next day. At first there was the usual
grousing as there seemed to be no rea-
son why our company should be picked
from the whole battalion. We soon
learned that all hands were going over
and after that we felt better
We got our equipment on and started
up to the second line. 1t was right mere
that I got my first dose of real honest
to goodness modern war. The big push
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separation from the parents, lunch
con of crackers and milk before
leaving the Juvenile Court followed
by the novelty of ride in the board
OF burdens automobile. serves as an
unfailing comforter and the youngsters
are in the best of spirits when they
arrive at their new homes. Again, the
novelty of new clothing, which the
board supplies to each child, a clean,
comfortable bed and plenty of good
substantial food and. best of all loving
care and attention. combine TO form
such an interesting and novel adven-
ture that the majority of children re-
spond very quickly and appreciate
what is being done for them.
The fundamental idea in private
placements is to bring together the
child without home and the home
without child. When a child is con-
sidered available for such a placement
the proper child must be placed in the
proper home. This often results in the
child being legally adopted.
Desirable homes are found in good local
tiles A careful investigation is made
In order to be sure that the environment
will be suitable. A confidential written
reference is required from five persons, IN
Guiding the family minister and physician,
and the information received in this way
may furnish an invaluable clue to the
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faint and had a mad desire to run.
think if / hadn't been a non-com with
certain small responsibility to live up
to / should have gone crazy. | man
aged to pull myself together and placed
my men as comfortably as possible.
The Germans Were 500 yards away and
there was little chance of attack,
so comparatively few had to stand to-"
The rest took to the shelters.
/ found q little two-man shelter that
everybody else had avoided and crawled
in. There was dead German in there
and I crawled out again This time
simply couldn't smother my impulse to
run, and run / did into the next trav-
erse, where 1 sunk, weak and faint, on
the fire step. ! sat there the rest of the
night, regardless of shells, my mind
milling wildly on the problem of war
and the reason thereof and cursing my
self for a fool.
1t was very early in the morning
when Wells shook me up with. Hi sye,
Darby, wot the blinkin' blazes is that
noise?"
We listened, and away from the rear
came a tremendous whirTing, burning,
rumblng buzz, like a swarm of giant bees
] thought of everything from a Zeppelin
to a donkey engine, but couldn't make II
out Blofeld ran around the corner OF a
traverse and told us to get the men out
He didn't know what was coming and
wasn't taking any chance.
1t was getting a little light, though
heavily misty. We waited; and then out
of the gray blanket of fog waddled the
great steel monsters that we were to know
afterward as the tanks shall never
forget il.
In the half darkness they looked twice
as big as they really were. They lurched
forward. slow. clumsy, noSlng down into
shell holes and out crushing the unbured
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inquisitive inspector who is enabled to dis
cover many Interesting things concerning
the intimate, private life of the family.
a knowledge of which is imperative for
satisfactory private placements.
One little seven-year-old girl once con-
fded to her '.gua-deen lady" 81 likes my
new mamma l likes her more'n | did my
own mamma what i lived with before 1
belonged TO the board Of guardeens' IT'S
nice to have breakfast every mornin' and
a clean dress to wear to scool and to
have your face washed and your hair
combed See my curls? / got them since
lived with this new mamma. ] never had
curls in all my life before. And guess
what? I've got u pink hair ribbon to
wear to Sunday scool."
Another child. pathetic because of her
mental and physical condition, very cross
eyed and rapidly losing what little sight
she had, with fiery red hair and the pro-
verbal disposition. but craving affection
and love with all the intensity of her
starved little soul, repeatedly begged her
.'guardeen lady TO take her TO another
home. She refused at first to give any rea-
son for the desired change. II thought
that you liked children, Gladys?' ques-
toned the inspector. when Gladys had ad-
mitted that she wanted to be in home
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The BreSt BamboozIers,

n ERMANY at Brest-Litovsk," said
W Senator Gore, tried to bamboozle
the bolsheviki in the most open and
shameless manner.
The Germans conducted themselves
like the tramp who said to the milk
man:
What's the price of milk
Ten cents a quart the milkman an
swered.
Gimme a quart in pints,' said the
tramp.
He drank one pint, then he said:
How do we stand now% -
81 owe you a pint said the millrman
land / owe you one said the tramp.
That makes US square. --@e,--
And he dashed down the road xs fnst
as he could leg it"
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the childs benefit transfer is made
Immediately.
This information generally comes
from the children themselves, who are
encouraged to confide in their inspec-
tors. one day Joe-a-ed ten; color
black: disposition, rovins-came into
the office in search of his particular
"guardeen" Tears were streaming
down his face and Ae was veiy woe-be-
gone.
Whats the trouble. Joe?" was asked.
please. ma'am, find me another
home"
whats the matter with your home?"
'MZ ---, she drinks and don't want
to live wifi lady what drinks. How's
| gwine grow up to be a preacher if |
sees Drinking The tears fell freely
now. Quick questions followed "Yes'm,
L is telling de truf. Don't I always
tell de truf? It's George Washington
Jones what don't tell de truf, faint me
and Sammy. Nom. l amt got in no
scrape and wants to be moved to git
out Of 1t. Miz -, she do drink. She
drink beer and whisky yes'm, 1 can