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The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-03-21

~ SSfuns - : :; tsiilS - 4 ssa nSis6s
1fseass Il 3 then As0x1Al eounHby -
I'm - the nanspoNef bseOre IN s1-
pectaA war; Dossta civilised nAtion
'use sas. weapon discarded hy the
Chinese more than 100 years ago -
Finhumane and barbsrous. on their
|eHemiesf.
There may be some who would
sit, at green cloth table and talk
peace with such nation, but would
not. Not with . nation that has
plunged the world into such . war.
that has on its head the blood OF the
best OF earth.s youhE manhood. and
Is responsible for this terrible pen
tecost Of suffering.
.'The Bible says when 4 man
smites you on the right cheek turn
to him the left. Germany smote us
on the right cheek when she sunk
the Lusitania, then on the left when
the Arebic went down. and followed
up with q kick in the rear, and then
declared that they would sink all
ships without warning and without
any effort to save the crew.
"A Confederate cruiser. the Ala
bama. commanded BY q Southern
gentleman. Capt. Raphael SeL,mes.
destroyed many vessels, but never
without warning. and never without
arranging to take care OF the pas
sengers. Once he let his prizes 60
because he could not conveniently
take the to port. This Is the ira
dition and spirit of the American
navy.
''The German spy system in Amer
/ lea is unexcelled for expensiveness.
| uncrupulousness and boneheaded-
ness. II they had not looked with
such cynical contempt on the Amer
lean people they might have done
us greater damage.
II, speaking for myself and with
out authority, favor taking every
man convicted by courtmartial Of
spying and hanging him by the neck
until he is dead, instead of taking
them to North Carolina where they
can play tennis during the summer
and spring.
"a man should not be judged by
his name or his accent, but by his
heart, and his heart should be judg-
ed by his action and speech. am
opposed to discriminating against
any man because he has a German
name, or because German blood flows
In his veins. Some Of these are
among our most loyal citizens"
DR.. Van Dyke closed his materful
appeal with a prophecy that America
would never consent to sit at the
peace table with such a foe until
military. hereditary autocracy has
vanished from the face of the globe
DR.. Kershaw pronounced the bene.
diction.
Two men and one lady we're over
come by the closeness Of the atmos-
Ihere owing to the tremendous
crowd and were removed from tht
building.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-03-21

u The Boys 6f South Cas9szna;
We are new IN IT, early part of II
new year, which year may ~ down
In history as the most tmDofte.t ~
al the history Of the wor3d. Won
derful things arc happening anong
All the nations Of the earth. This
means that the world II being made
over. and II IL your good fortune.
and mine, that we have In this re-
making process. Let us see to It
that mot one thing II left undone
that will help making the world .
At place for Christian people to live
In.
A plentiful supply OF corn and
hogs must be grown. Our State re-
sponded nobly to the cxll OF the
President for an increased produc-
ton of food in 1917. The corn crop
was increased 248.000 acres. and the
yield 11.939.000 bushels over that
of 1916. In this increase the Club
Boys played an important part.
Corn is not the only great need.
can engage. We are told that the
world is facing q shortage OF hogs.
Besides the necessity Of supplying
the needs OF our own soldiers, we are
being called upon to furnish greater
quantities to the allies. The gravity
of this situation should not be un-
|derestimated.
Each boy in South Carolina should
be asking, What can I dor" You
can join the Boys Corn and Pig
Clubs. which are being conducted by
Clemson College and the United
States Department Of Agriculture CO.
operating. and be producer of feed.
and thereby help to feed q soldier
that soldier may be your brother.
There are thousands Of good.
bright boys on the farms Of South
Carolina, practically all Of whom
should be enrolled as members OF
the Boys Corn and Pig Clubs, and
secure the splendid training to be
received from valuable lessons
taught them through the study OF
the soil. cultural methods, plant and
animal life. Besides, the splendid
profits that may be derived there
from
II you are interested, either get In
touch at once with your County
Farm Demonstration Agent, who
will be glad to enroll you, furnish
you with all necessary information
and assist you in getting good seed
corn and good pig, or you may
have your teacher forward your
name to the County Agent, asking
that you be enrolled. am sure ht
or she will take pleasure in assisting
you. You should not delay this mat
ter. as the season is getting late.
L. l.. BETHEA.
Sup. Agt. of Boys Club Work
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-03-21
Everybody's Theatre
Monday, Mar. 18th
Jewel Productions
Present,
."The Price Of a
Good Time. "

MILDRED HARRIS In
From tho story "THE S
WHIM'' BY Marion Orth.
"sUPERSENSITTvE 10
THE TRAGIC . Critic saad
at first sight.
In little Linnic's horror
stricken eyes we read y pure
young girls first awful tcr-
ror before the undraped
grisly skeleton Of life.
Through those unsaarded
gateways we see almost UNI
willingly down into her I'm.
mortal soul-behold . hu-
man being writhing, unhelp-
ed, I'm pitiful torment.
Produced with indeecra- !.
bable richness Of sympathy
and setting, BY LOIS WEB
Err, The Belasco OF tho
screen.
A Jewel WOnderplay~ In
Seven Acts
Children not Admitted Un-
less Accompanied by Pc
rents.
Admissson is and - csnas.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-03-21

Hundreds of beautiful new hats have been receiv-
ed during the week to augment this great and COM
prehensve collection of Easter Millinery which has
now reached the high tide Of readiness to meet the
demands of particular women
100 TRIMMED HATS AT $500
Pokes, Mushrooms and other styles of fine lisere
straw with flowers, wings, quilts and fancy feathers
in black with colored facings also all black and love-
ly Spring colors.
Womens black hose dandy good value at 10 cents.
One lot Towels good turkish towels 25c
value at Is cents.
Lawns-all patterns Zoe value at 12h cents yd
Dress Ginghams-one solid case 25c value at the
yard 16M cents
Bed Sheets-full size double bed Sheets best quail
ity Salm Sheets, So value at SLAB.
~Cndrens Dfeeses $125 vl6e all coiors and sizes
special at SO cents.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-03-21

The Dillon Herald is $500 per
year In advance.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-03-21
Plain Pumps and Oxford ties

Already there is an enormous demand which we
anticipated months ago apd thus you find here
splendid variety of styles in several grades in patent
leather i'm black Russia calf in half opera of LOUISE
heel also straight heel at $4OO to $3.50.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-03-21

Women's New Spring Suits $2975 and $3.50
Models Offered in Wonderful Sale at $2275
Women is quest of extraordinary suit values will
find in this special sale the most remarkable assort-
ment of smart styles and the greatest economies
presented this season.
An exceptional assortment of smart new styles for
your choosing in the following materials:
Poiret Twill Gabardone, Poplin and Serge the
styles are:
The Pipple Suit, The Aero Suit The Traffic Suit
The Jazz Suit The Chappie Suit The Bustle Suit
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-04-29

Toward evening we marched off and
| brought the hOwitZerS to q new posi-
! ton, from where the enemy's defenses
, on the Mouse could be bombarded.
! After short march we encountered
! aud fought a French army northeast
of Donchery Only the enemys rear
guard was on our side of the MeuSe.
! TO it was given the duty of covering
the crossing Of the main body Of the
French armies over the Mouse. which
was done near D0Echery.
The few bridges left standing were
not sufficient for the enemy to cross
as speedily as he should have. As y
result there developed in Donchery a
terrible fight. The French made an
enormous effort. There was a terrible
slaughter as man fought against man.
It was one OF the most fearful battles
I have ever witnessed. No one knew
afterwards how many he had killed.
sometimes stronger men, then W. or
ones attacked. The glare from burn
Ing houses turned into red the whites
Of the fighters eyes and revealed men
battling one another frothing at the
mouth.
without any headgear, unkempt
hair. uniforms open or mostly torn,
1t was bayonetting. hitting, scratching
and plunging like wild beasts for life
or death. Everybody fought for his
life. There was no quarter. Only
moaning and gasping could be heard.
Each man thought only Of his own
life. of death or his home. Old memo
ries raced through the mind, pursuing
one another feverishly and yet men
grew wilder, for they now battled a
new enemy-eXhaustion.
But there could not yet be any let
up. Again and again there is nothing
to do but strike. stab. bite, fighting
without guns or other weapons except
those provided by nature for life or
death.
The eXertion becomes more super
human. You bite and you are a victor.
But victor only for second. for the
next antagonist is already upon you.
He has just killed one of your COM,
rades. You suddenly remember that
you still have dagger. After hasty
search you find it in It's regular place.
One, two, three and ii sinks to the hilt
In the breast of your enemy. On. on
where there are new enemies. You
suddenly see your next antagonist be-
fore you. He is after your life. He
bites. stabs. scratches. to get you down,
to pierce your heart with his dagger
and again you use yours. Thank God,
he lies on the ground; you are saved.
But stop; you must have that dagger
back. You pull 1t from the breast o.
your late enemy. A stream of warm
blood shoots from the open wound In
your face. Human blood. warm hui
man blood. You shudder. terrified
only for a few seconds. for there Is
another adversary. It is again neces-
sary for you to defend yourself. Again.
and again the murder commences
anew. Always. and always again.
through the whole night. 4
At last toward four o'clock In tho
morning. the French retired across the
Mouse with the Germans stormlng
after them. When the bridge was full
of German soldiers. it was blown up by
the French and hundreds of Germans
found their death in the Mouse.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-04-29

cartridges into our rides. prepare to
6re"-the mso In the drst row knelt
down and the second row took their
places. Our guns were now held 20
that the barrels were forward and
the butts were hip high. "Aim"-and
slowly " aimed, holding our guns
tightly with the butts against our
shoulders and our fingers on the trig
gers
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-04-29

(To Be Oontinued)
Republican farmer., 1918-05-03

hours of ucuang battle the enemys advance was held at
all points Heavy casualties suffered by his troops IN
the of his many unsuccessful attacks
1.-THE enemys assaults the French positions from Locre
Cye pressed with extreme violence and after three
attacks off with great loss to him his troops
i'm the neghborhood of Voomezee, which after prolonged
reganing of the village At other points all the
enemys attacks repused.
PRISONERS ARE CAPTURED
Fierce fighting took place north of KENNEL village and
in neghborhood of Voomezeee which after prolonged
struggle remains in the hands of troops In the after
the enemy again heavily attacked positions at the
ridge southwest of VoormeZee and completely
pulsed Some hundreds of prisoners captured by us in
this fighting
fighting also took place yesterday afternoon the
Lys battle in the neghborhood of Gvenchy result
of which 40 prisoners were captured by u.s.
"South of the Somme the fighting continued during the a
ternoon to the advantage of the Allies in the HangardVler
sector. Our line again advanced at certain
broken up by fire and failed to develop The number of
prisoners captured by in this area is 90O
Successful raids carried out by during the night
neghborhood Areux northeast of Arras and in the
Vieux BerQuin sector Southeast Of Hazebrouck We captur
ed 20 prisoners"
The French office statement follows:
During the night the artillery battle continued along
front between Vers Breonneux and Hangard There
no change in the situation
"The Germans attacked defenses the line of the
railroad west of Themes but able to approach
positions
I'VE carried out successful raids in the region of the Disc
canal the Louvre Carnlet and took
number of prisoners.
i "The artillery fighting rather the right
bank of the Mouse (Verdun front.)
1--WE have recapured positions from Locre to La Cye in
lFlanders west of Mount KENNEL"
Republican farmer., 1918-05-03
BRITISH NEEDS
MORE STRENGTH
TO Win BATTLES
London Press Makes Com
ment on Wastage Of Men
In Flanders Battle.

Lonaon, April Recommending on
the Flanders battle in serious tone
the morning newspapers contend that
the situation imposes on Great Britain
the necessity of putting forth the ut
NEST effort, especially of furnishing
more men to supply the wastage in
the ceaseless fighting.
I'VE are faced with a crisis moro
perilous and momentous than any
that has arisen, even in this appal-
ling war" writes the military CORE
spondent of the Daily Telegraph
Possession Of the channel ports by
the enemy would make our task on
land and sea infinitely more intricate
and costly"
The News, in an editorial, says the
situation has changed seriously for
the worse as a result of the fighting
Of the last two days, and that the
German drive toward the channel is
matter of serious concern. Never
theless, it regards the situation as in
nowise yet stabilized and says that if
the Germans mean to break through
they must do it quickly before Amer
lean reinforcements finally turn the
tide.
The effect Of the capture of Mont
KENNEL on the situation at Ypres is
canvassed anxiously by some papers.
The Chronicle thinks Ypres could be
held despite the loss of Mont KENNEL,
but the tenure would be costly and
precarious. 1t hopes it will be found
possible to dislodge the enemy as at
Villers Bretonneux. Otherwise, it
says, a further withdrawal of the
Yypres line may be desirable. The
Chronicle contends, however, that the
present value Of Ypres is only Sec
ondary.
The Mail says it would be folly to
minimize the success the enemy has
achieved and if the loss of KENNEL
should prove permanent, the difficulty
in holding Ypres would be increased
materially. It concludes by urging
the necessity of maintaining the sup
ply of men.
Republican farmer., 1918-05-03
GERMAN PAPER
PRAISES LATEST.
LONG RANCE Gun

New York, Aril 27-The German
range guns now bombarding Paris
mark ''the greatest progress in the
development of firearms since the in
vention of powder" in eulogistic ar
ticle sent out by the semi-official
Wolff bureau and published in the
Germans newspapers under a Berlin
date on March %. The Wolff dis
patch says:
''In vain our enemies are racking
their brains to solve the secret of our
giant cannon with which we are
bombarding Paris. They believe they
have found the solution in an Aus
trian long barrel cannon"
The Cologne Gazette of March 81,
a copy of which has been received
here, says:
THE AZ centimetre mortars in
August, 1914, smashed fortresses
which up until then had been regard
ed as impregnable. At that moment
there began a new period of the con-
struction of fortresses.
FsThe 31st of March, 1918, brought
the technical wonder of the 100 kilo-
metre cannon and with it the begin
ming of a new era in the history OF
the construction of cannon which
however, may be of far greater i'm
portance on the course of the wal
and perhaps, for peace, than the AZ
centimetre mortars.''
Republican farmer., 1918-05-03
Press Asserts Nation May
Become Second Belgium
to Down England.
NEW DEMANDS BEING
PRESSED BY BERLIN
Seeks to Bring About Quar-
rel by Demanding Nation
Act Unneutrally.

London, April 27-Following
the statement of Foreign Min
lister Louden to the Holland
Senate that negotiations with
Germany were not progressing
satisfactorily, a dispatch from
The Hague today declared the
commander-in-chief of the land
and sea forces of Holland has
Professionally stopped ali leaves
of absence, thus maintaining
the army and navy on war
footing.
The Hague correspondent of the
Times says Holland has given way
to the German demand for use of the
railway across the Province of Linn
burg, STIMULATING, however, that no
military traffic must pass.
Another demand of an embarrassing
nature Connected with shipping facili-
ties has been made by Germany.
The Rotterdam correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph says the Dutch gov
eminent already has taken preEmi-
nary steps to bring into force certain
military measures.
The German press is threatening
Holland. The Taeglische Rundschau
Of Berlin warns the Dutch that Hol-
land may become a second Belgium;
a place from which Germany may at
tack Great Britain. 1t warns the
Dutch to seek cover.
The clerical Germania says the Ger
man demands upon the Dutch are cal
culated to restore in Holland the bal
ance of that country, which lately
has shown itself "too conciliatery to-
ward the Entente"
Capt Won Salzmann, military critic
of the vossische Zeitung, says Hol-
land can keep out of the war by
| Conscientious neutrality but she
must understand a day will come
when German patience, Halready tried
to the uttermost," will end. Won Salz-
mann is a spokesman for the German
government. A landing in DenmarA
or Holland, he asserts, may come
within a range of possibility in order
| to attack England's sea flank.
! Germany is also threatening Swift
| zerland, and may force that republic
into war in an effort to attack the
French right flank through the Alps
Open threats of such a movement are
being made in some sections of the
German press.
| On Holland, Germany seeks a quar-
rel, over the transportation of SAND
and gravel she needs for her machine
gun pill boxes" Her quarrel witt
Switzerland is sought on the question
of the transit of coal, for which Swift
zerland depends upon Germany. Ger
many has been holding UP Switzer
lands coal supply in an effort to com
pei the Swiss to furnish the German:
with food)
Republican farmer., 1918-05-03
PERS IAN PEOPLE
DYING OF HUNGER
in LARGE TOWNS

Petrograd, April 26-(Correspon-
dence of The Associated Press)-
People are dying of hunger in the
streets of the large towns of Persia,
notably in Hamadan and Senne, says
a despatch from Kazvin to the Ros-
tovskaya Rech.
4 THE spectre of famine has be-
come a fearful reality the cores
pondent wrote. ITO pass through
two or three streets in Hamadan or
Senne is enough to come upon two
or three dead bodies. Here and
there may be groups of women
mourning over their dead. Here is
beggar woman-a mother with two
children; one of them a baby in
arms, is dead, and near the mother
on the ground is another child dying.
The mother herself is already mo-
tionless, with a frozen, unintelligent
stare. The Persians, seeing that a
human being is really dying, shove
some bread into the dying woman's
mouth, but the belated help of
course, does not save her life. The
poor villagers throng from the vii
lagos to the towns hoping in vain to
be fed there.
Gwen in Kazvin, this more or less
well-to-do town, it has more than
once fallen to the lot of your cores
pondent to take up from the streets
people stripped bare, who from ex-
haustion have been unable to move.
Mothers sell their daughters, still
mere children, in order to secure a
crust of bread; wives of poor men
are given to the rich that their fam
lilies may be maintained.
"In Hamadan, a few days ago,
sparks of a hunger riot broke out,
and it was only the presence of Rus
sian troops that stopped the move
ment, that was ready to embrace the
whole country with its flames.
There is report that Ruchik
Khan, that freebooters' chief, who
lives in the forests near Resht, and
has, under arms, about $4,000 mount
ed men, is only waiting to raise re-
volt till the Russian troops leave.
while trying@ to organize amoAR
the Pertains, public aid for the ss=---
ing, I am brought up against either
the Persians indifference, or their,
government that is made impotent by
bribery and corruption, of a truly
Oriental character.
THE misery is almost irremedia-
ble."
Republican farmer., 1918-05-03

ADD ANOTHER VICTIM
TO MURDERER'S LIST
DAUGHTER OF ONE OF SCHMIDT'S WIVES TELLS POLICE
HOW HER MOTHER DISAPPEARED FATHER
SAID SHE HAD GONE ABROAD

Detroit, April 27-Anita Schmidt,
the woman who came to America as
the wife of Helmuth Schmidt, and
Margaret Darsch, who lived with
Schmidt in Lakewood, N. J., were
added today to the list of women en-
tangled in the mystery surrounding
the man, who last Tuesday took his
own life in the Highland Park Jail
after confessing that he had burned
the body of Augusta Steinbach after
she had swallowed poison at his
home. This information developed
after questioning by authorities of
Mrs Adele Ulrich-Braun, who mar
ried Schmidt, then known as Braun,
in Lakewood, in 1914, and Gertrude
Schmidt's II year old daughter.
According to the girl, there was a
love affair between her father and
the Darsch woman which developed
shortly before her mother disappear
ed Schmidt told his daughter that
Republican farmer., 1918-05-03
HAVE SHIPPED
THREE MILLION
CARS OF COAL

More than 100000 cars loaded
with coal were shipped from the
mines of the country during this year
to the end of the first week of the
current month. The figures were
issued by the Railroad Adminise1-ss
ton. Such number of cars eqdz=D
one and a fifth times the total num-
Der in the United States. Set in a
line they would extend 23,50e miles.
OF course the same cars performed
service many times over during the
period.
There were S24,53S car loads of an
thracite; 2,533,611 of bituminous and
52,454 car loads of Ignite, making q
total of 3,110,S9s. The showing
would have been far greater had It
not been for the weather seventies
during January which tremendously
interfered with railroad and mine
operations.
For the whole period of three
months and a week, the shipments of
anthracite were greater by 1888 cars
than for the corresponding period of
last year.
While bituminous shipments aver
age under usual conditions a little
more than five times as much as an
thracite, the car headings for the
period show an increase Of only L.
6S7 cars, or not half the increase Yin
anthracite. The anthracite industry
is being well supplied with cars and
is running virtually at maximum out
put with the reduced number o.
mine-workers available.
Republican farmer., 1918-05-03
RUSS LABOR TO
MAKE PLANES
FOR TEUTONS

London, April 27-In urging the
British nation to an increased output
of aeroplanes, the Daily Mail dwells
on Russia's detection as affecting the
supremacy of the air. Russian
aeroplanes it says, had great reputa-
lions in Germany, and some of them
had been used as models by German
makers.
THE collapse of Russia it adds,
enables Germany to exploit and turn
to its own use all factories and aero
dromes in Russia and as many more
as Russian labor, now looking around
hungrily for a job, can be induced to
construct. Factories for the manufac-
ture of certain types of machines are
springing up from Petrograd to Mos
COW, not to mention those already in
existence which are or soon will be
German"
Republican farmer., 1918-05-03
AMERICANS ARE
CITED FOR VALOR

Paris, April 27.---Eleven American
ambulance men have won the war
cross by gallant service performed
during the battle now in progress.
Lieut.. Ralph Richmond, command
ing section S42, with Sergt. Junius
Beebe, G. l. Harris, Henry K. James,
E. A. Iittlefeld and John ]. Fren-
ming were cited in eulogistic terms
for carrying away wounded men from
positions right up againG the e2emy's
lines under the heaviest fire.
Charles A. Read of section SIS;
Henry W. Holman, Johnson N. Huns
berger, Jr., and Hobart S. Purysk of
section 504; and Jesse M. Baby OF
section sol were cited in regimental
orders for courage displayed on April
9Th