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The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-07-25
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pass the word On. ana 49, =
quickly. that 500 Of the most e6nah,e
earnest and big souled Christisn -.
ness men are needed immsdiately -
OF the Southeastern Department Sur
overseas work with the Red Tfian1le
Forces" according to DR.. w. w. Aler-
ander, director OF the War Psrsounsl
Bureau. Army and Navy z. II. ca
for the Southeastern Department. The
quota OF 500 for the department for the
past month was exceeded By l2S -,
Nstments.
The call now comes for exscutiyes.
Of much business experience and spe.
cialists In all lines. No man In Amer.
lea 10 too big for the smallest Y. NJ
c. A. job "Over There" Today the
leading men OF the nation are volpn-
teering for the work: Bank presi-
dents. college prssidents. Office hold
srs. political leaders. religious leaders
snd hundreds Of corporation heads
are giving all time to the work witA
Americas Sons in France.
State recruiting committees arc op-
Grating In the seven Southeastern
states. Information AZ to the oppor-
tunities and the work can be secured
through the state recruiting secreta-
ries, as follows:
Chas. NJ. Norleet, Y. N. @. 4,
Winston-Salem. N. c.
Heath Barlow, Y. M. c. A, Colum-
bia, 8. C..
W. e. Hearon. Y. M. c. A.. Atlanta,
Ga.
o. e. Maple, Y. NJ. c. A., Jackson
vile, Fla.
Truman L. McGill. Y. NJ. C. A.. Bir-
mingham, Ala.
DIR. ]. Watt Raine. Edwards Hotel,
jackson, Miss.
#. M. Massey, Y. M. c. A., Nashville,
Tenn.
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eve0ooDa ~ oNoe oup lnn1 - 49,
are "a yAsiAad an>1 France ana Ita1y.
/. Millions lave died Of hunger and
hundreds Of millions havs fslt the
pinching power Of an ever-decrsas-
ing food supply: hundreds of mil
lions have for nearly four years liv-
ed In agony OF heart 9s by day and
by night their ears are ever strained
for the dreaded word OF the death
OF some loved one.
For years our Allies endured hor-
rors SURPRISING the widest flight of
DANES Imagination as he pictured
the Inferno. and day after day.
month after month, from their
bleeding hearts went forth the new
er-ceasing cry: How long, o Lord.
how long will America sleep on in
fancied security?"
And why have our allies thus
suffered and why must we now give
our millions. the very flower of our
civilization, to endure these suffer-
ings and death in all its fearful bat
tlefield forms?
Because william, the accursed,
and all Germany-not the military
leaders only, but all Germany-set
out on prearranged campaign to
murder millions in order to enrich
themselves by looting the world.
These murderers, these looters,
these outragers destroyed woman
hood, slew hostages, shot down in
nocent civilians, to protect them
selves from the soldiers of the Allies
placed women and children in ad-
vance Of their fighting lines, poison
cd wells. spread disease germs, all
for the purpose of making their pre-
determined plan of "frightfulness"
their greatest weapon, to make ma
tions tremble before the very thought
of arousing German hostility. And
all this for their own personal en-
richment and planned out for many
years.
At last, thank God, America is
awake, and never again will it
slumber until those who have created
this hell on earth have paid the full
penalty of their crimes.
And Jesus said
I'VE serpents, ye generation of
vipers, how can ye escape the dam
nation Of hell"
Editor Manufacturers Record
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"Ye Serpents, Ye Generation OF
Vipers, How Can Ye Escape the
DamnatiOn of He'll"

All our business and domestic life
has been upset; all our fond antici-
pations for the future of loved ones
must now be supplanted by the ever
present realization of their danger.
their certain sufferings and their
possible death; SORROW and anguish
are everywhere, the nation is in tur-
moil, a land of peace has been
suddenly transformed into war
machine; the daily toll of death
grows steadily longer and soon will
be doubled and quadrupled and re-
quaGrupled; sorrow and breaking
hearts are everywhere.
And why all this suffering and
sorrow, why all these breaking
hearts, why all this awful toll of
death and disease?
Because Germany for the aggran-
dizement of its autocratic, despotic
rulers, and for the wealth to come
from looting the world, for years
definitely planned to turn this peace
full world into a hell of woe. Cold
bloodedly these murderers set about
their plans for war upon their
neighbors, intending when they had
been destroyed to push across the
sea and conquer America. They even
planned the terms for exploiting
Canada, which was to be one of the
indemnities to be paid by England
The whole world has thus been
turned into mighty armed camp;
millions have been killed, millions
have been MANNED; the blind, the
armless, the legless will soon be in
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-07-25
'rench Colonel in Letter Now Publish.
ed for the First Time Describes
Scenes in Tunnel Constructed
by Germans Under Mort
HOmme Near Verdun
Hundreds Of Dead Boches Still Sitting and Lying About
in Pastures They Occupied When Death Overlook them
!. in French Attack Last August
A Strange Story

Strange STORY - ----
The Sunday News prints below one
|of the strangest stories of the war,
which is now published, we believe,
\Qr the first time. Its authenticity is
yond question. The writer is a
French colonel who, with his four
ons, has been in the thick of the
Emitting on the western front from
We very beginning Of the war. The
ktter was written to his cousin, an
nerican woman, well known In
Charleston, who for a number of
years has lived in France. 1t was
forwarded by her to a friend in
Charleston, who has translated it
for The Sunday News.
The letter follows:
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prUxod ~ een6o q lnatnnt aoa1h
IThe4 weco Victims oR an invonxiou
which they and their Kaiser had %
much admired.
Seeking an Exit.
I had been told that the tunnel
contained surgical operating rooms
and that would find q surgeon In
the act Of taking off leg, etc. ex-
aimed thoroughly every outlet and
passage without success. You may
imagine with what relief I left this
chamber of horrors and found my
self ono more in the fresh air. The
light of the morning was becoming
strong and there was considerable
danger of being discovered by the
enemy. I was not willing to leave.
however. without extending my re-
searches as far as possible. had
heard that there was another en-
trance at the side Of the first one
by which one could discover the in
firmary. I felt that I must find it.
A poilu in charge of metraelleuse
was stationed at a little distance !;
with his aid discovered the entrance
"AASA = "AohSus OuS ShAo SALhC H. was
absolutely the unknown. The en-
trance was nothing but a manhole
without steps, about eight or ten me-
tres in depth and filled with water.
saw how one might descend-sim-
ply let oneself fall in, but the ques-
tion was how to get out. The chimney
sweep to go up the chimney helps
himself with feet and the hands ON
the sides, which is perfectly solid.
but IL I had attempted to mount by
this method the earth would have
crumbled and should have been
precipitated into the infirmary. I
should have to invent some special
means to accomplish this descent. 1t
was too late then to seek for them.
The light was becoming more and
more bright. Already the balls were
beginning to whistle and ri(6het
among the broken stones -
must postpone this operation and
If 1 succeed will tell you what I
have seen, at least for the present. I
shall hope to be able to send you
some more interesting and less lug
ubrious news-News and Courier.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-07-25

''stssSsr esing - Wceea = IL
'there ought to 10 NO o1euse ne&t
spring for farmeEs to buy hay. The
axcessive dry weather has cut TIE
hay crop short 20 that II 10 goirg %
he difficult on many farms to Lhavs
an abundance Of roughage. \ The
mill will have capacity to grind from
one to two tons Of corn stover into
fine meal per hour.
Mr.. M. A. Stubbs will be sales
manager for the mill. Dr.. Stackhouse
and Mr.. Stubbs will both move their
offices to the mill about September
1st.-7-25-1t.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-07-25
Graciousness..

One is apt. to forget in the whirl
and rush of busy life, one of the
most essential attributes that go to
make up the personality of lady or
gentleman, and that is graciousness.
The theory that one must be mem
ber of the so-called old and aristo-
cratic family to be a gentleman or
gentlewoman has long been abandon
ed in this democratic land of ours,
and folks are now considered gentle,
who live up to the part, and are not
born to it. But back to the issue.
These are busy times. Everybody
is in a hurry, and it is at just such
a period that we are most apt to for
get to be gracious to those with
whom We come in contact.
Graciousness Is a necessity. 1t is
one Of the strongest guides, leading
mortals over the treacherous road to
success and happiness, because IL
surrounds the pilgrim with most Of
the things that make life worth liv-
ing, one of the most important
among which is the possession of a
host of friends. An ungracious per-
son has very few friends. If any at
all.
A gracious person is one who is
characterized by kindness, thought
fulness and courtesy. and is disposed
to be benevolent and friendly. Any
body can be gracious. 1t Is only a
matter of whether or not a person
thinks it is worth while. Many peo-
pie who are irritable. and impatient.
mainly from selfishness and weak
ness of character, blame their dispo-
sitions on the overworked plea Of
nerves" This is not fair to those
who really are suffering from a ner-
vous disease. Absent mindedness,
also. often leads one to appear un-
gracious. A little self-control, bit
of unselfishness, mixed with an aver
age amount of brotherly love. are
among the things that go to make
up the gracious person, that individ-
ual who is respected, admired and
loved by the ordinary mortal, and
who makes the bright spots in many
a drab existence.
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New Flour, Corn and Feed Mill.

We are informed by DR.. Stack
house that his new mill will perhaps
tegin to operate about September
10th. He has received the boiler and
engine and also a considerable part
OF his milling machinery. Five work
men from Muncy, Pa, began INSTALL
ing the machinery yesterday. They
estimate it can be installed so as to
operate the corn and flour mill by
september 10th, and also the gin
merry.
The mill will have a grain storage
capacity of 100000 bushels. We
are informed that the mill will be
willing to take in entire crops of
wheat for storage, giving receipts for
the number of pounds stored and al
lowing customers to get flour, shorts
and bran when it suits their conven-
ience. The elevator will have every
modern convenience for cleaning,
cooling and handling grain in stor-
age. All stored grain will be cover
ed by insurance. The mill will have
a bin for treating any grain infested
with weevils.
The corn mill will have a capa-
city of As bushels per hour and is
the most up to date of its kind ever
installed in S. C. The corn will be
cleaned twice before going to the
mills to be ground. Both bolted and
unbolted meal will be made. After
being ground the meal passes
through cutler steam dryer that
Will remove any moisture from the
meal and will sterilize it with a steam
heat of 220 degrees. In connection
with the mill large corn shelter is
being installed for shelling and
cleaning corn in the shuck. The
mill prefers to receive corn in the
shuck rather than average shelled
corn as it will be much better clean
ed. Corn will be taken on storage the
same as wheat allowing customers to
get small quantities of meal any
time to suit their convenience. The
mill VIII keep a large stock of bags
on hand and will sell them at cost
Tor convenience of flour and meal
customers. When the mill is in op-
GRAFTON customers are invited to
bring full two horse load of corn
IN the shuck and leave it on storage.
getting back such quantities of meal
as Will suit their convenience.
The molasses feed mill will be in
full operation on or before October
1st. The mill will be prepared to con-
vert corn stover into first class mule
and dairy feed. There is large
acreage of corn in Dillon county
ruined by dry weather which will
produce very little grain. If farmers
will cut and shock this corn il can
De hauled to the mill and after
grinding be mixed with molasses
velvet beans. cotton seed meal or
oats and made into splendid stock
food. With all the tons of corn
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-07-25
SUMMONS FOR RELIEF.

State OF South Carolina Court of
County of Dillon. Common Pleas
Bennie (Williams) Wingate
Plaintiff
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-07-25
How to Kill the Peach Borer.

The peach tree borer. which Is q
small white larva, causes much
damage to the orchardist in South
Carolina. It bores into the body Of
the trees just below the surface Of
the ground. In many instances. the
trees are completely girdled. which
weakened condition offers ideal con-
ditions for the destructive work Of
the shot hole borer. A simple and
practical method of control for the
peach tree borer is by mounding, or
throwing up dirt around the trunks
Of the trees to a height Of ten or
twelve inches.
Tme-The trees should be noun
ded from the first to the fifteenth Of
July.
Preparatory to mounding, coat
Of trunk wash should be applied by
washing the trunk Of the tree from
the branches downward. This keeps
the tree in healthy condition and
repels insects and diseases.
Standard Trunk Wash:
Lump Lime ---- ---- 20 pounds
Soap Whale Oil homemade pounds
Sulphur -- -- ---4 pounds
Water ---- -- -- 25 gallons
Making the Wash-Shave the soap
finely and dissolve in three gallons
of hot water. Make a thin paste Of
sulphur and add to the soap solu-
tioE, and while the lime is shaking
Gin half barrel) the solution Of soap
and sulphur is poured over it and
the whole quantity is diluted to
twenty five gallons, which is a suffi-
cent quantity to wash 100000 trees,
6 to years old.
This wash is very inexpensive
and may be easily applied by the use
of a paint brush.
Method Of Mounding - Pull or
throw the earth up around the base
of the tree to height of ten or
twelve inches. which when settled
will be about eight inches high. This
may be done either by the use of a
shovel or an ordinary hoe.
The trees should be examined be-
foDe mounding and il there are any
borers present, they should be re.
moved by taking a knife blade and
cutting out.
S. w. EPPS, County Agent.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-07-25

County of Dillon. Common Pleas
Bennie (Williams) Wingate
Plaintiff
Ed. Williams, ct al, De-,
fendant
To the Defendants:
Ed. Williams. Willie Thompson,
Ulysses Thompson. Cassie Thomp
son, Jimmie Thompson, Amofre-
tee Thompson, Sam Sweeny,
Henry Sweeny. Foster Williams,
Alvina Nance. Rimp Nance, Ad-
die Nance, Margaret Nance, Jim
Hayes, Graft Nance. Grice
Nance, Money Nance, and Tuel-
fla Nance Worley.
You are hereby summoned and
required to answer the complaint in
this action which is on file in the Of
flee Clerk Of Court Of Common Pleas
OF Dillon County and to serve q CODY
of your answer to the said complaint
on the subscriber at his office in Dill
lon, South Carolina, within twenty
days after the service hereof, ex-
elusive of the day OF such service;
and II you fail to answer the COM
plant within the time aforesaid, the
plaintiff in this action will apply to
the Court for the relief demanded
in this complaint.
Dated at Dillon. S. c.. Juy 10 A.
D., 1918.
JOE P. LANE.
Plaintiffs Attorney.
I. Jno. c. Bethea. Clerk Of Court
Of Common Pleas Of Dillon County
hereby certify that the foregoing is
a true copy of the summons in the
above entitled action which is now
on file in my office and dated July
10th, 1918.
JONHN C. BETHEA,
Clerk of Court Common Pleas,
7-25-4t Dillon County.
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l* style that were ga
pas an interesting thing that we
points at the front, notably at Noyon
and ST. Quentin, should have been
detailed to beg the Boches to retire
from situation in which they were
so comfortably installed. I need not
tell you with what delight we under
took the sission-remember only
that of the Goth of August, 1917,
and during the days following we
achieved a complete victory, took
10000 prisoners and recovered all
the Boches had taken SO long to con-
quer in 1916. That was nine months
ago and again I find myself in the
same region.
A Strange Story.
There is a rumor among the poilus
whom / encounter that among the
tunnels abandoned by the Boches in
1917 there are certain parts which
have never been penetrated because
they can be entered only by going in
front of our lines, in the zone called
ny thS EhSllSu NV Vhoh AS~AAe
They say also that the Bcches VINO
were killed in August, 1917, 3till
remain in these sections to which the
enemy has never been able to effect
an entrance, as the slightest move
ment in that direction is stopped by
rain of bullets.
l decided to clear up this mystery
and to visit these tunnels myself. 1t
was necessary to start at night and
to arrive before dawn that our pas
sage might not be intercepted by the
BOcheS. We were aroused, therefore
shortly after midnight and reached
Mortomme after a long ride by au-
tomobile until we reached point so
encumbered by bomb holes and wire
that we were obliged to finish the
journey on foot. The night was dark
and one had to be guided by in
stinct and by the slight declivities of
the ground. There were three of us
who had the physical strength and
the determination to accomplish our
object, but our way was Strewn with
difficulties. Each misstep threw us
into a shell hole or into a nest of
barbed wire.
\ PerilOus Adventure.
We walked in this way for two
hours, fearing often that we had lost
our way and that we should fail to
accomplish our mission. Fortunately
it was the Boches themselves who
aided us by sending up innumerable
colored lights, which thoroughly il
Eliminated their own lines, showing
us what to avoid as well as the di-
rection which we should take. In a
quarter of an hour we reached the
mouth of the tunnel, through which
we entered, and after descent of
forty meters reached great tunnel,
through No Mans Land and enter the
one kilometer, only to find the end
closed. One of our shells had burst
and. completely demolished this sec
tion of the tunnel, killing hundreds
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-07-25
Party Line Courtesy

The quality of service on party line
is largely dependent upon the co-opera-
ton of the subscribers on that line.
No subscriber should use party line
for long periods of time, to the total ex-
clusion of others.
When party line is found to be in
use, hang up your receiver Immediately.
While it is off the hook conversation is
interfered with.
Each neighbor on party line is en-
titled to reasonable use of the telephone
service, and should not be interrupted or
have the privacy of his conversation inter-
fered with.
The Golden Rule applies with partic.
ular force to party line telephone service.
Wben yon Teletbone-Smile
SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE N&M
AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY S y
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-07-25
May 26th, 1918.

My Dear A
What I am about to tell you sur
passes in horror anything that this
war, so fertile in the production of
terrible things, has yet produced.
You remember that on the 18th of
March, 1916, I had arrested the Of
fensive of the Boches on the North
omme, which from that date was de-
finitely broken. For three months
they have steadily gained slightly in
terrain, but at terrific cost in men
Finally, after July, 1915, they had
attained with great difficulty posi-
ton before Verdun.
In order to hold Morthomme they
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-07-25

in which were
food munitions,
lfirmaries, hospi-
llength intersect-
! lighted by cleo
d, using the tun
hich they could
les without en-
of our guns.
d without their
lar they enjoyed
! speak of their
| but in August
ain to this same
'finnrc and cnr,n
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-28
WAR SITUATION BY
A MILITARY EXPERT

The British have reaped the first
rewards OF their attacks north OF the
Solnme between Bray and Bapaurne.
lhese are the German positions along
the Ancre. These positions were
completely pocketed. The British
mad advanced beyond the Arras- Ba :
paume road, holding it for its entire
iehgih as far south OF Sapignies.
from that point the line drtfted back
to the west TO the Ancre and down
mat stream to a point Just east OF
Albert. But south of Albert ii again
turned eastward and passed beyond
bray. The nature OF the pocket then
In which The British held the Ancre
wall be at once apparent from the
man. The entire line was turned
Both Hanks Were threatened, IL not
actually turned
Al the first thrust Of the British
southwark towards GreviIlers. the
Ancre line began 70 fall back closely
pressed all the way. In the two days
mat nave passed, the retreat has been
forced for more than five miles in
places and il is apparently still going
on. These positions We're the closest
which the Germans still maintained
towards Anllens. Whatever menace
they held for this important center
has therefore been entirely removed.
More vital still is the fact that this
was the center of the German line
from Arras to Roye. 1t was needed
Just rs Arras was needed by tbs. Al
lies when the Germans were march
ing through Picardy--as n sort Of
hasion, holding the two tanks firmly
together. But 1t has gone; the Ger
mans are now in the open. Their po-
Sitions near Arras, then as far back
he HinHnn burg
Rove. as far back as the Canal du
Nord, are more or less up in the air.
with no strong point Of support on
the flank.
In going into battle there are two
cardinal points any commander will
look for. supports or resting places
for his TANKS and his line of commu-
nications. This applies just as well
to the battles which are being fought
! today as to those which were fought
| before trench warfare became the
established method. While it is true
that in the present system the lines
are continuous, al the same time the
vital points must have INFERNO dat q
resting places for their TANKS. and
can not survive having them in the
open subject to such attacks as have
been prevailing in the west since
March 81 of this year.
This was demonstrated in the ease
OF V1my Ridge and the heights Of
Notre Dame de Lorette, the basttons
on which the German attacks split
and broke I'm April. The Ancre served
the same purpose for the British at
| lacks in the vicinity OF Bray But
these positions are now gone the
Germans are going back rapidly. and
the positions south of the Somme are
thrown into the balance
1t cannot be expected. however.
that the British attacks north of Ba :
paume will continue to be successful
on anything like the same scale as
we have witnessed during the past
two or three days. Near Croisilles.
where, the fighting has been so bitter.
! the Germans are drawing very near
to the old Hindenburg line. The ire
mendous fighting. which occurred on
ms line in the early spring of 1917
about Fontaine les Croisilles and
buiecourt, viii be well remembered
nese places are only about two