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The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-05-23
THE DEVIL AND THE KAISER
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The Kaiser called the devil phone
or then Central listened % al they ad
'Helo.'t the Kaiser's Satan home,
Just tell him this Kaiser Bill the
The devil cried, Hello. old Bil'
I'm running here hell earth: me what to do"
Old turned poke the in hell,
Then in the phone'It NIGH
But listen. Satan. just bit, try to tell
cart hly hell"
II made plans out
For TO ole
My through Belgium
Tore th" ever town
My dropped bombs
Thos' unuvmci folks
Il started Paris with aid poisoned
Those und me
'thoi', devils wouldn't
They sneak merchantmen and sink the
a e Il al age
When named Woodrow Wilson c o o
He William.
But you'd better tell U-boas 10
" This final e
It's you'll us o
Il didn't listen
With million Yankee soldiers homes
They re Just about to spoil l come
feel that will tell what o
The new he felt his power Slip
His earth, had plainly his
Dear Kaiser Bill there can 10
I'm right wha to do
From what however, there's thing
Those ianks Will make it hot for hotter than hell
I've been real old you:
o you to do.
I'm cleaning the throne I'll keep the
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Those Sinlmies will youIv" nothing tell
Ring Off Hang up Go hat and here in hel
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-05-23
AMERICAN PRISONERS
SHAMEFULLY TREATED.
germany Starves Prisoners and
Treats Them With Fiendish
Cruelty.

American prisoners of war are be-
ing shamefully treated in German
prison camps if all had the eXper-
1ence of an American in;cry iewed by
French soldier, also Il prisoner in
Germany, just before he ESCAPED.
The Frenchman's story, as told to
American officers, follows:
"A short time before | left Hameln
Hanover, l was able to have a few
minutes interview with an American
soldier who was taken prisoner sew
eral months ago on the French front
Being unwounded he was assigned
directly to a prison camp. Weakened
by excessive work he was forced to
do in the sale mines and being un-
able to stay longer he was sent to
Hameln.
Il do not remember the name of
the man or the number of his regi-
ment, but he had been among the
hrst Americans in the trenches and
his home was in New York. He told
me that during the three months he
was In the Harz mines he had lost 33
pounds. He was a man who was SOL
idly built and it could be easily seen
that he had been vigorous and heal
thy. but when 1 saw him he was in
credibly thin and so weak that he
could hardly cross a room without
stopping repeatedly, leaning on
pieces OF furniture or supporting
himself on boxes piled there.
"Englishmen also are being badly
treated in the mines. l found out
that three of seven who were sent
back to Hameln died. Package SER
vice does not exist in the mines and
the prisoners receive practically
nothing. Their only nourishment is
from thin soup made of barley or
cabbage, sometimes salted, Goldfish
eggs and those of other fish which it
is impossible to eat. There are few
potatoes and very little bread. 1t is
impossible for man to work without
becoming sick or weakened to the
point of falling down.
The men are struck with rifle
butts and the flat side of bayonets
and are placed in dark cells on bread
and water. These cells are known to
the mine prisoners as hot chambers
as they are heated by steam to a
high temperature. After the men
are held in these cells they are turn
ed out in the snow where they are
required to stand at Attention for
a certain length of time. Needless to
says deaths are frequent.
This American had been punish
ed several times this way and told
me all that l am relating to you. I
am able to confirm his history be-
cause other Englishmen and French
men l saw did not have the strength
even to hold a cigarette
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-05-23
Cotton Seed Flour.

Ficlding Wallace. OF augusta. Ga.
president OF the Interstate Cotton
Seed Crusher's Association. declared
Monday in an address before the as
Sociation that cotton seed four
Will soon become Il household COM
modify. Mr.. Wallace said that
the cotton seed in one bale of cotton
represented in food value 2O1 ;
pounds of hog lard and $50 pounds
OF wheat flour. That the making OF
flour from cotton seed will be ano-
ther great asset TO the cotton p,aner
goes without saying and the sway
OF King Cotton will be more firm
ly established than ever
With an increase Of acreage every
year in wheat and Indian corn. the
growing of immense forage crops.
the raising OF meat both 10 eat and
sell. and the making OF flour from
cotton seed, the South will indeed
i"r@" TO tn" front and be in "A few
year. the richest country on the
Globe. Mr.. Wallace speaks with
cUniid"nc" o, the successful produc-
ZION ni tluur from the seed. and We
haN" no Gubr that il will be Il bread
food nnurishing TO the highest dc
gree. TIL" ta!ctleNiil" Observer.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-05-23
Don't "knock Your Competitors

one OIL the worst mistakes a mer-
chant can make is to assault the in
.egrity or the veracity of a compe-
titor. If this competitor is not hon
est, if he sells inferior grades, gives
short measure or is guilty of dishOn-
o:ab!e acts oi any nature, i. - better
70 let the public or the law pass
Judgment upon him.
Merchants cannot afford TO take
even "a small chance Of being miSun-
derStoOd in such matters or TO have
their motive questioned even when
they feel sure that their charges are
warranted by their facts.
The trouble is that SO much
knocking" is done in the day. A
knocker is usually cowrd. He us
ually says. Don't say told you
don't use my name"
Then again. knocking" is indulg-
ed in by many clerks, thinking to
sell their good by this comparison.
1t is well to remember that every
knock is boast" By criticising an
other mans product you advertise
1t the very way he would want it ad-
vertised. Here is an emample:
Some time ago the owner OF a
we'll advertised store asked custom
er what advertisement attracted him
to his establishment
The customer replied: when I
started this morning to buy a vac
uum cleaner l went direct to a con-
cern that was recommended to me
by a cousin. knew the make l want
ed and the price l wished to pay.
mot seeing the make desired l
asked your competitor to show the
Jones vacuum cleaner. This did not
please the storekeeper, as 1 judged
ne no longer sold the make my cous-
in had purchased and paid $35 for"
Upon telling the dealer of this
fact, he explained: "Thirty-five dol
lars! We never sold a cleaner as low
as that. Do you think this is the
Blank store, where they sell those
cheap $35 cleaners?
Why" replied the customer. Il
did not know the Blank store han
died cleaners. | am regular Gus
toner there, and if you say they sell
cleaners will certainly go there and
look before | buy from you That
my dear sir, is how l came to visit
your store
The result WAS the Blank store
got the sale because the dealer slur-
red another.
Deception and exaggerated state
ments enter largely into the column
of lost sales. Sometimes the decep-
tlon is through ignorance and at
other times it Is through actual mis-
repsentation OF course. no store
will tolerate this, but clerks in their
oVeranNiety to make sales eXagger-
ate or misrepresent their merchan-
disc.
Stick To the truth and Iou't
knock your competitor; is good
rule to follow.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-05-23
Freak Inventions.

There is an inventor who iS N a
class by himself He is til" per
petual-motiOn crank
At frequent intervals he turns up
at the Patent Office. in WASHINGTON
with new idea on the subject. DO
the examiners turn it down Not at
all. They simply say that IA" de
sired patent will be granted "a soon
=" i model is offered that will really
work.
The inventor has no reason To con
slider that his contrivance is discrcd-
tied by this stated condition The
same thing was said until recently
to the makers of flying machines.
which were officially regarded much
in the same light as contrivancrs FOR
perpetual motion.
BY accident perpetual motion
machine did get through the Patent
Office Il while ago. The examiners
thought ii was merely a new kind of
summcr-reSOrt railway. which by a
trolly arrangement, ran down one
inclined plane and up another. But it
violated the physical law that inter
f"rcS with Il mans liberty to lift
himself by his own Footsteps.
y IaNorit" type Of perpetual mo
tIon machine involves the use of a
PAIR OF springs. ON" Of which. Will"
running down winds up the other. If
clock might b" Custructrd that would
." on forever without windin"
EN"'! one. IN Il lon" while. when
"a" 'E.Hr.h"r is sleepy or absent
minded, Hn invention is passed and
patented that is sheer absurdi;y.
Patent OIicc folk, like most others.
are human.
Thus, a while ago. Il patent was
granted for a corncob. 1t was sun
posed to be covered with corundum
paste, for polishing metal plates
but, essentially speaking. the patent
WaS for the corncOb Now nature
surely invented that.
More remarkable yet, pcrhaps.
was IN ingenious scheme for punch
ing pIhnolcS in eggs. The inventors
Tea was ...' by this means the gas
ratcd in 0red eggs could be al
io"',' TO csca. thus preventing
/ '''>''' i''h 'Npioi" - wien DOlled.
Patent No. 253 ,93. - for &c TEN
ipcrng solution to make iron hard -
1t consists of jmson weed. one
ounce; apple juice, one ounce; tur-
nip juice. two ounces. and one gal
lon of water.
Could anything be more absurd?
Yet it got through. And the same is
true of process of chopping beef
and potatoes into small pieces and
cooking the mtogether. You and |
would call that plain hash but pat
ent was granted for it just the same.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-05-23
VIOLENT ARTILLERY DUEL.
Huns Are Having Trouble In Filling
Up Their Depleted Ranks.

Fair weather during the past few
days and Il great increase in aerial
activities have not resulted in Il re
nrwai of heavy infantry fighting.
lhr artillcr! du"ls 20 on mos; vio-
lentIy on important sectors. but
neither the German infantry nor ar
ullery displays tn" activity which
usually marks the coming oi u blow
against the allied lines.
Th" enemy. il is believed in Lon
don. is preparing for a mighty attack
greater in force. if possible, than the
smash on March 21. along the so
mile front southward from Arras.
The Germans, however. are having
difficulty in filling up their greatly
depleted ranks, some divisions hav-
ing lost more than 50 per cent-one
10 per cent of their effectives in the
recent fighting. In addition, the al
lied artillery is causing havoc with
preparations near the front lines,
while their railways stations and bill
let's behind the lines are under an
almost continuous rain Of bombs
dropped by allied airmen.
Enemy artillery and man-power
concentrations probably become
stronger as Field Marshal Won Hin
denburg delays a new advance, but
the allied defenses gain strength in
fighting power, the American army,
grows in power. General Pershing's
men are now on both the important
battlefronts, Flanders and Picardy,
but in what numbers is not disclosed
Their coming, however. is having a
great moral effect on the British and
French and the longer the Germans
delay the greater will the American
aid become.
Aerial activity is the most promi-
nent feature of the news from the
fighting zones. French and British
tirmen have dropped many more tons
of explosives on enemy military tar
gets, while the Germans are becom-
ing more active in attempts to get
behind the allied lines. In aerial
fighting the British have brought
down 80 German machines, while
British guns accounted for 10 more
i
allied airplancs. Another attempt to
raid Paris Friday night failed.
On the American sectors, west of
Montdidier, northwest Of TOu! and
in Lorraine, the aerial fighting also
increased. The American positions
in Picardy and in Lorraine are being
bombarded heavily by the Germans.
The artillery fire has fallen off in
the Toul sector. but American patrols
are active there
\ plot in the interests of Germany
has been discovered in Ireland. An
nouncement of this latest develop
ment in Irish affairs was made in a
proclamation issued by the lord lieu
tenant, calling on all layal Irishmen
to aid the government in putting
down the conspiracy. Four promi-
nent Slime Fin eaders, including
Prof. De Valera. the president. have
been arrested As hIS DR.. Dillon
Three of the Sim Feiners were act
i've in the Dublin revolt in Easter
week of 1916.
Th" proclamation calls upon Irish
To enlist voluntarily To aid in the
maintenance" of the government and
says measure We're taken TO ;;scili-
tate such recruiting. This may be-
an indication that tn" government
has decided not To enforce conScrip-
iiOn al once.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-05-23
Baby Words Rule Songland.

The simpler and clearer "A lyrice is
the more chance it has of getting
across. To carry simplicity to its lin
IT. words of one or two syllables are
almost invariably essential to a pop
ular song hit. The writer has to
think in the same terms as the great
mass If the people.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-05-23

DO you think the financiers in
the case will float this loan all
right?'
Sure. It's coming along swim
mingly
Evening star., 1918-03-31
Improved Order of Red Men.

Wilson Brooks of Chicago, the great
chief of records of the Great Council
of the United States, who was in the
city on business in connection with the
Red Mems ambulance fund last week,
in an address to Idaho Tribe told of
how the idea originated with the order
of giving to the medical department
o fthe United States Army limousine
bodied post ambulance for the sixteen
cantonments, and one each to the Wal
ter Reed General Hospital and to the
Great Lakes naval training station.
The ambulance for the Walter Reed
Hospital was presented Wednesday
evening by Mrs. Lila W. Thompson.
great keeper of records of the Great
Council of the Degree of Pocahontas of
New Jersey, assisted by other promi-
nent members of the degree. and sew
eral members of the Great Council of
Red Men.
The ambulance for Camp Meade will
be ready between April Is and 80. and
the ceremony of its presentation will
be in charge of the chiefs of the Great
Council of Maryland and of the District
of Columbia
Evening star., 1918-03-31

Chapter, No. 10, at Masonic Temple,
Friday evening. Degree work will be
followed by a program ana refresh-
msnts. Members of the order are IN
vited to be present.
Tuesday evening, Bethlehem Chapter,
No. Z. will give its annual dance at the
New Northeast Masonic Temple, corner
Of 9Th and F streets northeast ,ar. r,..a.u
evening was followed by piano solos
by Mrs. Myrtle Hayes and Miss Marie
E. Belt, and vocal solos by Mrs. De-
borah Lawson.
Areme Chapter. Wednesday night,
will confer the degrees upon large
class. At the conclusion there viii be
an entertainment. Matron Helen Bra
shears invites all members of the Or
Friendship Chapter. No. II. Tuesday
evening in Masonic Hall. Tenleytown,
received the official visit of the grand
were conferred followed by an enter
tainment. consisting of solos BY Miss
Edith Graham of st. Johns Chapter.
and Charles r. Bartlett of Naomi Chap
ter; duet, Miss Edith Graham and
Charles R. Bartlett, and remarks by
Grand Matron Barnhart; Grand Patron
Morgan, who congratulated the chapter
on the purchase Of war savings stamps:
Past General Grand Patron William
son. Past Grand Matron Fannie Tay-
Lecturer Mollie E. Teachum. The chap
ter Is planning a dance. Refreshments
were served in the banquet hall. which
was appropriately decorated.
Business of unusual Importance to
the membership of Unity Chapter is
announced for the meeting Wednesday
evening. Matron De Wolf has pro-
vided program of entertainment
after the business session.
Esther Chapter will have the de-
grees Thursday evening. DR.. and Mrs.
Bush have the entertainment program
in charge. DR.. Bush has been giving
aid, and proposes to organize classes in
the Eastern Star chapters. He will give
an outline of his plans at the meeting.
All members of the order are invited.
Takoma Chapter, No. -, at it's meet
ing April IL will have a program of
entertainment. At the last meeting
Junior Past Matron Mrs. Lillian Dick
ems installed Miss Marjorie Bartlett
as associate conductress. 1t was de-
cided to give a roast beef dinner at
an early date.
Cathedral Chapter, No. IA, initiated
three candidates Wednesday and made
for the purpose of aiding in the pur-
chase of an auto for the use of the
members Of the Eastern Star Home.
Past General Grand Patron Williamson
addressed the chapter. Miss Katie Nc
Bride sang solo. accompanied by Mrs.
Carrie J. Vogt; Past Grand Matron
Cowles recited an original poem and
sang an original song and Miss Mil
dred Mcdaniel played an instrumental
number.
rha Anrf1 IN neetinp of the chapter
will be open. and all friends of the
order are invited. The entertainment
will be in charge of Past Matron Dow.
Friday will be work" night for Mar
tina Chapter, No. A. A number of candi-
dates will be initiated and all members
of the fraternity are invited to attend
April Matron Jessie A. Hoover will
act as Martha, in Areme Chapter. when
the Grand Chapter will do the work.
Evening star., 1918-03-31
Order of the Eastern Star.

Columbia Chapter. No. 15, will have
charge of the services this afternoon at
o'clock at the Masonic and Eastern
Star Home. 1t is understood that there
Will be automobiles to meet the visit
ors as they leave the street cars.
The chapter had its banner meeting of
the year Monday night. Among the
prominent visitors were the grand mas
ter, Lem Towers. jr.; the grand high
priest, Arthur c. Shaw; the grand ma
tron. Mrs. Bena A. Barnhart: the grand
Grand Master L. Cabell Williamson,
who is also past grand patron of the
General Grand Chapter. Four other
past grand masters present were
Charles E. Baldwin, patron of Esther
Chapter; Ben w. Murch, past grand
patron. James w. Witten and W. w.
Jerrane, patron of Columbia CHAPTER
J. Harry Cunningham, senior grand
warden of the Grand Lodge, was also in
the audience. as were Mrs. Bertha G.
Hudson. past grand matron; Millard T
Dixon, past grand patron, and Mrs.
Mary E. Teachum. grand visitor and
lecturer.
There was degree work, with a class
of five candidates. The music was fur
nished by the choir of Ruth Chapter,
made by Representative BENJAMIN C.
Hilliard of Colorado, a past patron Of
the order. and others.
Refreshments were served. The at
fair was In charge of Mrs. TiIlie c.
Chauncey, past matron and grand
warder Of the Grand Chapter.
The grand matron ana grand patron
z1N BAY an efacial visit xo EEidelaxy
Evening star., 1918-03-31
Independent OrderRechabites

Onward Tent Wednesday evening
arranged to have an apron and neck.
tie" party the last Of April. Short
talks were given by Mrs: M 4 ,Booaed BooaeT'
Blanche sheckells. Rena and Dorothy
Jones, Mrs. Mary Waple, Mrs. NJ. Hess
Ter. Jesse w. Tull and 7. T. Hurdle:
Music and recitations were contributed
by Mrs. Lola V. Marks and Charles
Sherwood.
Jackson Tent, No. 1876. Friday night
initiated two candidates. 1t was stated
that Jackson and Jehu tents are run
ming an even contest for the banner
for new members. with Eastern Tent
following very closely. Visitors were
present from South Washington, on
ward, Jehu and dAdvance-Harmony tents.
The speaker Of the evening was Charles
V. Sherwood, chief ruler of Jehu Tent
A piano recital by Annie Chase; recita-
tions, by Maude Blaine and Nellie Car
yer. and short talks, by Frank C1sseil,
John T. Cooksey, Alder Cissell. Waiter
Blain and Rosa Cooksey completed the
program. Refreshments were served.
Jehu Tent, No %, Tuesday night con-
ferred the second degree, with visitors
from Eagle and Advance-Harmon
tents. William ]. Miller announced tne
death of Mrs. Mary c. Taylor, mother
of William T. and Stanley Taylor, ana
the tent appointed William ]. Miller.
Charles e. Bladen and William B. Kelly
a committee to prepare suitable reso-
lutions and send flowers in the name OF
the tent The speaker of the evening
was Past Chief Ruler Frank Clssell.
Songs by Messrs. Langley and Blain,
recitation by John T. Cooksey and re-
marks by c. E. Mills, John D. Miles ana
Charles V. Sherwood completed the pro-
gram. Refreshments were served.
April 9, this tent will confer the third
deprae
Evening star., 1918-03-31

Grand Council year, the grand regent
awarded to Capitol Council cash prize
OF $50 for making the largest net gain
in membership, and to Past Grand Re-
gent J. Ed Swaine a prize OF IS for
securing the largest number OF MEM
bers.
The principal address Of the evening
was delivered by Supreme Sentry
Claude r. Zappone, who was followed
in short talks by Grand Vice Regent
Besselievre and Grand Treasurer
George N copenhayer Regent Perry
lecture and exhibited a specimen Of iron
ore taken from a mine at his old home
near Salisbury, Conn. and picture OF
the old mill there in which were bored
all the cannon used on the old U. 8. s.
Constitution, as well as most. OF the
cannon used in the revolutionary war.
Announcement was made that the an.
nual meeting of the Grand Council VIII
be held tomorrow evening at o'clock
in Pythian Temple and that Orienta!
Council will meet in the same hall
Tuesday evening to consider an amend
ment to the bylaws,
Evening star., 1918-03-31
Modern Woodmen of America

Washington Camp, No. 11464, enter
tanned $50 members and guests Wednes-
day evening. Dancing was the feature.
At short business meeting prior to
membership were received.
communication was received by
A. R. Talbot Camp, No. 1912, from
night. advising the camp that it had
again been awarded the prize banner
for the District of Columbia for show
ing the greatest increase in member
ship during 1917. The banner will be
presented by State Deputy William
McCanrey on behalf of the head con-
sui For four successive years A. r.
Talbot Camp has received this award
for it's efforts to build up the organi-
zation. DIR. ]. w. Duncan and F. R.
trict Deputy Henry H Millard also
spoke.
A. r. Terrien. H. P Clarke and L. A.
No. 16o15, Friday night. A number Of
the members participated in a parlia-
mentary debate of interest in the camp.
The gct-together meeting was post
poned until next Friday night. Re-
marks were made by DIR. Thomas Lin
VILE. James A. Moody, H. P. Clark.
H. C. Long. A. H. Jaeger and A. r.
Terrien. Thomas w. Sugden, John w.
Cross and c. NJ. Hunter were reported
sick.
West End Camp. No. 1eoS9. has made
arrangements for an open meeting
next Monday night, in Pythian Temple.
A. E. Farquhar was appointed chair
man Of the service flag committee and
directed to obtain a flag as soon as
practica BILE. Remarks were made by
]. H. Atchison, Past Consul w. T.
Trittipoe and G. B. Haske.