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The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-11-28

Johnson took her to the infirmary at
Florence. The extent OF Miss Lanes
injuries is not known. Her sister suf-
fered slight injuries.
Mrs. Porter. of Sumter, was on her
way to visit her sister, Mrs F. NJ
Niernsie. and in addition to cuts and
bruises received from falling glass.
had her right fore finger amputated
just above the first joint. Mrs. Por-
ter is a trained nurse and despite her
injuries she at once began to admin
ister to those most severely injured.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. 7. Elliott were
among the passengers and Mrs. FL
lott had one finger broken and sey-
eral fingers on one hand badly cut
by glass. Mr.. Elliott was badly shaken
up and sustained bruises.
The train WAS in charge of Con
ductOr Phillips and Engineer Pea
cock.
Railroad officials were here Mon
day and Tuesday investigating the
wreck and looking after the comfort
of the injured.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-11-28
RED CROSS CHRISTMAS
ROLL CALL.
Roll Call Week Dec. 1923.

Within this Roll Call Week
every adult in the United
States will be given the oppor-
tunity of joining the greatest
brotherhood of the age and Of
the world. President Wilson
has said: Il summons you to
the comradeship." In the Sou
thern Division 100000 men
and women are expected to
become members Of the Amer
ic n Rcd Cross; in the divis-
ion of the Dillon Chapter g.
500 are expected to become
members.
1t is the greatest honor and
privilege to be enrolled as a
member Of this organization,
which as the embodiment of
the spirit OF the Good Samari-
tan, has done SO much for the
relief Of suffering humanity
overseas with the boys. yes,
but also right here in our own
county and at our own door.
Volunteer workers will soon
be called for in every commun-
ity within the domain Of the
Dillon Chapter.
w. F.. MOORE.
Roll Call Chairman.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-11-28
Volunteer Stock Agents.

The State Council Of Defense is
emphasizing the Importance of con-
serving the states supply of stock,
and with this end in view has ap-
pointed the following county agents
whose duties will be to secure the
adoption Of such measures as will
protect stock from slaughter by rail
way trains, death by disease, etc:
Dillon--L. G. Brady.
Dillon-R. NJ. Oliver.
Latta-P. A George
Latta-W. G. Parham
Mallory-A. l.. Parham.
Hamer-J. c. Adams
Hamer-A. J. Carmichael.
Lake View-Murray Meares.
Fork-B. Il. Roberts.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-11-28
James Leslie Watson.

The remains of Mr.. James Leslie
v atson were brought to Dillon and
inferred at Nj. Holly Sunday after
noon. Mr. Wa son was a brother of
Mr.. Jack Il. Watson. and during his
l"iit"r visits To Dillon had made
Ei,,ny friends who were shocked to
learn Of his death. Mr.. Watson fell
Il victim TO pnumonia following an
attack of Influenza. His death occur
rcd at his home in Greenwood, :. c.,
where he had been living only q few
months. Mr.. Watson was in his 34th
year. He was q travelling salesman.
having taken up this occupation when
quite a young man. and was one of
the most popular men of the road
Mr.. Watson is survived by his widow
who was Miss jamie Cobb of Fair
mont. N. c.. and two small children.
His mother and father reside in VAL
dosta, Ga.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-11-28
THE LOCAL COMMITTEES.

Where would Uncle Sam have been
in the war work campaign without
the local committee" During the
conflict these got to be a public in
situation, they got behind everything
going and their indefatigab.e labons
usually bmught success.
The local committees who had in
Dillon put in as much time, effort and
enthusiasm as il they We're paid fer
their work. Their only pay. however,
was the knowledge that they were
doing patriotic duty. And this they
did well and efficiently.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-11-28
LOWER PRICES NOT SO QUICK.

1t is related that the day Germany
signed the armistice, the first remark
made by one Dillon housewife was
that now the price of butter and eggs
and groceries will come down right
away"
Thls hasn't happened right away"
however; hangover conditions from
the war still hold good and the re-
duction in price of life's necessities
Will be slowly and gradually. In fact,
some experts say they won't come
down as fast as they went up.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-11-28
COUNTY NEWS
AND HAPPENINGS
NEWSY LETTERS BY REGULAR
CORRESPONDENT
News Items Of Interest to Herald
Readers, Ebb and Flow of the
Human Tide.
MintuFn.

NklukuxEs
Miss Ailene Fladger spent the
week end with Mrs. P. B. Sellers a.
Dillon.
Mrs. d. D. McRae Is with her pa
ents in Lumberton.
/Mr. w. w. Evans has not return
ed from camp Sewer yet.
Mr.. James L. Afford has bought
an acetylene lighting plant for their
home.
Mr.. D. d. McRae has gone to At
lanta to bring back Stephens car.
The school will observe Thanks
giving Day.
The Story Tellers Club will meet
Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Maggie McGirt is visiting her
sister, Mrs. w. w. Evans.
Messrs. Mcqueen and Norton will
spend Thanksgiving at the Beach.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-11-28
Private LOnnie Pr0shOv.

Another Dillon county boy has
made the supreme sacrifice for the
freedom of the world Sundays
casualty list carried the name Of Lon
! nie Proctor as among those who died
from wounds received in the last big
drive for freedom. Mr. Proctor was
son Of Mr.. Henry Proctor ef Little
Rock and went into the service last
spring. News of his death Is heard
with profound sorrow by many Dillon
county friends.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-11-28
Mallory.
w. w. Parham Loses Heavily When
Gin House IL Destroyed.

Mr.. w. w. Parham lost his ginnery
by fire on Friday morning. The
entire outfit was lost with ten
bales of cotton and large lot
Of cotton seed as we'll as damage
to many bales Of packed cotton. The
ginnery consisted Of two gins and
double box press and was operated
with suction system. There were eight
bales seed cotton in the cotton house,
one bale in the press all burned. Two
seed houses were full Of seed by the
side track and lot Of cotton seed
in the gin house. Both seed houses
burned. 1t was first supposed to have
been accidental as the engine house
was first to burn but during the day
investigation proved a bale Of cotto
was missing and the theory Of acci-
dent was upset. There was no insur-
ance and the loss falls heavily.
M. H. Galloway sold his mercan-
tile business here to L. F.. Ellis who
took charge on Tuesday and will
soon move here to reside next year.
Mrs. Austin Fore Of Timmonsville
is visiting relatives here.
1t was learned recently from let
ters here that Herbert A. Galloway
Is in a hospital in Southern France
recovering from a wound received in
the drive against the Boche in the
last of September.
H. f. Parham, Gary Hayes and
Tom Meggs are back from Camp
Wadsworth not having been accept
for service.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-11-28
Cotton Should Bring 40 Cents to Be
on q Parity With Cotton Goods
Prices.

Official investiga tions show that on
July l, 1914. raw cotton was selling
for 12.4 cents per pound, and that
on July 7. 1918, the price was
2S.6 cents, an increase of 1872 cents
a pound. or 1906 per cent. During
the same four year period, the
report shows. nineteen Of the common
kinds OF cotton goods increased in
price an average of 1891 per cent.
The percentage increases for raw
cotton and cotton goods are shown
halnw.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-11-28

The Herald force is getting on its
feet again after six weeks of trough
shedding" with the flu, and while
this issue is not up to the standard
and several items had to be omitted
we hope to have things running
smoothly again by next week. This is
sue is printed a day earlier on ac-
count of Thanksgiving.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-11-28
Dillon Goes Over Ton

Chairman Joe p. Lane Of the War
work Fund says Dillon has gone
over the top" in raising its quota
Of the War Work Fund, and that a
complete statement of the contribu-
t!ons will be published in the next
issue OF The Herald. Chairman lane
has been devoting his whole time 10
the campaign for the past four
weeks.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-11-28

AUTO REPAIR WORK DONE,
right away. Full supply of parts for
> Ford cars. Full supply of Bicycles
and repair work guaranteed. w. r.
Rowell & Bros, r. r. Ave-. Dillon,
8. C.-11-28-3t.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-11-28
HarrfnR-Tanner.

We had quite surprise in this
section Sunday afternoon when Miss
Willie Harring OF Nichols became the
bride Of Onnie p. Tanner, of Kemper.
They were married at the brides
home by their pastor, Rev. w. r.
Phillips. Mr.. and Mrs. Tanner will
make their future home near Kemper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28
BOY SCOUTS PROVE. |GOOD SALESMEN IN
 LIBERTY BOND DRIVE. Young Patriots Exceeded Quota Yesterday and Will Continue Work to End 1 of Campaign

The Boy Scouts, some 500 strong. took the field in Birmingham yestor- day for Liberty Bonds. War Savings Stamps and Thrift Stamps. They win continue to work every day after
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28
THEFT 0F S72OO
 AT CARDIFF STATION MyST|F|ES S[EUTHS
Hole Bored Through Floor of Depot and Package Con-
 signed to Sloss-Sheffield
 Paymaster Removed

Though special officers of the South
 ern Railroad company and the South ern Express company are on the case.
 mystery still surrounds the disappear
 ance of $7200. which was taken from
 box in the express office at the
 railway station at Cardiff yesterday
 between the hour of the arrival of
 the morning train from Birmingham, about. 8 o'clock. and 1:30 o'clock in the afternoon. when the paymaster of the Sloss- Sheffield company, to whom the money was consigned. called to get
 the money to pay off the men at Car [ diff.
 The money was shipped from Bir- mingham by the Sheffield com pany and as near as could be learned the box contained s7200 The pay master of the Sloss- Sheffield company had not received the money when Il was taken from the station and con sequently the loss will have to be stood by the express company.
 The peculiar manner in which the l theft was perpetrated is puzzling the detectives now investigating the case I A hole was made under tne floor o1 ] the station and the package containins l the money removed through this holt from the shipping box The agent hat 1 the box in a place which he believed | to be secure and when the paymastel called for the money he went to se l it for him and. to his utter astonfsn' ment. all he could find was the hol' 1 in the floor and in the bottom q
 the box where H@ had placed ,n' l money The paymaster never takes ta'
 money out of the station on pay day until he gets ready to count IL od :, and arrange it in his pay envelopes just prior to paying off his men. Il followed out his usual custom yes , terday, allowing the money to remail
 at the station from the time or it
 early morning arrival until 50 ociocl
 in the afternoon, and when he caile
 for his package the discovery Wa
 made by the agent that he had pee robbed.
 N When asked for a statement las \ night the Sloss- Sheffield company q | ficials would make no comment 1nI ther than to say that they were ao vised that robbery had occurred. pu that the Southern Express compah was handling the case, as they nad no received the package at CardIi WHe the theft occurred. and intimated tna it would not be their loss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28
Independent Presbyterian Musical Programme on
 Wednesday Evening

The ladies of the Independent Fresps terian church announce that the per for.nance of Dudley Bucks music, "ril- ,en Tor Longfellows Golden Legend, which was postponed two weeks ago, Will be given next Wednesday evening ae
 Temple JmanuEl.
 Following is the programme:
 Introduction and bass solo, Hasten Oh. Ye SJirits" MT. Cole and ensemhie. Tenor solo, "I Cannot Sleep MT. C,l- ies.y. Duo, tenor and bass, All Halb Prince Henry" Messrs. Gillespy, Cole Sight.n Mesdames Chandler, Crowder, Messrs. Gillespy and Cole. Soprano solo, My Redeemer and My Lord" Mrs. Chandler. Lecture, Golden Legend d.ongfellow), pr. Henry M. Edmonds. Soprano solo, "The Night Is Calm" Mrs. Chandler and ensemble. Soprano, tenor and bass solos, fI Am Prince Henry, Mrs Cole, Messrs. Gillespy, Cole and en- semble Soprano and tenor duo, !" Be- hold the Hllltops All Aslow," Mrs. Cole and Mr. Cillespy. "Oh. Beauty of Holi- ness.'' double quartet My Country 7 Iris of Thee" entire audience and choir. l'ostlude.
 Mesdanies Leon Cole. F. G. Chandler John Peck. l.. B. Crowder, John D. Fur i1cr. yic;in.st; Messrs. Leon Cole, L. T T.issell, Owen Gillespy, Karl Nocks, and Emile Levy, organist and director have kindly volunteered their services for the event
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28

literary work among southern college men,
 When interviewed. Mir. Sims stated: 'The boys at Auburn were very en- thusiastic over society work ana Au- burn, as usual. is ready to enter into any movement for advancement.'
 The delegates are all members or the Wirt society, established at Au- burn in 1859. The interest manifested in this line of college activity is a good indication that more Auburn graduates will be thoroughly trainsu in oratory. debate and general ability to think on tneir feet and speak in q clear and forceful manner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28
Consolidation Of City
 Passenger Ticket Offices
Hugh Latier City Ticket Agent of Consolidated Lines Offices Located on Ground Floor of BrownMarx Building Tickets for All Lines Enter
 ing City Purchased at One Office

The action was decided upon yester- day at meeting of all of the general
 passenger agents of the lines which en-
 ter Birmingham. In the new consolidat-
 ed office the Louisville and Nashville and Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic
 will be represented. It will then be pos
 sible to buy ticket over any line to
 any point at the one office.
 James Freeman. assistant general pas senger agent of the Southern. is chair man of the new quarters and arrange ments will be made so that the public can be easily and quickly accommodated There will be four trunk line telephones and the other equipment will be in keep | ing in order that there may be no Tn l convenience to the travelling public
 | On the morning of May 16 the new offices will be open and ready for busi. 1 ness and upon that date the present quarters of all the other city ticket of fees in Birmingham will be closed ane I for rent. Tickets will. of course, con jtinue to be sold at the stations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28

school hours up to the close of the Liberty Bond drive.
 The scouts made grat record yes- terday. Scout Executive Wester had given them a stunt of $25,000 in Lib- serey Bonds At o'clock in the after noon they had gone over the top and when the final count was made last night they reported 6SS Liberty Bond sales, aggregating the sum of $53, 400. con siderably more than twice the quota set for the boys.
 "In addition to that" said MT. Wes- ter the boys placed 4000 new red
 cards for War Savings Stamps and Thrift Stamps These red cards, as I.you know, carry pledges to buy War Savings Stamps or Thrift Stamps and when the blanks are filled in and the cards signed they are turned over to the city mail carriers for col;ec- tion. The great boost given to war savings is due largely to the address
 made by H. W. Coffin. chairman of the Greater Birmingham Liberty Loan committee. at the assembly of the
 scouts Friday evening Tn the audi | torium of the Chamber of Commerce
 He told the boys to sell Baby Bond; i or Thrift Stamps to all who said they ! were not able to buy Liberty Bonds
 and the scouts literally took him at hi word"
 Most of the sales by scouts yester. l day were for bonds of the denomina l tions of $50 and $100. but some o l them bagged 5000 bonds and not {
 few of them secured subscriptions fo $500 bonds.
 I At one corner on Twentieth stree l the scouts pitched a tent and at an other their famous tank was griml. in evidences Every passerby had Eo' l or smile for the boys.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28

'The United States Railroad Adminis- tration Consolidated Ticket Office" is the formidable sign which will soon be placed over the present city ticket of fices of the Illinois Central on the First avenue side of the Brown-Marx building.
 On May 15 all of the city ticket offices in Birmingham will be consolidated and the ground floor quarters in the Brown Marx are the offices which will be util- ized.
 Under the new arrangement Hugh F Latimer, present division passenger agent of the Southern, will become city ticket agent of the consolidated lines J. K. McGregor, present district pas senger agent of the Frisco will become assistant city ticket agent Eight othel ticket agents and office men will b' taken from the present offices ant
 placed in the new government offices.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28
Laymen Will Present College Merger From Methodist Pulpits Today
OF BIRMING ALA. STATEMENT MARCH 4. 1918
 nEgnITRCES

The following laymen will present the merger of Southern university with Birmingham cillege in three minute talks from Methodist pulplts today: wood lawn.
 H. M. Beck, First church, city. Hugh A. Locke, Mt. Vernon ana Twenty first avenue, aN Joseph Loveman, Norwood.
 Louis Pizitz. Walker Memorial R. S. Munger, Eleventh avenue. A. C. Montgomery. North Hlgh-s lands.
 C. E. Rice, West End.
 Prof A. D. Smith, East Lake. M w. Joseph, Highlands.
 J. Ellis Brown Owenton.
 F. E. Butler, Avondale.
 D. E. McClendon, Fairview.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28
PATRIOTIC RALLY
 HELD FOR NEGROES

A big patriotic meeting for the Third
 Liberty Loan campaign among the col-
 ored people was held Friday at Acipco
 by Rev. w. H. Nixon. presiding elder.
 Bishop B. F. Lee, of Wilberforce. o..
 was present and delivered a very help ful address to the crowd. Dr.. Nixon lis holding the Birmingham district con ference. He urged the colored people to buy Liberty Bonds and says they are surprising, him the way they are buying the Bonds in the mining and rural dis tricts. Meeting will close at Acipco to- l day at p. m. With an old-fashioned
 singing. White friends are invited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28
Literary Societies of Southern Colleges to
 Form Organization
Plans to Develop Central Organiza tion With Representative Mem-
 bership From All Colleges

Cadets W. L. Sims, E. H. Todd and M o. Howle arrived yesterday from Auburn as literary society representa- tives at the meeting of the literary societies of southern colleges. which convenes Monday.
 Plans are being laid to develop a central organization which will have representative society in the lead- ing colleges of the south. There are great possibilities for such an organization in the stimulation of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28
American Killed in England

London, April 27.--The death on Thursday of Second Lieut.. John Jewitt Miller, an American member of the British air force, became known through the inquest held Friday. Lieu tenant Miller was killed in fall oi 400 feet near Chester.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28

Continued on Page Nine)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28
AirpIane Hits Fisherman

Miami, Fla. April 27.-While fishing ing Biscayne bay today J. W. Frow, 77, a fisherman. was struck by an
 ,a cf the naval aviation station l.sre and died few hours later from Ilis injuries. Frow was a pioneer reel dent of this section and formerly was keeper of the Cape Florida and Fo- Wey rock lighthouse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28
WIN WITH POTATOES

The enemy is out-eating us in po- tatoes-out- potatoing us Here are the figures-per capita weekly consump- tion:
 United States ............... zs Qharts Austria-Hungary .......... 8 quarts Germanv ....1 Is quarts We can beat them at their own food which really isn't theirs; it's ma tive American crop. We must eat
 more potatoes, says the department of agriculture, and that right soon, or much of our record crop Of last year will be wasted. Potatoes are plentiful and getting cheaper. Eat them instead of bread. Fight the enemy with potatoes.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1918-08-01
WHEAT WILL WIN THE WAR.

A noted English statesman said re-
lilly thrt n the people ~ America
had failed % save this year that Eng
hand aud Frame would have been com
PEELED O. withdraw from the nght end
as result the Allies would have lost
the war This demonstrates the Inn
rortnncc of wheat and teaches us H. 9
WHEAT WILL WIN THE WAR.
The Government Of the United
states realizes that the two most im-
p0rtlrt factors Ga winning the war are
men and food and So is drafting tno
best manhood Of the country Tor the
service i'm the trenches and o. caliiur
on the farmers CD produce the maxi
mum amount of food. There is mo- bet
ter way Tor farmers to answer this
call for food than by sowing this fall
every acre 90 wheat that Is possible
and 20 sow f. with such care that g.
viii yield a bountiful harvest
The patriotic farmer viii give no
thought 90 the price De- will receive FOR
his wheat but win think only Of the
starving poor If Europe and our boys
in the trenches who are fighting our
battles and who must be- fed.
our boys are drafted into the army
by the Government and tire wages they
shall receive. which may De- the wages
Of death. are fixed hy the Government
and the boys who do not spend any
time figuring whether they can afford
10 fight our battles for these wage-.
They know their country has called
them and they answer the call without
complaint or reservation. Your coun-
try is asking you 10 raise as much
wheat as possible and you viii not
spend any time figuring whether you
can afford % grow wheat at the price
fixed by the Government You should
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1918-08-01

realize only that your country ms
called you and You win do your best
for WHEAT WILL WIN THE WAR.
No Thought should be given 20 The
possibility Of being unable Go inrvcs'
the wheat next year FOR the Govern
ment viii permit no wheat to go a
waste but viii find some means Of pro.
wiling lahorers Tor the harvest
England hns sent more tian six mil.
lion men to fight her BATTLES and in
spite OF this win harvest this fan tho
largest wheat crop in her history
What Eu-iand hss iouc-Amcria will
Do.
Every patriotic American citizcn S.f-
lutcs his Nag when be- rises iu fh'
morning and says Il viii this day al
my best 90 help win the war
From now until wheat sowing time
the patriotic American farmer viii sa
lutte his fiax when he rises in the morn
ing and viii say it firmly Il will tai.
fan sow all the wheat I can for
WHEAT WILL WIN THE WAR"
MORRIS NJ GORDON
County Agent.