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The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1919-09-11

anything like the greater part OF tn
world would combine against hei
she never would have begun the war,
and she did not dare TO let the opin-
ions OF mankind crystalize against
her by the discussion of the purposes
which she had in mind
$50 what want to point out to you
is that we are making fundamental
choice. You cannot have new sys-
TEN unless you supply substitute
and adequate substitute for the old,
and | want to say that when certain
of our fellow citizens take the posi-
tion that we do not want to go into
it alone. but want to take care OF
ourselves. l say that is the German
position. Germany through the mouth
of her emperor, through her writer's
and through every action said, here
We stand. ready to take care OF OF
selves. We will not enter into any
ombination. We are armed for self
defense and we know that no natlo!
can compete with us. That appears
to be the American program in the
eyes of some gentlemen, and Wai'
to tell you that in the last two weeks
the pro-Germanist element has hit
ed its head again. 1t says,
L see a chance for Germany and
America to stay out and take care
of themselves"
There were passions let loose Oh
the fields of the world at war which
have not grown quiet, and which
will not for a long time. Every ele-
ment OF disorder is hoping that there
will be no staying hand from the
council of nations TO hold the order
of the world steady until we can
make the final arrangements OF JUS
tice and peace. sometimes think
when We wake up in the night OF
wakeful nights what anxious fathers,
mothers and friends spent during the
weary years of the awful war, and
l hear the cry of mothers OF TIE
children, millions On the other side
and thousands on this side, In Gods
name, give us security and peace
right
Presidents Omaha Speech.
Omaha. Neb Sept. S-Prompt ac-
ceptance of the peace treaty, so thai
uncertainties in labor conditions
throughout the world may be cleared
up was urged by President Wilson be-
fore an Omaha audience today. The
International labor organization C
be set up under the treaty, he said,
would give to labor a new bill OF
rights.
Il didn't come here this morning
so much to expound upon the trea-
ty, as to talk about these things we
icall reservations. A reservation is an
assent with a but to it. We agree,
but Now | want to call your atten-
tion to some of these butts. | will
take them, as far as l can, in the
order in which they deal, with the
clauses of the league itself.
In the first article of the coven~
ant it is provided that nation can
withdraw from the league on two
years notice-provided that at tn
! time of this withdrawal-that is t.
say, at the expiration Of the two years,
it has fulfilled all its national obli-
SduolS anu dll us ODllSdIloIo uh"N'
| the covenant.
But some of our friends are very
uneasy about that. They want to ST.
close to the door and with their hand
on the knob, and they want to say.
, we are in this thing, but we are II
it with infinite timidity and we are
in its only because you overpersuad-
ed us, and wanted us to come IN;
bur We are going to sit here and Try
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1919-09-11

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Miss Lula Rowell of Floydale and
Miss Thelma Rowell of Mullins have
just returned from two weeks Wis
it to relatives in Savannah. Miss
Ruby Kennedy of Savannah returned
with them and is the guest of Miss
Lula ROwell of Floydale.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-31
NEED TROOPS SHIPS
TO RETURN SOLDIERS
America Must Send Home LOO
600 and England More Than
Six Hundred Thousand
Passenger Space for Transporting the
Soldiers Home Is Occupying the
Attention of the Allied Ship
ping Controllers.

London.-There Will be no shortage
OF cargo tonnage for supplying world
NEEDS during the first half of 1919, il
the opinion of Edward n. Hurley
chairman of the United States ship
ping board. 1t is passenger space foI
transporting troops home that is oc
cupying attention of the allied ship
ping controllers. No nation can have
as much of that cargo as it wants now
| After comforting with industrial and
shipping heads in England and France
and viewing a large part of the battle
areas of France and Belgium, Hurley
stated that it would take at least six
months, possibly more, for France and
England to rehabilitate their indus
tries to the point where large amounts
of raw material would be needed.
1t is pointed out that it would be
useless to send industrial machinery
and raw material to France until her
destroyed factory buildings are made
ready to receive them.
Almost the entire British industrial
system now is a huge munitions pro-
duction machine virtually idle. Until
it rs transformed to its pre-war state
raw material would be a burden. 1t
will be necessary to import some ma
chinery for the transformation, but not
enough seriously to tax cargo space
for the next seven months, Mr.. Hurley
believes.
The 80 German passenger vessels in
German ports have been the center Of
on this side. Americans want all of
them they can get to send home l.
100000 men as soon as possible. Eng
land must send home to Canada about
300, 900, to Australia about 200, 600, to
New Zealand $4,000 or more, and
bring to England thousands from Me
sopotamia, Palestine and other places.
The American problem is the great
est, and it is understood that, in press
ing for ships, Americans generally
have insisted that the United States,
with less than two years of war, is in
a better position to assimilate its re-
turning troops than IS England, whose
industrial conditions have been more
disrupted.
With the rapid increase in American
tonnage it is expected that more than
&C per cent of the American forces Will
60 home in American ships. 1t is the
desire of American army officers and
shipping interests that as many as
possible of the balance be carried
home in German passenger vessels.
thus releasing a large number of Brit
ish bottoms.
While a great many men are being
sent home now, and the number Will
constantly increase, 1t is not believed
the real homeward movement will be
inaugurated before Feb. 1. Whether
then it will be on the suggested basis
of 800 900 a month depends almost en-
tirely upon decisions of the allied ship
ping conferences, which began soon af-
ter the armistice was signed.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-31
ALL TO HAVE EQUAL RIGHTS
Fundamental Feature of Proposed Ger
man Constitution-No Religious
Restrain tS

Basle.-Draft of the proposed new
constitution for Germany, recently pre-
pared, provides that all Germans shall
have the same rights before the law
and that all privileges and advantages
of birth, social condition or creed shall
be abolished, according to Berlin ad-
vices received here.
The free exercise of religious prac-
tice is guaranteed, within the limits of
morality and public order, and no one
shall be compelled TO take part in any
religious act or ceremony or to make
known his religious convictions. 1t is
provided the authorities shall have no
right to ask questions on this subject.
Scientific instruction, the measure
provides, shall be free and accessible
to all Germans, according to their ca
pacities. 1t is proposed that the pres
ent distribution of landed property
shall be modified by a comprehensive
process, with a view to the re-popula-
ton of the country districts. Colonial
ton will be fostered in districts where
there has not been as yet reasona BILE
fusion of the great, medium-sized and
small properties.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-31
REVENUE BILL LIKELY
TO REACH EVERYONE
Over Million People May Have
To Pay Tax On Incomes--All
Must Make Returns.
Sworn Statement Of Taxpayer Must
Include Every Character of In
Including Earnings of Chill
dren Under 10 Years

| Washi1S ton. - 1t Is estimated that
the forthcoming income tax drive for
the raising of the necessary national
revenue will touch nearly every work
ing man and woman, merchant, shop
keeper and farmer
The opinion prevails that more than
million people will have to pay in
come taxes during the current year
upon their 1918 earnings Not only did
the traders-the little fellows-make
larger profits in 1913 than they ever
made before, but wage earners by the
hundreds of thousands put themselves
into the income tax paying class.
'All signs indicate that the income
tax this year will reach nearly every
working man and woman and nearly
every merchant, shopkeeper and farm
er, said an official last week
Not all will have to pay taxes, but
nearly all will be obliged to make
sworn statement Of the years income"
Here are the things, according to
this official, each taxpayer must do:
Ascertain accurately his gross in
come from all sources-salary or
wages, including overtime pay and any
bonus received as additional compen-
sation. A married person having chill
dren under Is who are working should
include the earnings Of such children
IF he sold any property at a profit
the gain must be computed and in
cluded in gross income If he rented
any property to other persons the to-
tai rents received in the year must be
ascertained, and from that figure a
deduction may be taken for taxes paid
on rented property, the necessary mi
nor repairs, fire insurance, any inter
est he may have paid on mortgage
and reasonable allowance for an
nual wear and tear of the rented prop
erty. The balance is included in gross
income for the year.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-31
VISIT ITALIAN CAPITAL.
Two Hundred American Sailors Enthu
sIasticaIIy Received In Rome.

Rome-A contingent OF 200 Ameri
can sailors arrived here last week
and was enthusiastically received al
the station. The Italian government
has undertaken to put a special train
at the Americans disposal during
their stay here for the purpose of TAX
ing them back and forth between this
city and Civita Vecchia. the seaport OF
Rome. Rome is so crowded 1t is i'm
possible to find accommodations for
the men here at night.
The minister Of the navy gave q
luncheon for the American officers,
while American and Italian sailors ate
together at another restaurant. Where
ever the American bluejackets ap-
peared during the day they were
cheered heartily by the population.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-31
BRAND BOLSHEWSM
AS WORST ENEMY
THE SUPREME COUNCIL HEARS
FROM RETURNED RUSSIAN
INVESTIGATOR.
N. NOULENS HAS AN OPINION
kxys Bolshevist Power Is Enemy Of En-.
tente-Furnished Germany Food
During War and Protested
Against Armistice.

Paris.-The two notable events Of
the day were the meeting of the su
Dreme council to consider the Russian
situation and the gala luncheon to Pres
| ident Wilson at Luxem burg Palace.
The luncheon, besides bringing to-
gether a brilliant assemblage, also
brought out the declaration from Presi.
dent Wilson that ''the peril of France,
if it continues, will be the peril of the
world, and not only France must or
ganize against the peril, but the world
must organize against it,
The meeting of the supreme council
was attended by President Wilson, Sec.
rotary Lansing and representative of
the other four great powers. An hour
was given over TO hearing NJ. Noulens,
the French ambassador, who has re,
turned from Russia, where he personal
ly witnessed the variC changes
which have been taking pace in the
government and conditions there. What
he told the council was not disclosed,
but an authorized statement from M
Noulens sums up his views thus:
1.-The Bolshevist power is the enemy
of the entente. 1t is responsible for
the Russian detection from the en-.
tente. 1t furnished Germany with food
during the war. 1t protested against
the terms of the German armistice.
These acts show an uncompromising
attitude of hostility against entente.
Tyranny and terror, which are in
creasing daily, should place the bloody
chiefs at Moscow and Petrograd out,
side the pale of humanity. No society
of nations could deal with such a re-
gime, which constitutes today the most
serious obstacle to a general peace.
Until the regime fails, a development
which l hope the allies will actively
seek to bring about, Europe will con-
tinue to be exposed to the severest
risks of agitation and war"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-31
Methodist Episcopal Church Plans
FIve-Year CAMPAIGN

Chicago.-Bishop Thomas Nicholson
of Chicago sounded the keynote OF the
Methodist Episcopal church's plan for
missionary and educational campaign
which contemplates the raising of a
fund Of $115, 100000 in five years, in an
address delivered here before the joint
centenary committee
ut is a programme which contem-
plates putting all government and all
diplomacy the world around on an open
Christian basis of righteousness, open
and square dealing and even justice for
high and low, rich and poor" the
bishop said. cit proposes that We give
a new meaning to citizenship in Amer
ica, in China, in India
ut is a gratifying and hopeful fact
that in opening this great world pro-
gramme convention we can, for the
first time in the worlds history, make
the appeal of the Christian church to
prospective sober world"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-31
100000 WOUNDED
AMERICANS ABROAD
APPROXIMATE NUMBER IN EURO
PEAN HOSPITALS, SAYS COL
ONEL SMITH.
TO REMAIN UNTIL RECOVER
$500 Vacant Beds in u. S. Hospitals
Available For Returning Wound
ed-Gen. Heavey Urges Ma
tionaI Guard Be Kept.

| Washington. - Wounded America
soldiers remaining in hospitals mum
bers approximately 1O4 900, Col. w. Il
Smith OF the surgeon generals offic
told the senate committee conducting
an inquiry of hospital facilities ant
construction. Many OF these wounded
! he said, will not be brought home unit
they recover.
In the hospitals of this country, Col
Smith said, there are now about 4.50t
vacant beds which can be placed il
use as additional wounded and sick are
returned
Brig. Gen. Marshall, chief of the con
structfon division of the Quartermastel
corps, testifying in relation to the re
lection of the plan to build $3.50,
600 hospital at Chicago, said the prof
ect was disapproved by Assistant Sec
rotary of War Crowell over the recon-
mendation of the medical authorities
Brig. Gen. John ". Heavey, acting
chief Of the military bureau, recon-
mended to the house military affairs
committee that a rider be included IN
the army appropriation bill authorizing
the secretary Of war TO turn over tO
the National Guard from the surplus
supplies of the regular army, equip
ment valued at s135,0O0,00O
Gen. Heavey said the general staff
was in favor of transferring the sup
plies, but was without authority. He
explained that If this equipment were
turned over the cost would be reduced
to s55.OO0,o00.
Gen. Heavey urged that the National
Guard be maintained in the same form
as it was before the United States en-
tered the war and that the increases
in it's strength authorized by the act of
June 8, 1919, be carried out
1.-The value to the country during the
war Of the national guardsmen cannot
be overestimated,' he said. AT the
time men were needed most the Ma
tional Guard provided a force of 367,-
600 men and 1923 officers. They have
done magnificent work, comparing
other nation. The efficiency of the of
ficers was proven by the fact that of
the entire number only $50 were dis
charged for inefficiency.
1.-The militia bureau strongly advo
Gates universal military training, but
believes it should be carried out in
connection with the National Guard. >"
The act Of June 3, 1916, provided for
16 divisions of total strength of 400,-
S64 men, Gen. Harvey said. but be-
cause of the war the terms of the act
were not carried out.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-31
PRINCE JOHN is BURIED.
Youngest Son Of King George Died Sat
urGay-Ceremony Simple.

London,-The body OF Prince John
the youngest son of King George, wa:
buried with simple ceremonies in the
Sandringham church yard. King George
and Queen Mary, and all the member:
of the royal family were present. A
the conclusion of the ceremony King
George cast a large number of bou
quets of flowers into the grave.
The British court will go into mourn
ing for a month from Jan. 20 for the
death of Prince John. At the conclu
sion Of the month the court will be in
half mourning for a fortnight.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-31

This bureau now has about 500
agents who could be assigned to liq-
uor violation detection, including 800
now engaged partially in running down
Illicit liquor distillers. Officials be
Heve. however, that this force would
have to be enlarged by several times
to effectually enforce nationwide pro-
hibition. The department of justice
also stands ready to assign many OF its
secret agents to prohibition enforce
ment, if this is deemed necessary.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-31
BREAKS UNDER
SPIRIT VOICES
Conscience Lashed, Chicago Man
Clears Crime Committed
Last Winter.
TELLS STRANGE TALE
Voices Become Louder and More In
sistent-ln Terror Man Takes to
Whisky and Whisky Loosens
His Tongue.

Chicago.-The voice of q murdered
man rang in the ears of Joseph Roka-
wicz. For almost a year after his
neighbor. Frederick Papke. was found
dead on the doorstep of his home by
his own daughter, the voice talked to
RokawicZ. He did all he could at the
time of the tragedy. He volunteered
to act as pallbearer. helped the be.
Teaved family and when the fiat be-
came vacant Rokawicz moved in next
door to the Papke family. Papke was
killed the night of January "a, and
from that time onward he heard
voices
They became louder, more insistent
They accused.
RokawicZ, In his terror of the super
natural, took to whisky-and the whis-
ky loosed a tongue that had talked
only sympathy before.
81 would not be surprised If this
Rokawicz knew something of your hus-
bands DEATH" said a neighbor to Mrs.
Papke not long ago.
The neighbor had heard the voices
answered by RokawicZ. The widow
went lO CdDl- y. COuSUllH Oh
the stock yards police station and
ROkawicz was arrested. At first he
denied knowing anything of the muir
der.
Breaks Down and Confesses.
At last he broke down and told Cap
tain COughlin a strange story.
Il was coming home" he said, with
a full months pay in my pocket. /
feared holdups. l had my IOng-bladed
pocket knife in my hand. AS I passed
the Papke house / saw a man standing
there. His back was to me. I thought
he was a holdup man-and / stabbed
him. l went home, believing L had
killed a rObber and I did not worry.
The next day 1 found that I had killed
Frederick Papke, my neighbor, my
friend. 1 was horror stricken. I did
what / could-but the notes.-the
voices"
Papke, according to his wife, had
taken their pet dog out for an airing
after supper. He had been standing
In front of the house. The daughter,
Emma, heard whining and scratching
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-31
Caught In Elevator Shaft.

Atlanta, Ga.-Firemen, policemen
and doctors were necessary to extri-
cate Pauline Harris, a negress, from q
peculiar accident In an elevator shaft
of the Walton building In some man.
ner she had been caught and hung sus-
pended for 80 minutes with her head
between the elevator floor and the
floor proper of the ninth story. A
crowbar was used to move the eleva-
tor. Her right ear was severed and
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-31
TWO TRANSPORTS DOCK.
Men From kentucky Included in tn
Troops Reaching Home Port.

New York.-Bringing home 3,114 of
ficers and men of the American expe
dictionary force, the transport George
Washington arrived here from France
The men are mostly from Ohio and
Western Pennsylvania.
The transport Dekalb arrived with
621 troops, largely of the Thirty-eightf
Division-men from Indiana, Kentucky
and West Virginia-406 of whom are ii
or wounded.
On the Italian steamship Guiseppi
Verdi, in from Genoa, were 498 officers
and men of the American naval ayia-
ton service.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-31
$2,778,2o Worth of Supplies Were Sent
Overseas Last Month BY the
v Al c a

New York.-The Young Mems Chris
tan association last month shipped ST.
778,20S worth of supplies overseas for
use of American troops, according TO
announcement here by the organiza-
tons war work council. The total
value OF supplies shipped in the last Is
months was placed at S24, 455,059.
Decembers shipments were 1,000,-
600 less than those OF the previous
month. This was due, the council ex-
planned, to the fact that the govern
ment has agreed to provide goods to be
sold at cost in the soldiers stores OPP
Grated by the Y. M. G. A.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-31
C0NvICTS USE YARN ROPE
Make 25-Foot Rope From Yarn Fur
nished by Red Cross and Eecape
From Prison.

Boise, Idaho.-With the aid of a 25-
foot rope braided from yarn furnished
the inmates by the Red Cross, Fred
George. alias Gruber. and Harry Hin
ton ESCAPED from the state penitenti-
ary- George has life sentence for
murder hanging over him and Hinton
was serving five TO fifteen years for
robbery. With the aid of the yarn
rope the men let themselves down
from the top of the wall surrounding
the penitentiary.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-31
National Banks In Fine Condition.

Washington. = Despite tremendous
war burdens, national banks grew and
prospered last year, their resources.
earnings and deposits esta blishing new
high records, according to the annual
report Of John Skeltcn Williams. comp
troller of the currency The report
says the success of the financial man
agement of the war was largely due to
the conservative principles maintained
by the banks and the federal reserve
system, and the efficient direction of
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-31
NEBRAsKAN DIES IN CALIFORNIA

Omaha, Neb.-CoL Thomas Swobe,
one OF the founders of South Omaha,
and resident of Omaha for 50 years.
died at Berkeley, Cal Col. SwObe
came to Omaha in 1866. after serving
through the civil war He enlisted at
tie age Of Il, fought at COrinth, Shi-
lob and Vicksburg; was complimented
for gaIantry and promoted, becoming
in turn assistant quartermasteT, chief
commissary and head Of the cotton bu-
reau.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-31
Revolving Fund Must Make Settlement

Washington. - Director General
Hines said that s34o. 10000 must come
out of the railroad administrations re
volving fund in making the first year
settlement with the railroad compa-
MES. This sum includes 100000 600
allowance for working cash capital,
and $4,000, 900 allowance for cash on
hand by railway conductors and
freight and ticket agents when the
roads were taken into government
control These amounts will be re-
paid to the government when control
ceases.
ITO that extent" said Mr.. Hines,
"the use of the revolving fund repre-
sents no suggestion of loss, but purely
an inevitable absorption of cash for
the time being"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-31
SCORE BREAK PRISON.
Turnkey Is Shot and Two Guards
Overpowered BY Prisoners.

Rock Island, Il1.-By shooting John
Sexton, a turnkey, and overpowering
two guards, 25 prisoners escaped from
the county jail. Fourteen of the men
are convicts from the Joliet peniten-
tiary, who, until recently, had been
on parole and working at the govern
ment arsenal here, but were taken in
custody several days ago for violating
provisions of their parole. The jail
delivery followed an unsuccessful at
tempt Of number Of prisoners to es-
cape three weeks ago, and is the cuI-
mination Of a six weeks crime wave
here.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-31
500 AGENTS READY TO WORK
United States Revenue Department
Plans Enforcement of Liquor Law
After July list

Washington. - Means of enforcing
prohibition after July I are under con
sideration by officials Of the Depart.
ment of Justice and the internal reve-
nue. bureau, but steps to create a spe-
cfaI enforcement agency viii not be
taken until congress has had time TO
act on pending legislation giving this
function to the revenue bureau.