1 *fcr9Uliitt?rratf
m Qhl Battalia arttlai la the Sat
K SrtST IrralBf Post says th? Oar
K-' MMMpa da oat take as seriously *n<
p - jMk on oar army as sow at film of ?
Ev Jska. Ha says UUfi spirit, proratls li
RV Ska Oorssoa army to sach an extant
p Sat area German prisoners are in
K, ?Smt ant eontemptoas towards oui
K smktlars. Bat this is Jast what w?
pi , a^t and the Allies should do erery
m ? mism rvwvi? iu eucuuraff
f.| -4Mb delusion. It is jthe sums ok
|'.t storj of underestimating the strength
? ' mi mm adverse 17. > The man whc
Bakes this mistake is loot, and som<
K <dsjr Germany will ^ake up and find
|hst she is am one the lost.
The Florence Daily Times prints
a long editorial in which it quotes
f A Florence merchiji^i^o^com^j^j
j^^^^PBpflterchant says in part: "It
^^^^sonld be a matter of rery great sur,
, prise to many people to know to
what extent the custom had grown
jnmong Florence people, especially
among the women, of going 'out of
Florence to buy their clothes, their
household necessities and even their
food." Whut this Florence merchant
fthMBnays is true, not only of Florence
runt or hundreds or other towns In
Che country, large and small. The
Merchant bas a right to complain
when the people or his town go to
-aome Qther town and buy the same
4goods for the same money. It shows
a bad community spirit. But let us
look at the other side or the picture
and take the situation in Florence as
no vexample. We glanced over the
* name issue or the Daily Times in
which the Florence merchant makes
his complaint and found that out of
the ten columns of advertising it carried
lire columns were for foreign
.merchants and tradesmen. In the
4ve columns of home advertising we
did not find a single dry goods store
advertisement, neither was there anything
in The Times' advertising colamns
to indicate that Florence had
a drug store, a hardware store or a
jgrooery store doing business within
^Jlts corporate limits. There were
one or two insurance advertisements,
- a Jewelry advertisement, two theadre
advertisements, a real estate advertisement
and a few other advertisements
of little consequehce.
-Now who is to blame, the merchant
- .. -who places no value on printer's ink
or 'he buying public? Goods do not
ell themselves these days. It takes
pnsh to get your wares before the
public and it is morally certain the
pnbilc iff not going to rush by the
tore that tells the public what it has
to sell and buy from the store that
makes no special effort to attract
customers. Florence is not the only
town that suffers because its citizens
buy their goods out of town.
Glance over the columns of the average
weekly newspaper and you will
ad that tradesmen hundreds of
miles away are using the columns
of those newspapers to pull trade
oway from the home merchant.
That tells the story.
?.
Russia's withdrawal from the war
, does not come as a surprise. Neither
will it have any appreciable effect on
the fortunes of the aTfted governments.
When Trotzky and Lenine, as
unscrupulous a pair of rascals us-ever
scuttled a ship or cut a tht-oat, took
charge of affairs and flim-flammed the
people into believing they were the
real ones'to save-thc country, all hope
of any further assistance from Russia
vanished. The effect of her withdrawal
from the struggle having
^ long since been discounted the order
to demobilize her armies will not
cause a ripple on the surface of
things so far as the future plans of
AMles are con' -ned. It is easy
^^A)nough to forecast the policy Trotzky
Lenine will follow in rebuilding
fortunes of the republic. The
particularly is a worshipper of
^^^^^^Rdmlghty dollar and one of the in^^H^^Auents
the Oermans held out to
agreeing upon separate peace
H^H^^^^nras the golden opportunity of
Russia's vast resources Ipto
^money. This means that Gerdraw
largely upon Russia
for both the army
population, the reI
be En ear'y termination
Trotzky has claimed,
nAdfnrtnnmnnf
*71
My is not an able man,
Aawd man. He saw his
A held out to the halfAished
Russians the
As the Oermans held
but natural where
country, no pa^^ ter
of peace with
^^^Land clothing for
f^^^rvlng millions
^H^Rearty response,
^^^^Afor Trotsky to
his support.
^^^^^Antry's
. right for a omm of pottaga, aad
hmafter to the wmadla of hoaor'
able mt all things Rudan will bo
f 4npM and discredited, whilo to
the name Trotsky there will attach
stigma which centuries cannot
. erase.'
'| ?
1 GOVERNMENT MACHINERY FOR
i ? FARMS
I
t Decreased consumption for food is
- onething, increased production is anf
other. The "don't waste" campaign
> has met with faror in Dillon ?b<i ? ?
" evident oar cltisens are paying much
* attention to that feature of war
I work; but the increased production
i shortage of labor and the continued
> shortage of help next year, is a more
? serious problem.
I It is much easier to refrain from
wastage in foodstuffs than to produce
more food under present cirt
cuinstances. i
It has been pointed
I Dillon county
will think well of the project?that
one way to Increase the production is
by substituting mechanical for lost
men power on the farms by adoption
of the Canadian system of supplying
government owned and operated machines
for breaking ground for seeding.
The call for men for the army will
compell the government to resort to
the Canadian plan to help the farmer
plant and reap his increased harvest
now demanded by the United States
and the Allies.
I
IS THERE HOARDING OF FOOD IX
MELON?
Is there any hoarding of food in
Dillon County? We hope not: yet
j nobody can warrant a negative answer
ia the correct one.
Hoarding is one of the principal
reasons for the shortage in certain
foods. Housekeepers have in many
instances "stocked up" with sugar,
flour, salt, potatoes and so on, beyond
their immediate and prospective
needs. This practice constitutes a
tremendous drain upon the supplies
?especially before the price-fixing
system began?and works an injury
upon those who did not have the
means to indulge in this practice by
forcing up the price of necessities.
Stories have been told of women
having a hundred pounds or so of a
commodity on hand and using this as
a reserve, purchasing their "immediate"
needs from the stores.
Hoarding is not confined to the
towns and cities, either. We have
heard of farmers who bought large
quantities ot sugar and dour before
the new food laws went into effect.
They were "within the law" but in
these strenuous times when every
man is expected to do his duty it is
not a question of what is legal but
what is right.
County Agents Meet
Report of State Meeting of County
Home Demonstration Agents at Win- j
throp College.
fhe annual state fleeting of Home
Demonstration Agents held at Win- 1
throp College during the month of
January closed Thursday, the thir- ,
ty-flrst. At this meeting besides
regular courses in dietetics, bread
making, canning, agriculture and i
poultry demonstrations in pickling,
briming and drying of vegetables
were given by experts from the Extension
Department. We also enjoyed 1
addresses of timely interest by several
noted South Carolinians. The
meeting was altogether instructive .
and stimulating and the agents gained
many helpful suggestions to be <
carried out in the coming season, i
Definite plans for carrying out the
work in each county were forniu- 1
lated by the agents in conference.
These plans will be published from '
time to time during the year. During
February attention is to be cen- (
tered on gardening. Helps for the (
early spring garden sent out by the
Extension Department will be published
next week. i
MAGGIE EVANS
Co. Home Demonstration Agent. '
At the convention of the South
Carolina Division of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy held
at Florence in December, it was 1
agreed that the cooperative work of
the South Carolina Division for war
relief should be the establishing and
maintenance of a bed in the American
Hospital just outside of Paris to
tiA lrnr.TOn no ?'-J- ? ?
? ?? ?o mc iittuc iiaiiiyiun |
bed. This is a Hed Cross Hospital']
under the supervision of the United!
States Army, but It is not a base'1
hospital and receives no government
support. Ita maintenance is
therefore dependent upon subscription.
Each division of the U. D. C.
desires to contribute $600 for the
maintenance of a bed which Includes <
a nurse for one year, each bed to be
credited to the state which established
it. This is a cause which "arries
its own appeal and the need for hos- 1
pltal equipment grows dally. The S. r
C. division hopes to be the first to es- ;
tabllsh a division bed, and as it will J
bear the name of Wade Hampton it f
is felt that it will arouse State pride, j\
A matter of interest in this connec-' F
tion is that the Marquise de Courti- ]
oil, dtofbtir of
Pollgnac of Dm
while in
the lnvlta^^^^^^^^^^H
member of the
D. C. and hue'promised to^^B
personal Kid to the occupants of fl
Wade Hampton bed in the Americl
hospital and to make report fr<B
time to time. Any person in Dlilfl
County wishing to contribute to tfl
fund through the Pee Dee chapter ff
the U. D. C. will please send confl-j
buttons to lire. Walter E. Better
not later than Feb. 19th. We h??
made our chapter contribution, buf
need more for the bed, and feel thst
you will want to help in this especial
cause as it is for our own
sons and brothers.
Faithfully Yours,
MRS. WALTER E. BETHEA,
President Pee Dee Chapter U. D. C.
Box 384, Latta. S 01
^ENTLEMEV OF JURY
s'
List of Petit Jurors For Court of General
Sessions Which Convenes
Monday Next
W. S. Campbell, Carmichael.
D. W. Bowen, Carmichael.
J. H. Wiggins, Carmichael.
P. M. Stewart, Carmichael.
M. F. Edwards, Harlsesville.
J. Earle Bethea, Manning.
L. B. Stephens, Carmichael.
H. C. Stanton, Harlesville.
L. M. Lee, Bethea.
J. L. Cottingham, Harlesville.
John C. Hayes, Kirby.
W. Ben Horton, Harlesville.
H. E. Parham, Bethea.
A C\ O ut- WW ? ?
n. y. oiuuu, nariesvme.
P. W. Sessions, Bethea.
N. C. Carmichael, Carmicbael.
W. B. Brumbies, Carmichael.
A. L. Wallace, Jr., Manning.
H. M. Rogers, Harlesville.
W. F. Stanton, Bethea.
E. C. Rogers, Carmichael.
Luther Lester, Carmichael.
W. H. Miller, Manning.
J. A. E. Cottingham, Harlesville.
Ben. Perritt, Harlesville.
R. R. Turbeville, Carmichael.
D. J. Jackson, Manning,
V.". M. Allen, Manning.
A. H. Webster, Harlesville.
Jas. W. Haselden, Kirby.
W. W. Johnson, Hillsboro.
M J Rogers,. Jr., Hillsboro.
F. O. Moody, Hillsboro.
R. S. Moore, Hillsboro. %
T. E. Berry, Kirby.
J. R. McKenzie, Hillsboro.
- Grand Jurors
P. A. George, Kirby.
E. B: Berry, Jr., Bethea.
E. T. Elliott, Manning
J. C. Adams, Manning.
S. W. Stephens, Hillsboro.
Phil Osteen, Manning.
J. F. McDonald, Bethea.
J. T. Townsend, Hillsboro.
P. L. Bethea, Harlesville.
W. W. Parham, Bethea.
W. G. Lucas, Manning.
Morris Fass, Manning.
P. C. Henry, Manning.
R. J. Dew, Bethea.
J. P. McQueen, Hiltsboro.
J. S. Fair, Kirby.
Murray Hayes, Manning.
Oliver Carmicliael, Hillsboro.
McCrady Bros. & Chevis x
Civil Engineers
J. Evans, Jr., Resident Engineer
Surveys, Designs, Estimates
HAMLET, N. C.
Leave calls at Evans Pharmacy or address.
Box 604.
MASTER'S SALE.
state of South Carolina,
County of Dillon.
In the Court of Common Pleas.
A. D. Peterkin, Plaintiff, against A.!
B. Hall and William Burnett, Trustees
of Mount Carmel Baptist Church
jf Latta, S. C., Defendants.
Pursuant to an order of his Honor
T. H. Spain Judge of the Fourth
Judicial Circuit, bearing date the 8th
lay of February 1918 the undersigned,
as Master for Dillon County,
will seft during the legal hours of
3ale, on the first Monday in March
1918, same being the 4tli before the
court house door in the Town of Dillon,
in the State aforesaid, at public
auction to the highest bidder for
cash, the following described real
estate, to wit:
"All that certain piece, parcel or
ot or iana situate and being in the
town of Latta, S. C. and bounded
and described as follows, to wit;
North by lands now or formerly of
Sarah I. Moore, and others, 105 feet;
East by Street dividing lots of Ellen
Walker and Oliver White and leading
North to Railroad Street by
lands of Mary Ann Sparks and Mollie
Cousar, containing one and onefourth
(1^4) acres, more or less,
and being the lot on which the Baptist
Church is now located."
Terms of sale cash; Purchaser to
pay for all papers and revenue
stamps. Any person bidding off the
said property and refusing to comply
with his bid therefor, said property
will be resold upon the same
or some subsequent salesday at the
risk of the former purchaser.
A. B. JORDAN,
Master for Dillon County.
2-14-3t.
i
MASTER'S SALE.
State of South Carolina,
County of Dillon.
In the Court of Common Pleas.
Wilson Bethea, Plaintiff, against
Eliza Bethea, et al Defendants.
Pursuant to an order of his Honor
T. H. Spain Judge of the Fourthj
Tudiciai Circuit, bearing date the 8th
lay of February 1918 the under-'
ligned, as Master for Dillon County,;
vill sell during *the legal hours of;
tale, on the first Monday in March
1018 K^lixr tl. !
^wiuo wviufe me tin uciure xBO
as
^ Branch; East
Hyatt; South by 1
WwSBWind Little Rock Public
road, and lands of Eliza Bethea; and
West by lands qf Jim Page; Peter j
Scarborough and run of Little Pee
Dee River; and Alfordsvllle Public
iRoad. For a more particular desliTlption
Of whirH rafpronno holng to I
k plat ot said lands made by R. M. I
Evans, and bearing date February, ]
7918." ,
Terms of sale cash; Purchaser to j
pay for all papers and revenue |
stamps. Any person bidding off the ,
said property and refusing to comp'.y
with his bid therefor, said property
will be resold upon the same '
or some subsequent salesday at the *
risk of 4he former purchaser. 1
A. B. JORDAN,
Master for Dillon County.
2-14-3t.
MASTER'S SALE.
State of South Carolina.
County of Dillon.
In the Court of Common Pleas.
L, D. Lide, Attorney, Plaintiff,
against P. A. George, Sallie George
DuPre Emanuel George, Elbert
George, Heniy W. George, N. E.
George, and J. C. George, Defendants.
Pursuant to an order of the Court
of Common Pleas, the Undersigned,
as Master for Dillon County, will sell
during the legal hours of sale, on
the first Monday in March, 1918,
same being the 4th, before the court
house door in the Town ofDillon, in
t Hp Pniint v n f r\? - '
I VJ VI 1/1I1U1I, ill 11IC Oltilf
aforesaid, at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash, the following
described real estate, to wit:
"One hundred and seventy-four
acres, more or less, and bounded as
follows; on the North by lands of
J. C. George, known as the "Mace
place", on .the East by lands of J.
D. Haselden, known as the "Mace
lands," on the South by lands of S.
J. DuPre, and on the West by lands
of E. B. Berry. Also sixty five acres
more or less, bounded as follows; on
the North by lands of~S. J. DuPre,
on the East by lands of J. D. Haselden,
known as the "Maco lands." on
the South by lands of W. B. Evans
and wife, and on the West by lands
of E. B. Berry."
Terms of sale cash; Purchaser to
pay for all papers and revenue
stamps. Any person bidding off the
said property and refusing to comply
with his bid therefor, said property
will be resold upon the same
or some subsequent salesday at the
risk of the former purchaser.
A. B. JORDAN,
Master for Dillon County.
2-14-3t.
1 PLANT 1
Having contr
Seed Potatoes I s
These p ota t
will make no mis
I beleive the
will be good.
Come in
Dairy Feeds, Hog
A limited qu
I offer a g
Syrups in
i . /> ? / ?
I Kegs, tanned iio<
Paper and Paper
COFFEE: I
this line of goods
Grocery Line.
I appreciate past fa
Yours ve
M
Stubbs ^
lii
lefor final discharge
that
my
has been
ng of said petition.
JOE CABELL DAVIS. j<
Judge of Probate Dillon County. Jj
!-7-4t.
GROWING HOGS
For a hog to be profitable he must
>e kept growing from birth to mar
ceting age. He cannot be profitable <
inless he is healthy. He can always
x in a profit-producing condition if 1
lie Is fed. B. A. Thomas's Hog I
Powder. We positively tell you that I
Pwwder. We positively tell you i
uoves worms and cures thumps. If 1
he powder does nat make good, we s
irlll. M. A. STUBBS.?Feb. 18. i
NOTICE TO 1
Some weeks ago a
tank at the plant disa
mysterious manner wt
having to close down 1
lack of water for the t
ting the town in da
mercy of fires. At th
solutely unable to accc
disappearance of out
that timp it h-ic Koun V
WW W VAAAt V/ A. \J iiUU *V
tention that some citis
Dillon, without author
one else, opehed son
drants, which caus<
serious situation. T1
advise one and all thz
the town's regularly
who opens one of tl
this time forward wi
full extent of the law.
(Signed) Commissi
Dillon, S. C., Feby. 11
IRISH P01
acted for two cars c
till have a limited q
:oes are of the best
take to put in from <
price on potatoes th
and inspect
[ Feed and Chicken
antity of Apple
to offer.
ood quality of FEE]
half barrels and
>ds, Tobacco, Cigar*
Bags.
can give you a <
Call on me for
ivort and will thank yon for i
ry truly,
A. STUBBS
iVnolesale
bar of
Notice
dersigned
drawn
business at
1 1 II ill
1918
las no
HE PUBBH
.11 the water in^^^l^H
resultec^^^^^H^fl
ther^H^^^^H
rkness and
we
for the
bu^^^^HnH
>rought to JPPHH^B
:ens of the Town ofl^H
ity from us, or.an^B^B
le of our fire hy-B**
2d this extremely
lis, therefore, is
it any one, exceflfl^f
authorized agent^^^H
lese hydrants frcr^^Hj
11 prosecuted ' to
oners Public Works. JM
II
>{ Maine
[uantity to
vfiriAtipc QIIH vt^^H
v wa a UtlV* J
one to ten acres
e coming season^H
my line of I
r Seed Oats H
D OATS. I
kegs, Fish in RH
jttes, Wrapping |w
:.lose price qflflflfll
anything in the^HI
any business given me I 1
a.
m
Grocery I
H