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^PPPPP^PPg^gii^. n< fj -r" Watch Label on Your Paper / -f I 1^. -a A-1 2,I I v+Ayi / ?4 I ?\ The Date on thc Labcl is the aru ^"p"- Ulnp 13tU0u lifltalu. s&~PiKr * ??, ! I ESTABLISHED 1894. THE DILLON HERALD, DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNIXti, DECEMBER 18, 1919. VOL. 24. NO. 15. COUNTY NEWS AND HAPPENINGS NEWSEY LETTERS BY REGULAR CORRESPONDED TS. News Items of Interest to Herald Readers Ebb and Flow of the Human Tide. Lake View Mr. Brenneck of Walhalla, S. C.t has come to take charge of the Lake View Drug Co.'s drug store. Rev. Leslie and wife, the Methodist pastor, have arrived to take charge of their work here. Mr. Leslie succeeded Mr. Phillips the former pastor who left for his new pas-, torate last Friday. Dr. Lester has returned from Baltimore, Md., where he took Mr. Ben, Bell of Wampee, S. C., to John Hop-; kins for an examination and treatment. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Floyd, son and daughter, Mr. Fulton and Miss Af foirmnnt "V P visited V/Uliauu^ VI A M??4UVUV| W.J Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Arnette, Sunday. Mios Lester Rogers visited friends in town Sunday. ' Miss Mae Regan is improving at - , this writing. Miss Ina Bracey spent Sunday in town. Mrs. D. K. Ford and little daughter, Miriam, have returned from Rocky Mount, where they were in * the hospital for treatment. Rev. E. T. Mason was called to Bermuda Friday to preach the funeral of the infant child of Mr. Bass , who lives beyond Dillon. The entertainment given at the school Friday night was quite a success financially. The proceeds amounted to $266.00. Five boxes k were sold at fancy prices, Miss Ellen White's box bringing the most, $24.75. A cake was auctioned off for ( the prettiest girl.* Those in the race I were Miss White and Miss Lucille Powell. The cake was won by I Miss Lucille Russell, as the prettiest j girl in town, the cake bringing $188. i o Fork. Miss Meia Stubbs of Georgia spent several days last week with her cou sin, Mrs. Zaek Edwards. ' Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Dubose tlSnd , children and Miss Sue Nell Stith of Lamar, spent Saturday here with friends. Mrs. Gorce Cannichael spent last week with her mother, Mrs. Katie Roberts of Smithsboro. Mrs. W. K. Fort and L. B. Fort | spent last Tuesday in Fayetteville. Mrs. Jasper Rogers spent a few days last week with her sister, Mrs. Poindexter at Sanford, N. C. Miss Inez Hayes from near Marietta, N. C., has been visiting relatives j here. ? o Minturn. Miss Ruth Stackhouse of Dillon spent a few days with Miss Maggie Evans. Miss Charlton John spent the week end at her home in Bennettsvllle. Miss Lizzie Henegan of Minturn is spending a few days, in Rockingham. | Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Henley of Marietta spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Sam Usher. Miss Mattie Ilamer spe>tt the week end at her home in Clio Mr. Howard Johnson or Minium broke his collar bone in a foot ball tame last w?ek. o Officer Seize Booze. Chief McRae seized about 10 gal-1 Ions of cider at the home of Gilmore Norton Saturday night. The cider: was the product of dried peaches and apples and it is claimed that the alcoholic content was pretty strong. The stuff was stored 1n a, closet in one of the bedrooms. Allen I Surles plead guilty to the charge of| acting as a "go between'' in dispos-> ing of the cider and was sentenced to pay a fine of $25 or 10 days on the public works. Norton must have had some warning of the approaching raid as he escaped and has not been apprehende. Later: Norton was appre-1 hended and fined $200 by Mayor Hamer. o *rne iieraia win De puDusnea one day earlier next week and advertisers and correspondents are urged to send in copy not later than Monday morning. The office force, which has ! been very busy all the year, is en-J titled to a brief rest during the holidays and if advertisers and corres- j pondents will let us have their copy by Monday morning their kindness will be greatly appreciated. The mechanical department will be closed Wednesday and Thursday. The business office will close at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon anj re-open Friday morning. o liunser and Turner, the aviators who were here last week, returned to ' Dillon Tuesday for a short visit. They landed in T. W. Bethea's oat field and then left for Bennettsville. They were accompanied to Bennettsville by Mr. J. M. Sprunt. This is Mr. Sprunt's second trip to Bennettsville in an , airplane. i Xew Year Changes. There will be many changes in th< business life of Dillon January 1st The Dillon Cotton Mills will mov? their offices to the mills. The mil office building will be between the Dillon and Maple Mills facing Rail road avenue. The office occupied b> the mill will be taken over by Saniaha & Samaha who will op?m a gro eery store. The Messrs. Samaha art with Charlie Saleeby. Mr. J. M Sprunt has purchased the Cotting ham building next to the Peoples Dank and will move his automobile business over there. The Pee Det Grocery, owned by Mr. Rex Medlin will occupy the Richbourg store out door east from the corner, Mr. Med lin having purchased this property Jas. D. Hargrove has purchased W E. Hall's interest in the Hargrove Hall Co., and will conduct the busi ness in the name of J. D. Hargrove McLaurin & Thompson will movt across the street into the large brich building formerly occupied by tht Seaboard Air Line as a fi eight sta tion. Jack Hayes, who has been witl: the McLaurin Drug Co.. goes witt the First National Bank. There maj be other changes in the business life *be town, but these are al The Herald knows of at this time. o Big Heal Estate Deal. The largest deal in the history ol Dillon real estate was closed last wee! when R. S. Rogers purchased the I Blum property at the corner of Mail street and Railroad avenue. The con sideration was $30,000.00. The prop ertv has a frontage of 60 feet on Rail road avenue and a depth of 100 feel on Main street. The main building has been occupied by the I. Bluir Company for the past ten years. Th< small store building on Railroad ave nue is occupied by the First Nationa Bank. The brick building in the real * i?mjj ? ? u.. u ~ t Oi me Duuuing ocvupicu ix?> me x Blum Co. was purchased by the Firsi National Bank several months age and it is understood that tne Firsi National Bank has traded Mr. Rogers this building for the corner store occupied by the I. Blum Co., and wil move into its own building in the next few months. The building wil be improved and fitted up for a ban! building. o Dillon's State Tax. Dillon county will pay $50,322.21 into the state treasury this year as its pro rata share of the state tax- The total taxable property in the county including both real and personal, is $5,591,357.00. Charleston makes the highest return in the state, with tot al taxable property at $34,408,150. 00, and Spartanburg comes seconc with $28,347,896.00. The lowest as sessment comes from Allendale, the baby county, which returns property to the value of $2,886,109.00. Char leston will pay into the state treas urv $309,675.35. o Sam Blackwell Goes to Maxton. Mr. Sam Blackwell, for many years connected with the Palmetto Hard ware Company, has sold his interesi in the business and will leave th< first of the year for Maxton, N. C. where he will open a hardware store The name of the new business wil be the Maxton Hardware Co. Mr Blackwell came to Dillon from Dar lington and during his long residenct here has made many warm friends who will regret to see him leave. H? is one of the best hardware men ir ~ r j u.'f tills bCtUUli ui LI1C StctlU ctliu til it L 111: new business venture will be a sue cess goes without saying. He carries with him the best wishes of man) friends. o .Vice Ix>t of Hogs. Mr. L. C. Braddy tells a Heralc Herald representative that he stop ped at Mr. H. M. Rogers' place a few days ago and saw one of the pretties! sights he ever saw in Dillon county He said Mr. Rogers was killing hogs and there were 19 fat porkers dress ed and hanging up which would av erage from 350 to 500 pounds each They were of the Poland China and Berkshire cross and many of then: were not more than a year old. Mr Braddy says that in all his life on tht farm and among farmers he nevei saw a priettier sight. o DEATH OF i>. T. Hl'<i(iI\S. Mull ins Enterprise. Mr. D. T. Huggins, age 73. die* at his home near Nichols Monday morning at four ojclock, following ar illness which lasted about one yec Funeral services were held from th< residence three miles north of Nicb ols Tuesday morning at elevet o'clock, conducted by his pastor, Rev \\\ R. Phillips. Mr. Huggins was i life long member of Nichols Metho dist church and was generally re carded as a consecrated christian b\ all who knew him. He is survived bj his wife, who was Miss Sallie E Johnson, before marriage and sever children: Mrs. A. H. Baiden and Mrs. G. D. Anderson, both of George town, Mrs. D. M. I very, of Charlotte Mis? Geneive Huggins, of Dillon, H J. Huggins, of Florence and J. T and D. T. Huggins of Marion county. IN HONOR OF BRIDK-ELKCT. j .Mrs. Walker Floyd and .Mrs. Ci. J>. o.utnu Entertain lor Miss RuUi Stacklioiise. 1 .Mrs. Walker Floyd gave an "an} nouncement party" Thursday r.l'ier noon, in honor of Miss lluth Stack' house whose marriage to Phillip - Bruce Sellers of Birmingham, Ala., -; will take place December 23. The house was decorated in po. plants and yellow chrysanthemums, . the daylight was shut out and candles . shed a soft light throughout the re' ception rooms. i Assisting the hostess in receiving and en^rtaining were Miss Sallie Duibois, Mrs. P. B. Sellers, Mrs. Paul D. Deaton, Mrs. T. B. Dubose, Mrs. John Hargrove, Mrs. L. Cottingham and Mrs. B. A. Bedenbaugh. After all the guests had arrived lit tie Misses Sue Herring and Martha Stackhouse entered 'carrying a bag !out of which jumped a large whit cat with the following telegram tied .around its neck: "Ruth and Bruce are [soon to be married. They both decid ed too long they'd tarried. The ca' in the bag lets out the word. Th 1 'date they've chosen, the twenty1 third." *; Telegram blanks were then passed '! around and each guest was asked tc I write a telegram, using only the lei ters contained in the names of t bride and the bridegroom-elect. These I were read by Mrs. L. Cottingham and the prize for the shortest telegram | was awarded to Miss Nell Carmichael, ' who gracefully presented it to : guest of honor. Block cream and dainty heart-shaped cakes in pink and green were served, followed by coffee and mints. Mrs. G. D. Barlow entertained at a lovely reception Wednesday afternoon in honor of Miss Ruth Stackhouse. Receiving with the hostess were the guest of honor, Mrs. Wade Stackhouse and -Mrs. P. B. Sellers. Others assisted were Mesdames W. C. Moore, W. J. Adams, john Hargrove, J. P Gibson, L. Cottingham, W. E. Cald|Well Walker Floyd. neiresnniems were serveu m in t dining room by Misses Martha Stacl ) house, Sarah Hargrove, Evelyn Cald t well and Lila Johnson. ; Misses Eula Braddy and Jane Gi! . son poured coffee at a prettily apI'pointed table in the rear of the hub J Miss Sarah Bethea pinned a bunch I of mistleto^ tied with white ribbon Jon each guest after which refreshL ments were served. Misses Mary Be|thea and Beulah Braddy presided at the Edison an^ furnished music throughout the afternoon. u ! Mrs. Barlow Entertains in Honor oi 5 Miss Ruth StackJiouse. J One of the most beautiful recep,: tions of the season was that given by J Mrs. G. D. Barlow Wednesday after> noon, December 10. The guests were welcomed into the . reception hall by Mrs. John Hargrove j and Mrs. W. C. Moore and invited inJ to the parlor, where they were mei J by Mrs. W. J. Adams. 'I in the receiving line wun .nrs. uar. T low were Mrs. Wade Stackhouse, Miss " Ruth Stackhouse, Mrs. P. B. Sellers, 'and Miss Mildred Sellers. ' Presiding in the 'dining room, jwhich was lovely in its decorations of 'green and white, were Mrs. J. B. Gibson and Mrs. L. Cottingham. A . delicious sweet course was served by Mrs. W. E. Caldwell and Mrs. Walker Floyd, assisted by Misses Martha t Stackhouse, Sarah Hargrove, Evlin ; Caldwell and Lila Johnson. Coffee was served in the living . room by Misses Jane Gibson and Eu1 la Braddy. . j Music from the Edison was furnish. ed by Misses Mary Bethea and Beu; lah Braddv. Mrs. Frank Thompson ' gave a few fine selections 011 the I piano. ; As the guests were leaving Miss J Sara Bethea presented them with ' appropriate favors. " 1 A - vy Mrs. Hargrove Entertains. Mrs. John Hargrove entertained Saturday afternoon at a lovely reception in honor of Mrs. Earle Bethea, 'a recent bride. Handsome ferns and bowls of fragI Irant narcissi added to the beauty and . freshness of the spacious reception r rooms. I In the dining room pink and white .'carnations were used, the round ta5j ble being especially attractive with a -1 large cut glass vase of carnations on jits handsome cluny lace cover. i Receiving at the door were Mrs. Jas. Hargrove and Mrs. J. A. Moore. 1 Mrs. L. Cottingham introduced the [ guests to the receiving line which '. stood in the library and included Mrs. , M. J. Hargrove, Mrs. John Hargrove, iMrs. J. Earle Bethea, Mrs. Georgia Bethea, Mrs. W. C. Moore, Mrs. W. Thad Bethea and Mrs. Neil Smith of Rowland, N. C. Assisting in the hall' were Mrs. N. B. Hargrove, Mrs. Wade Stackhouse, Mrs. G. D. Barlow and Mrs. ' ,R. P. Howe. In the dining room the guests were served a delicious salad course of coffee and mints by Misses ( Surah Hargrove, Mary and Evelyn Edwards. t Others in charge were Mrs. W. J. - Adams, Mrs. D. M. Michaux, Mrs. Walker Floyd and Miss Margaret Smith. Attractive favors appropriate to the season were given to each guest | by Mrs. M. F. Edwards. Mrs. J. j Frank Thompson an,i Miss Adele Critz added much to the pleasure of jthe occasion by their delightful ,j piano music throughout the afternoon. i THREE MEN DEAD AT ST. STEPHEN T\v0 Women Wounded in Serio Shooting Affair. Kingstree, Dec. 15?A shootii affair, in which three men were ki ed and two women wounded occi red at St. Stephens shortly after o'clock last night. The facts in t case as reported here are to the < feet that Dr. Pratt, upon retnrni: home from preaching, found Jo! Cotton at his house. Dr. Pratt, having warned Cottc jit is alleged, to stay away from 1 .house; shot at Cotton and then we to his room upstairs. John Be brother of the young woman Cott was calling on, heard the exeiteme 111 me pstriui aim Ccinig uuwusiai Upon opening the parlor door Cottc the report states, thinking it was I Pratt, fired at Bell, the ball enteri the heart and killing him instant Dr. Pratt then returned to t scene of the shooting, it is stated a again fired at Cotton, niorta | wounding him, but before Cotton di ! he fired four shots at Dr. Pratt, w fell dead in the hallway. Miss B was wounded in the arm and h mother received a slight wound the shoulder. . Dr. Pratt is a native of this stt and came to Williamsburg cour soon after his graduation in medici locating in the Nesmith neighborho ,where he built up an extensive pn i tice. About five years ago he marri Miss Katherine Bell and'for sevei i years thereafter they made th< i home in his old home communi He then returned to St. Stephens a lived with his brother-in-law, Jo .1 Bell, and the latter's mother and s jter. Young Cotton was a son of Cc ductor J. W. Cotton, of the Atlan | Coast Line Railroad. John Bell a j Cotton are said to have been go friends. * 0 Red Cross Christmas Seal Campnig The Red Cross Christmas S( Campaign has been extended to t 20th and it is hoped by that tii that all reports will be in. Will i Dillon County District Chairmen tu . in their funds by that time so tti Mrs. Cottingham, County Chairnu can send in a good report. The t , lowing District Chairmen have l ported and turned in their funds: No. 4. Mrs. Lacy Corbett, Little ; Rock, ?$20. No. 2. Mrs. K. L. McDonanld 5. . No. 6. Miss Maggie Evans 10. No. 10. Miss Sallie Rogers 5. No. 11. Miss Julia Alford 25. No. 12. Miss Flora Hamer 22. No. 13. Mrs. J. C. Adams 10. No. 17. Miss Grace Hoffman 2. No. 18. Miss Annie Berry 5. Sell and buy seals for better heal in Dillon county. 75 per cent | money raised is spent locally f public health work. You are helpi yourself and your community wh you buy Red Cross Christmas Sea Additional list of business firms men in Dillon who purchased $5. Health Bonds: Bethea - Carmichael Co., W. Brick, T. B. Thompson, Williai jFurniture Co., Dillon Market, Dill Pharmacy, I. Blum Co.t Saleeby Ca idy Kitchen, Rogers Garage, Dill Cotton Mills, Gibson & Muller. o Citizens to Confer With Delegate Every citizen of the county w feels an interest in the c ounty's ? fairs is requested to meet with t county delegation at the court hou on Wednesday, December 31st, 111 o'clock. The purpose of the nie< jing is t0 discuss the county's affai and decide upon some definite ai business-like plan of working t county's highways. The public roa of the county are in a deplorat condition. It is said that Dillon h the worst public roads in the stai Several plans for carrying on t road work have been adopted in t ipast, but they have not given sat j faction. The county delegation wan j tne advice ana cooperation or t citizens in settling the road-worki: [problem. They see the need of n< [legislation in adopting a better sj item, but they believe they can g better results if the citizens will a | vise with them at the meeting call for December 31st. There are oth matters which the delegates wish | to take up with the citizens and the matters will be discussed at the me< ing. Every man who feels an intert in the proper administration of 1 county's affairs should lay aside 1 duties for this day and attend t meeting. The meeting will bo held the court house at 11 o'clock, We nesday, December 31st. o Many Dogs in Dillon. According to the returns mad. to t Comptroller General Dillon conn has 1,288 dogs. Darlington is the o ly county in the state that reports i dogs. The return shows also that D Ion has 2,162 cattle, 6,410 hogs ai 816 automobiles. Spartanburg lea in the number of automobiles, ha ing 3,271, and also the largest nut ber of cattle. Horry lends the state the number of hogs, the retur [showing 24,038. I i ft .May Buy Airplane. IS.; Messrs. I. T. Wood and James M Spruni are thinking seriously of buy ltig an airplane for commercial setvice. They are investigating the different makes of planes and expecl to purchase-a modern machine in thv 11- near future. The plane will be usv ir- for carrying passengers 011 quid 9 trips to cities and towns in the twc he Carolinas. The greatest obstacle it i(- the way, says Mr. Sprunt, is a land i,g ing field. Land around Dillon is ver: high and it is hard to obtain at i reasonable price a piece of land tn: ; could be used for a field. Anothe; 1' item of expense that will run th< 113'cost of the enterprise up pretty hig' nt is a hanger in which to house th'11. i plane. The machine must be protect onjed from the element and it will -nt | necessary to have a large house i' rs. which to keep it. These anatters an >n,!now under consideration and if t; )r I landing field can be obtained at ngi reasonable price Messrs. Sprunt am ly I Wood will purchase the machine. he 1 0 . 1 Services at the Methodist Church nd | ''y I Main street Methodist church, Dr ed Watson B. Duncan, pastor, Sunda; ho [school at 10 a. m.t Mr. W. H. Muller ell ] superintendent. Preaching at 11 a. m ier ]and 7 p. m. by the pastor. Mornini in subject: "The First Christmas Song.' j Evening Subject: "A Message fron lte Heaven." A church conference will bi [tv held after the morning service. Pray 1 er service on Wednesday at 7 p. m n(: Choir practice. Teachers' meeting oi Saturday at 4 p. ra. Public cordiall; IC" invited to all services. ed o : ral HOTEL BRIXGS BIG PBICE. sir ty. Florence Times: nd; The largest real estate deal in cit] hn business property ever recorded ii is- Florence was consumated today whei in- Mr. Sanborn Chase purchased th< tic Central Hotel, the consideration be nd ing $109,000. od Messrs. R. M. McCown, M. Ryat McCowan and P. J. Maxwell, fron whom the property was purchase! r? are arranging to make delivery of t.h< property by the first of the year. When asked about his plans toda; ;al Mr. Chase stated that at presen they were undetermined but that h( n? might have some announcement o a" interest to make later. rr' | The deal has created a great dea iat of interest in business circles. Somi l"' time in July the Messrs. McCowai ol" and P- J- Maxwell bought the Cen re"(tral Hotel property from J. W. Ive: for $90,000. In Mr. Chase's purchasi 1 is included the property in the rea of the building also, running clea through from Evans to Front street The deal made to him provides fo ^ a frontage of 128 1-2' feet and i depth of 550 feet. 00 | Q 00 SUES CEMETERY FOR $.'>0,000 00 FOR LOSS OF WIFE'S ROD! 00 th An action for $50,000 damages sayi of the New York Herald was brough or yesterday against the trustees of St ng Raymond's Cemetery, the Bronx, b; en Charles Seigrist, of No. 920 Fores Is. avenue, wh0 says the cemetery los or the body of his wife. qq Mr. Siegrist, through his attorneys Hull and Eberhardt, alleges that oi October 18, 1918, he entered into ai agreement with the cemetery author ns ities to bury his wife in a specifiet on grave for $50. When the funeral cor n" tege arrived at the cemetery the grav< on was not ready and the body wai placed in the receiving vault. Th< I plaintiff alleges that th body wai taken from the vault and lost. H? ' * says he made many inquiries regard ing the whereabouts of his wife': 110 body, but received no satisfactory in formation, he By virtue of these facts," says th< se complaint, "he has suffered grea at pain because of the great love ant ?t- respect which he had for his wife dur irs ing her lifetime and which he ha: n(j for her memory now.'' he ! 0 * SAYS SUGAR DEARTH IS HEALTH BENEFIT >le as Ohio Physician Asserts Hospital: Show Decrease During Shorthe I age. he | 's*' Contrary to the general opinion th< 'ts shortage in sugar anj the resultinj he "rationing" of this commodity is de nglclared really desirable and most ben ;w!eficial to the public health says tht rg. jNew York Herald. According to Dr -et George Keifer Brelsford of Dayton jj. jOhio, who was at the MoAlpin liote e(j yesterday, the percentage of illness it . families, particularly where there art babies, has fallen off since the pres es ent ban on unrestricted use of sugar se|as it has done in each case whet ^the government has ordered that sug stiar be curtailed in the homes and it lis .ill eating places. 'is j "it is highly gratifying." ho said he "t0 find, as I have found in my twc at months' tour of the East, that in th< .(I- larger hospitals every time there is ; sugar curtailment, there are fewei patients admitted each day, particu larly in the baby wards. "Tliis would substantiate the state ments of our physiology text hooks h" and of all doctors that sugar in tor ty large quantities does great harm." n- o no BLUM-FASS il-| Mrs. Kittie Blum an(i Mr. David H id Fass were quietly married at the home dsiof the bride's parents in Baltimore ,v-1 last Sunday. Until a few months age n-|Mrs. Blum resided in Dillon. Mr. and in Mrs. Fass arrived in Dillon Tuesdaj ns j morning and are stopping at the j Dillon Hotel. PROHIBITION STANDS SAYS II. 5. COURTS I SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS PROc HI1UTION LAW. ) ' Nation Will Experience a Dry Chris tir mas Unless the President * Intervenes. i r e Washington, Dec. 15?There will be no wild men, women or bells this : Christmas. If there are, it will be - because the president is willing there shall be. The same applies to New Year's and other festivities where e "Tom and Jerry" and other bibulous concoctiqns have usually lent the ' j proper degree of cheer t0 the occasion For "Tom and Jerry" those inseparable twins of the cups who have . become as indigenous to the American celebration of Christmas as Santa . Clau and Dickens' Christmas carol. y are no mare. They passed away to. day with their doughty old parent, John Barleycorn, over whom final \ i obsequies were read when the su\ prfcsme court read its decision de * [daring the war-time prohibition bill ^ constitutional. Besides affirming the legally of the ^ wartime measure, the court definitek. ly fixed the responsibility for declaring demobilization of the country's 'military forces complete and (he war at an end, which congress and the ; White House have been shuttling ^ack and forth since the law became 7 effective. The decision puts it square1 ly up to the president vindicating i'congress completely, e | Left to President. -j The decision of the court means that the president has the exclusive powljer to grant a reprieve t0 liquor bei fore the national prohibition amendIjment becomes effective January 16. J A presidential proclamation declaring: Immobilization complete is all that r i is necessary, the court declares, alt though it questions whether the pres- , s i ident would be warranted technicalf ly in taking such action, the court making the point that demobiliza1 tion has not been effected. The ane nual report of the secretary of war, i which shows that demoblization is -1still in process, was cited to prove this H contention. s' Decision Against Ky. Court. r1 The court did not hand down a r decision on the case effecting the con. stitutionality of the legislation adoptr'ed for the enforcement of the warijtime act, nor on those questions the right of congress to declare a beverage containing 2.75 per cent of alcohol intoxicating. The court is expectf | ed t0 pass on the beer cases in its decisions next Monday but no opinio ion on the enforcement legislation is expected until January after the hol' iday recess. By this time, the dry , forces are confident that national pro, hibition will have hecomp effective unless the president intervenes. The last they regard a a a remote i possibility. The supreme courts del cision was based on the appeals filed - by the Internal Revenue CommissionI er of Kentucky against the decision "'of the district court of Kentucky in " declaring thP wartime bill unconstitutional in the government's case against the Kentucky Distilleries and J,;Warehouse company and that of the . New York firm of Drvfos, Blum and company. o Conviction Under School Law. tj II The first case in Lafta to be han idled under the compulsory school attendance law was tried today in Magistrate Allen's court. The defendant ; in the case was Emanuel Johnson, residing just outside of Latta. The warrant was sworn out on the evidence of s Mrs. A. K. Bransford, school attendance officer, of Dillon county, and R. T. Fairey, Superintendent of the Latl ta Public Schools. The child in the ? case, Carl Johnson, 13 year old son ; |of the defendant, failed to appear at - school on December 8th, and the au~ - thorities were legally bound to take ; action in the case. Mr. Johnson had , been notified of the operation of the : law the preceeding week. The evidence of the defendant made ' it appear that he had done all in his po?.er to see that the yu; attended school. The case was helr^plcn, pending the action of Mr. jVnnson fit - compelling nis ooy to attend scnool i hereafter. Any failure on his part to do this will continue the case, atid I the full penalty of the law will be ' applied. It is to be regretted that the first case of this kind had to occur in 1 Latta, but it shows that the spirit of thp must he upheld and all violators will be rigidlv dealt with. i ;0 AWOl'Xt'FJIEXT Appreciating the faithful service and wishing to endorse the business like and efficient administration of thp present town of Latta officials. I 4 wish to nominate Hon. T. W. Berry , for mayor and Hons. C. J. Allen, G. [ J. Bethea, S. J. Edwards, W. L. Gad dy, J. A. B. LeGette and L. L. Wat?,son for alderman of Latta. S. C. '12 18 CITIZEN. i I V w ?. -41