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ESTABLISHED 1894. THE DILLON HERALD, DILLON,SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 13, 1920. VOL. 24. NO. 18
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('COUNTY NEWS t
AND HAPPENINGS'
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NEYVSEY LETTERS BY REGULAR1
CORRESPOX DEXTS.
News Items pf Interest to Hernld
Readers Ebb and Flow of the
Human Tide.
Sellers.
Oak Grove.
The first niiarterlv for the Browns
' ville circuit was held at Bethesda ^astj
Saturday morning. Owing to the ab-,'
sence of the presiding elder, Rev. D. J
A. Phillips, who was unexpectedly;
called to Orangeburg in connection
with the centenary evangelical work,,
the Rev. J. H. Graves of Latta oc-,
cupied the pulpit Saturday morning
and preached an able sermon. At a
stewards meeting held before the con-;
ference Saturday morning the pastor's,
Rev. C. S. Felder, salary was
increased to. eight hundred and fifty
dollars.
The presiding elder was on hand |
Sunday and at the regular preaching)
hour delivered an impressive sermon.!
Miss Clarice Fore spent the week!
end in Dillon.
Mr. L. A. Manning of Latta attended
services at Bethesda Sunday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Bethea and Mrs.)
Williams of Latta attended services
at Bethesda last Saturday and 1
dinner with Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Fore.
Mr. an(j Mrs. Kiicn 01 aeners ?tn
in this section last Sunday.
A. J. Hayes of McColl spent Sat-1
urday night and Sunday with his
father.Rev. Wilson Hayes, who con-'
tinues very ill.
Some farm work is being done dur-j
ing these fine winter days, such asj
cleaning off ditch banks, preparing,
tobacc0 beds and the like.
We trust the farmers will get to- i
gether and prepare for the boll weev- j
il.
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Minturo.
Miss Jane Evans returned to Flora !
Mac Donald College, Red Springs, N.:
C., last Tuesday where she will at- j
tend school the remainder of this1
I JCttl.
' Messrs. Dan Sinclair and Ale j
Cottingham spent Sunday in Ben-:
neltsville with relatives.
Miss Mattie Hamer spent the week
end in Clio with kin folks.
^ We had ouy regular Literary So-!
eiety last Friday and the program I
carried out very successfully.
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Jackson spen
Sunday with their son in Hebron.
Prof. M. A. Wilson began the ni'
school at Minturn School House Mon
day night.
Mrs. Elizabeth McCormac is cri
tically ill at this time.
Mr. and Mrs. D. D. McRae and
daughter ofc Minturn spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Evans.
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Lake View.
Miss Edin Kohn of Columbia has
come to Lake View to take charge!
of a night school. Miss Kohn is quite!
a talented and attractive young ladyj
and we are sure she will make a suc-j
cess of her work. (
Rev. E. T. Mason spoke to quite!
an enthusiastic crowd at Kemper;
WodnosHav nisrht on the object uf the [
night school. A sirailiar meeting was;
held Thursday night in the auditor-,
ium of the Lake View school. Those
taking part ou the program were: I
Rev. Leslie, Rev. E. T. Mason, Mrt D.
K. Ford, Miss Kohn, Mr. D. Lemer
and Mr. McCormac. One of the most]
interesting features of the program
was the talk by Mr. Lemer on "Why1
and How I Learned to Speak Eng-!
lish."
Messrs. John Rowland and James,
Hamer both of Dillon, spent a few]
hours in town Wednesday evening.
Mr. Stanley of Marion visited
friends in town Friday.
Miss Prevatt has returned after I
having spent the holidays with her
parents near Lumberton.
The Eastern Live Stock Co., of
Fairmont, N. C., have been doing ]
quite a flourishing business the past
week at the stables owned by Mr. j
R. S. Rogers.
Mr. Horey Tanner of Kemper has
taken a position in the "Peoples
Hardware. It is understood that Mr.]
Tanner will move to Lake View as
goon as a house can be procured.
Mrs. Bishop Grantham is quite sick ,
at this writing.
Mr. Tom Tanner has decided to
take up farming with his father and!
Mr. Leston Tanner has taken his
place in Mr. J. T. Hankins' store. i
Mrs. Emma Jordan spent Saturday]
and Sunday with relatives in town.
Mr. Warner McDaniel and wife and
Mr. Grimesley of near Mount Calvary
visited Mr. and Mrs. Dillon
Humphrey last week.
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Fork.
Miss Emma Carmichaol spent the
week end with relatives in Marion.
Mrs. J. C. Blake and little son of
Charlotte are visiting Mrs. J. O. Rogers.
Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Carraiehael of
Norfolk are spending some time here
with Mrs. Annie Carmichael.
Mrs. C. E. Taylor spent Thursday
in Fayetteville.
Messrs. Grady an(} Oscar Rogers of
Florence spent Sunday here at home.
Mrs. Will Gaddy of Caddys Mill
^^pent several days hist week with her
^kiughter, Mrs. K. S. Carmichael.
Miss Ellen White of Lake View
7 spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs.
f John R. Watson. i
LETS CONTRACT FOR PAVING.
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City Will Put Down About 8000
Yards of Dithulithic on Main
Street.
Mayor Hamer, acting under authority
of council, closed the contract
Tuesday for paving Main street between
First and Second Avenues. The
contract was placed with the General
Roads, Drainage and Construction
Co., ot Columbia at $3.00 per yard,
this being the l#west bid submitted
by the several bidders. The contract
calls for 8000 yards at that price and
all yardage above 8000 at the same
price. The work will begin in six
weeks, and should be completed in
about nine weeks.
The railroad authorities have
taken the position that they are not
liable under the abutting property
owner act and have refused to bear j
their part of the expense for laying
the paving. Mayor Hamer holds that J
they are just as liable under the act:
as any other individual, firm or cor-1
poration and will proceed to lay the j
paving up to and across the railroad j
tracks and levy a tax against the rail-,
road for the full amount. The posi- j
tion the Atlantic Coast Line takes in
this matter is hard to understand.!
They have promised to make improve-1
ments here from time to time, but i
the improvements have not been j
made. The railroad officials personally
promised to move the side trarks
out of the business section in order
to throw the shifting of box cars
above the oil mill and below the
freight station, but nothing has
been done, although it has been more
than three years since these promises
were made.
While the city is threshing out the
paving matter with the railroad it
should take UI? these other matters
and settle them also. The railroad |
employs two watchmen at the crossings
and the salaries of these watchmen
combined with the immense
amount of time train crews lose shifting
cars back and forth across the
main thoroughfares of the town
would go a long way toward offsetting
the cost of moving pass tracks out
of the business section.
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LOSES HEAVILY BY FIRE.
The residence of W. B. Sanders was
destroyed by fir* Monday morning.
The property which recently came
into Mr. Sanders' possession was
known as the "Stubbs house," and
was occupied by Steven Proctor last
year. For several years it was occupied
by Coroner Gasque. Mr. Sanders
purchased the residence from J. L.
Coker & Co., the first of the year and
had been occupying it only a few
days. The fire originated in the walls
near the chimney. The alarm was
given promptly, but the residence
was about a mile out of town and
the building was ablaze by the time
the fire department arrived. Mr.
Sanders paid $.2500 for the property
and had only $1500 insurance. There
was no insurance on the furniture
but the most of that was saved. The
heaviest loss was in sample jewelry
and adding machines, the loss on
these articles totaling something like
$1000. Mr. Sanders is a traveling
salesman and the jewelry and machines
were part of his traveling
equipment. Mr. Sanders took his family
back to Bennettsville Monday afternoon,
as he could not find a vacant
house in Dillon.
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BUYS HOME IN COLUMBIA.
Former Governor Manning Purchases,
Place for $:X>,000.
One of the most important residential
real estate deals in Columbia
recently took place last week when j
former Governor Richard I. Manning
purchased the home of George W. j
Waring, on the corner of Pendleton
and Pickens streets, for the sum of
$30,000, possession to be had on i
April 1. The deal was made through J
Miss Mary Bambrell Jenkins.
It is understood that Governor and:
Mrs. Manning will come here from
Sumter to live and will occupy this
residence as a permanent home.
The Waring residence is one of the
handsomest in the city, it is a large
two-story house with twelve rooms
and a sleeping porch. The lot has a
100-foot frontage on Pendleton street
by 208 feet deep.
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Pick Cotton, Bolls and AH.
By the simple process of picking.
cotton in the boll, incubating the|
crop thus gathered, and then ex-1
trading the fiber by machine, the
inventor of a new system promises
a practical metamorphosis of the
whole cotton industry. The success of
the method rests on the discovery
that cotton matures as much as
three weeks before the hull opens,
and actually deteriorates from the
time the boll first cracks. Under
the new plan, the bolls are picked,
with considerable saving of labor,
when they begin to crack. The harvest
of green bolls is then loaded
int0 a machine, incubated in steam
heated chambers, and finally opened
by simple mechanism. In 55
minutes, or less, all of th0 contained
cotton is delivered ready for the
gins. One machine unit produces
one bale an hour, requiring 20 lipto
run, 20 lb of steam, and two attendants.
Cotton so picked is declared
to be cleaner, brighter,
stronger, and longer fihered than
the staple cotton as handled at
present.?Popular Mechanics.
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Mrs. J. L. Watson spent a few
days this week in Latta with her!
brother, Mr. J. D. Coob.
LAINDRY TO OPEN* SOON.
Machinery Has Been Installed and
Power .May lie Turned on Next
Week.
Mr. S. G. Rogers, proprietor of the
Dillon Laundry, says he hopes to begin
operations next week. Mr. Rogers
has a force of mechanics at work putting
the finishing touches on the
machinery and his plans are to put
the plant in operation by the latter
part of next week at the latest. It
will take several days for the machinery
to adjust itself after it is
nut in oDeration but in a few days
after he opens up Mr. Rogers hopes
to be running at full capacity. The
Dillon Laundry is one of the completest
in the state. Its machinery is
modern in every particular and there
is no class of work it cannot handle
satisfactorily. Mr. Rogers has gone
to considerable expense and no end
of trouble to equip the plant, but he
says his reward will be a knowledge
of the fact that Dillon has one of
the completest steam laundries in the
state. Agencies will be established in
nearby towns and Mr. Rogers hopes
to arrange his prices so that he will
be able to handle the most of the
laundry for the families in Dillon.
His manager will be Mr. E. T. Dennis,
of Columbia, who has had years
of experience in the laundry business.
Mr. Dennis arrived in town several
days ago anj is engaged in getting
the machinery in running order.
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Shower for Miss Mclnnis.
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j On Tuesday afternoon, December
twenty third. Mrs. K. L. McDonald de
jlightfully entertained at a miscelleanous
shower for Miss Gertrude Mcln|nls,
who on the thirty first became
the bride of Mr. George \Vhite ol
Smithfield, N. C. The guests upon
arrival were greeted by Mrs. C. G.
Brown of Clio and Mrs. Don t McQueen
of Dunbar and escorted' into
the sitting room to greet the bride
elect and extend their best wishes foi
her happiness. They were then asked
into the reception room to registei
and write some line of advice on
"How to Manage a Husband" Deginning
with the first letter of their
name. Miss Margaret Brown of Clio
charmingly presided over the register.
The rooms were beautifully decorated
in the season's colors and foliage
holly, mistletoe and Christmas
bells and candles were dotted here
and there casting a soft glow throughout
the rooms. A delicious salad
course and coffee was served the
guests. Muc^ amusement was found
after the guests had gathered around
Miss Mclnnis in hearing the advice
read by Miss Brown.
Little Francis Carter and Malcolm
John McDonald entered dressed in
navy middy suits and escorted the
bride-elect into the reception room
to inspect the house that had been
built for her. It was found that the
doors and windows were locked but
fortunately the roof was nbt nailed
securely and upon removing it Miss
Mclnnis found a house full of beautiful
and useful gifts that will be so
nice in her new home. The gifts were
passed and admired and Miss Mclnnis
expressed her gre.'.' appreciation
of her friends' kind rememberancos
to her. During the afternoon Miss
Louise McQueen rendered several
musical selections.
About forty-fivP enjoyed Mrs. Mc[
Donald's hospitality.
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HONOR ROLL.
Floydalc Graded School?December.
First Grade ? Earl Weatherford,
Walter McDonald, J. L. Dew, Earl
Proctor, Banner Turbeville, Joe McDonald.
Second Grade ? Jobie Sessions,
Lenoard Alford.
Third Grade ? Imogene McLaurin,
Ruth Tyndal, Coryne Rogers, Madgry
Curley.
Fourth Grade ? Hazel Braswell,
Froney Jackson, Theodia Wearherford.
Fifth Grade ? Janet Stackhouse,
Mattie Mae Curley, Lola Taylor,
Ppnrl Tvndal. Eva Dillon, Tom Cot
tingham.
Sixth Grade ? John Cockfield.
Seventh Grade ? Rosolla Tucker,
Mabel Goodwin, Burke Hayes, Johnnie
Goodwin, Stonewall Jackson.
Eight Grade ? Agnes Stackhouse,
(Lafon Sessions, Inez Calhoun, Hattie
McLaurin.
ACCIDENT AT POSTOFFICE.
An automobile driven by Miss Dessie
Hayes, daughter of Mr. J. S.
Hayes of the Free State section,
smashed into the front of the postoffice
Friday, doing considerable damage.
Miss Hayes had driven the machine
up to the office and was in the
act of stopping iyhen without warning
the machine ptunged forward and
landed against one of the side panels.
The door frame was torn from its
fastening and the large glass shattered
into fragments. Miss Hayes escaped
without injury, and no damage wa?
done to thP automobile.
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LAND STILL GOES UP.
Ben Newton Place in Br'ghtsville
Sells for an Acre.
Pen Dee Advocate .
Col. Tom C. Hamer. clerk of
court, sold the Ren Newton place in
Brigh'tsviHe at auction Monday. It
was bid off by H. H. Hubbard for
$495 an acre. The place contains
175.63 acres, and amounted to $86,936.85.
The place Is ten miles
from any town and the buildings
J are practically worthless.
HANKS HAVE PROSPEROUS YEAR
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Dillon's Bunking Institutions Make
1 Fine Showing l'or Year .Just
Closed.
The banks of Dillon county have
had a prosperous year. The deposits
indicate a healthy financial condition,
for the county, and according to the
statements of the several banks at
the close of the year the per capita
wealth of the county has tnore than;
doubled. Tin. funks themselves have
made good ean ings and are in a'
healthy condition. They paid their J
stockholders good dividends, and
many of them paid a substantial bonds
to their employees. The Bsftik of!
Dillon leads in deposits, this insti-l
I tution hu'iiifc* prssed the million dol-i
i lar mark for the first tlme in its his-1
tC ry
The Bank of Dillon showed earn
ings for the year of 31 3-10 per cemi
and paid out a 20 per cent dividend.:
i Its deposits on January 2nd were $1.j
062,234.97. It has paid out in dividends
since its organization $147,(75,0.00,
or nearly twice as much as}
its capital stock. In addition to ; i
raise in salaries the officers were paid [
la substantial boi u*. The following1
I officers were re-elected: W. H. Mul-!
ler, president; Dr. Wade Stackhouse, I
I vice-president; James M. Sprunt.j
cashier; R. L. Moody and Jno. C. Be- ;
, thea, Jr., assistant cashiers, and David '
Byers and Jno. M. Sprunt, bookkep-!
: ers.
The Bank of Litile Rock showed
earnings of 22 per cent, and paid out
10 per cent, in dividends. Its depos.
its at the close of the year were
$243,000,00, a substantial increase |
over the previous year. The old offi-1
cers were re-elected as follows: T. (J j
/Sherwood, president; L. A. Manning.}
jvice-president and J. H. Meadors,
cashier.
i The Peoples Bank showed earn.
j ings of 15 1-4 per cent, and paid out
, j an 8 per cent, dividend. The salaries
\of all employees were raised and the
. leniDlovees also received a bonus. The
; deposits at the close of the year were
! $215,000.00, which is a substantial
increase over the previous year. The
. old officers were re-elected as fol.
lows: T. A. Dillon, president; V. L.
, McLean, active vice-president; F. B.
David, cashier; and T. \V. Hanier, as.
sistant cashier.
Bank of IjattA Has Prosperous Year,
j The Bank of Latta has just closed
, the most successful year by far of
^ its history, b th in profits earned and
in business done. The deposits as reported
by the-officers to the annual
(stockholders meeting were two and I
!one quarter times as much as they
, were one year before, being over
$435,000.00 on December 3ist, 1919.)
The profits for the year netted 29
per cent, of which 10 per cent was'
(paid out'in dividends, and 2 per cent
lof $700.00 was given as bonuses to|
I the employees, a resolution ?as mjeo
passed by the board of directors
expressing appreciation of the efficient
manner in which the affairs ?f
; | the bank were handled by its offi1
cers and employees during the past
"(year. Mr. D. R. Shine was added to
1 the board of directors and the same
'officers were re-elected.
I The annual meeting of the stock- i
1 holders of The Bank of Pages Mills
1 was held at its office December 30th.
1 The report of its officers showed the
year just ended to be the most prosperous
in the banks history. Deposits
were near on to $400,000.00 and
the loans and discounts slightly more
than $300,000.00.
Dividends aggregating 30 per cent,
,were paid out during the year, $7,,
500.00 was passed 1? surplus, ' $2,500.00
reserved for federal taxes due
this spring, and a $1,000.00 in round
numbers passed to undivided profits
account.
| Although there is no electric cur-;
rent in town for commercial pur-;
| poses the bank is well supplied with
electricity for running its posting
machine, adding machines, fans, I
'lights etc. A plant for heating the
building with hot water has been received
and will be installed at an
early date. |
I The stockholders of the First National
Bank held their annual meet- j
ing Tuesday and the report of Cash-1
ier Regan showed that the bank had
had a very prosperous year. After j
passing $750.00 to the surplus fund|
as required by law the bank declar-J
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It'fl a lll> IUI-IIU Ul iiu |>ci <.vx.
II bo paid out to old stockholders J
| before the bank reorganizes and in- j
creases its capital to $100,000.00.1
The new issue of $75,000.00 has been
! oversubscribed and the increase in
'capital will be made as soon as authority
is received from Washington.)
The following officers were elected:
E. T. Elliott, president; A. B. Jor-i
dan, 1st vice-president and R. S. Rogers,
2nd. vice-president. Directors: E.
T. Elliott, A. B. Jordan, J. It. Regan,
It. S. Rogers, F. L. Bethea, Jno. C.
Bethea, J. C. Adams. J. R. Regan,
cashier; P. S. Bethea, assistant cashier,
Jack Hayes and J. H. Stack house,
Jr., bookkeepers. The bank has purchased
the corner of the I Blum
store from R. S. Rogers and will
move into its new home about June
1st.
Tim stockholders of the Farmers &
Merchants Bank of Latta have not
held their annual meeting, but it is
stated that the bank has had a good
year, and begins the new year with
tbe largest deposits in its history.
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I)r. C. It. Taber is at home agaii
very much improved in health. Aft<
leaving the hospital Dr. Taber sper
several weks in the lower part of
statp hunting and taking out-donexercise
and he says he feel hette'than
he has felt in years. Dr. Taber
believes that his health is fully restored
an<j has entered actively upon
'the practice of his profession again.
BIG Ll'MUEK PLANT I'.NDfcR WAY,
Ei'Win and Leighton, Philadelphia
Contractors, Will Erect the
^ Buildings.
Work will begin next week on the
Dillon County branch of the Beaufort
County Lumber Company. The com-1
pany has acquired a site in the west-i
ern suburbs and will have connec-1;
lions with the Seaboard Air Line and'
the'Atlantic Coast Line. Gangs of,
laborers have been at work for the
past several months grading ttiej
tracks and the grading has been com-!
pleted. The laying of rail will begin;
shortly.
The contract for the erection of the)
buildings has been let to Erwin and)
Leighton( contractors of Philadelphia)
Pa., and'the work will be in charge'
of Mr. W. M. Gretzinger, a native of j
Pennsylvania, who arrived in town I
Friday. Mr. Gretzinger says he will j
employ about 40 carpenters and 40 or)
50 laborers and it will take about
six months to complete the work. He
is advertising for laborers and carpenters
in this issue of The Herald.
The plant will be in full operation
by July 1st., and will employ from
500 to 600 hands. The company will
erect its own houses.
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Mclnnis-White.
Little Rock, Jan 5?A wedding of
much interest and very beautiful in'
every detail was that of Miss Gertrude!
Mclnnis to Mr. George White, of
Smithfield, N. C., which took place at
Carolina Presbyterian church Wed- j
nesday afternoon December, 31, at
4:30 o'clock.
Th<> church was beautifully and ar-1
tisticallv decorated in bridal white1
and green. Almost a semi-circle of I
banked pines in front of which werei
eight pedestals with lattice between
twined with smilax and pink roses,
formed the altar. The pedestals were,
topped with candles which cast a soft j
glow throughout the church..
At the appointed time the ushers
entered the white aisle from the rear
t0 the altar then they ushered in the
muscians, Mrs. F. Lipscomb, Miss Ellen
White, Dillon and Mr. Willie Mc-I
Innis, brother of the bride. Miss Carmichael
played and Mr. Mclnnis sang
["Perfect Day" and "Somewhere a
Voice is Calling." Miss White sang
"I Love You Truly.'* Then Mrs. Lipscomb
took her place at the piano and
at the first strains of Lohengrin's the
bridal party began to enter. First
little Malcolm John McDonald
and' Louis Mclnnis, John D. Mclnnis
and Lera Mclnnis, the little boys
dressed in navy suits with white shoes
and ties, the littl% girls dainty in
white organdy, who opened the gates
for the bridal party, next ca?e the
ushers, Mr. Dunk Mclnnis fnd Mr.
K. L. McDonald, following came together:
Rev. C. G. Brown of Clio and I
John McSween of Rowland who took
their places at the altar. Then the;
bride, and Beaulah Easterling daint-!
ly dressed in white carrying roses. I
Then followed the bridesmaids and
groomsmen, Mr. Daniel Henderson
and Miss Eris Stanton, Mr. Baxter
Stanton and Miss Flora Carmichael of I
Hamer, Mr. Edwin Mclnnis and Mis*s
Maria in Easterling of Dillon, Mr. Lu[cian
Norton and Miss Florence White
!of Ore Hill, N. C.. The bridesmaids;
wore white georgette dresses with
| white picture hats and carried roses.
Following came the dame of honor.
Mrs. J. M. Fisher of Wilmington, N*.
C., sister of the groom in grey georgette
dress and grey hat with a touch
of rose. Then came Miss Emma Kate
Mclnnis, sister of the bride,"as maid
of honor in a girlish frock of pink
georgette and hat carrying pink roses.
Little Nancy Mclnnis and Edith
McLaurin dainty in white organdy.
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I noil Cillllp i wop |>vi?iu ...
[the path of the bride. Dainty little
Lois Ayres of Nichols entered bring
ing the ring in the heart of a rose. (
She was followed by tlie- bride on:
the arm of her father. The bride war i
never lovlier than in her wedding'
Igown of georgette and satin over
which hung her veil in graceful
folds. She carried a shower bouquet
of bride's roses. She was niet^at the I
altar by the groom and his best man
.Mr. Austin of Sinithfield, N. C. i
During the impressive ring ceremony
performed by Rev. .Mr. McSween
assisted by Rev. Mr. Brown
Mrs. Lipscomb softly rendered
" Hearts" and the bridal party left
the church to the strains of Mendelsohn's
inarch.
Immediately after the wedding a
reception for the bridal party and a
few friends was held at the home. A
delicious salad course and coffee was
served.
The bride is the eldest daughter of'
Mr. and Mrs. W. Mclnnis and is a
young woman of winning personality
and her many friends regret that her
home will now be in another state.
The groom is a progressive young I
business man of Sinithfield.
During the afternoon the bride,
donned her traveling suit of blue will !
accessories to match.
On Tuesday evening, December
HO Mrs. W. Mclnnis delightfully
tertained th0 bridal party and a fc
friends at a 6 o'clock dinner.
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There was an error in the date of,
the G. II. Russell Co's. advertisement
of th<> Roland Covington farm sale
as printed in the last issue of The
Herald. The date should have been
Thursday, January 15th instead of
Thursday, January 20th. The sale
will be held Thursday, January 15th
at 10:30 a. m., rain or shine. There
will be n brass banj and rash prizes. I
la addition to the real estate there'
will be cold .? lot or personal property
consisting of mules, wagons, corn,
fodder, hay and farming implements.
Remember the coreet date, Thursday,
January 15th.
MIGHT PASS TREATY
BY MAJORITY VOTE
IF SENATE DOES NOT ACT SOOV
THIS RECOURSE IS OPEN.
Same Tiling Was Done When Texas,
and Hawaii Were Annexed;
Expect No Trouble.
Washington, Jan. 13?Is there anyway
to solve the tangle over the
peace treaty, if the Senate continues,
to fail to act, without putting the
matter before the American people
II rtftl OMAll f*V< C Ar??
i.uiii ciiuugii gciiaiuis can ue kihcihl
who will vote for the document with,
ratifications which are acceptable t??
the President?
In a talk with Representative Henry
D. Flood, of Virginia, ranking.
Democratic member of the House com.
mittee on foreign affairs and its chairman
during the war period, the correspondent
of The News and Courier
was tokd that there is another way.,
and i very direct one, and that MrFood
himself and a number of other
members of Congress favorable
to such alternative action to cut theGordian
knot.
Mr. Flood has had the matter under
discussion with officials and with
colleagues for sometime, but has resfrained
from proceeding with the
suggestion because it has not yen.
been approved by the administration.
This is taken to mean, not that al?.
the administration officials who have
to do with the matter are opposedto
the alternative method but thac.
President Wilson has not given hfe
sanction.
Representative Flood consider^ it
entirely competent for congress, bymajority
vote, t0 pa ss a bill making
the peace treaty and the league oT
nations a statute law of the United
States. Such reservations a$ con
gress regarded as essential in the
way of interpretation could be included
in this law. Then the ma'tter would!
go straight to the President for his.
signature.
Mr. Flood was asked if there are.any
precedents for adopting treaties,
as statute laws in cases where they
failed to get through the Senate ia
their technical shape as treaties. The?
Virginian replied that there were swell
precedents, and very good ones.
First, he cited the treaty annexing:
the republic of Texas to the United
States. The Senate refused to adopt
this, and in 1845, the document war.
turned into a joint resolution an<?
was passed byvboth Houses of Congress
and signed by President Tyler.
Second, Mr. Flood, cited the lawannexing
the territory of Hawaii.
President McKinley endeavored to>
take in Hawaii by the method of a
treaty in 1898, but the approval off
the senate was not pWained, though
the treaty was never brought to ar<v
outright vote. Rather than wait longer
on the Senate or allow the Senate
to defeat the treaty, the proposition
was put into joint resolution form,
and enacted by Congress. It novr
stands as a part of the lew of the lainf
precisely as if it han been put on the.
books in treaty shape.
The parallel as to Hawaii is specially
pat, inasmuch as the McKinley administration
did not wait for the Senate
to vote the treaty down, but expedited
matters by adopting the route
of majority congressional action >;
which both Houses participated.
It has been clearly shown that s
decided majority of the Senate is if
favor of ratifying the present peace.;
treaty with reason .ale reservations.
There is no question that the sentiment
of the Senate is duplicated iri
the House, with perhaps an even larger
majority for ratification in fhelatter
body.
Mr. Flood, therefore, does nr/t
doubt that if a suitable joint resolution
making the treaty and pact a
law should be put up to Congress, it
would pass.
K. Foster Murray, in News and Courier.
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Marriage
Mr. William Hudson Fore, of Bingham,
S. C., and Miss Margaret Elizabeth
Simpson of Chester, S. C., were
married at the Methodist parsonage
on Wednesday, January 7, 1920, Dr.
Watson B. Duncan, performing theceremony.
Only a few relatives and
friends witnessed the ceremony. Mr.
Fore is a prosperous young farmer.
Miss Simpson is a popular teacher,
her school being in Dillon county.
The happy couple have the best
wishes of their many friends.
0
In'South Carolina there are over
276,000 per sons who can neither
read nor write. In Dillon county IT
per cent of its people form a part
of this 276,000. Adult school workers
find the following reasons to b?.given
usually in reply to the invitation
to attend night school: "I would
love to know how t0 read and write,
but I never had a chance, and I an.
ashamed now," or I am too old to
learn," or "I can't learn.'1 Won't yon
aid the people you come in contact
with who need a helping hand to g? *.
a new faith in themselves, to feet
that the chance is theirs now? Wherever
ther0 is special work*of this sort
in progress, use your influence to persuade
thosp who need it to attend ft'
your district is not attempting anyadult
work, teach those around yoa
yourself to at least write their names.
Duty to your felfow man, communitypride,
patriotism all appeal to you in
this issue. Make of Dillon a literate*
county. It is your duty, my duty, thv
duty of every citizen of this county,
who is fortunate enough to be ableto
do so, to answer this call.
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