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ESTABLISHED 1804. THE DILLON HERALD, DILLON SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 24, 1920. VOL 26 NO. 42 - J
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COUNTY NEWS
AND HAPPENINGS
N/. NEWSY LKITERS BY REGULAR
NTO CORRESPOXDEXTS.
News Items of Interest to Herak]
Readers Ebb and Flow of the
Human Tide.
LATTA
v The people of Latta are glad to
have Mi. P. C. Dew with his white
. apron and genial smile resume his
.place at his old stand and the rush
. of orders he is receiving goes to show
* *% ?aloo- nn.tn.
mat me reuycmug ui ma wv?u >
'.date market is appreciated.
Mrs. Annie Cottiugham and daughter
Mary spent Thursday with Mrs.
iO. J. Fenegan.
rv Mrs. Florence Godbold visited rel^
\tives here last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Allen have returned
from Allendale where they
Jxave been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Judson
Allen. % '
< Mrs. D. B. Shine is in Wilmington
.having her bajby treated by Dr. Sidherry,
baby specialist.
Miss Sallie Kate Mims 5s in a hospital
in Charleston for treatment.
Mrs. Troy Autry of Dunbar was in
town Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Graves spent
last week at Branchville where they
went to be present at the marriage
of Mrs. Graves' sister.
Mrs. Letha Low of Timmonsville
spent the week end/with Mr. and Mrs.
David Manship.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson Bethea of
Goldshoro are visiting relatives in
town. /
Miss Kittie Allen has returned from
Allendale where she has been visiting
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Manship' left
* - - - - * Dlvnr
Sunday ior a siay ul rv.ui_a.cji
Springs.
Mr. Dewey Freeman returned to the
Florence hospital Saturday after
'spending a few days here with his pa,
rents, Mr. and Mrs. John Freeman.
Mr. Ihedford Brown who has been
in school in Atlanta is at home for
vacation.
Miss Mary Woodier and her mother
of Clio were the guests of Miss
Mae Belle Farham last week.
Mrs. H. A. Bethea is in Henderson,
N. C. visiting her brother.
Miss Virginia Eddy of Stanton, Va.
*' - is the guest tof Mr. and Mrs. W. D.
A Bethea.
Mrs. John Holland of Fayette, Mo.
is visiting her daughter, Mre. L. A.
Manning. ' *
Mr. W. W. Braddy and family left
last week for Henderson, N. C., where
r*h?y_Fill spend the summer.
Mrs. Rachel Davis of Clinton is
visiting relatives here.
Mrs. Nathan Bethea of Wilmington,
N. C., is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
I^ethea.
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DILLON COUNTY ORGANIZES.
Following a call from County
Chairman L. Cottlngham of the South
Carolina Development Board a number
of representative citizens from various
sections of the county met in
the Commissioner's room at the court
house Tuesday morning and organized
for. the purpose of carrying on
the membership campaign in the
county. Short talks were made by A.
B. Jordan, D. W. Chase, of Darlington,
who has charge of the work
in this district, and Chairman Cottingham,
all of whom explained the
purpose of the Development Board
Dillon's quota is $9,000.00 which is to
be paid in three annual installments.
The county has been divided into
school districts and a membership
^ campaign will be launched at once.
Mk The South Carolina Development
P Board has undertaken a great work
v ?that of developing the natural resources
of the state ^pd establishing
markets and systematizing the sale
of farm products?and if it succeeds
In carrying out its plans millions of
* dollars will be added to the wealth of
* thd state.
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Concerning the Furman Quartette.
The Furman Quartette is composed
of Messrs. B. M. Moore, first tenor;
J. B. McCravy, second tenor; C.
L. League, baritone and F. L. Jones,
basso. The story of this quartette is
the meeting of four real musicians.
Their work both vocal and' instrumental
is of a high order. Mr. Donald
H. McGibeny. lecturer Redpath
Chautauqua de Luxe, says, "from an
experience of several years' Chautauqua
and Lyceum work I am happy to
state that from the standpoint of expression,
tone and harmony it is one
of the best quartettes 1 have ever
heard.1' The Edgefield Chronicle has
this to say, "the greatest musical and
onWatninc trMt that Edeefield has
enjoyed in many moons was the Furroan
Quartette. The pianist is a second
Paderewski and the violinist can
be compared with great artists. "Mr
W. M. Blackburn is the manager and
is also an entertainer and impersonator
and assists the quartette. Thi?
/quartette is scheduled to give an entertainment
in the auditorium of the
Dillon High School on Thursday evening,
July 1st. A musical treat is
in store for those who come.
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In removing old paper from the
walls of a room easily, brush hot wa
ter on it with a whitewash brush. This
will not hurt the plaster and the pa
per can be removed very easily.
To dry a washed sweater so that i
will not stretch a particle, neithe
grow musty as it dries, swing it fron
tho clothes line in a hammock mad*
of white mosquito netting.
COOPER HAS NO OPPOSITION.
i Campaign for State Officers Opened
at Columbia Tuesday and for
Senate and Congress at
Sumter Tuesday.
Columbia, June 21.?When the list
. of entries into the Democratic primaries
closed today at noon, there was
opposition for only three State offices
for the United States Senate, in
lour districts for Congres.i hnd five
circuits for solicitor.
From the present otftlook, the
forthcoming campaign which opens at
Sumter tomorrow for the United
States Senate and at Columbia for
State offices, will be unprecedentedly
Quiet. The people are not thinking
I about politics, particularly as there
are very few, pronounced issues.
| The most interesting race will be
[for the United States Senate: E. D.
Smith, of Lynchburg, incumbent, is
| being opposed by Qeorge Warren, of
j Hampton solicitor of the . Fourteenth
I 1 Willlom V> Pnllnnlf I
ijuuivmi vavuil, TI nimw A. ?. W*<vv?,
of Cheraw, former United States Senator
and William C. Irby, of Laurens,
i for ten years a member of th? House
j of Representatives and candidate in
1914 for governor.
Governor Cooper is without opposition,
as is W. Banks Dove, of Columbia,
Secretary of State} Samuel
|M. Wolfe, of Anderson, attorney general;
S. T. Carter, of Columbia, State
itreasuier; John E. Swearingen.'of Columbia,
State Superintendent of Education
and B. Harris, of Pendenton,
I commissioner of agriculture, corajmerce
and industries.
Duncan Enters Politics.
The most remarkable entrant into
;the State political arena, is Walter E. i
! Duncan, of Aiken, a widely known
South Carolina r^ewspaper man, who
I will be unopposed for comptroller
general. Some days ago, the incumbent,
Rut. L. Osborne, of Anderson,
resigned for July 1, and declared he
would not offer for reelection. Governor
Cooper appointed Wilbur V.
Sutherland, of Columbia, chief clerk
;fo the department for the unexpired
term. John I. Rice, of Columbia sec ;
retary of the State tax commission,1
[then announced. A few days later Mr. J
1 Duncan, whose only experience in j
State politics was the executive secretaryship
during the administration !
of former Governor Richard I. Man-1
ning entered the race. Mr. Rice withdrew,
and no one else has offered.
; This is the first time in many years
that a new man has offered for political
preferment without being opposed.
I The incumbent, Junius T. Liles, of
Orangeburg, is not offering for reelecition
as Lieutenant Governor, and Octavus
Cohen, a lawyer of Charleston;
Wilson G. Harvey, financier of Charleston
and Oscar K. Mauldin, of
Greenville, are in the race.
W. W. Moore, of Barnwell, adju-1
tant general, for the past ten years
is being opposed by Col. Atticus' H.
Marchant, of Orangeburg, a veteran
of the world war. f
Smith Against sneaiy,
Frank W. Shealy. of Lexington,
chairman of the State Railroad Commission
is being opposed by D. L.
Smith of Walterboro; D. N. McCaskillj
of Camden and R. L. Moss of Colum-i
bia.
For Congress: James F. Byrnes of!
Aiken, representative from the sec-,
ond district; W..F. Stevens, of Cheraw,
from the fifth district and Philip
H. Stoll, from* the sixth district,
are without opposition. Congressman
Richard S. Whaley. of Charleston, i
first district, is opposed by W. Turher,
Logan, a lawyer of Charleston; Con-!
gressman Fred H. Dominick of New-j
berry, third district, by W. W. Brad-;
ley, of Abbeville, auditor for the
State Bank examiner department; J
;and E. C, Mann, of Orangeburg, sev-,
enth district, by H. P. Fulmer, of I
iT r-mcxr hanker and leaisla- !
(J1 n a J _ iai uiv., _
tor. Samuel M. Nichols, of Spartanburg,
announced some time ago that;
ibe would not again offer for Con-,
gress from the fourth district, and
J. J. McSwain of Greenville, a lawyer;
David H. Traxler, of Greenville,
,a real estate man A. E. Hill, of;
Spartanburg, a lawyer and Jack H.
Wilson, of Spartanburg, a labor un-l
ion man have filed their pledges
from that district.
For solicitor, A. J. Hydrick, of
Orangeburg, first circuit; R. L. Gunter,
of Aiken, second circuit; J. Monroe
Spears of Darlington, fourth cir-|
cuit; J. K. Henry, of Chester, for the
Bixth circuit; I. C. Blackwood, of
Spartanburg for seventh circuit and
Thomas P. Stoney, of Charleston, for
ninth circuit, are without opposition.
H. S. Blackwell, of Laurens for the
eighth circuit, is opposed by T.
, Frank McCord, of Greenwood, and J.
Howard Moore, of Abbeville; Kurtz
A for teiTth
I f. Dili It 11, auuv*ovU| ?- ? -
circuit, by Leon L. Rice and Leon W.
, Harris of Anderson.
.1 Timmerman Retires.
George Bell Timmerman of Lex;
ington, is not in the race for reelection
from the eleventh circuit, and T.
i C. Callison of Lexington and S. Mu.
zon Smith, of Edgefield, are offerj
ing. J. Robert Martin, of Greenville,
. has not offered for re-election from
; the thirteenth district and John M.
. Daniel, J. G. Leathrwood, A. C. Mann
5 David W. Smoak W. E. Bowen and
C. G. Wyche, all of Greenville, are
in the race to succeed him.
George Warren, in the race for the
. United States Senate leaves the so3
licitorship of the fourteenth circuit
_ open and R. M. Jefferies, of Walerboro;
Randolph Murdough, of Hampton
and Heber R. Padgett of WalI
terboro, are in the race for the office.
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i Prevent bed springs from becoming
e rusty and marring the sheets by applying
a coat of aluminum paint.
DILLON MEN HAVE
I STRANGE EXPERIENCE.;
Lose Each Other While Driving Out 1
| of Detroit and Arrive Home a
Few Hours Apart.
An interesting story is being tofd \
on two well-known Dillon men who ,
went out to-Detroit to drive auto- (
mobiles homfe and got lost from each 1
other before they left the city. The .
stiange part of it is they must have i
kept pretty close to each other all the ]
way down as they arrived home only <
a few hours apart. i]
Detroit is a bone dry town and (
even if it yere not, neither of the'i
gentlemen Indulges in th0 "oil of J j
jov'? and they cannot therefore be (
accused of having tamperd with the'i
stuff that confuses men's minds and (
leads them astray. j
As the story goes the two gentle- f
men whose names are withheld for i
obvious reasons were leaving the j
great western city wheh the one in
I the rear car got into an argument ]
with a cop in a traffic jam. The one ,
in front went "on a few paces ahead ,
and stopped his car to wait for his ]
companion, but traffic was piling up ,
all around him and he had to move, i \
He looked back and saw his companion
turn into a side street and he j
went in that direction for th? pur- ,
pose of cutting him off and getting i
together. But he never saw his
friend. He did not even see an auto- ^
mobile that resembled the car his j
companion was driving. He drove out .
from-Detroit about 40 miles where he
waited by the side of the road for several
hours, but as his companion fail- .
od to show up he drove back to the
city and made diligent enquiry for :
him at various places without pick- j
l*\nr nr> olicrVltoct trQf?P nf Him " '
lug Up VliV Ollguvvuv v*v?vv Vk
He turned his face homeward and '
drove to a city some 60 miles out of ^
Detroit where he put up for the night <
and then made .enquiry at all the '
hotels for his companion. His search
was unsuccessful and the next morn- i
ing he opened the throttle wide and 1
drove rapidly in the hope of catching '
up with him, but automobile after au- i
tomobile and city after city were pass- i
ed and still there was no trace of his <
friend. Well to make a long story 1
shorf he drove into Dillon all alone, <
reaching here about three o'clock in i
the afternoon, and the next morning 1
at one o'clock his lost bompcrtiion ar- ]
rived, tired, travel-stained and weary. '
Poth followed practically the same j
route all the way from Detroit and ]
stopped over-night in the same cities, j
all of which goes to show how small <
and yet how large the world is. j
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D. C-. McMillan Passes Away. 1
A gloom was cast over this town
and community Sunday, June the i
31st when the sad news reached here
that our friend and fellow townsmen
Mr. D. A. McMillan had passed away
in Sumter, S. C., on Saturday night,
where he had gone just a few days
prior for treatment. All that loving \
hands and skilled physicians could do
was done, but all to no avail. De- '
ceased had been a resident of Lake1.
View six years. He had, served asr
mayor and held a responsible position
with the R. and C. railroad here,
which post he resigned only a few '
days before the death angel claimed 1
him. As mayor and agent he filled
both places efficiently and that he
was esteemed by railway officials, 1
conductors and operators on the line
was made evident by their presence 1
at the last sad rites. He came into
our midst a stranger. As a friend and 1
neighbor we had no better. We had /
learned to lj?e him. Nature had given ij
him a kindly and simple way or expressing
himself so cheerfully that he j
had made many warm friends.
He was a member of the Lake View
Baptist church where on Monday;
morning the funeral was conducted
by his pastor. Dr. Rufus Ford, amidst j
a great crowd of sorrowing friends;
and relatives who had gathered to
pay their last tribute of respect to
their departed friend and brother.
Deceased was buried with MasoiUc.
honors, Eulogized by Rev. W. R.
Phillips, a friend and former pastor
of the Methodist church here.
J The beautiful floral tributes with
the church^packed to over flowing
with friends and relatives shows the j
esteenq which was held for our departed
friend. He is survived by his,
I wife and two cliildren, D. C. Jr., and !
Hubert, five brothers and two sisters'
and a large family connection in Marion
county.
As e marked,tribute of respect to.
our departed fellow citizen all stores!
and Dlaces of business were closed
I for one hour. The body was gently
laid away in the Lq.ke View cepietery I
to* await the blessed ressurrection J
mom.
J It is sad that one we liked so well,;
should be taken from our midst, but
the Joys that do not perish. Live in
memory alone, all the years we've
spent together shall be cherished in
remembrance.
Peaceful be thy silent slumbers,
i Peaceful in thy grave so low;
Thou no more will, join our number,
Thou no more our sorrows know;
Yet aguin we hope to meet thee,
When the day of life is fled.
And in heaven with joy we hope to
greet met*,
Where no farewell leaves are shed.
A Friend. j
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When baking in aluminum gem or
bread pans, set the pans on the stove
just a few seconds to slightly heat
then grease and fill with the dough.
By so doing you will find the gems of
bread will not stick to the pans when
baked.
WORST CROP EVER,
B. HARRIS REPORTS,
Commissioner Harris Back from Tour
of Cotton Belt?Texas Parched.
"The worst crop condition the
South has ever known" is the report
Df B. Harris, commissioner of agriculture,
on his return to his office after
a trip through Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi and Louisiana, to the cotton
fields of Texas and Arkansas, and
back through Tennessee and North
Georgia. Mr. Harris went to Texas'
for two reasons, first to 'aid in the
organization of several branches of'
the American Cotton Association, and
second, to make a study of crop conditions,
and to this end he made the
trip to Texas through the Gulf states,
stopping at a number of pointy en
route, and returned through Arkansas,
and by way of Memphis. He
was away from Columbia for almost j
x month.
Mr. Harris states that if the West
has two more heavy rains it will
(n ?Vio nntlnn Mo onvn that
k>UiIV 1U1U ^ .
the crops in South Carolina, while!
not in best condition, are in better
Bhape than those of any other Southern
state.
In Texas the farmers are suffering
for the want of labor, the farm hands
being attracted to the bil fields where
large wages are paid.
In the Mississippi river delta section
of Mississippi and Louisiana the!
lands are overflowed with water from
the excessive rains. In all pirts of,
the South the heavy rains have made'
the weeds and grass grow so pro- j
iusely that much of the cotton is be-,
pond saving. In some places, Mr. Har- j
ris SAys, he found the grass stand-)
ing higher than the cotton. Much of
the cotton will have to be abandoned, |
Mr Harris says, because of its poorj
:ondition. Thousands of acres will J
>e abandoned altogether.
Mr. Harris states that his invest!-;
nations in Louisiana disclose the fact
that the sugar cane acreage in that:
state is much reduced this year. There
is also less acreage in cotton in some
states. Mr. Harris expects a small
:rop and a high price. He says the;
need of the South today is for more)
diversification of crops, he states that)
if the cotton owners will hold, they
will get higher prices for the staple.
VIr. Harris holds a somewhat gloomy
new of the situation in the country,
as regards the supply of food and the
necessities of lite. The country faces
i food famine, he says> and in many
sections fear for stock is unobtainable.
"The need is for more producers,"
says Mr. Harris; "there should
t>e a 'stay-on-the-farm movement."
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MONROE SHOOTING
PROVES EXCITING.
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Hamlet Messenger.
Facing the machine gun fire from
a German nest on the western front,
would compare most favorable, according
to E. A. Harrill of thi^city,
to the thrilling gun play of two
highly angered youths. And Mr.
Harrill is in a good position to
Judge, /or he was one of the score
Dr more "innocent bystanders" witnessing
the Medlin-Kendall gun
mele? at Monroe last Sunday even
ing. It might be rather far fetched
to say "witnessed" for, using a favorite
political expression, "the vast
majority'' of alleged witnesses heard
rather than saw during the 40 second
barrage that sent Carl Medlin
to the base hospital for repairs and
later was responsible for tbe placing
of Joe Kendall under a $2,000
bond to appear at the next regular
term of superior court.
According to newspaper reports,
Kendall, who was a salesman in a
Monroe store had some slight misunderstanding
regarding the attentions
he had but recently been
paying Medlin's sister. CaruQ the
"show down" Sunday evening, when
Kendall with father was about to
leave Monroe for other parts designated.
Medlin entered the coach
and seeing his enemy, drew his pistol
and began shooting. Kendall repllied
in the?same language but with
an instrument a little mite more mod
c-rn. Ten shots were exchanged, and
according to Mr. Harrill, all of them
came in his direction.
"I really believe it was a put-up
job and both of them were endeavoring
to see just how close they
could come to me without any serious
results," said Harrill.
H. M. Treadway, of Ghio, was shot
through the leg during the exchange
of shots and a traveling man
was shot through the foot.
"t T-a/>nii?ri after the affair was
over," said Mr. Harrill, "one exceedingly
fleshy person who had just
succeeded in getting the upper twothirds
of his portly person through
the window, calling for help. The
gentleman who received a shot
through the foot, did not tarry for
the finish. His disapperance was almost
ghastly in its suddenness and it
reminded me of the slight of hand
fakir. "Now you see and now you
don't."
According to Mr. Harrill. Carl
Medlin began shooting immediately
upon seeing Kendall and shot twice
before the latter could draw. Kendall
however, dropped behind a seat until
fully prepared to defend himself. He
then opened fire and three shots took
effect. Medlin. while believed to be
out of danger now. was considered in
bad shape when taken from the train.
Kendall, however, was untouched. He
left the train a few miles from Rockingham.
Later he returned to Monroe
gave himself up to the authorities and
was placed under a $2,000 bond.
STATE CANDIDATES
'FILE PLEDGES ]
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Many Will Be in the Race For Various
State Offices.
Columbia June 9. ? Up to Wed-J
had tiled their pledges wun me s.aie
had filed their pledges with the State
Democratic committee officers in
Columbia and others were expected to
file during the day, bringing the
number to at leasUsixteeu. The entries
close on the 21st, at noon
The following candidates have fit-'
ed: , |
For iieu/enant Governor: Octavus,
Cohen and Wilson G. Harvey, Charleston;
and O. K. Mauldin .if Green-!
v.-lle.
For Congress: R. S. Wnal?y,_aud!
W. Turner Logan. of Charleston; W. j
F. Stevenson of Cheraw; P. H. Stoll,
of Kingstree; J. J. McSwain, Gr^en-(
vilel; Albert Hill, Spartanburg.
For Solicitor: !r. C. Callison, of j
Lexington, 11th circuit; T. P. Stoney \
Charleston, for re-election in the 9th;
circuit; R.*L. Gunter, Aiken, for re-i
election in the second circuit.
For United States Senate: Senator,
E. D. Smith.
For Attorney General: S. M. Wolfe.
HARD ON HARDING.
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New York World.
A more respectable figurehead than
Warren G. Harding has never been
nominated for President of the Unit-j
ed States by either party.
Nor has either partyf since the
Democratic national convention of i
1S56 named James Buchanan, se-:
lected a candidate so little qualified
to grapple with the nation's prob-!
lems. i
Senator Harding is the perfect
flower of Old Guard politics. He is!
an Ohio country politician with the)
mind of an Ohio country politician,:
and he sees the world through the
eyes of an Ohio country politician.
Being weak and colorless and mediocre,
he appealed powerfully to the
managing politicians who control thei
Republican organization, most of
whom are Senators themselves. They
know Harding, and they know that
he will be a faithful agent of the or-|
ganization. They have worked with
him, and they can prove that bo never
had'an original idea or entertained ai
thought that was outside the routine,
of a well-trained and well-disciplined i
party servant.
I The Republican platform adopted
; at Chicago is perhaps _the best index
1 to the Harding mind, wnoever is cu-|
! rious to know the mental processes of
the Republican candidate has only to,
read that platform. Those are the
very terms and phrases in which Sen- j
ator Harding thinks and in which he ;
expresses himself.
The Senator's friends are fond of 1
comparing hid- with McKinley, but .
I the resemblance is mainly superficial.
Roth came out of Ohio, but if Harding
is a McKinley he is a McKinley
without McKinley's personal charm,
,a McKinley without McKinley's ex- 1
traordinary skill of managing men, a j
McKinley without McKinley's wide
experience in public affairs.
The Republican candidate has been J1'
a member of the United States Sen-j
ate for more than five years, but his,
name is not identified with any im'portant
act of legislation or with any 1
public service of consequence. He
has voted as Penrose and Lodge
??'j 1 " I ond vi_ hna dpv
WUUlU nave 111in iuig anu ...y
er displayed anything that could be.
regarded by the most liberal interpretation
as independence or courage.
His conscience and his convic-!
tions are simply the routine conscience
and convictions of a professional
Ohio politician.
Of all the candidates whose names
were presented to the Chicago convention
or who were within the range
of the conventiorf's choice, Harding
with the exception of Johnson and
Poindexter, fell the furthest short of
measuring up to the requirements of
a president in this critical time. Lowden
and Wood were eliminated by!
their campaign fund scandals, but
with Hoover and Hughes and Taft
and Knox and even Coolidge and
Sproul and Butler 10 seiect irum wuai.
more pitiful choice could have been
made, in view of the colossal questions
with which the next President
of the United States must deal?
Senator Harding was nominated
i because the Old Guard Republicans
want a President to whom they can
give orders?a President who will
itake orders. Accordingly they present
; their puppet candidate in the person
of Warren G. Harding of Ohio.
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LOWE PARISH GETS TWO YEARS.
In the court of general sessions at
Darlington Tuesday Lowe Parish, the
young white boy who was driving the
car that killed Mr. LeRoy Bethea on
ine puone roau iwu unm nm *? .
Dillon about a year ago, entered a
plea of involontary manslaughter and
was sentenced to two years.
The case against Russell Parish,
Lowe's younger brother, who was in
the car at the time, was nol prossed.
i The car, with young Parish at the
wheel, wus running at a high rate of
s^eed when it struck the buggy in
which Mr. Bethea was riding. Mr. Bethea
was thrown out with great violence
and sustained a fracture of the
skull which resulted in his death
some hours afterwvird. Th'e automobile
continued on its journey without
stopping.
The case came on for trial at the1
fall term of court, but was removed
to Darlington, and ended Tuesday
with the above result.
CYCLONE TOUCHES DILLON
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touthenstern Suburbs Brushed
Oklahoma Twister Early Sunday
Morning.
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Residents in the southeastern su- a
>urbs were rudely awakened from
heir slumbers about 1:30 o'clock
Sunday night by a cyclone of no mean y :
iroportions that felled trees and deitroyed
small outhouses. The twister
ame from the west and followed close * J
>n the heels of one of the most teriffic
electric storms that ever vlsit?d
this section.
It was about 1:30 o'clock Sunday
light when those who had been
iwakened by the mighty peals of
hunder and vivid flashed of lightiing#
heard a low rumbling" that inreas'ed
in intensity as it approached.
iVith the exception of the thunder
ind the pattering of the huge rain
irops on the house roofs there was a ^ ^
(tillness that was almost oppressive. *
rhere is no sound on earth that relembles
the approach of a cyctyne and ~
hose who had passed through sucb
;xperiences before knew what
vas coming. But there was no tljne
nr notion Refore one could get his
vita together there waa a might*
oar, followed by the falling of
)oards and the swaying of houses*
md almost as quickly as it. came the
nighty body Of wind had swept on
eaving a mass of wreckage in its
vake.
A cyclone comes in the form of a
unnel-ahaped cloud with the small
md of the funnel pointing toward the
>&rth. It is a whirl wind of immense
proportions and greatly multiplied
le&tructive powers. It travels at the
rate of fifty to sixty miles an hour
ind bounces up and down like a rubber
ball.
Fortunately for those in its path '
Sunday night's cyclone happened to*
De above the house tops when it
passed over Dillon. Only the small
2nd of- the funnel touched at spots.
If it had descended to the earth the
iestruction of life and property would
save been appalling.
The greatest damage was done to
trees and small outhouses. A barn on
miinn Mill vil1n.ce was blown down
ind Stephen Proctor's automobile g&*
rage was scattered over a wide area. ?
Mr. Proctor's automobile was in the
garage but strange to say it was not
gven scratched. Heavy sleepers twenty
feet long were picked up bodily
md thrown on the opposite side of
the car. Passing out of town the cyclone
went in the direction of the
race track where it blew down a lot of
fencing and destroyed several small
buildings. After passing over the race
track it swerved to the left and went
into a pine grove on W. Murchison's
land where it uprooted trees and
snapped off tops like pipe stems. The . ,
twister spent its fury in Little Pee
Dee swamp.
Dozens of Chinaberry trees in town
varying in size from three to sixteen
Inches in diameter were blown down
or Wisted into an unrecognizable
mass. Chicken coops were smashed
Into kindling and next morning the?
streets were full of fowls wandering,
about in a strange and bewildered,
manner. .
In the southern part of town telephone
and electric light poles were
Biiapped clean at the ground and it
was late Monday afternoon before the
iimoH nn Many of the
lUllCUl nao lu.uvu w?. - 0
'phones are still out of commission.
Accompanying the cyclone was one
of the heaviest rainfalls in the history .
of Dillon. The rain fell in torrents
and if it had continued for any groat
length of time the streets would have
been completely submerged. It was.
the first time Dillon has eVer been
visited by a cyclone and those whopassed
through it say they would not
have another such experience for millions.
It was terrifying while It lasted.
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MK. W. H. MURPHY PASSES.
Mr. W. H. Murphy, for many years
a well-known merchant of Dillon,
died at the home of his brother, Mr.
A. A. Murphy, yesterday morning at
Six O'CIOCJC.
Mr. Murphy had been ill about
three weeks but his condition was
not regarded as serious and the announcement
of his death was a shock
to the community. The remains will
be taken to Hillsboro, N. C., the home
of his birth on this morning's trail*, v
Mr. Murphy came to Dillon from
Hartsville about 15 years ago and
entered the mercantile business with
his brother, A. A. Murphy, trading as
Murphy Bros. Before entering the
mercantile business he was engaged
in the tobacco business and devoted
a few years of his life to fanning.
He was one of the solid busines? meu
of the community and was held in
high esteem by his friends and business
associates. He was a quiet, unas*
? atrtof 1 V
burning man wnu a.ucuuvu
his own affairs, but was always read*
to help in any movement for the good
of his community.
Mr. Murphy was a member of the
Methodist church and lived the lifeof
a christian gentleman.. He was
never married, and his nearest surviving
relative is his brother, Mr. A.
A. Murphy.
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If you have oily hair, try when
shampooing it, the juice of one lemon
instead of soap. Lemon cleans the
hair and scalp perfectly and it cuts
the oil.
A safety pin with a hook attached
similar to those pins used in hanging
portieres is very handy for your latch
key in your shopping bag.
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