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, . |Y>. f Watch Label on Your Paper /f[l ^ I I () f44^^ 1 The Date on the Label is the * }?? ut3?teH"i,>n ID 111011 1^**3111. SSii"Pw" | - ESTABLISHED 1894 THE DILLON HERALD, .DILLON SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 15. 1020. * , VOL.26. NO. 41* . COUNTY NEWS AND HAPPENINGS. I } " NEWSY LETTERS BY REGULAR e CORRESPONDENTS , I i\. News Items of Interest to Herald ( Readers Ebb and Flow .of the i . Human Tide. 4 ^ ^ l? Fork. r Miss Coleen Bethea of Greens- r boro. N. C., is spending some time at, ^ home with her mother. ' i Mr. C. E. Taylor spent last Tues- * day and Wednesday in Charleston *>n r business. L Miss Irene Sinclair' of Mullins is ( visiting relatives here. Mrs. Edgar Jones. and .baby .of * Laurinburg, N. C., spent last week here with Mr. and Mrs. Martin Mc-1 & Queen. H Mrs. Bensol has returned to South- j port, N. C., After an extended visit j here witfi relatives. . M ? Dr. ana Mrs. T. W. Carmichael aad , children and &eil McOallum of Row-1 land, N. C., Miss Marion and Roderick i Carmichael of Washington spent Sun- 1 day here. o i Lake View- * ( Mrs. C. M. Shackleford and children j of Darlington have been visiting her l parents Mr. and-Mrs. T. B. Rouse. j ( Mrs. J. Q. Tingen and little Miss's Margaret of Burlington, N. C., * are ja spending the week with Mrs. J. T. 11 TownBend. | ] L. G. Miller and J. T. Hankinslt spent Monday in Florence. ii Mrs. J. ?. Hudson and Miss Hud-'? son left Wednesday for their home at.'c Kinston, N. C. t Mr. W. M. Gaddy and Leon and t Carroll Gaddy are in Hendersonville t for a few days. jl Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Powell andjt Miss I.izzie Powell spent last week 1 r end with friends in Lumberton and j t Crrum, N. C. Jd t Misses Randolph and Bagley are a visiting Mrs. R. F. Elvington. i Mrs. Emerson Scott and children of t v Marion spent part of last week with ^ Mrs. Thomas. v i . Mr. Wade Temple and Misses Chris- t tine and Alimae Temple are at L Wrightsville. Beach for some time. t Miss R&chael Powell is home from t Richmond, Va. c Miss Edna Norman is visiting Miss t Edna Wallace at Johnsonville. e o d Carolina News. s _' Miss Mary McKlnnon returned ^ " Sunday from a two weeks visit to her e sister, Mrs. Jim McQueen of Rowland, < N. C. J Mrs. Gus Alford of Dillon is spend- * ing some time with relatives here. Miss Lola Bennett has recently re- , turned from a visit to her uncle, W. r J. Stone of Raeford, n. Q. t Miss Margaret McLaurin of Weeley t is visiting relatives here. p Rev. and Mrs. Neill Mclnnis and c little daughters of Kannapolis, N. C. a are spending several days at the home ^ of his mother, Mrs. C. M. Mclnnis. Little Miss Lucy Bennett is on a e visit to her little cousin, Mary Ruth McQueen of Rowland, N. C. On Saturday July 17 the Woman's I e Auxiliary of Carolina church will give r a picnic on the, grounds to celebrate the twenty-fiftli anniversary of its ? organization. There will be approp- j riate exercises in the morning and a silver offering will be taken. A real picnic dinner will be served and evory one is cordially invited to come. Miss Agnes Robertson of Rowland, t spent last week with her sister, MrV | D. B. Mclnnis. p Mr. John Norton of Clinton, S. C., is spending a few days with his par- h exits, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Norton. a Born on July 4th to Mr. and Mrs. o L. W. Mclnnis, a son. a Miss Elizabeth Alford of Raleigh, | d V N. C., spent the week end with her f sister, Mrs. R. S. Cottingham. ii . o r Sellers ' jv Your correspondent had the pleas-'v ure of attending the Marion County-a Interdenominational Sunday School fc Convention at Nebo on last Sunday, jc July 11th. Nebo is twenty miles be- r low the town of Marion. We traveled a over splendid roads all the way. g About two miles from Nebo a polite jt little white boy opened the gate and h tamed us into the "big pasture." We j found that the "stock law" is a t 4 burning issue with the people in the a "big pasture;" they believe in fenc-;t ' ing their farms and turning their t! stock at large on their magnificent p pasture lands. They will certainly be y independent of the boll weevil down there with their fine fishing grounds h and excellent pasturage. They can v J- feed themselves and the balance of li Marion county. The county is divid- j i: ed up into small farms, each ma^ ' y owning and working his farm. Very a few negroes were seen. They consol- g idated several small schools and have c I a fine two story school building, em- g ploying five teachers. It was difficult | , to find a seat in their neat little j v church. Their pastor lives next door to the church. The people are noted for their hospitality. They certainly ^ miuw uvw lu juu icri ai uumr. , The convention itself was splendid * with its good speeches and large number of delegates. Miss Ruth Sellers has returned from Tryon, N. C., where she has been visiting relatives. Mr. W. D. Sellers and family with Mr. Ernest Page and family spent the week end at Cherry Grove, Beach. Miss Mattie Price has returned toi her home at Rocky Mount, N. C. : Miss Price was the primary' teacher; 1 here last year. 1 MARION MAN IN TROUBLE. A dispatch from Richmond, Va., iays: . J. B. Coleman, farmer, 4 years >lri of Marion county, S. C., near Centenary was arrested here last light on .a white slave charge, the illegation being that he,brought Lula Fames, 18 years old of the same icighbor hood, to 4 Richmond last ireek in violation of the Mann act. rhe case :went over until Jnly 16, nrhen called today. Coleman and the ?iri were trailed here by her brother, vbo said -today that he and -ether nembers of the family were under the - V* j -l 1 4- A < } X\iCULUUliU ig uc IIW.I iicu. a. Kuvi written home by the girl, he said, obeyed the .information that such vcs r.ot the oase. ^ * - /- O ?' 5IVES VIEWS OX ROAD QUESTION. Commissioner Hayes Suggests Plans for improving Public Highways. , Dditor Dillon Herald: There ip probably a greater denand in Dillon county today than >ver before and not only in Dillon :ounty but the entire state for good oads, and after\having served neiry five years on the Board of County Commissioners and "having carefully itudied the road problem from every mgle that I possibly could, I am horoughly convinced that under our present system of working the roa~ds hat we will never have good roads n this county. In the first place there iw O niimlier nf maita ill flip ounty that have never been built by he county; the stumps have never >een taken up, and it is inipossible o use a road machine on these roads, rhe people living on these roads pay heir road tax, as others do and the noney goes into the county fund and he result is that no work at all is lone on these roads. A lot of them ,re mere cart paths. Then a good lumber of the roads which have been milt by the county are growing up vith trees on either side, so that t will only be a few years before hose trees overlap the roads. It is mpossible for the small chain gang hat the eouunty has to do the work hat is necessary to be done. And Id irder to relieve the situation I hink our road law shbuld be revisd or amended so as to require five lays labor in each year from all perons liable to road duty or in lieu hereof a sufficient amount.of money o get five days labor, and this to' be xpended on the roads from whence t came. By doing this the bad places n the roads could be repaired and - - * x ? -1 At.1.1. Be roaas Kepi open, x aiso uiiu& ??c bould have a tax on the hoof and the vheel. This is just and fair, every aan ought to he wiping to pay for ho up keep of the road in proportion o the use he makes of it. Some people use the road but very little, while there make their living on the road nd contribute very little to its up :eep. ' I am also in favor of a law allowing ach township to issue bonds for ;oods roads. That would not be commlsory, but a privilege if they desird to do so. If our delegation at the iext session of the legislature would ass an act along the line I have sugested I think it would greatly reieve the road situation. Respectfully, C. P. HAYES. o Juts Strips of Flesh from Thigh and Graft them Onto Wife's Foot. Chicago, July 9. ?With steady and, nerve, going about his business s if he were performing the simplest f operations, Dr. Oslando P. Scott, well known surgeon of Chicago, toay cut strip after strip of fle^i rom his own thigh and grafted them ato his wife's foot and ankle as he ested on a portable table at his rife's bedside. The entire operation was performed rithout a singlg^administra^ion of an nesthetic in th resence 01 a numer of physician "id nurses. Sobs ame from diffei--ut parts of the oom as Dr. Scott, without so much s a wince of pain, drove the gureon's knife into his own flesh and hen speedily grafted the strips upon is wife's limbs. A fellow physician stood by him o dress his wounds. Several times s Dr. Scott drove the knife into his highs he turned to the witnesses of he operation explaining technical ioints of the operation to them. Many rere blinded with tears. Dr. Scott's act of self-sacrifice ahd teroism was performed to save his rife from disfigurement and possible oss of her right'leg. Mrs. Scott was njured in an automobile accident sixreeks ago. Her right leg was crushed nd the flesh stripped from it in long ;asheB. Gangrene set in later, and in irder to avoid amputation, a skin grafting operation was decided upon. o , Services at MethodLst Church. Main street Methodist church, Dr. Vatson B. Duncan, pastor. Sunday :chool at 10 a. m., Mr. W. H. Muler# superintendent. Preaching at 11 "a. m. and 8:30 p. m. by the pasor. Morning subject: "The Larger rhrist." Evening Subject: "The Peril of the Unemployed." Prayer service on Wednesday at 8:30 p. in. Public cordially invited to all services. o Mr. and Mrs. W. B. S. Chandler ind children returned from Lowrysville Monday after a visit of a f<jw weeks. MANY MEET AT REEDY CREEK, j Dillon County Short Course for Club ' A Members Big Success. v If ever a meeting has been held | which furnished recreation, informa- 1 tion and pleasure for the farm boys i and girls of Dillon county, the short i 'course for club members which has \ I just come to a close at Reedy Creek s 1 Springs falls in this class. t The business men of the county I i mtrn kind and eenerous enough to t furnish the groceries and food sup- ( plies for the club members, and this 1 'feature was in ho way a small part c of the successful meeting, ' The boys and girls were "quartered t in the. hotel and ji&vilian at the spring* J 'and were under the. supervision of f Ithe able and efficient county farm y land home demonstration agents. The!7 j boys and girls are very much indebt- t ed to, and are due a great deal oi ( appreciation for the excellent .pro- 1 gram and plans furnished by Miss i Sellers and Mr. Epps. jj A get-together meeting like this t will have a great influence upon the f | lives of these young farmer boys and i girls, about 65 of whom attended. 1 When a young .generation of men and 1 women, who have been trained as ! these boys and girls were during :i their stay at the springs, comes into 1 control of the community activities of i ithe various communities in a county, ;< (a great effect is bound to be prod'tc-f ed. j i Instructions were given the girls in t I canning, sewing, cooking and many < practical demonstrations were given \ i by Miss Sellers, Home Demonstration' Agent of Dillon county, Miss Earl, Home Demonstration Agent of Marliboro county and Miss McPherson, I Home Demonstration Agent of Marion county. Instructions were given J the boys along the following lines: Improving Farm Crops, Field Selecj tion of Seed Corn, Common Disease; of Livestock, Care of the Brood Sow 'and Litter, Feeding Hogs. Boys' Agricultural Club Work, The Value of a College Education, The Boll Weejvil Problem and the Cotton Association, and other Important topics. The boys and girls were permitted to indulge in valuable pastime and forms of recreation to a great extent, realising that the country boys and girls need recreation and social contact. On Friday, the last of the three days the short course was held, the ' day was de'voted to a meeting of club J members and grown-ups and the farmers' wives of the county. A large ! number were present on this day, probably totaling 400 or 500. Reedy Creek Springs furnishes a very fine place for a meeting of this sort, as there are no'functions to attract the attention of the club members outside of the normal'procedure planned by the authorities in charge, and it is hoped that this very valuable | training will be continued, and that 'many more boys and girls will enlist ;as members of the great army of | junior farmers, and that when they become grown-up farmers they will put into practice the object lessons taught them at such meetings. | Some of the workers present to assist in giving instruction to the boys < were: D. W. Watkins, Assistant Di- 1 rector of Extension Clemson Col- s lege; A. F. Conradi, professor In En- j tomology, Clemson College; L. L. I Baker, Supervising Agent Boys' club; work, Bishopville; B. O. Williams, ^ Assistant State Boys' Club Agent; * George E. Prince< Horticulturist,; Clemson College, S.'E. E\ans, Coun-j jty Agent of Marlboro county; Colvin McLaurin, County Agent of Marion j County; Paul H. Sanders, Associate ^ Editor The Southern Ruralist, Atlan- a ta, Ga. These men gave most helpful j and practical talks to the boys. It j is hoped that every boy and girl who } enjoyed this valuable short course in L agriculture and home economics, will j talk it over with their neighbor boys j and girls and emphasize the great im- t portance of such a meeting to the j county. . ! ? i1 GRAND Jl'KY FINDS "NO , "BILL IX SIMONS CASE. ' I There was no court Monday but 1 court was opened Tuesday morning J with Judge Edward Mclver on the I bench. There was no Jury trial, but c 'several plead guilty. c The grand jury spent a large part t [of the day investigating the charge 1 of rape against Joe Simons, the young t telegraph operator. The young lady! in the case, her parents and all other a available witnesses for the state were ' | called before the grand jury and care- ? fully questioned. The young lady was I not at court Monday morning, but i Solicitor Spears sent the sheriff to i bring her to court, where she was I questioned by the solicitor and the t grand jury. She said she would be 1 sixteen years old next September and ? her testimony was conflicting as to 1 her relations with Joe Simons. Her, parents said they thought she would { be fourteen years old next September. 1 Records of the Bennettsville graded ? school were produced showing that t she was in school ten years ago. 1 i About 7 p. m. Tuesday, the grand t j- w:n?? <? thic 1 jury oruugui m uu um m , case. and Judge Mclver ordered Sim- ? ons discharged. His father, sister, and aunt, from IHchinond, Va., were in the court 1 room during the day Tuesday. t The young lady and her parents : were also in the court room part of ' the day. She and her parents left < | the court room before the grand I jury's return was made. 1 i It is understood that the solicitor ] would have nol prossed the Simons s case if the grand jury had found a < true bill?Pee Dee Advocate. t COURT COMMON PLEAS. P\vo Long Cases Consumed First Hal of the Week. Court of Common Pleas convene Monday with Judge Mclver presic ng. Stenographer James Kilgo wa it his post. The first half of the wee vas taken up with two cases and ther ire many cases on the calender thn vill not be reached at this term. The first case to come up Monda vas that of W. P. Rose, a contracto >f Goldsboro, N. C., against the Di! on Methodist church. Rose had :ontract to build the first church rhe trustees paid him all of the cor ract price except $2600 which the veld back as a bond under the spec 'ications to guarantee that th$ wor was done in the proper manner, Ros laving refrseu tc give bond. Th Tust--?\'j refused to pay him any pai >f the $1600, claiming certain d< 'ects in the construction of the built ng, in that he had failed to watei ?roof the cellar, used brick bats i :he walls and used wood blocks ir dead of brick in the pillars. Th -oof, it was alleged, was 18 ihchc oVer Yhan the specifications calle 'or. Rose brought suit to recover th ?2600 and the jury gave him $200 without interest. In arguing the cae )otore the jury Mr,. Muller, represen ng the'defendant trustees, said th :burch wanted to pay what it owec UUt the whole case was merely a mil understanding as to the amount du he plaintiff. He said the conclusion if the Jury would be final and ther \ ould be no appeal. The next case was that of Walte 3tackhouse and the Farmers & Mei hants Bank of Marion against Mik ?armichael. Several years ago Cai ikaddon & Co., bought timber on th Harmichael land together with eas< nents for a railroad, etc. The timb? was cut in 1908 or 1909. Carskaddo fc Co. went into bankruptcy in 191! ? 1 * a 1 ~ \i ine uauKi upi buiv oiamuvuc >cught the- bankrupt's property, ii iluding the 2 1-2 miles of railroa ron in question. The timber wa >ought under two contracts, one e: firing November 1914 and^the othe ^pril 1916. The latter contract a owed 90, days after the expiration c he 10 year period in which to remov itructures and fixtures. There wa 10 such provision in the other coi ract. It is claimed that Stackhoue nade no attempt to remQve the ra n the period provided by the term >f the contract. Both leases havin ixpired Carmichael sold the rail an vas delivering it to the purchase vhen suit was brought.by plaintifl o recover. On the former trial tb :ourt directed a verdict in favor c Jarmichael. On appeal the court hel hat plaintiff's interest under tta >0 day term had been forfeited, an hat under the other contracts ther vas a like forfeiture if more than easonable time had expired in whic o remove the rail, and that title, ur ler such'circumstances, was in Cai nichael unless he had waived the foi eiture. The supremo court sent th :ase back for a new trial in orde hat the jury might pass on the que! ion of reasonable time under one c be contracts, and upon the questio )f waiver as to both of the contract The case went to the jury yesterda Lffernoon. o WAR HERO VISITS DILLON' dajor Chas. C. Tuft Who Fougfi With French Airmen, Staying in City. Major Chas. C. Taft, of Kentucky s spending a while in the city. Majc raft represents a Texas Oil conipan tnd will be here several weeks. H ias served in two wars and bears th uarks of a battle-scarred veterai le brought down 12 German plane md was himself wounded 12 time: lis son was killed in action. Th allowing interview from the Green.1 )oro News will be of interest to th Dillon folk who have had the,pleas ire of meeting Major Taft: "Greensboro during the past wee las had in its midst one of the wofl var's heroic knights of the air, Chat es C. Taft, who served with th French aviation corps from Octobe 1914, until April, 1918, came to th ity the first part of the week, afte ompleting a lecture tour throughou he south. He is looking over Green: >oro and Guilford county with a vie1 :o engaging in business here. When General von Kluck made hi itrocious thrust on Paris in 1914 Mi raft went to France to represent a iviation firm of Los Angeles, Cali Jpon his arrival in the French cai tal he found the country in a dirt ul situation; being an American c jolemic tendencies he severed relc ions with his American nrm ana er isted for service in the French ai iervice. He was assigned to the 69t Trench escadrille, October 4, 1914. He saw the Boche in their mos ;lorious and barbarous days ? thei leyday. He fought them in the ai it Verdun, while the French poil vas putting up one of the most ga ant and immortal fights in historj ilso on the Somme during the nllie ush in 1916 and many other impori int sectors of the western front. After America entered the war M; Taft was transferred to the America 'orces as major of aviation. He cor inued to serve actively in the ai ind just 12 days after his transfer t Jnele Sam's corps he was shot dow >n the I'icardy front in April, 1915 He says he is officially credited wit laving brought dowil 12 Germa planes. During his long and darin service he was wounded 12 times. H carries an abundance of silver in hi inatomy. The medical departmec | WEEVILS DAMAGE SQUARES. If J We have received the following' .letter from County Agent Epps: I "In the last week's, issue of The; d Herald I read your piece on the boll | I- weevil and am afraid that you did | ,s not quite understand me. I did say! k that it is most too early for the weevil e to make his appearance but meant ,t that it was too early in this section as the weevil was not found here last y year. In the sections where the weer vils were plentiful .the year before I- thpv verv often anDear soon after the a cotton comes up and are found sitting1 i. in the bud. I also see that you have( i- me quoted as saying that the weevil, y does not attack the squares. I certain- j i- il did not mean that for there is where j k the weevil does the damage. Just as e soon as the squares begin to appear e the female weevil punctures these *t squares and deposits her eggs causing ' the square to die and drop off. If this 1- square is not destroyed within sevr en days the egg hatches and in twenn ty one days from the time the egg l- is laid we have a full grown weevil e which is ready to puncture more is squares. As long as there are any d squares in the field the weevil will e not bother the bolls and when the' 0;squares get scarce they Jump on the, >e 'young bolls." H o e | Dillon School Stands Ninth. l.l i- In the report of the standing of the e high schools in the state as shown by is [the official rating of the State High e! School Inspector, the Dillon school I takes ninth place. In the 1919 report t the Dillon high school took 23rd place r- out of 25 schools, with a rating of e onlv 18.7 units, and tha Dosition of r- 9th place with 21.8 units in the 1920 e' report makes a showing which is very gratifying to the patrons of the school, irI Following is the report by schools: n For Session 1918-1919. 1. Name of School Units e 1. Sumter 23.3 i- 2. Greenville ? 23.9 d 3. Columbia ? 23.3 .s 4. Chester 22.7 c- 5. Marion u 22.5 ir 6. Johnson 22.3 1- 7. Orangeburg 21.8 if 8. Greenwood - 21.5 e 9. Gaffney 21.3 13 10. Clinton 21.2 l- 11. Hartsville - 20.. ie 12. Kingstree 20.5 11 13. Florence ? 20.5 is 14. Darlington 1_ ? 20.2 g 15. Union 20.2 d 16. Camden ? 19.9 !T 17. Clio I 19.9 fs j 18. Rock Hill 19.8 e 19. Bennettsville 1 19.6 if 20. Bishopville 19.5 3 21. Laurens 19.1 e 22. Honea Path 19.1 d 23. Dillon 18.7 e 24. Lancaster 18.7 a 25. Elloree __ 18.1 h For Session 1919-1920 i- Name of School Units r- 1. Orangeburg 28. r- 2. Columbia 27. e 3. Greenville ? 26.7 >r 4. Sumter __ 23.7 j 3- 5. Rock Hill 23.61 if 6. Union ? 23.4 n 7. Chester ? 23.2 9. 8. Clinton __ 22.1 y 9. Dillon 21.8 10. Marion ? ? ? ? ? 21.7 11. Charleston ? ? <? 21.4 12. Camden ; .20.5 13. Clio 20.2 ; 1( 14. Gaffney 20.2 | 15. Darlington 20.1 16. Hartsville 20. jl7. Greenwood 1-9.9 r 18. Georgetown 19.9 Z l'J. Florence 19.8 ,.'20. Bennettsville ? ? ? 19.7 I 21. Elloree 1_ 19.4 , e 22. Bishopville 19.3 , 28. Cheraw 19.2 ,s 24. Bamberg 19.1 3 25. Laurens 19. e" 5" e put a silver plate in the back of his. s- head and one in his left hip. Several shots remain in his hip. He is a k battled scarred hero and like most1 d men of his type, is not prone to tell r- about his achievements. However, e when asked about his decorations, r, he replied laconically that he had ree ceivetf about as many as one man was r entitled to. it! Nor is he the only member of his, 3- immediate family to render conspic-1 iv uous service to the French. His son, Lester, a me'e lad of 17 summers,! Is joined his father in France in 1917.1 r. After an intensive study in the art of n maneuvering a fighting plane he took j f. to the air a full pledged fighter amidj >- the clouds. On April 1, 1917 he was !- detailed .to contest the supremacy of i >f the air with a Boche airman around t- that famous section of Arras. After i- a heroic fight, he was lowered to the r ground by a fusillade oi shots from h his foe. ? - *' * * J ? 1 T 1 ! Death continuea to aeai uarsm/ it with the Taft family. During the el- [ ir'der Taft's stay in France his wife,1 r known in the motion picture worid as u Bertha Morviel, and a small daughter, I- Margaret, know as "The Lubin Baby" r, died in this country, d Mr. Taft is a native of Kentucky, t- He is a son of General Moses P. Tuft, U. S. A., retired during the r. Cleveland administration. He Is the n grandson of Charles Cole, of Richl mond, Va., who helped defend the r Virginia capital against the union o army. n He served during the Spanish 5. American war as an officer artillery, h In 1909 he resigned his commission n to pursue aviation, g Major Taft arrived home from ove ersenG in Juno, 1918, and was disls charged from the army in January it 1919." TOBACCO MARKETS OPENS TUESDAY. :j Warehouse Workers i are on the - v Ground Getting Ready for the Big Opening. Tuesday, July 20th, Uafe been fixed a3 the opening day for the tpbacco warehouses in Dillon county. ( The ; other warehouses in the Pee Dee section will open the samh,day. The opening is about ten days date, owing } to the cool spring seasbn and the * j backwardness of the crop. The workers connected with the several warehouses in the county have arrived and are busy as beavers, get- v ting things in shape fqr the opening day. Several loads of lug? have, been sold on the Dillon market,, and it in expected that tobacco will begin to arrlvn in Hi'cr nnanHtloo Kv V>o 1 atini* utiuc iu uig ^uauitviuo i// buv IMVVU* part of the week. There has been a slight increase in acreage this year and the qualify of the tobacco will be better. The lone wet spell last year did considerable damage to the crop and the weed vu off several points in quality. The wet spell of the past few days ha* ' " not damaged tobacco to any great extent, and it is claimed that it' haa been e help in some sections, where the land was very dry. ^ Warehousemen are non-committal when you ask them about the prospects for high prices, but the sentiment is that prices will be higher this year. The better grades of tobacco will sell well, but there is some doubt about the lower grades selling as well as in previous years. The following buyers will be on the Dillon market this season: J. M. Edmonds, Danville, Va., Jno. E. Hughes ft Co., Danville, Va., Dibrell Bros. Danville, Va., C. Glenn Patterson, Kenbridge, Va., R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Winston-Salem, N. C., Liggett ft Myers, Durham, N. C., American Tobacco Co., Rich mona, va.f uxpori ,L.eai TODacco uo.,. Richmond,' Va., A. C. Monk, Farmville, N. C., C%1. J. O. W. Gravely, New York, C. D. Noel, Rocky Mount* N. C., J. D. Holcomb, Danville, Vs., J. P. Taylor & Co., Henderson, N.d The force at Watkins Warehouse is composed of the following gentlemen: H. J. Thompson, bookkeeper; L. I?. Armltage and J. L. Britton, floor book and clip men, of Greenville, Tenn., J. R. Scott, auctioneer, of Lexington, N. C., Clyde B. Austin, buyer for W. Austin & Co., of Greenville, Tenn., will have headquarters at the warehouse. The force at Farmer's Warehouse is composed of the following gentlemen: J. J. Winstead of Roxboro*, N. C., manager; T. 0. Pass, of Roxboro, bookkeeper; R. I. Featherstone, of Roxboro, floor bookkeeper; L. H. Wagstaff, of Roxboro, clip man, and J. W. Featherstone, of Roxboro, auctioneer. ' The force at the Liberty Warehouse will be composed of the following gentlemen: A. B. Mary, bookkeeper, Washington, N. C., D. L. Hardy, auctioneer, P. V. Hardy, sales manager, and Ed. Rogers, solicitor. , ?-o BURNED TO DEATH UNDER AUTOMOBILE. Fletcher Hutto Loses Life in Making , Repairs on Car. Norway, July 12.?J. Fletcher Hut to, one of (he largest rarmers ana most prominent citizens of Norway section met a most tragic death. His brother, Vastine Hutto, who lives near, brought his automobile into the yard of Fletcher Hutto to have him make some minor repairs. Fletcher Hutto went underneath the car to examine some of the wii'es and mechanism and by some means his shirt sleeves caught fire. He backed out quickly to extinguish the fire and In getting out he overturned a can of gasoline which was sitting on the running board of the automobile; the contents of the can ran all over his back and reaching the sparks on hLs shirt sleeves instantly covered him with a blaze. His brother Vastine, who was sitting in the automobile, quickly went to liis assistance and was * badly burued on his hands and face. Mr. Hutto was carried into his house aifd medical assistance summoned, but he was beyond aid and died about 2 o'clock next morning. o PROMINENT MERCHANT KILLED WITH SHOT GUN. W. W. Russ Came to His Death by Wounds at tlie Hands of Geo. Marsh. Conway Field. Wm. W. Russ, a prominent business man of Conway, was killed by George Marsh with a shot gun today about 1 o'clock. The shooting occured just outside of the town limits cm. the Dog Bluff Road near where botts of the participants lived. An inquest was immediately held by Coroner L. W. Cooper. Two witnesses besides the doctors were examined. The wound was made with a shot gun from probably about ten feet distance, the greater part of the load entering the tipper left'breast severing large blood vessels and earing away the upper portion of the lune. resulting in death almost immediately. The only eye witness was Mr. Jesse ' II Jolly, father-in-law of George Marsh. Facts sufficient to hold George Marsh for homicide were brought out by the Coroner but the full circumstances of the deplorable affair are not known. Marsh is held for trial and his attorneys are preparing papers for his enlargement from jail on bail.