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Watch Label on Your Paper /Tf \ V%"4/4 The Date on the Label Is the ^ sisr" r"""" VI/1|* Itsiimu 1!|FrUlU. I ESTABLISHED 1004 THE DILLON HB4lf0, ZOILON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 24, 1991. VOL. 27. NO. 94. IIHiAl'U W 1VUAU FOR CAROLINIAN. "Toll" Yarborough Killed in North Carolina. Motor Car Wrecked. In a desperate/1 effort to outrun and escape Sheriff J. L. Abemethy and deputies of Lincoln county, N. C., in hot pusuit T. A. Yarborough, of Cor lumbla, S. C., was almost instantly killed when an automobile in which he and a companion named Alley, al' so of Columbia, were speeding, turned a somersault near Llncolton Monday morning. Alley is in jail charged with trans porting liquor while Sheriff Abernethy, has in his possession 50 gallons of liquor found in the automobile and what remains of the machine itself. Yarborough and Alley had passed through Llncolnton. A farmer coming into town behind them reported to the sheriff that they had liquor in the machine, as he had seen and smelled it oozing from the car ahead of him. Sheriff Abernethy and deputies started in pursuit in the direction of Charlotte. The officers by a circuitous route got ahead of the Colum bio. men and parked their cars across the road. When the travelers approached they turned into a field speeded up and passed around the of- j t ficers. Back in the road, they struck' ) a speed of 60 miles an hour, accord-1 ing to the sheriff who followed, but j they had proceeded but a short dis- j tance when, in view of the pursuing officers, the car ahead turned a com plete somersault. The officers ap-; proached and found Yarborough dy-' ing. Alley was extricated and taken! to jail. The body of Yarborough will! be taken to Columbia. Alley claims, according to the officers, that he was. picked up earlier in the day by Yar- j borough and that he did not know' the liquor was in the car. o Snuff. News and Courier. Mr. Carson in hig admirable life of Petigru says that Mr. Petigru formed no bad habits at college, neither smoking nor chewing tobacco, but that "in later life he took kindly to the gentlemanly vice of taking snuff, a habit which gradually erew unon him." The taking of snuff among gentlemen went out of fashion in South Carolina a good many "years ago, but a paragraph in one of the county papers in the Pee Dee section indicates that there are still a good many peo pie in South Carolina who have the snuff habit. "We cannot believe that money is scarce in Dillon," says the Dillon Herald, adding: "A local grocer tells us that his weekly sales of snuff run over $300. There are some half dozen grocery stores in Dillon and the average in the others must be just as high." At that rate upwards of $100,000 a year would be spent in Dillon for snuff. o WILL DEMONSTI tATE SWEET POTATO BEDDING A. M. Musser, of the Extension Division of Clemson College, will be in Dillon Monday, March 7th, for the purpose ot giving a demonstration 01! .the modern method of bedding sweet I potatoes. The demonstration will be' given at- 3 o'clock that afternoon on | the farm of J. P. McLaurln at the( east end of Main street. The cotton; acreage movement is inducing many' farrffers to turn their attention to the! .cultivation of sweet potatoes and oth-! .er food crops, and Mr. Musser'g visit! is for the purpose of showing thei farmers how to get the best results' from their sweet potato crops. Thej hour is 3 o'clock p. m. at the farm of J. P. McLaurin at the east end of j Main stret. o .KEXIOIl CLASS ENTERTAINED. On Friday evening, February 11, the Junior Class of the Dillon High School .entertained the Seniors at a Valentine Party at the home of Miss l>elia JBraddy. | The home was made very attrac-: tive with the use of an abundance of I hearts, cut flowers, and other decora-1 tions sultahle for the occasion. I A number of games all in keeping with Valentine's Day, were played j and several contests engaged in, after which it was learned that Miss Kate Gaddy and Mr. Buist Jordan ' had won the prizes. During the entire evening punch 1 was dispensed from an attractive corner of the dining room and at a late 1 hour h sweet course, consisting of block cream, cake and mints was se-r | ved. It was a very enjoyable occasion ^ for all who were present. , - o | Operates on Self. k Kane, Pa., Feb. 16?Dr. O. Kane, chief surgeon at a hospital here, op. eiated upon himself yesterday for ' chronic appendicitis. He applied lo-1 . * ^ cal anaesthetics during the operation r and his only assistant was a nurse,! who held his head Torward that he' might see. The doctor was propped un on tha oneratinc tahb> with nil.: - ? -- > ?" ' | 1owb. He dissected the tissue^ and closed the blood vessels as the knife k penetrated the abdominal wall and when the appendicitis waa located he | pulled it up and cut it off. Dr. Kane is 60 years of age. He k has been a surgeon 37 years. Several r years ago the doctor amputated one |Brv of his own fingers. % 0 . Siberia produces more fur than I any other region In the world, North Amerloa being second. KL' Counties in the State Leading ha Various Crops. Coition, with 853,120 acres, is the largest. Anderson has the largest number of farms, 8,910, and leads in cotton acreage. Orangeburg leads in acreage of corn, oats, rye and Bugar cane. Horry has the largest number of sweet potatoes, 6,000. With 4,000 acres each, Charleston and Beaufort lead in acreage and production ef Irish potatoes. Union ranks first in sorghum cane for syrup. xjarnweu nrst in acreage of peanuts. Anderson and Spartanburg lead in acreage of wheat?16,000 acres each. Florence and Williamsburg surpass other counties in tobacco acreage. 15,000 acres each. Orangeburg leads in production of cotton, com, oats, rye and sugar cane and is one of the largest, if not the largest cotton producing county in the United States. Anderson leads in production of wheat and sorghum sirup. Barnwell excells in the production of peanuts and grows considerable quantities of asparagus, watermelons, cantaloupes,* and cucumbers for spring markets. With 9,900,000 pounds of tobacco each, Florence and Williamsburg lead other counties. Orangeburg has the greater number of mules, horses and swine. Spartanburg and Anderson surpass in the number of milk cows and other cattle. Horry leads in number of sheep? 8,204. Marlboro leads in yield of lint cotton per acre?336 pounds. Beaufort leads in yield of corn per acre?25 bushels. uarnngton and Marlboro tie in yield of wheat per acre?14 bushels. Calhoun, Lee and Marlboro lead in oats?30 bushels per acre each. With a yield of 18 bushels per acre of rye Lee excells other counties. Colleton reports the highest yield of IriBh potatoes?130 bushels per acre. Dillon loads in sweet potatoes ? 125 bushels per acre. Lexington goes ahead in yield of sorghum sirup per acre?123 gallons. Aiken, Calheun, Clarendon, Horry and Jasper are the leading counties in yield of sugar cane sirup per acre ?120 gallons each. . Allendale and Darlington with a yield of 50 bushels per acre lead in pe&huts. . Saluda, Lexington, Richland, Kershaw and Chesterfield stand first in commercial peach growing. Charleston leads in production of cabbages, Beaufort in lettuce. o 11ETUKNS TO NATIVE HEATH Former Hamer Merchant Will Farm In Horry County. E. L. Westbury, a native Horryite, but who was engaged in the mercantile business in another county for a number of years, has moved back to this county and is now a citizen of Conway occupying the residence that ho purchased at the sale of the W. R. Lewis estate. Mr. Westbury owns a large acreage of real estate in this county, among the places are some of the finest farming lands in the entire county or in the State for that matter.?Horry Herald. o W l onged Wife Given |50,00t) Dainaages. Mrs. Daisy Watson Smith of Fayetteville was awarded $50,000 damages in Cumberland Superior court Tuesday for the alienation of her husband's affections by Mrs. Theresa Warner of Atlanta. The jury gave Mrs. Smith $30,000 as compensation for her suffering and for alienation of her husband's affections and $20,000 punitive damages. Mrs. Warner formerl y lived in Fayetteville, going there from Pittsburg, and her relations with J. Hampton Smith, husband of the plaintiff, formed the basis of the suit, which was for $250,000. o GOOSE HANGS HIGH. People of Darlington in Good Spirits Rusiness conditions in and around Darlington have improved wonderfully within the past few weeks says the State's correspondent. During the worst depresBio n they were never so bad an they seemed to ho in /oh*. sections of the state. As a matter of record not a single retail mercantile failure has occurred in town and but o?e wholesale failure. The one failure occurring, however, was not due, it is reported, to hard times, but to decline in prices in commodities purchased at the peak of the high markets. The merchants and business men are all in good spirits and in fact business has been at no time much below normal. To a casual observer, the reason is plain. Darlington is a good town, in the midst of tho fin oo * * niifiK country in the South. The farmers years ago under ihe leadership of such men as Bright Williamson and David Coker learned that they.must diversify their crops. Long staple cotton, tobacco, peanuts and Guernsey cattle have made the farmers of Darlington independent. Owing to high prices of fertilizer, a good many of the farmers are putting their cotton seed back on the land. ' * - SOUTH FACES DISASTER. Columbia, Feb. 21?Speaking at & 1 meeting of the South Carolina Agri, cultural and Mechanical Society on last Wednesday night, former Governor Richard I. Manning, declared that financial ruin faces the Sbuth unless there iB a material reduction in the cotton acreage this year. He declared that there are thousands of people who do not yet realize the seriousness of the situation. Mr. Manning said that there was a large surplus of cotton on hand and that the production of anything over A k?1# - ? * - a uau viup mis year wouia mean runious prices next fall. He said that the truth of the situation ought to be driven home to every citizen of the Stale. A letter which is being sent out over the country by the thousands by a prominent New York banker in which the statement is made that the welfare of the whole cocntry rest3 on the outcome of the cotton depression was quoted by Governor Manning. The banker warned the South that credits extended it by the bankers of the North would be regulated by the reduction in cotton acreage. Governor Manning urged the Society to lend its hearty support to the acreage reduction campaign being conducted by the American Cotton Association. At the conclusion of Mr. Manning's remarks, the society unanimously adopted a resolution offered by Capt. G. N. Niekles of Due West endorsing the acreage reduction campaign of the American Cotton Association and calling on every farmer of the state j to not plant over third of his cultivated land in cotton. The resolution asks every organization in the state to support the campaign being conducted by the South Carolina Division of the American Cotton Association. I ~ FERTILIZERS FOR lt>i!l Clemson College, February 22. ? The following suggestions and formulas for the use of fertilizers for 1921 is made by the Extension Service in Extension Circular .24, "Farm Suggestions for 1921," now ready for distribution. The price now being asked by many fertilizer companies for acid phosphate i8 extremely high, some companies still asking as much as $30 per ton for this material while others, have sold acid phophate as low as $18.00 per ton, we believe that farnier8 will be able to get all the acid | phosphate they need for $18.00 or | less. The Government has called the attentio n of fertilizer companies to | the fact that acid phosphate could be sold for $16.00 per ton. Ordinarily we do not believe that| cotton seed should be used as ferti-: liter, because there is always a great loss in so doing. When a farmer can trade a ton of seed for! 1,500 pounds or more of meal, it j will pay him to do so. If he can sell | i his seed and buy meal at the same! rate of exchange, it will also pay him to do so. The composition of cotton seed and! meal both vary considerably, but on t the basis of average analysis, it requires from 1,000 to 1,1000 pounds j of cotton seed meal to contain as I much plant food a8 a ton of seed.1 : The plant food in cotton seed is not !a\ailable as it is in meal, so we believe that one half tort of meal is worth as much for fertilizer as a ton of seed. But in making the exchange we must consider the cost ! of making the trade, and to this | we must add the value of the oil con-! i tained in the seed. In the boll weevil district it will pay to use some quick atnmoniate to i hasten the early growth of the cotton 'crop. Excessive amount of ammonia wil 1 delay the maturity of the, |crop and increase the loss due to 1 boll weevil injury. The following fertilizer formulas are recommended for cotton this VPQ r J ! On sandy and sandy loam soils 'of the Coastal Plain, a fertilizer analyzing 7-4 1%. for home mixing. Acid phosphate 16 p. c. 700 lbs. (Cottonseed meal 7 p. c. __1200 lbs. Kainlt 100 lbs.' Total 2000 lbs. Use 75 to 100 pounds of nitrate of soda as a side application when first squares appear. On heavy soils of the Piedmont a fertilizer analyzing 9-3 .75, for borne mixing. Acid phosphate 16 p. c. 1000 lbs. Cottonseed meal 7 p. c. __1000 lbs. Total , 2000 lbs. Use 75 to 100 pounds of nitrate of soda when first squares appear. The following fertilizer formulas are recommended for corn this year. On sandy and sandy loam soilB of the Coastal Plain, a fertilizer analyzing 61^-5-1, for home mixing. 1 Acid phosphate 16 p. c. 600 lbs.. Cottonseed meal 7 p. c. 1400 lbs. Total 2000 lbs. j On heavy soils of the Piedmont a fertilizer analyzing 8-4-1, for home! mixing. Acid phosphate 16 p. c. 800 lbs. Cottonseed meal 7 p. c. 1200 lbs. Total 2000 lbs Use 75 to 100 pounds-of nitrate of soda when corn is 4 feet high. For tobacco use only such fertilizers as are known to tend toward th9 production of high grade tobacco. | IMPORTANT QUARTET MUST RE PERSUADED j Ranker, Merchant, Fertilizer ComI paiiy and Ijoml Owner Can Reduce Cotton Acreage. I Timmonsville, Feb. 21-?The banker, the merchant, the fertilizer com' panics and the landowner are the ones who will be responsible for any 'over-acreage of cotton planted in I South Carolina this year, according to 'a letter sent out by Timmonsville | chamber of commerce to every like or. ' ganization in the state says the State's j correspondent. After going into the situation from every angle Roy Swindelle, secretary of the Timmonsville chamber of commerce, has discovered that the tenant farmer starting out the first of the year with nothing but his mule will, under the present existing conditions, be forced to plant 'from 15 to 20 acres of cotton to proI tect his rent, his fertilizer account, his merchant and his banker. The following is found to be what the farmer will absolutely have to nave to carry him during the year: Kent on 25 acres of land at $10 j per acre, $250; line of credit with | merchant, $250; money boriowed [ from bank, $100; fertiliser $250; (other expenses, $50. Total expense I for year, $900. All of these accounts the farmer most secure with cotton to be planted. This is demanded of him by | those advancing him. At 15 cents per pound, one bale to the acre, 500 lbs. to the bale, it will take 15 1-2 acres | to protect this amount. According to the conclusion arrived at by the secretary of the Tinilinonsville chamber of commerce, the banker, meichant, landlord and the fertilizer poople are the ones to work | on and not the farmer, who does ! not want to plant much cotton, but will be forced to unless those from I whom he received credit will accept jsome other security. It is his belief that this is the only way or which the [acreage question can ue solved, and he calls upon the other chambers of [commerce in the state to investigate [the question from this angle and [ write him their conclusions, j With conditions as they are unless cotton acreage reduction is assured, Mr. Swindelle's deductions are seemingly pertinent and are at least original in placing the responsibility upon the banker, merchant and landlord rather than the much censured farmer. Perhaps the united thought, nrtlnn onH /lAnnnrofJnn V? _ ???? vvv^/vi ubiva v/i lug uannci would result in a solution that would prevent another bumper cotton crop with *ts below production prices. It seems at least worth a trial. o Indies Meeting at Oak Grove. The Oak Grove Home Demonstration Club held it first regular meeting for 1921 Friday afternoon, Feb-. ruary 18th in the handsome new school building. This club was organ-! ized two years ago by Miss Etta Sue Sellers, County Home Demonstration Agent, and through her untiring efforts we have learned many valuable lessons which we constantly put into practice. In fact too much cannot be said as to the good of Home Demon-, stration work in our community. Seeds of service have been planted here and there and not in vain, for their fruits are now to be seen. There were 22 ladies and about 50 children present. Miss Sellers gave the school lunch demonstration. The fol-! lowing is a brief summary of the ideas nresentt'<l in nrrfer fnr tho nhilft to develop as it should both physically and mentally. It is imperative that the needs of the.body be properly met. The three needs of the body are foods for building material, foods to supply heat and energy, and foods to regulate the body. When preparing the school lunch foods must be included to these needs. The ideal container is sanitary, well ventilated and compact. Sandwiches form the back ground of the lunch. There should be variety, both in the bread and filling. Several well balanced menues for the school lunch were written on the board. In each case it was clearly shown why it was a properly balanced lunch. The cold lunch from home should be supplemented by at least one hot dish prepared at school Where the hot! lunch ifloo line hooll ft-ir.rl mil llm lowing results have been noted. Greater interest in school work, higher scholarships, better health, less need of discipline and increased interest in hoine work. We prepare hot dinner for the family at home. Why should the child at school be depriv-j ed of something'hot? Every school needs a stove and a few utensils for entertainments. This! equipment could be used in preparing the- hot dish. As to the question of supplies, the families might be divid-' ed into groups, each group furnish-1 ing materials for the hot dish one day in each month; of course the teacher, parents and pupils would have to cooperate in order to make it a success. The large school girls could soon bfc trained to prepare th-> hot dish, thus relieving the teacher of any! great responsibility. Delicious sandwiches suitable for. the school lunch were served at thej close of trio meeting. One of the fillings used was peanut butter which Miss Sellers made. The ladies were delighted to learn that they could make their own peanut butter from i home grown peanuts. Other interesting and timely topics to be taken up are the fireless cooker, yeast breads, art fh dress table service, culling the flock, feeding the baby and food :onservation. [ ED. Kilt BY GETS TWO YEARS. Li Heavy Criminal Docket Cleared at Term Just Ended. The Spring Term Court of General Sessions adjourned Tuesday afternoon after a busy session of two days flj in which a number of cases were dis- *"? posed of. Judge J. W. Bowman of Sa Orangeburg presided, and Solicitor in Spears was at his post. in The case that attracted the great- fo est attention during the session was da that of the State against Ed.Kirbv. it Geo. Kirby and Lenneau Bridgers. in The defendants were charged with th having cut and assaulted Charlie e* Huggins near Kemper on Christmas eve night. Ed. Kirby was. the princi- nu iiui aggressor, naving badly slashed |N? Huggins about the face and head with ' K< a knife. The jury found the three de-|lC fendants guilty and Ed. Kerby was tr given two years which he will serve en in the penitentiary, Lenneau Bridg-|ti< ers got 6 months but upon payment tu of $200 sentence was suspended dur- he ing good behavior, and Geo. Kirby'in got $100 of 30 days. wi Lonnie Bethea, Bennie Fore and hi Arthur Lane, colored were convicted pa of stealing cotton. Bethea got 21 to months, Lane 8 months and Fore 18 SI months. 1 ra Barney Stackhouse, another colored man, was convicted of stealing cotton and got $100 or 30 days. Ss Dan McLellan and David Bethea, H colored, got 1 year each or a fine of l>< $100 for assaulting Dave Moody. The a? fight occurred about a year ago in i,( McLellan's restaurant on Railroad pi avenue. McLellan was badly beaten ti up while Moody's hand was almost severed by a blow from a hatchet. 'ti Ira Turbeville and Will Woodley, v white, were convicted of housebreak- o ' ing and larceny. Turbeville got two ti years which he will serve in the state p i penitentiary and Woodley one year ti which he will serve on the chain ti ffang. M James Clark, colored, got 1 1-2 ' Ci years for stealing an automobile. j0 Itufus Coleman, colored, got 1 1-2 p years for stealing a bale of cotton, j} Rufus* brother, Henry who was also q implicated, is in Marion jail charged ! e with the same crime. i c Charlie Williams, colored, was r< charged with rape, but plead guilty | to assault and battery and received 6,3 months on the gang. 1, David Harrelson, a young white ' u man of the Lake View section, plead I rf (guilty to tne cnarge of distilling and ' jsj J received a 6 month's sentence which : was suspended upon the payment of' Sj ! $200 and a promise to behave him-|rc self'in the future. 1 Bob Cox, a young white man of i Kirby, plead guilty to the charge of assault and received 6 months or a I fine of $100. Cox was charged with j shooting a young man named Crow- j ley- ! M Barney Stackhouse, Grady Blue and i Bubber Stackhouse were charged ja with stealing several bales of cotton 1 j{( from Miss Mary Carmichael. Barney Stackhouse and Grady Blue got 18 a n.onths, each and Bubber Stackhouse'^ was adjudged not guilty. Daniel L. Ellerbe, colored, faced the judge on the charge of assault and battery and carrying concealed , weapons, and received a sentence of1 s.l( 60 days or $100. 1LS The grand jury organized by elect-, ing Mr. L. Cottinghani foreman for ,.r, the ensuing year. ] j v o CO Colonial Tea. pr< A beautiful affair of the week, in every detail was the Colonial Tea j.(. given by the Kehecca I'ickens Chaptei D. A. R. at the homo of Mrs. C. ^ 1.. Wheeler Tuesday afternoon. The gtiests were greeted by Mrs. Earle Z riothaa O.wl *!.? * ?? ?> * 1 ??..v* mm. n. u. x>iitiiKiuru unu t he silver donations were taken' by ^ four dainty little girls, Christine Bethea, Argent Gibson, I-utie He.liei and Eleanor Barlow. Mrs. J. M. Sprunt showed the way to the re- b eeiving line in which were the pres- ent officers and the ex-Regent and Vice-Regent, Mrs. L. R. Craig, Mrs. 8 Lutie Bethea, Mrs. T. W. Betha, Mrs. W. H. MuHer, Mrs. .1. B. Gibson. Mrs. 8 C. L.. Wheeler, Mrs. John C. Bethea, Mrs. Hettle Bethea, and Mrs. P. B. i Sellers.. The guests were asked to co the dining 100111 where from a beauti-1 fully appointed table 011 which was a' handsomely embroidered piece, a bas- t ket of beautiful japonieas and red j Co shaded tapers?Mrs. W. Murchison 1t? ( and Mrs. W. C. Tolar poured tea, ' which with delicious sandwiches anrijwi mints, was served by Misses Sara and |,() Mary Ilethea, Jane Gibson, Edith El- ; ( liott and l.acey Jackson. Mrs. G. D. Barlow and Mrs. F. L. ( '. Bethea also assisted. As the guests; o(1 left the dining room dainty favors were pinned 011 by Mrs. James Hargrove and Mrs. C. R .Taber. During the afternoon music waff scl r? ndered by Mrs. J. It. Watson. Mrs 1 Will Melvin, Mrs. Hanks. Mrs. John in Diebler, Mrs. W. C. Moore and Misses tei Kula and Reulah Braddy. o Ml Hojilale. lai , frt Mrs. Mack and Miss Brickie spent ?f the week end at the honie of Mr. an and Mrs. S. C. Taylor. yo Miss Reaves Alford of Coker College spent the week end at home. Ra Misses Catherine and May Murchi- dr; son, Miss H*>len McDonald and Hor- tht ace Pierce spent Sunday with Mr. asl and Mrs. J. H. Stack house. Shi Sveral of the Floydale folks at- as tended the revival services at the dej Presbyterian church at Fork the past brl week. 1 MisH Ileen Roberts has charge of ite< the primary department in Floydale the UttiE FLYING BOAT FORCED INTO WATER. lip WeiKhing 13,(XX) 1'ouihIn Repaired oil ltongh Sea. Wilmington, N. C., Feb. 21? The ring boat Ponce de Leon, which ached Southport, near here, late turday from New York, after flyU with seven n.isupnporu ton miw six hours and 57 minutes, was reed to land on rough seas Sun,y shortly after leaving Soutbport,. was 'cz.,i?u tonight. The beat put to Shallotte, N. C., and is awaiting e arrival of a new radiator which is pected tomorrow. The Ponce de Leon iB of the arine type, and is en route from ;w York to the West Indies via ey West. The ship has a weight of ',000 pounds when clear of the wat, and is equipped with two Liberty igines, one of w*hich failed to func>n properly after a satisfactory ke off at Southport yesterday. It came overheated and forced a landg on very rough seas, with the < aves breaking over the wings, which ive a spread of 104 feet. Mechanics itched up the radiator sufficiently enable the boat to proceed to lallotte where h 's waiting the newid iator. Stopped to Pick l'p Passengers. The birat had stopped at Southport ituiday to pick up Mr. and Mrs. oward Coffin, of Detroit; 11. L. Lam?rt, of Lamberton, W. Va., oil and jrial man, and It. W. Neville, Concllsville,, Pa., oil, coal and aerial remoter, making the trip with le Ponce de Leon with a view oL* jtablishing what is claimed to be ie most ambitious aerial lino hi the orld, from Pittsburg, Pa., to New rleans, La., this being a test trip /? i?iv* iiiuviiiuv, iin'ii pians onn^ lO ut on boats ot this type between ie cities named, the routes, however, ) follow the line of the Ohio and lississippi rivers. Others aboard the raft include C K. Redden, president f the Aeroinarine Engineering Cornany; Howard Mingos, of the Manuicturers AircraXt Association; Pilot . J. Zimmerniand and his assistant ric Springer, and Mechanician C. amphel 1. Zimmerman has a long acord of service during the World i'ar and is officially credited with 3 bombing raids over the German nes. In addition to the claim of te craft that it established a new icord in making Southport from ew York, it is said that it is consided the first time that a boat of this ze has been landed and repaired on . ugh seas and made fit to continue s flight to a place of safety. o Fork. Miss Margaret McLaurin of Clio the guest of her sister, Mrs. J. P. cQueen. Mrs. Postell Lovell of Marion spent st week with Mr. and Mrs. Frank agers. Mrs. S. P. Med 1 in of Dillon spent few days here last we< k with relaes. Mrs. Russell Smoaks and baby of hite Stone are visiting Mrs. Fannie 1 wards. Mrs. M. A. Edwards of Marion ent a few days here with relatives st week. Missep Marguerite and Annie Daman were called to their home at nchburg, Va., last Friday on acunt of the death of their father. A meeting of the Fork School Imovemeut Association was held at school house Friday alternoon, bruury 18th. The following proim was carried out: Song. Reading. Roil Call and Minutes of last Meeting b> Secretary. Reading?"What IP a Child Worth," by Mrs. Melton it overs. . Reading, "Things Worth While" by Miss Katie Calhoun. Piano Solo, Mrs. N. B. Calhoun Heading, "The Cry of tlio Children," by Mrs. Carrie Lewis. Current Events, Mrs. D. N. Jones. Business Session. Social Hour. A delightful salad course with ffee was served. o Mr. L. Cottingham lias been noti'd of his appointment as Dillon unty representative of the Anieri11 Products Export and Import Corration formed some months ago th former Gov. Manning at its head r the purpose of shipping cotton diet to Europe. Mr. Cottingham is in sit ion to pay the best market ices for Dillon county cotton and fers the farmers the services of the ader when sale8 are made. tiool while Miss Wagener is away. Mrs. H. B. Floyd spent several days Latta the past week with her sis\ Mrs. Bethea. The ladies of this place honored s. rercy McDonald with a miscelioous shower on Monday evening )in 3 o'clock until four at the home Mrs. A. C. McDonald. Fruit salad d salt hies were served by four ung ladies, after which Misses thleen Stackhouse and Hallie Mcurin camc in bearing a large launy basket, and informed the bride it the week'8 laundry was in and ted Mrs. McDonald to take charge, p found it contained many useful well as beautiful gifts. The guests parted, wishing the happy little de joy and happiness through life. Mrs. Marvin McLean of Dillon vini her mother, Mrs. B. A. Alford, i past week. J