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WW ulI Watch Label an Your Papei ^Taml Don't. Lot Bnbocriptioi ~BIG FAI S* V r Races Today, f morrow. / : Manx At (.-> Dillon county's second > day afternoon, and as we go 1 in full swingT Crowds are ar I day promises to be one of the I All day Tuesday men a ( the exhibits arranged Nearly - county has an exhibit. All ar f hard to tell which is the best. fVlir fllM VAOI* nwwiioao - ?? J v?A |/AVliilOVO W OU There are maqy more exhibit stock departments while f ; such a variety of attrac to a state fair. Many Midway One of the favorite spo the Midway. This is a big ci: many small units. In additioi and a variety of other shows mal show which is as large a? the circuses. In the animal si of which is a man-eater, hav country killed five men. The strong, iron-bound cage and lowed to approach him. The 1 and can be approached with 150 people, and all of Tuesday .ting their shows in readiness the features of the midway is , show was formerly with Spa -Dillon last week. Mr. West, p ' ne endeavors to have only cl ) children can visit. He says he , on every show in the company a square deal. The carnival ai erage, and in point of size a surpasses anything of the kin A Wpnderfi One of the most wond? L. that of Mr. Jno. A. McRae, oi Rae won first prize and sever back this year with an exhit of last year. In his exhibit h ing commodities raised on hii . study. Mr. McRae is not a la] his land scientifically and m; great abundance but in asb ^ worth a visit to the Fair to s nrnuOO Kounri r] o rill nofi r>r\ r\-f I v t vu wj viiu a vf UV/O tivi 1 ui * raised in Dillon county. It pr< t around Dillon county and its: I fort as long as the world stai the boll weevil is going to t t what Mr. McRae has done e^ ^ can do, provided he has. the e ^ A Monst Another attraction at V owned by Mr. C. P. Hayes o: I scales at 740 pounds. Mr: Hay when he was only four mont ^ liot grown yet, and he believe | to 900 pounds or more. There h the Fair but this leviathan oi ' of attraction. \ Races Today a > . There is a large aggre the Fair grounds, and lovers ^ warvl to some fine racing tod |,^more horse at the stables tha of the previous races. Some *~the big circuits in the north ai p jcut tv vi n uunug uic eccusuiL , will be a football game betw ^ t t ?*??* **? *1 ^ * SWEET POTATO CONTEST. ^ Th? Herald offers a year's sub- * ML* scription fibe to the person bring- * s )* big in the largest sweet potato be- * Wr* tween now and November 1st and *1 k * six month's snbscriptlon to tlie * 6*^ person bringing in the second lar- * | * gest potato. There is no other ob- * ligation on the part of the contee- * k tants. The potatoes will be weigh- * ed by a disinterested party the * k * day they are bronght in, and in * the issue following November 1st * k a the names of the winners will be *. %- Jt announced. Dillon county makes *, . s some big potatoes and the idea' of * the contest is to bring them out * k f of hiding so that others may , * '.Tr.TiT.T^^irn:. j k ' r ,r.?* .or THE DILLON HERi RISON I Football ToWidway Has tractinns.. annual Fair opened yesterto press today the big Fair is riving every minute and to! biggest of the week, nd women were busy getting J every school district in the e so well displayed that it is From every point of view the rpass the Fair of a year ago. b both in the agricultural and the midway is so large and tions that it would do credit r Attractions. ts of the Fair ground will be ? ia : reus in ltseii, composed ot; 1 to the old plantation shows: \ the carnival carries an ani-' ; the animal show in many of low are three large lions, one ing since he has been in this lion is of course kept in a no one but his trainer is alother lions are time animals safety. The carnival carries j they were busy as bees get5 for the big crowds. One of the dog and pony show. This ,rks' circus which showed in >roprietor of the shows, says ean shows which ladies ^nd keeps a close, personal watch r and sees that the public gets >pears to be far above the av-j nd variety of attractions it; d that has ever visited Dillon.! 1 Exhibit. jrful exhibits at the Fair is : Minturn. Last year Mr. Meal other prizes, and he comes: )it that surpasses his efforts e has 102 articles represent3 farm. It is an interesting rge farmer, but he cultivates | akes it produce not only in Dnishing variety. It is wellj >ee Mr. McRae's exhibit. It doubt that anything can be| ives that a wall could be built inhabitants could live in comlds. It allays one's fears that lankrupt Dillon countv. for rery farmer in Dillon county I nergy and perservance.. ter Hog the Fair is the monster hog ? Kemper. This hog tops the res bought him two years ago hs old. Mr. Hayes says he is ? he can bring his weight up! i are many other fine hogs at! : the hog family is the centre ,nd Tomorrow. gation of fine race horses at i of the sport are looking for- i lay and tomorrow. There are n have ever beep here at anyj of them have come in from1 nd west where they did excel-j Tomorrow morning there; een Dillon and Mullins. Oak Grove. There .will be a miscellaneous Bhower given at Oak Grove school house next Saturday afternoon at 3 1 o'clock by the members of the various churches of the Brownsville circuit' for the purpose of equipping the Methodist parsonage at Bingham with tbe necessary articles for housekeeping. It- has been sometime since the parsonage has been replenishes and it is the desire of the committee in charge of the affair that a large contribution offeiseful articles be made. Refreshments will be served. The Oak Grove school opened October the third with a splendid enrollment. Misses Emma Bass and Margaret Calols, teachers in the Oak Grove school spent the week end at their ?*T ?r " r i ' *?* t t i ?ilia LLD, DILLON SOUTH CAROLINA, DILLON A LIVE TOWN. 1 "A Dillonite does not know how to appreciate his town," remarked Mr. James M. Sprunt, "until he visits i other towns of the same size. A few 1 days ago 1 made a trip through the t country to a distant city. I passed f through many towns the size of Dil- t Ion and some towns a great deal lar-j ger. They did not have that air of hustle and bustle that one sees iu' Dillon. As compared to Dillon the! most of them seemed to be taking ai holiday. On the return journey the J nearer I got to Dillon the more traf-i fic I met on the roads. The people' were busy and one could not fail to note the difference. Yes, I believe we 1 have the best town in the state.1 Traveling men tell me that they find mere business going on in Dillon than any other town In the state and my recent trip convinces me that tbey! are right. Not only Is Dillon a busy' town, but it looks better. I believe we have more pretty homes than any other town of the same slae in the state. Every time I go away and come back I think more of our town." "Dillon never sleeps," remarked Mr. Prank B. David. "You can come down town at any hour of the night and you will always find somebody on the streets. I am not able to explain this particular difference in Dillon and other towns. We are a busy people and it may be that some folks get up early and go to bed early while others get up late and work late, but anyway Dillon's streets are never deserted. A few days ago I was ?a ? * '' *u vuiuiuum auu KOI. up ftl IOUT o'clock in the morning to catch an early train. You may not believe it. but the streets were deserted. There was not a living ^oul in sight. The trolly cars were not running and I could not find a taxicab. I had to walk the entire distance to the stalon and I did not see a soul. You could not have walked a block in Dillon at that hour of the night without meeting somebody. If straws show which way the winds blowB, I there is no disputing -the fact that Dillon is a busy town." i o I Party for Bride-Elect. Misses Eula and B?ulah Braddy were hostess to a delightful party given Thursday evening in honor of Kinn O- *- ... * kiido o<ii ?tii iiemea, pride-elect. |< The living room and parlor were < thrown en-suite and decorated with | baskets and vases of nasturtiums and i dahlias. Three tables were arranged s for Heart Dice, and at the conclusion of the games Miss Flora Hamer held i highest score, for which she was giv- \ en a box of correspondence cards. < The guest of honor was presented < with a lovely piece of lingerie. A delicious salad course was served by , Misses Leila and Allie Braddy. < The guests presen, were Misses i Sarah, Mary and Hettie Bethea. Pat 5 Hamer, Annie Mae Thompson, Marie < Smith. Annie Henagan. Flora Hamer, i Mesdames Albert Parker and George \ Easterling. t " < I Services at The Methodist Church. Main Street Methodist Church, Dr. | Watson B. Duncan, Pastor. Sunday School at 10 A. M., Mr. W. \ H. Muller, Superintendent. Preaching at 11 A. M. and 7:30 P. ! M. by the Pastor. , , Morning Subject: "The Sermon on ' The Mount;" No. 5 "A Lesson on Prayer." Evening Subject: "Bearing the ! Marks of Our Master." Junior Epworth League at 4 P. M, Prayer service on Wednesday at 4:30 P. M. ; Public cordially invited to all ser"i( vices. j ? ' 1 U. D. C. MEETS. , i The October meeting of the Ann j Fulmorc Harllee Chapter U. D. C. i was held on last Friday evening at ( the home of Mrs. J. B. Gibson, Mes-'j dames J. C. Davis and W. H. Wood as- j | sisting the hostess in entertaining. |< Quite a number of 'the members j and several visitors were present. \ Much business was attended to after which followed the election of offle-i< ers. The officers elected were: Mrs. |i Jack Watson, president; Mrs. E. L. h Moore, vice-president; Miss Marie ( Smith. Rec. Sec ; Mrs. W. C. Moore, I Cor. Sec.; Mrs. Gordon MeLaurin, TreaR.; Mrs. J. B. Gibson, Registrar t and Mrs. J. C. Bethea, Historian. i Mrs. W. C. Moore was chairman of ]( the Literary Program. Francis Barren l Pone, the Confederate Poet, was the I sublect. The hostess served sand- < wlches and coffee. t < 1 homes in Latta and Florence respec- 1 tively. t C. P. Hodges of Brownsville lay < leader of this circuit, delivered a j splendid talk last Sunday morning at j Bethesda church after the regular t preaching services t Herbert Bethea of Latta was In this < section last Sunday afternoon. t The corn club hoys of this eomraiin- 1 ity recently gathered their prize t acres and they report fine yields. r Nearly all the cotton has been gath- i ered and the farmers are now busy ' gathering hay. T Quite a number of people of this ? section will visit the fair at Dillon t this week. T The Oak Grove ^school will close down- Friday for us fair. WfT * 'c* / tt i?ri THURSDAY MORNING. OCTOBER ! TAX REFORM IN SOUTH CAROLINA. The above is a subject which the vriter, though feeling hlmseMf uttery incompetent to discuss in a crediable manner, undertakes to do sol iom a sense of duty and interest in he matter and with the hope that vliat is said may be of some value at east in accomplishing the much need>d tax reform of which we are all lesiriouB. During the latter part of SeDtember he Auditors and Treasurers of the Hate met at Columbia and organized hemselves into an association known is the Association of AudRors and treasurers of South Carolina. I am iure that this organisation was not ormed purely from a selfish standmint or to serve the interests priuarily of the officers who compose te membership, but it was formed in rder that these officers through heir combined efforts might be in ?etter position to serve their county ind state, and secondarily to serve he Interests of its membership. While matters of purely personal lnerest were discussed, I am sure that nore than two thirds of the time was ipent in discussing the subject of this trticle, "Tax Reform in South Caroina." Governor Cooper in his address o the Association stressed the fact ha* the Auditors and Treasurers of he state were in better position to ee the gross inequalities and shortomings of the present tax system Lan perhaps any other body of men ind urged us as members of tbe Association to lend our help and influence In every way possible towards urthering this movement. It is only n obedience to my pledge as a mem>er and officer of this Association and dy earnest desire to further the movement if possible which gives me the ourage to undertake any kind of discussion of this problem. To begin with we must all admits ha, we have this situation to deal j vith: 1st. The State must continue to de-j relop, educationally and socially for his will mean greater prosperity.! *Ione would consent for it to do othervise. 2nd. This development will neces-, larily mean the expenditure of as nuch money as the state is now receiving, and should the state make1 he progress it should, it will require 'ven more money than it is now re-1, ceiving. 3rd. That the present system is j low already burdensone and oppres-! live. 4th. Admitting that the present; ax system is burdensome and also hat the state must not go backward! educationally or socially, how then lan the tax burdfn be lightened? To my mind the only possible rem-; idy for this situation is to find new sources of revenue, to enact laws tha, j will force every individual or corporition to pay their just proportionate share of taxes. Some taxpayers are :cot onlv paying their taxes but are inder the present, system paying the taxes of some other ^jodv of taxpav ri o. The Real Refect. Of the $448,222,786.00 of taxable property in the state $212,520,412.00 is real estate. The personal property ?f the state amounts to $189,482,139.00 and the railroad property to:als $46,220,027.00, making the total 'or the state as stated above $448,222,786.00 and it is upon this propery that the various counties and the date place a levy and raise at least linety percent of the total taxes paid nto their treasuries. In order to thoroughly understand vhy taxes are so unreasonably high it the present time, tly> taxpayer i nust get this central idea firmly and dearly fixed in his mind as is shown j >y the above figures, that for the pear of 1919 the total tax collected was $1.84 per capita and of this miount $1.66 was derived from the personal property tax. To make the natter even clearer, ninety percent A all taxes for schools, county and state, were derived from a tax levy on .he personal and real estate. The lueation then is no, how to reduce the imount of money the state and county is receiving, because the per capita tax of South Carolina is the lowest }f any state in the Union, but the real problem is for the state to find a say to divide equally the taxes between the citizenship in proportion to tlieir abilitv to nav Realizing this situation to be true, ind it is, no fairmind^d citizen can igree that It is fair or equitable for the actual property of the state to jear all the expenses of maintaining the schools, the repair and construe- , lion of roads, the cost incident to I itate and county government and all >ther public expenditures designed < 'or the public good. Taxes would not >e burdensome to anyone were the j axes equally distributed between the ] dtizenshlp. The present tax laws jrovide no way to reach that certain ] arge body of citizens who enjoy all :hc privileges of the state in which hey live, yet who contribute nothing >r practically nothing in the way of axes in return for benefits received F*or instance. I am reliably informed hat there is a business concern lo- J ated in Charleston which during the ' >ast year did over a seven million dolsr bi'Ulness and yet this business ' taitf taxes only on office furniture \ iipounting in value to $120.00. their ' Axes being perhaps less than $10.00. Jnder the present tax laws, the tax(Continued on page four.) i ralii. 20, 1021. H. HORN BUYS PLACE. H. Horn has purchased from Iseah McKenzie the J? ft Walker place near Kentyre. The tract has about 15 acres cleared and Mr. Horn is making preparations to clear the balance. Mr. Horn says he is not afraid of the bell weevil. He says'he can work just ab fast and as long as the weevil and believes he can beat him out. This is the right idea. If reports from boll weevil sections are true, a good crop clfci be made under boll weevil conditions, provided a farmer will put the energy into it. Mr. Horn has plenty of energy and the boll weevil will find in him a strong adversary. Mr. Horn is not 'a la?ge farmer, but he make* farming pay. He made good tobacco this year and a fine cotton crop. He paid cash for the place he bought yesterday and has money enough in the bank to run his place next year, while he still has much of this year's cotton on hand. He does not owe a dollar and looks forward to next year without any feelings of anxiety. Wealth,"after all. is a relative term, and cannot be measured in dollars and cents. Contentment is the only wealth worth while. o Court AdJourneyj Tuesday.. When we last went to press the jury had the case of Campbell vs L F. Johnson, Lynch and McCarn. The jury rendered a verdict for the full amount asked by the plaintiff against Lynch and McCarn, but found nothing against Dr. Johnson. The next case tried was that of T. C. Sherwood against Charley Saleeby to recover the value of a horse which the plaintiff claimed he harf * over to the defendant to try and if h? proved satisfactory defendant was tc buy him. The claim was that the horse was so ill-treated by defendant that he died as a result. The verdict was in favor of plaintiff for $87-00. J. B. Colt Co. vs. S. W. Stephem was next tried. This was a suit to recover the value 'of a heating plam which plaintiff claimed defendani contracted to purchase. Defendani claimed that he had an understanding with the agent of the company that the plant was being bought for hii son and if the same was not satisfac tory the order could be cancelled bj notifying the agent. The defendani claimed that the order was so cancelled and the Jury found for the de fendant. The case of Darlington Wholesale Grocery vs. W. M. Ford was next taken up and a verdict was found foi the defendant. The suit was to recover the purchase price of certain cotton sheets and the controversy was as to contract. The next case was Lulu Pag?* vs Dara Horn. A suit on seduction of promise of marriage. A verdict was found for plaintiff in -the sum of $1500.00. The next case was John R Watson vs. Southern Cotton Oil Co. which was based on a claim of Mr. Watson mai in sinning his cotton the company had negligently gin-cut it. and he asked $2000 damages as a result. At the close of the plaintiff's testimony a motion was made for a nonsuit which was granted. The next case was J. L. Powers vs Dr. S. C. and Mrs. Jennottte Henslee. This was a suit to enforce a builder's lien on a.heating plant installed by plaintiff in defendant's residence. Defendant's defense was that the plant had been improperly installed. The Jury found a verdict for $1600 in favor of plaintiff. The next case was S. V. Lane vs. Southern Bell Tel. & Tel. Co. in which plaintiff got a verdict for $250.00. The suit arose out of Mr. Lane running his automobile into a guy wire at tho <*nd of Main streetThe case of C. E. Lipscomb vs. W. A. Blizzard was next taken up. In 1920 the defendant W. A Blizzard employed the plaintiff as a traveling salesman at a salary of $200 a month. He was discharge^ by defendants and brought suit to recover nine month's salary. The jury found $1175 for the plaintiff. The next case was Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company itnuiiiHi Li. u. t$ruce, J. D. Cobb and Mamie Moore. This suit arose out of a controversy between C. G. Bruce and J. D. Cobb as agents of the insurance company and Mamie Moore, the wife of Harrison Moore, who was the beneficiary mentioned in the policy issued by the plaintiff. Bruce and Cobb claimed to have an assignment of the policy. The plaintiff not knowing to whom the insurance should be paid instituted the suit to have the question determined. A verdict was directed far the defendant, Mamie Moore, the beneficiary. Court adjourned Tuesday afternoon and Judge Peurifoy returned to his home in Walterboro. Stenographer Kilgo remained over nnd visited the Pair Wednesday. o Names Omitted. Through an error the following cacher's names were omitted in thej tfrite-up of the teacher's reception i ast Friday evening: Misses Sadie flerbert, Annell Ooode, Martraret Rid11 e, Claudia Buchanan, Nina Dantder. Lena Baxley, Helen Kerr and San Edwards. o C'vde Cothran of Timraonaville irewt the week end In tows. The Date on the Label la the Date Your Paper Will Be Stopped. * 1 - ? -=3 VOL. 28 NO. 5. " } | BOBBERS KUN TO EARTH. ' Detectives Unihvel Mystery ot Safe Bobbery Near Lake City. Florence, Oct. 14?With the arrest of J- "Hugh Truluck, assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Olanta, this afternoon, and his signi ed confession to the part he played in the robbery of the home of 8am W. Young, Florence County farmer, ! of an iron safe, containing liberty bonds, war saving stamps and mortgages and other securities amounting to between $80,000 and $90,000 i events, today followed thick and fast , in a robbery that has created no liv : tie interest in this section of the State. In the absence of Mr. Youhg | the safe was removed from the hovde and was found later in Lynches river i rifled of its contents. Arrest was made in Sumter yes; terday of two brothers, M A. and IH. Truluck, and they were brought I here today and questioned closely by I Mr. 8mithfield, a representative of the Burns Detective Agency, who has | worked up the case and caused ' 4he arrest of the two men in Suuttev. When the third Truluck- boy,-'v a cousin of the two men arrested In Sumter, was arested while in the bank at Olanta this morning, a enRation was created. It was found later that M. A. Truluck had nothing to do with the actual theft of the safe and he was released. It was declared that j the other Trulucks, however, had a confidant of him and that he knew all about the business from beginning to endAs a result of the work of -the de tectives $26,000 worth of bonds, war i saving stamps and securities have ['been recovered so far, and the offic>ers believe they will get the rest of , i the stolen loot. When thev walked intn the niter > jiff's office here they entered at once into a continuation of their alleged confession to >ir. Whitfield, a Burns . Agency detective, who put the ctinch. ers on the information he had pret viously received by having one of the t Truluck boyp sign the same name to a check he had signed on a cheek r drawn on the First National Bank of " Florence for $10,000. This check bore j the signature of Fred A. Jones, which the boys confessed was the assunved . name they adopted to carry out in Florence the disposal of the stolen liberty bonds. With confession from Hugh Truluck. the master mind who engineered the sale of the stol^i securities, and alleged confessions Prom the two ; Truluck cousins, who committed the actual theft, Mr. Whitfield believes that he has closed a case upon which he has been wonting for several 1 months, and one that has led him fioni Florida to Maryland and on to New York, for it was in a New York hank that be found the first trace ot one of the stolen bonds, through a check signed for its purchase It was stated in the alleged confession of M A. Tfuluck that the only registered bond in the lot had been burned; it was a bond for* $1,000. Ii was state,) today by Mr Whitfield that, following the confession of the Truluck boys, he visited the Piesby-. terian church at Olant i and found stored under the sf- ps the y.>ai savings < ? iTficat.-s. which, they declared. had been hidden there. It was stated today that Mi Young some tinn- ago withdrew his funds and securities front th? First National Bank of Olanta because of some disagreement. This fart is believed to strengthen th< evidence attains! the assistant cashier, who. officers bolu ve. concocted the plot to take post ssion of the bonds. Stewart-Smith. Campobello, Oct. lf>?Beautiful in its simplicity was the marriage of Miss Virginia Stewart, third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F A. Stewart of Campobello, to Robert T Smith, which took place Wednesday morning at the bride's home Promptly at 9 o'clock the couple entered unattend ed, preceded by the bride's pastor, the Itev. G. H Montgomery, who performed the ceremony in the presence ! of a few relatives and close friends. , Mrs. Smith, as Miss Stewart, is loved for her amiable disposition and sterling character which has won for her many friends who regret that her marriaee will take her from her girlhood home. | Mr. Smith is a prominent young man of Dillon, being connected with, the Dillon pharmacy. After a short wedding trip Mr and Mrs. Smith will be at home nt Dillon. o ? liike View, Rev. and Mrs. E. K. Garrison of Aynor spent the week end with Rev. and Mrs. Ledbetter. Messrs. Arthur and Harold Fowler cf New Bedford, Mass., are visiting at the home of Mr. arid Mrs. B. B. Par risn. ? Mrs. R. F. Elvington and children ,have returned from a week's RtAy I with relatives in Kinston. i Mrs. W. R. Phillips and two children of Timmonsville spent the week end with friends here. Mrs. J. Smith, manager of the Palmetto Hotel left Friday for a month's visit to New York. A. B. Smith was in Wilmington part of last week. Rev. W. C. Wallace of Johnsoihrilta is here for a few days. / Mrs. J. M. Rbbeboro left Saturday for a visit, to her parents A. Chesterfield. S. C.