The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, December 01, 1921, Image 1
L, "B ch Label on Tew Papei
* Don't Let Subseriptior
^lt M 'jttt?K?pE "HAND TO MOUTH"
Government Representatives Think
IT'*'^ Cotton Prospects^ CGood.
The following Is from the "Weekly
News Letter," issued by the Unit:?
ed States department of agriculture
^ , at Washington: . /
Economic conditions in Europe,
outside of Russia are gradually im
oving according to William R.
ito'2ws W^llani L. Pryor, of j
^u of Markets and Crop Es- j
I. Blum"*! cuaies L/eyui luitm
his family in Recently returned
iths' trip through
Mrs. W. H. 1 studying general
are risiting r? on the prospective
i American product.
Miss RuMt'> representative retting
consumption of Ameri41
coiton 'expected to show
a considerable increase, perhaps 10
" to 13 per cent over that of last year.
Visits were made to England.
France, Switzerland, Belgium, Holland,
Norway, Sweden, Denmark,
Germany, Poland, the free city of
Danzig, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Italy,
and Egypt. In addition, Mr.
Meadows also visited Palestine. At
all the cotton marketing and manufacturing
centers conferences were
held with government officials, cotton
men, bankers, and others, and
much valuable information concern- |
ing conditions affecting American 1
?? cotton was secured. The recent ad- i
1 Sil'-Dce in the price of cotton, they:
has greatly relieved the cotton 1
x chants, spinners and bankers of
ope as well as similar lines of (
' istry in this country. Accord-''
the best information obtain- i
he cotton manufacturing,:
''"' egins the new season with a ]
A*late, there being no large
' of cotton or cotton goods j j
: by manufacturers In any Euron
" country. In the judgment of
department's representatives,;
,?pe must of necessity follow a (
' ^d-to-mouth" policy in purchas-!
its supplies of raw cotton, and j
*' ?erican holders should adopt a(
.adual marketing policy to conform i
jo Europe's requirements. |
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Squirrel Drinks "White Lightning and
Goes "Nutty." |
|,^ i Washington, Ga., Nov. 20 ? The
story of the rabbit that mustered up'
enough nerve to spit in a bulldog's!
ace found a counterpart in Wilkes
founty this week. In the local casej
was a squirrel that went "nutty",
* a result of feeding on "mash"'
om which white lightning is made.!
?Parties from the neighboring city j
Wo Danburg in this county who were j
! . TTT 1. ( 4 ? ? 4 V. ? Mnircm. <
br term of Wilkes superior court 1
tls week, told this story and voueh i
^fo Its truthfulness. A few days ago t
"scleral nlmrods with guns and dogs i
f\ wet squirrel hunting in the northern ^
end of this county nec.r the forks of i
Brad and Savannah rivers. They ; t
foun several of the festive game all I j
f of wfc ch conducted themselves as well j 1
"Msea squirrels will do when men ]
" gum and dogs camp on their i
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9 came upon one squirrel!
m % comported himself j
ffl tly from his fellows fur-}i
iver. Instead of *??**?-'-'
gj cit?-?.uise wi
1*1 > .during this G
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in- order fc> n
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THE DILLON HEU
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THE BAD SIDE OF GOOD RO.'DS .
"Good things have their bad sldea,"
remarked an observant Dillonite,' 1
"and now that we hare built a topsoil
road almost through the county!
the speed fiends are showing up in |
alarming numbers. It is dangerous |
enough to drive over the hard sur- 1
face' roads on an -ordinary week day, <
but persons who go out for a little 1
spin on a holiday or a Sunday posi- 1
tlvely take their lives in their own 1
hands. Last Thursday the road be- <
tween Latta and Little Rock via Dil- 1
Ion was full of automobiles, and it t
took good driving and a quick eye <
to avoid the speed fiend. Dillon i
county has built a good road, but if i
the road is to serve the purpose for i
which it was built the county will '
bare to patrol it with speed cops un- I
til enough, speed fiends and road I
hogs have been run in to break up the ]
dangerous driving." t
What this citisen says is true. Ev- i
ery person who drove out on the i
hard surface road last Thursday or
Friday will testify to the fact that c
something must be done to curb the f
reckless driver. If the speed fiend f
killed or injured only himself there <
would be no complaint. The sooner f
the county gets rid of that class of j
automobile drivers the better off will r
be the sane people who have sense t
enough to know that the automobile f
is a dangerous machine. 'But the \
trouble is the speed fiend usually in- a
juries or kills some innocent per- r
son. A party of automobilists out on *
the Little Rock road last Thursday j
evening saws a car com ins from to- i
ward Dillon at a dangerous rate of c
speed. The ear turned the curve at r
Mr. J. S. Thompson's residence and t
passed a party of small children v
playing by the roadside without a'l
pause in its wild dash down the road., f
Other automobilists saw the car com- 1 a
ing and gave it a clear road. Just $
in front of Mr. Thompsdn's home a g
flrove of 'fine hogs were crossing the f
road. The driver of the wild car saw f
them in ample time to bring his car f
to a stop,'but he did not pause. He j
lashed into the hogs, scattering them f
right and left, and when he had \
passed two fine porkers lay dead in1 a
the middle of the road. Putting more|-w
speed to his car the driver dashed r
an down the road with such speed1 c
that one could not read the number ti
)n his car. o
The law is too easy on persons of j
:his type. Too often when they are E
laught they are let off with a light h
fine. Road sentences should be the' A
punishment. Little did it matter to t
:he driver of that car whether it a
were children or hogs. ' J v
Now that we have a good road v
through the county, the next step is t
o curb the speed fiend. He is in the o
minority, and as the majority pay e
he taxes that build and maintain j
good roads they deserve the protec- t
tion of the law. If such practices are' l<
allowed to continue sane and con- j
siderate citizens will have no use for
good roads. They would prefer the
bad road, because they would at
least feel safe when they go out for d
a. litle pleasure ride.
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DILLON COUNTY GINNINGS ^
g According to Special Agent S. W. f
ackson there were 31,223 bales of
nton ginned in Dillon county prior j.
Nov. 21 as compared with .26,- { v
bales up to the same period last.
'|X^.Thi8 indicates a yield of 33,- jt
'Smiles for Dillon county for the;,
21 or 1000 bales in excess of i1
^^"" "nated yield on the previous1
-> far Dillon leads the state j
, Mon per acre for the pres-' {
[tors ? i
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- fs in the Pee De3.
ieei oum ginner's report for \
a big decrease in
P A MT1P imed that the Pee I
Ufll" 1 1 v 'au other counties (
'uction per acre..
ery man ,
.. A ip little more
> "in times ol !
OW PRICE SALH;
. i ouio
commission to nave j-,t
an addition |!
arts Saturi
Oo not class out
aoods only.
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DILLON SOUTH CAROLINA,
MANY WAT PEOPLE
r APPLY TO OOPKLAND.
P?me of New Yorker as Reducer
Spreads Throughout the
Country.
New York Nov. 17?A great many
fat people in the United States and
^aiinutt Avuwvaijr wwil iu uccuuic
:hln, but don't know how. By the
lundreds they have been confessing
his desiito in letters to City Health
Commissioner Cqpeland. Their selection
of him as the peirson who might
:ake a great weight off their ahoullers
was suggested by accounts of his
-ecent mobilisation of a reducing
(quad of fifty fat men and fifty fat
somen in New York.
These hundred heavyweights have
>een shrinking daily and the letters
rom outside New York inquire how
3r. Copeland does it. Its simple he
tays. Proper diet, regular exercise,
ind proper living habits are all that
s necessary.
"You cannot be happy unless your
itomach is full," the doctor tells the
at folks. Then he explains what
oods they should eat to keep happy,
diminating all those which produce
at. Some of the foods they may eat
n abundance are celery, buttermilk,
a'dishes, endive, lettuce, tomaces,
waterchess, clams, whites of
(ggs, chicken' without the skin, shad
rhite meat of lobster, codfish, pears,
.pples, grapefruit, lemons, oranges,
hubard lean meat and skimmed
uilk. >
"The greatest mistake people make
s in the selection of their food," Dr.
'opeland contends. "The average
neai is poorly balanced. This is paricularly
so of breakfast. Imagine
ranting to get thin on a breakfast
ike this cereal and cream, hot mufins
with butter and honey, sausage
nd possibly some fruit covered with
ugar. This entire meal is made up
if starches and sugar, which adds
lesh and very often as an added ofense
it is washed down with tea, cofee
or cocoa saturated with sugar."
Dr. Copeland lets his squad eat
ruit for breakfast, 'except bananas,
le bars sugar, prohibits white bread,
nd opposes the drinking of water
rith meals because that makes the
oom and inclination for more food.
Jereals are all right, he says if a
able spoon of bran is added instead
1 sugar.
He recommends Swedish exercises.
Jut if the ambitious heavy insists on
is cali^benics bejng 100 per cent
imercan, the United States army seting
up exercises are just as good as
ny other. These can be practiced
rithin the privacy of the home proided
the home is of sound construcion
and the neighbors pleasant. One
f Dr. Copeland's squad confided that
very time she began bending and
umping there came complaints from
he occupant of the apartment be
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Fork.
Mrs. T. W. Carmichael and little
laughter Grace of Rowland have
>een visiting Mrs. L. J. Fort.
Misses Sadie Player and Mollie
Villiams spent Thanksgiving at the
ormer's home at Elliott.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Rose of Colum>ia
are spending some time here
rith Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Calhoun.
Mr. H. P. DuBose and little daugher
Sadie spent Saturday with Mr.
ind Mrs. Melton Rogers.
Miss Annie Weatherly spent Thanksjiving
ct her home at Minturn.
Mr. M. E. Carmichael spent a few
iays at Clio last week where he took
>art in the Brown-Garner wedding.
Miss Bessie McQueen who holds a
position at Dillon spent several days
it home last 'week.
Mr. John Watson of Columbia is
risking his sister, Mrs. N. N. Schofield.
Miss Thelma Rogers a student of
Columbia College and Messrs. Carroll
Braswell and Burt Roberts of Wofford
College spent Thanksgiving holidays
at home.
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Campaign for Economy Home.
Columbia, Nov. 28?J. Pope Matthews,
president of the Palmetto NaI
i Ana I Ilanlr a# PnlnmKlo Vioa nonont.
wTthe chairmanship of the campaign
committee of the Economy Home at
<i^^?Creek, 9. C. Mr. Matthews will
[J ^"Mr ' by a committee of well
%/ ' . ^rolinians, the per_
m -ill be announced
Untiia^
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GOODS SEN:
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.LON'S LARGE!
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THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER
L -i? H"HI , I I'lHFKggg
| WEAK ON SOLA. WEEVILS.
Partridges Not Very Strong for Fed*
Says Conradi.
I Clover, Nov. 47?That partridges
are not great destroyers of boll weevils
is the statement made by Prof.
A- F. Conradi, entymologist at Clemson
Colfege whom Harry S. Henry,
1 promineJfc-^iing farmer of Clovef, in!
terrogat# ?n regard to the
j matter. ? ot tnfyy Wfc0 iiit?8 to 3hoot
1 partridig# grej^? hjg mind that he
was go^^To lo little or no hunting
this year If he could ascertain from
a reliable source that partridges
| were valuable as destroyers of weevils.
Here is what the State entymologist
wrote in regard to the weevil:
! >"The" partridge or quail' is not active
in eating boll weevil so far as
investigations show. Stomach examinations
show thft they will find full
grown weevils in winter but the partridge's
strong point as. an insectivorous
bird is not in reference to the
' boll weevil. This bird is of great value
to the farmer as an insect eater
during the seasons when they rear
the young and at all seasons as weed
seed destroyers. Though a game bird
1 having an open season we would rec'
ommend consideration and avoid unnecessary
killing. Some people, you
know hunt for sport only and often
kill the birds ruthlessly."
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! Bermuda.
I Mr. Ben Williams of Dillon was j
in this section Thanksgiving hunting.
i Mr. and Mrs. Allen Pittraan of'
Fairmont were in this section on
Thanksgiving and spent the day with
Mfs. Pittnian's father, Mr. J. L. i
Butler.
A number of our friends enjoyed ;
the "Home Gathering Picnic" at
Kentyre on Thanksgiving.
I Miss Ollie Moody entertained a
number of her friends on the evening
cf Saturday last.
The people of this community are,
very glad to know that the county
gang is reconstructing the old cause-1
.way at Carmichael's Bridge which
| has been impassable for a good long
while. We are glad that the? road officials
haven't forgotten us.
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UNIQUE EXPIjA NATION
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Boll Weevil in Package Brings Silent
Message.
The State.
Numbers of explanations and ex-'
cuses for failure on the part of va-'
rious Sunday schools and individuals i
to contribute to the annual work day '
of Epworth orphanage have been re- 1
celved at the orphanage according to'
W. D. Roberts, superintendent. How-1
ever, the prize winning explanation i
came suddenly in the shape of a small
package from the lower part of the
state, which, when opened, proved to
be a boll weevil.
Mr. Roberts says the orphanage is j
joining with the other church orphan-:
I ages of the state in asking for a'
Thanksgiving offering.
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"The Ministers Wife's New Bonnet".1
Under the auspices of the Dramatic
Club of Dillon "The Min j
'iter's vv lie's N*;W Bonnett," a,
charming musical comedy, will j
> produfed on Tu-ridav evening'
at the school auditorium. This club
has been recently organized and in it
some actresses and actors in no mean '
ability. A special permit has been
granted by the Radcliff Co., of Millville,
N. J., for production in this
city only. The play is for the benefit,
oi the Presbyterian church to assist
!in raising funds so that the building
can be paid for and dedicated. Fifty
per cent of the proceeds will be do>
nated by the church to the Athletic
; Association, the members of which
are largely instrumental in getting
i out the play, taking prominent parts,
j The reserved (feats are now selline
at the Moody Drug Co. Prices 70c j
and a war tax of 5c added. General 1
admission fifty cents.
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Dear Editor:?Please allow me1
space to say a word about what Mrs.
W. C. Cathcart told a Herald man
in the Herald of Nov. 17, headed
"Family in Destitute Circumstances".
What I want to say is that there was
some mistake. In the first place it
stated there was 4 children, all girls,
age 13 to 7. There is 4 children but
the youngest one is a boy aged 5. It
j was stated that the family was dependent
and the neighbors brought in
i enough to sustain life. Here is what
^the father says: We have had plehty
and I bought it with my own
It also stated that about the
' "to ',on he 19 from these
H)f/r) 4llnk <h'9 a mi*take. I
a to think that I can
Jk I &:ause I am writing
[y/ yt^Vt the public know
\n not understand
wnkMt t knows more
r H^ditlon than I
j bvery week and
\four times a
TO" j tad shape and
%Campbell.
..^he Sumter
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jLfl K Rveek end
tlM Mtet# M
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. A Good Man Claimed by Death.
Andrew J. Hayes was born July
13, 18t2, in the Bethesda section, in
what was then known as upper Marlon,
but now Dillon county, and died
near the same spot, at the home of
his brother In law, John C. Allen, on
the 16th day of November, 1921, and
was buried at the Allen family burial
grou/id, near Latta, on the following
day. Rev. W. C. Allen of Dillon conducting
the funeral services.
Th? aiih1?ot of this s'/etch wftx madr.
deputy sheriff at the age of nineteen
years, under th? late Sheriff, W. T.
Evans, of Marion county, and did efficient
service during his entire administration
of that office, for wl period
of eight years. After leaving Marion
he went to McColit S. C.,/where
he lived" for twenty years, doidg police
and detective work in Marlboro
county and throughout the state. A
little more than 1 year ago he boved
to Timmonsville, S. C. to follow
the same line of work, but was at that
place but a few months, when he was
stricken down, and since that time he
has been in declining health, and
while his family expected his death to
occur at .almost any time, *yet when
the end came it was not only a shock j
to them but the entire community.'
There was no visible 'sign of his be- i
icg worse until' about eight o'clock j
the night before he passed away, at
five o'clock the following afternoon, i
He married Miss Alice, daughter of
H. W. Allen of Latta, in November.
1901, who with one brother Mr. Thos.
Hays, of Mallory, S. C., one cister, i
Mrs. Jane Jackson of Bennettsviile, I
and hosts of friends to mourn his
departure.
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MA 11, PACKAGES EARLY
Postmaster Carinichael has re-j
ceived a letter from Postmaster General
Hayes in which he is urged to J
impress upon the patrons of the Dillon
offices the importance of mailing
packages early. The Postmaster General
says the publtQ does not realize
what a stupendous job it is to be
santa claus to IOOjOOO.OOO people
and that is Jiipt.iUiat the postoffice .
d< partmen/^ g the holidays. |
The posmtf ?ral urges the people
to wrl <!ges securely irfind
address the |lain letters. He
says much IT J)< lost trying tc read,
fancy wrltiV^ % use of small en-!
velopes so AmiliFn during the holidays
is dist^ feed. Thp automatic
canceling nn^?lines will not take
them and theyfhave to be cancelled
by hami, thus causing much loss
bf time. Because of their tendency to |
slip out of packages the smaller let-1
ters are very often lost. The ^?ost-'
master General says the public can |
be of great assistance in handling the,
big volume of holiday mail if the> j
will wrap their packages securely. |
write the address plainly and mail j
them early. He asks the cooperation
of every citizen in the effort to make
a new record in the handling of thej
mail this year.
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GAME SHIPMENTS
MUST BE LABELED,
Florence Times.
The Bureau of Bilogical Survey.,
United States Department of Agviculture,
calls attention to the fact that |
under Federal Law all packages in l
which wild ducks, geese ant other
migratory game birds are transport- j
ed must have the name of the ship- 1
per and of the coiisignee and an accurate
statement of the numbers and
kinds of birds contained therein |
clearly and conspicuously marked on
the outside thereof. Sportsmen shipping
game birds without proper
markings are liable to pi>.;ecution in
the Federal court and U& birds..to
seizure and condemnation.
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CLEMSON HAS BEADY
BULLETIN ON WEEVIL.
Danger of Plunging on Untried Crops
Pointed Out to Perplexed
Farmers. ' .
"Farming under Boll Weevil Conditions"
is the title of Extension Bulletin
48, prepared by the E&ension
Service of Clemson College and now
ready for distribution. The publication
is being Issued to help meet the
i present conditions and is full of information,
instructions and suggestions
for farmers in- regard to best
farm practices of the boll weevil.
Calling attention to the fpct that
South Carolina is now having to face
the same conditions which other
Southern states have faced one after
another In the onward march of the
boll weevil, the publication stresses,
first of all, the importance of learning
thoroughly the new methods and
practices for successful farming under
new conditions; and urges that
since there Is no single new crop
which promises to take the place of
cotton as our main money crop and
no combination of crops which can be
recommended to all alike, our farmers
must expect to continue to grow
cotton and should undertake the grow
ing of new money crops only on a
conservative scale, as plunging in
new untried crops will bring on problems
as hard to solve as the problems
of growing cotton under boll
weevil conditions. Copies of this
bulletin may be had by addressing A.
B. Bryan, Clemnon College, 8. C.
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ilwKkkttitl'it i ffi'i sMsi
id OinJo t>4?r my "hand _
K- day of Not. Anno Domini, ^*31.
p-. JOB CABBLfc DAVIS; ^
o- i i Judge of Probata,
a- It l*lt. ' Dillon ComOy.
)AP0L10| Z
. countleoo uaeo in d&o I
day V ^ jfAcl..n. cutU,y. |
Jiv^nufla. .fncaH oiOTMwiB. rnin? m
flames. The insurs^fcoleum, oil- I
and the loss is hea\sj^, marble, I
The fire originated i I
Perry's Paint and autom . f
and this building w.\s compi* ?? I ^s
ed. In the building were seve. |
dred dollars worth of paint*, I tyf*
tools and these were a total loss/VI
only |300 insurance. There w?re sjl
eral automobiles in the hjjA- 1
ing repainted and thes??^^_^yt P
lost. Mr. W. A. Meare'i' PAMK J %
which he had purchase?^ *?U
ago. A negro, name unky /*
an Oakland sedan; Mr. ^ ,0f
er lost a Studebaker; Mr. S. W. WiV
liams lost two Spats. In addition to
automobiles and paints there were
auomobile parts, recently purchased,
destroyed by the flames. Mr. Perry,,
the owner of the paint shop and ga-i #
rage, is on a hunttng trip in CV " '**
town. " yP B fff
The galvanized iron building
the rear of the Dillon Machine fc r: fa
was a total loss. This building a ?
belonged to Mr. Wheeler. In t m
building was stored a quantity ^
shingles, wire and hardware value. t=
at $3000, the property of the Dillol ^
Hardware Co. There was no insur- r:
ance on this property. ~
Mr. Wheeler was the individual hmi
owner of both buildincs and it is
said that the? were the only build- ?ii
ings owned by him on which he carried
no insurance. His individual' i*i
loss will be about $7000, while the
loss of the ?)illon Hardware Co. will
amount to about $3000.
The fire department responded %m
promptly and did good work, but the
flames had gained such headway that ^
nothing could be done to save the
burning buildings. The firemen con- ^
cer.trated their efforts on the adjoining
buildings and saved* these from
destruction.
Mr. W. A. Meares, who conducts
a grocery in the building next to the
! perry garage, was damaged by water Af
! to the extent of sever:\l hundred dol;J6Fg
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Mint urn. h
Quite a number of the young folks ^ , %
I enjoyed a 'possuri| hunt Thursday
night. - ^
Mr. and Mrs. M. JP- Edwards and i
[family spent Thanks, vJr^v.Jip. ? ^ar"m
| Mr. Manton Alford o\
Thanksgiving at heme. '
Miso Marv Prr?/?tor ?nH 'i ^
Oliver Tatum of Fayettevi
quitely married at the hoi a
bride at 8:30 o'clock Sunday ?
by the Rev. D. Mclntyre. A, k
Mr. Mack McQueen spent Thanks
giving with his grandparents in Di'' r
Ion. ? m
Mr. Jess McEachern visited Jam. "5
McCormac during the Thanksgivi/ (4^
holidays. ) <
Mr. D. M. Weatherly of Latta if , '
Miss Annie Weatherly of the
school faculty spent Thanksgl^fc ?
here with-their parents. *
I' Mrs. N. J. McRimto,,-^*!
spent Friday with IffvlvU $
Miss Jane Evans, a' _ - I
throp College, Tommwj^gJg 1 "
Davidson and Vernon < la;
, Wofford spent Thank"
Messrs. Robert Lee. lj er
and Morrison Cottingl i 3
! itors in this commtmityL. ofi/4 ^
ternoon and attended 1 dliU . ^
hunt that night. 1 ^
Miss Nelle Good of th'rl jog ?? a
TfiCbUx spent Sunday \r ' Yt /j
McLam?K2.*B*i'"* 7 T?r t 1
Miss AnnftJI. $UCH lOW ,
in Bennettsville tl? r
Mr, and Mrs. Dan ^ d
ily spent Thanksgivinpfl v* < /? ntj *
Miss Kathleen Cottft /
the past week in Clio. |i A AJ?
c?PA" E3,
Carolina ] ?
Mrs. W. J. Stone of hi E SI ^
returned home Monday .
day's visit to relatives B 3
_M,J'8j0^nD,.e.f0h,!8on\ l *