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No gr* article which is defamatory or offensively personal can find place in y our columns at any price, and: we are not responsible for opinions) expressed i^ any communication. If mllON. s. C? FEB, 10. 1011. ra Penny Wise Advertising. Following the death of the bill i j to provide u fund to be used joint- , ly with another fund to be contrib- ( uted by the several railrouds for | liie purpose of advertising the re- ( sources of the South the Greensboro Telegram prints a very perti- f nent article on the value of adver- t tising a state's resources which is , * worthy of attention. Quoting Mr. ( S. Wilbur Gorman, of the well j \ ? known firm of N. W. Ayer & Son, , ' fr ? ? - , The Telegram says in part: "Mr. ICorman has, without saying so in t so many words, expressed the great- ^ est difficulty in the way of the ( South's rapid growth?she is not ^ advertising enough nor in the prop- . -- m. I1 er way. Advertising is Mr. Cor- j ^ bs's business, but every word he j. tetfc". in a recent Atlanta address !' ' r v with the remarks of ion*.. expert the editor of' of ntfent to several iio-J" of l he i *?u>r ,i I Isi awTy VT, ' reenSboro stores and asked" for a 1 "Uneeda" brand, but was unable to i I find a package that did not bear, \ the name of the National Buiscuit i Co. "There are numerous cracker factories throughout the South," says the Telegram, "but they are II not known extensively outside of d the counties in which they are oper- ^ a ted, and It is because they do not put their goods up in attractive si packages and advertise them." The! Telegram might have added that the ! ?' j 11 National Biscuit Co. spends a qup.r-'t ter of a million dollars annually advertising "Uneeda" biscuits at 5' certs a package. "om syrup has become one of the .rgest^^0**111^8 Hie ' orthwest. i ft is putNuP 'n attractive tins and w can be fom>(* on l*le shelves of i* country store? iu the very hei,rt of ti the cane-grow'.11?* districts of the: a South. It is not as Palatable as n the pure corn syVjl*' ne'l'ler does ii a possess the same ,^trlUve qualities, s nevertheless there is strong demand*"1!. i I for it, and Its manufacturers by the l judicious use of printer's ink, are1 ! reaping a goiaen uearvesi irum u? \ sale. Commenting on the wonder- t ful demand (or this particular brand 1 of syrup, the Telegram adds; "We ] do not seem to know how to call 1 (or anything else, and if we did ' call for other syrups the grocer 1 would not know anything about, them," 1 Continuing the Telegram calls at-j1 tention to the superior quality of cotton hoisery, knit underwear and shoes made in the South and "yet we are prompted to call for those that are made in the north simply because we see the names in almost every magazine and newspaper we pick up." The Telegram concludes its obBArvHMnnK alone this lino with the remarkable statement that Concord,1 N. C-, makes enough towels to supply every hotel In America, but Con-| Bk cord herself is not known outside Of the State, to say nothing of her! towels. There are hundreds of other artlV cles shipped into the south in car-' >ad lots that can he made right HTIHHf** ,'t'OA I : > a ' 1 here at home. Ten cases of ' m&toes are shipped Into Dillon ov year to every peck prodxiced in I {gardens in this vicinity, nr.d a < of beans' is sold to every seed pla ed in the (ground by local consu ers. Yet in the face of these fa the State maintains an attitude indifference to the valuue of i vertisinn, and we plod along in i same old ruts, pouring a stream gold into more progressive sectio thereby adding to the povrety our own. There are two small enterprl hi Dillon that should be patronii by Dtllon people. One is the Cb ese laundry and tlie other is 1 local bakery. The proprietors both are foreigners who have co here to live and to spend th earnings in Dillon. By urging 1 people of Dillon to patronize tin two institutions The Herald is me ly carrying out the "trade at lioni policy which it has advocated e> since it has been under the prest management. The laundry bask that leave here every day in t week, filled with linen to be lut iered in some other town are ts ing money out of the commuiii The bread baskets arriving lit svery day in the week, filled \vj iread and other foodstuffs, a rippling a local industry and ? iching other communities at t fxpense of bread consumers in Di >n. The men who operate tht wo industries do not send to oth owns for their clothes and sho< It* they did the Dillon merchar srould call them "undesirable ci tens." We are not giving the :wo institutions gratutious adv< ising. llxey deserve the patrona if the Dillon people and as a mi ter of justice they Bhould recei It. A dollar sent away from hoi for an article that can bo purchas it home simply helps to impov< ish our own community and adds the wealth of another communil Why Gov. Bleasc is raising su i huilahaloo over members of c general assembly holding more tin >ne office of ""honor or profi vlien he is holding several is natter that passeth understands A North Carolina paper raises tl oiiit that twice as many illW istilleries were destroyed in Sou arolina in 1910 as were destro d in North Carolina during tl nine period?all of which goes rove that this State does not let 1 the illicit manufacture of whi ey, but that the revenue office i North Carolina are "asleep : lie switch." The time has come for Dillon 1 ake up and get busy. Recent lei ilatiou makes it possible for tl fte town to issue bonds to tl mount of $100,000, if so much 1 ecessary, for public improvement nd the year of 1911 is full of po Ibilities for the city. Some montl ^ the people voted $15,000 >oiuls^?r the improvement of tl dectric irobable that we shall soon have he electric current we need 1 ighting,domestic and raanufacturi purposes. But the town needs v ter works and sewerage, and ihould by all means vote bonds 1 these improvements before the pr ent year expires. The court hoi commission has available funds 1 the erection of a magnificent coi house and jail, the members of t Methodist church propose to ereci $40,000 house of worship and are next in line for a $50,000 g< ernment building. All of these i provements should be made durl the year 1911, and the time 1 come for the citizens of Dillon pull togehter and make this a r ord breaking year in the hist< of the town. "St. Elmo" is especially inter* ing to Southerners for several r sons. First, its authoress, Augu Evans was a Southern woman, t secondly, it tells the most roalif and Absorbing story . of South* Life that has ever been conceiv Auditorium to-night. .,v T. . ifMii'Aii V ?? ??? To- IIKilJ SCHOOL N'GTKH. gm B .. Honor Rr>ll For the Month of Jnnthe 0*\ MO:an A ^ Fiiday, February 10, closed the' fifth school month of the present ( im" scholastic year. Dtspite the fact ^ mumps have been pre\alent the ' J tendance sent rally hi s been good, p There were fewer tardies this i H month than for any p.-eceding ^ atl" month, the total for the up-town 'he school beli.g 33, distributed among ^ of the grades us follows: FlrstO; sec- f , ns ond 4; third 3; fourth 4; fifth 1; U sixth 5; seventh 1; eighth 1; nlneth ^ 5; tenth 0; eleventh 0. The highest per cent of attendan00 was 97 made by the eighth ll grade. ses At the end of the second school1 ted month it was announced that the fp jn_ South Carolina flag would be carried by the grade making the beat w "" per cent, of attendance, the fewest! ol tardies and deporting itself best as me a class. Tho fifth grade won the eir'flag t,w? months and the eleventh gj 1j)e grade is now carrying it. ! The interest manifested in the | j "e sehcol is more general than at any KS re" time during the year, the interest j j le" by the boys being more in evidence! ,t?r than in former months. Thooe! f ? t leadirg in scholarrhip in the vuri-' wL lous grides are given below. Where ''d moie than one name is given standing is very close: " ,n" First grade. Sadie Moore.Muttie I Ka ik- Buss, Cecil Bracev, Courtney Ivey. ty. Second grade. Mary Elizabeth 1^ ,re StackhcuBc, lionise Bass, Marion | |tJi Kinard, Dolph Braddy. ire Third grade. Julia Bet lieu. Fourth grade. Edith Squires,'?^ Clarice Fore, Dexter Evans, he K Fifth grade. Hettie Bctheu, Mary "'.King. Braxton Tart. Monroe Mc- |j 'BC Donald. j IS ier Sixth grade. Willie Moore. ' es. Seventh grade. Raymond Evans,1 ,ts' l.ila McDonald. ! t. ; Fight h grade. Estalena McDon-jSI alt. |j !9e Ntneth grade. Gertrude McKen-IJ^ ?r" *ie- ifj ge Tenth grade. Frances Allen, Will MS Melvin, Mildred Sellers, Archie *'orrMjl Eleventh grade. Ruth Stuckhoc.se, Mabel I-angli Evans, Rena f nc Bracey. Lj e(l The work in the new depart-:^1 ?r- inents. sight singing and diawir.g, to has bctn quite successful and inter- ? . istlng and is pre \ ii.g * > be a v. lu- L| able :.?lcl:..? ; ,< 11 < school. The specie 1 classes in ;;r., c xnr. . (-' cl. ion and ninsie arc a iding greatly .o fm ' 1 the culture of \ ^J| 1,t; V.'e huv had se in .isito-s, and 5% nn a rcw iai. uts. bat would like to II have mm y more so the people **" ^ eouhl see "first hand' the work that !>: t?*;; done and i.ppr.-oir o Ok l;' mine tf ;! . ui.t'siv: va'.h- renditions TJ, under which we l ave to work. Our , greatest liti?l is foi a modem, up- J# iu> to-ciatc. well healed, well ventilated1 :'i and well lighted building. 1 * ih __ ^ fjft The play that the nil in* country ' VI t(" is talking about. Tltc fit. Klmo es" Co. (Inc.) announce for your ap- ^ i?e provnl .Nell Twnmey's dramatization \i for of St. Klnio, the famous Southern W* t tv.inanee hj Augusta J. Kvaus. A J ^ metropolitan east: A superb scenic Km production! A gnat play with a H t a Ki-e?t moral! Read the book. See ^ we the play. [>v- I'rlce 50e. am! 7.1c. Auditorium J m- to'nl?ht- | 1ag J. M. Ralley, dfalti in fish, oya-; ri ters and ice. On March 1st will (( ij ? dtlivf r ice in -0, and 50 pounds, j J| ec"' delivered duily. iry Tickets on sale, Dance Hall,! p boarding house and cafe at Row-| . land. Meals served in r. lu. Delmonico K ,.4t- grateful to white and colored j J .. frli>nitu for n:mt na.'rnnaifo Will ^ co- ?? r*-~" v i sta Pleuse them better in future. \^J ind Respectfully, jO itic J. M. Ratley. em i?1 JS ed. T. W. Wood'8 garden seed will be { C found at McLauring Drug Store. W ? . The ! | NOW R U Ci.? :- Ml g hi uui diure in vwo q Whoi 3 Farm supplies and Fei q WE SOL ^ and will take ca 8 Free J tj 4 For the convenience i 3 line of General Herein ^ the Free State sectioi 3 section to give a Ever catorintf to tl 4 j The Stv ^ 2IIIIIIIIIIII9II j Co 1 New Firm I S Now opening in the Bethea J An exclusive first class J full line of Dress Goods, No ^ the latest and * OL 9 i shall always be, close J WE ASK FOR 5 H Hargro | Dillon, S EESCEE EEEHEFSB Stubbs Co. jij fREADYgj n, a full line of Heavy and staple M groceries at JJJ leSRle and Retail \ sjj tilizers. We handle the best goods : ICIT YOUR PATRONAGE, & re of your wants in all lines. Jn laiiiniiiiiiniHiuiiiaii ^ State Store. ^ TJ of our customers we have opened a ^ andise at S. B. Nortons, old stand in m i, and invite the people in that ^ us a share of your business. & ie wants of the people, we are 5B Yours truly 0Q ibbs Company. | r .^5 mnumamuBBRiBimnMi :^Z 3 mpany. 1 . - New Store. 3 building formerly occupied by W. H. Dunbar. i GOODS STORE where will be carried a tions, Hats, Clothing, Underwear Etc. and all 53 I newest creations on the market. JR MOTTO ! prices, best goods, prompt service. 3 A SHARE OF YOUR TRADE. || Yours t.rniv ve-Hall Co. I outh Carolina. | < l3B3HSS3BB3SSm .