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| I PtfES THIS WEEK. HtUtfU Ifentli. MiDDLING COTTON 8.75. ^ r ESTABLISHED IN 1896. DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 23, 1911. Vo1 17* No* COUNTY NEWS ANDJAPPENINGS NEWSY LETTERS FROM DIFFERENT SEC-' TIONS OF THE COUNTY ' COMING AND GI1G OF PEOPLE j< News Items of Interest to Herald Readers. Ebb and Flow of the i Human Tide. 1 Calvary. i ! Everything that was exposed to ] the cold winds Sunday night seems | to be cut off. The green cotton 1 , ana otner plants are now changed to the color of block. The earth in ; i some places was frozen to a depth 11 of three fourths of an Inch. j] Messrs. N. E. McQueen and broth-,' er, Jim, were In the Bermuda sec-j | tion Sunday last. 1 Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Moody were i among relatives and friends m ( the Bermuda section Sunday last. \ Messrs. Euther and Solomon ' Bfryan.of Kemper, were among rel-]< atives and friends here Sunday last. | After spending some time in Dill- t on, Miss Hattie Wiggins, of Fay- | etteville, is among relatives and ; friends in this section. No school at this place yet. 1 ' suppose the members of the board j of trustees are planing to build,; more room. We thisk it a great | i mistake to suspend the school and j take the money and put it into j i improvements. We hope this board j will make a careful consideration , m before th?y proceed. ( 1 don't wish to meddle with Blue | Eyes and Casey's affairs at all, but , I am surprised at Casey for letting < Blue Eyes tease him and not take her up. 1 don't know, but have all | reasons to believe that little Blue ] Eyes is a real beaut. Casey you j must wake up if you are asleeD and if you are not asleep, don't be so ( bashful. Get busy and let's make ] our columns In The Herald one of j great Interest. We can do it, then , "why not? 1 think we will soon , have a friend writer from Hamer to ( help us out, so let's do our best, i Sub. Ken tyre. The farmers of this section are holding their cotton?in the field. Mrs. Dan Dillon and Mrs. A. M. McQueen, of Dlllou, visited Mrs. i McQueen's father, Mr. M. C. Carmi- ( chael, last Sunday. 1 Miss Llllie Mclntyre, visited ] friends and relatives at Rowland last week. 1 Mr. A. B. Campbell and family spent Sunday with Mrs. Mary Stu- 1 art, near Centenary. ^ Miss Katie Lee Mclntyre spent ; 1^ November fourth and fifth with her parents, at Red Springs, N. C. j V Mr. D. A. Moody was seen Inn the Kentyre section Sunday. i Miss Katie L?ee Mclntyre spent; Saturday and Sunday at Clio with t her sister, Miss Sallie Mclntyre. Miss Sarah Stuart spent the week end with her grandmother, Mrs. ( Mary Stuart. i The first meeting of the Kentyre < Literary Society last Friday after- i noon was enjoyed by all. The little folks did exceptionally well. KentV?> l.iiftrnrv HnciMw I . Little Rock. As I have not seen anything from j this section in some time I will try to give a few dots. * Cotton picking is all the go here 1 now. The farmers are blue over 4 the low price and also their large 4 fields that have not been picked this season. Rev. William Mcl>aurin will give a lecture at the Baptist church here next Sunday night. Everybody is most cordially invited to attend. Mr. R. L. Norton is back on the police force in this town. Mr. C. C. Bridgers has returned,! *from his future home in Georgia. Mr. Bridgers will move his family! there about January the first. Weij regret* very much to loose auch good i . people as Mr. and Mrs. Bridgers, bul . our good wishes go with them to , their new home. Mr. D. C. McCall, . will sncceed him at his Little Rock i farm. Mr.-C. C. Stanton went to see bis best girl at Dotban Sunday after- i ( noon. Mr. William Jones was a pleasant . caller at Marion Sunday. Hurrah forBill. , Miss Estelle Scot and brother, of1 Elrod, spent a few days last week j. with their aunt, Mrs. McCttll. Mrs. Maggie Mclaughlin and \ daughter. Miss Gladys, of Reedy ] Creek, attended srvice here Sunday morning. 1 Mr. W. A. Currie, of Clio, was a pleasant caller in this section Sunday afternoon. Mr. Edgar Stanton went to Car-)t olina Stinday afternoon. ( Mr Mxrlnn Hamilton wan a wfil-'. oome visitor at Mr. C. H. Stanton's: f Sunday night. t Come again Red Bluff; don't be bashful; give Casey Jones another \ chance. , 1 will ring off for this time. ! ( Red Wing. Mis. Addie Gaddy, of Gaddy's Mill, was taken to the hospital at ' Florence last 8unday for an oper-i ation, but after diagnosing her1 condition it was deemed best to'i bring her back home. Mrs. Gaddy i has been in ill health for some | time. I < \<v .. HOLDING MAY FOKCK I'KICE VP lYnipalpi of (''OtUm Farmers Gives Much Concern. New Orleans, November 19. ? This week the cotton market will again struggle with market reports, and It is hard to toll now how they will affect prices. Tuesday morning, at 9 o'clock the success bureau will issue a report on ginning up to the close of business on November 13, and Saturday morning it will give out a report on the supply and distribution of cotton up to November 1. The report on ginning has caused a great deal of guess work, but the trade is undoubtedly looking fori rather bullish figures. There was a. tendency to predict figures of 12,-j 000,000 bales, but the average expectation at the end of the week appeared to be for about 11,500,000, bales. It is claimed that the weather interfered with the handling of cotton this last period although many people contend that enough cotton was stored in the seed to keep the gins gunning in full blast. It is not improbable that the holding movmeent has had something to, 3o with keeping the amount of cotton ginned down. Many telegrams were received from different parts nl the belt during the week, stating ' that farmers were holding seed cotton as well as baled cotton. In \ this way the crop is picked, but the j field is not counted. One reason for holding cotton this way is the prevalent belief that 't Increases the percentage of the yield of lint at the expense of the seed. The report on supply and distribution is not likely to cause much itir, although once in a great while une of these reports does contain something that sets the market by the ears. The chances are, how-1 sver, that it will have little effect | une way or the other. The holding movement and the spot demand will be watched closely. The holding movement is hav- j lug more effect on the market than i most people imagine. and if it ! grows much stronger it can hardly help putting prices up. It may be ! that a demand to fill end of the i month shipments of actual cotton : will develop this week. If it does the advantage will be with the bull side. K. I>. SMITH OITIMIHTIU. TlUnks Price of Cotton is Bouul to ' Rise Hefore long. Florence, Nov. 19.?Special: Un' ted States Senator Ellison D. Smith, of this city, left here yesterday morning for Monck's Corner, where he was to talk to the farmers of Berkeley county on his favorite theme?cotton. The Senator has been on his farm near Lynchburg, just across j the Florence county line, over in Uee county, and was looking remarkably well. H? is taking on flesh rapidly these days. He was feeling good, as usual, and was in a talkative mood over cotton situation, and although the fleecy staple is at the low water mark so far as price is concerned he had a hopeful view of what It will be, and still maintains that the "soft article" will go back up and touch the 13 cents figure before many weeks. He claims that present conditions j warrant what he said as to the price going up again. The port re- j ceipts had fallen off, he said, about j 50 per cent. and he was satis-1 fled that the next ginners' report to j LJncle Sam would show a great decline in the number of bales ginITa iUI-1 41~ * *L1 ' i*cu. 4ii7 Linuiut lueie 12* nuiuiug uuler the sun to keep the price of lotton from rising and hitting the 13 cents a pound mark. Object to Toll (ThjtrgOH. The subscribers of the Uatta telephone exchange held a meeting monday and entered a protest igainst the announcement that after Dec 1st the local lines to Dill>n, Marion and Mullins would be liscontinued. Under the old arrangement there has been an interchange of free service between the towns mentioned above and it a likely that some action will be taken requesting the Bell people to escind their action. It is propoe?d to have a meeting at Marion lext Wednesday at 11 o'clock for he purpose of taking some definte action regarding the matter and lelegatlons will be present from iach of the towns interested. Messrs. W. L. Moore, M. A. Stubbe ind W. T. Bethea will represent iMllon at the meeting. HARK TO HAVK FAliSK TWKTH. MO.OOO I'acer Will Be Equipped With Oold-Filled Molars. Is>u Childs, of Spokane, owner of he paciug mare, Blanche, declares that the mare is at once to be equipped with a set of false and told filled teeth to cost $3,000 lays a Seattle dispatch. The little mare, which has won (10,000 for her owner this season >n Western tracks, has been much troubled with toothaches of late ind Childs has decided to equip ler with a set of false molars. Phoae that can be saved will be 'illed with gold. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Moore have returned to Dillon after spending Sunday in town with Mrs. Moore's DarenU, Mr. and Mrs. VnR. Fletch SEEKS 10 ENJOIN I MILL MERGER JUDGE SMITH HANDS DOWN DRDER IN COTTON MILL CASE ITS EFFECT ON MERGER Minority Stockholders, Ui Consolidation of Maple, Dillon, ami Hainer Mills, Secure Enjoining Oilier. An order was handed down by Judge Smith in the D. S. Court at Charleston last Saturday restraining the Dillon, Hainer and Maple Cotton Mills from forming a tnertrnr I * ?oill K? ? ?4 * * * nni i>t- reiueiuuerea tnar some months ago it was announced that President Tlanier was seeking to merge the three mills into one large corporation and pursuant to the usual notice the stockholders of the several mills met at Dillon and voted their unanimous endorsement of the plan of organization as proposed by Mr. i-iamer. Later, how-i ever, J. H. Lane & Co., of New i York, former selling agents of the > mills and small stockholders, gave! uotice of their intention to oppose the proposed merger, and a j hearing was had before Judge) Smith at Charleston last week which resulted in the granting of a tem-j porary order restraining a ma- ( jority of the stockholders from carrying out the plan of the proposed merger. l?nne & Co. were thy on- i ly stockholders who opposed the i merger, the others agreeing to a man that the plan was based on ' sound business principles and that! the mills would be materially bene- j fitted by merging into one Individ-1 ual corporation. For several years after the mills were built Lane & Oo. were the selling agents of the entire output, but later the business was taken from them and handled through more profitable channels. The procedeings on the part of the plaintiff were useless as 110 attempt has ever been made by the mills t i\ fnrm I wi moriyo- n lit >1 n -I -? ed by the resolution passed by the stockholders. The purpose of the restraining order is merely to make an issue if at any time the defendants should see fit to carry out the plans of the proposed merger. The plans of the merger were j along the same lines as these proposed by other mills in the State, and if the other mills continue to carry out their plans to form the proposed mergers a lively legal | battle is likely to ensue. The complainants are represent-1 ed by Huger & Miller and W. C. Miller, and the defendants are represented by Haynesworth & Haynesworth, of Greenville, and Col Knox Livingston. Following is the order: J. H. Lane & Co. vs. Maple Cotton Mills et al. This cause having come on to be j heard upon motion of the com-1 plainants for a temporary writ of i injunction, under the terms of the notice of motion herein, filed on the 13th of September, 1911, and which notice appears to have been duly served upon the defendants herein, and having heard the verified bill of complaint and the verified answer and return of the defendants, and all parties to the cause being j represented by counsel, and the i same having been heard, now, on | consideration of all the same, it la Ordered: That until further order and decree of the Court herein, the defendants and each and everyone of them, their servants, agents and employees, be jointly and severally enjoined and restrained from transferring and delivering the property and assets of the above, mentioned Maple Cotton Mills to the Dillon Mills, and form consolidating or commingling the property and assets of the said Maple Cot- j ton Mills with the property and assets of the said other corpora-1 tions sr either of them, in pursuance of any purpose for effecting, or carrying out the consolidation and eommingling aforesaid. It is further ordered: That the complainants do within ten days from the date of this ordor file with the elerk of the Court their bond, with sufficient security, to be approved by the clerk of this Court, in the sum of five hundred (BOO) dollars, conditioned for the payment to the defendants, jointly and severally, of all such costs and damages as they or either or any of them shall be decreed to have incurred by reason of this order of this Court or any Appellate Court shall hereafter finally decree that the complainants were not entitled to have the same made. Nothing herein to be construed to enjoin or restrain the Maple Cotton Mills and the other defendants herein above named from taking such action as by law they may be entitled to take towards the liquidation or dissolution of the said Maple Cotton Mills. Henry A. M. Smith, Utnlted States Judge November 18, 1911, Posted lands are private property r.nd hunters should not trespass upon suck lands v ithout first obtaining the oonsent of the owners, j Thfl 1 . -? "c yiuviues a penally ror trespass when ample notice given that lands are posted, and the person who ventures upon another's lands without obtaining permission is liable is a fine. HKMKSTS IUSSOHTION OF S. A. L. Ktrrn?ctJi and Activity ?*f Railroad's StxmritJes t.ive Raise to ConJuncture* of CliaJiKi'. New York, Nov. 17. ? The recent activity and strength of the securities of the Seaboard Air l-ine Railway company in the Baltimore market have given rise to rumors of an early dissolution of the Seaboard company, which controls the railway. At the local offices of the line no confirmation was obtainable, but credence attaches to the rumors in banking circles. An informal con fort nee of Seaboard inlcrpsiii u?o - < IU) uviu UCI t* tilday, but it was stated that no action looking to the dissolution of the company was taken. Should action be determined upon, the first step would be the payment of the $6,360,000 first preferred stock of the Seaboard company. This probably would be done by the sale of $6,500,000 of Seaboard railway adjustment income bonds, which are understood to be in the treasury of the holding company. BEATTIE DIKS TO-MOKllOW Virginia Wife Murderer to l>le in Electric Chair Friday. Henry Clay Beattie, Jr.. convicted of murdering his wife on the Midlothian turnpike last summer, will die in the electric chair at the State prison in Richmond to-morrow With the refusal of the governor L-o grant a 30 day respite after Beattie's appeal to the supreme court for a new trial had been denied went the condemned man's last hope. When told by an Episcopal minister that Gov. Mann had refused hint a respite Beattie was visibly affected. Bust Friday his aged father, and a brother and sister visited the condemned man in his death cell and bid him a final farewell. n ~ i - C. B." club at the home of Misses Lillian and Lula Peterkin Wedneaday afternoon In honor of the members, Miss Pauline Fore, a pop- ; ular bride-elect. Mrs. Frank. M. Ij Niernsee and Miss Margaret Buck- 1 ner received the gueata at the , door. After all had arrived each one was given a sheet of paper, on which to write "favorite recipes," which were afterwards made into a dainty book for the bride-elect. Next a screen was placed in one corner of 1 the room, on which were numerousl little hearts containing humorous and sentimental verses. Each guest was blindfolded in turn and 1 after being whirled around several I times made desperate efforts to < seise a heart until successful. The < bride-elect was the last to he blind- < folded, and when she reached for 1 her heart, behold, it was gone! and in its place was a table loaded ] with gifts from her friends! < Thursday evening Miss Fore was < again surprised by a number of i her friends wlht a kitchen shower, ji a ..C K1WB SJI TirBHIlU uo not allow newspaper meu to witness executions and the execution of Reattie will be private. Before his appeal for a new trial had been refused Beattie told a friend that he did not fear the ordeal of death, ; and if permitted to do so would , turn on the current himself. As the final step toward the ex-1 odus of the family of Henry Clay j Bieattie, Jr., who is to die in the electric chair to-inorrow. Henry \ Clay Beattie has disposed of the | major part of his business interests in . Richmond, where the Bea.tties j have lived. Nearly a month ago, it was learn-! ed, the grief stricken father took steps to terminate hie business ca-; reer here. The Beattie family is j preparing to leave the State fol? J lowing the death and burial of: Henry. Secrecy has characterized < the deal whereby the Beattie de-; partmeut store was turned over to | a stock company incorporated under the same name of Hutzler & Co. I The company was incorporated on October 20; for $25,000. Henry C. : Beattie, Sr., is suid to retain only I about one-fifth of the stbck, al-: though he is president of the cor-! poration. Horoy Hutzler is secre-1 rary and treasurer, while Joseph I Marcus is vice-president. The father of the murderer ras purchased a burial lot in Maury Oemetery in Richmond, and is said i to have practically arranged all details for the last duty to his son. It was rumored that Beattie had confessed his guilt to his father, j but Douglas Beattie, a brother of Henry, absolutely denies that such is the case. Very large Potatoes. The Herald office has been receiving some very large potatoes re- | cently. Monday three large tubers were sent in by Mr. A. P. Hayes who lives on Mr. T. W. Bethea's place near town and Tuesday Mr. j David Miller brought in a large: yam. One of Mr. Hayes' potatoes weighed seven pounds and the other two weighed 6 pounds. Mr.! Miller's potatoes tipped the scales at 6 >4 pounds. These are very large potatoes and Messrs Hayes and Miller, no doubt, would have carried off the blue ribon prizes if Dillon county had organized the^ proposed agricultural fair this year.; Miscellaneous Hliower. ??? One of the most enjoyable social affairs of the season was a miscellaneous shower given by the "M.; mi SIGNS POINT TO BJGFALL MEET MANY HORSES ENTERED FOR THANKSGIVING OAY RACES 25 HORSES; $450 PURSES Indications Arc tliat Annual Fall Meet r?f Association Next Thursday Willi Be Largely Attended. The Dillon Driving Association is making preparations for its annual fall meet which will be held Thanksgiving Day. The meet promises to be the largest in the history of the association. Many of the fine thoroughbreds that participated in the Stnte Fair races will be here and with pursts aggregating $450, with $5 additional to drivers of winning horses, there is every promise of some of the finest racing ever seen in the Pee Dee country. The free for ail race will be filled with several horses carrying very low marks. Billy Sharwke, the fine pacing horse that persons from this section saw and admired at the Fayetteville Fair, will piobably be among the free for all entries and with with such other well-known horses as Alfonso, I'an P., Major Strong (mark 2.10V,) competing for the largest purse th<* people will see a horse race that would be a credit to any track in the country. The entries will close at 0 o'clock on the day previous when the horses must he named. An official from National Driving Association headquarters will be present, thus assuring those who attend that every rule of the National Association will be strictly adhered to. Many of the horses that will be entered are returning North after a successful season on southern race tracks, and the owners promised the committee that was sent to Columbia that they would stop over at Dillon on their return trip if a meet could be arranged. This will be the last meet of the season. Following are some of the horses that will be entered. Flee For All Purse. $175. Alfonso, 2.13 Vi. Carrie S., 2.12 Vi. Marguerite, 2.14 >4. Dan P.. 2.06 >4. Billle Sharke, 2.13^4 L,ady Hess, 2.14*4. Ellen Brown, 2.10*4. Major Strong, 2.07*4. 2.16 Class, Mixed, Purse, $150. Dolly Dilllard, 2.1 6 >4. The Queen, 2.15 Vi . Argot Prince, 2.10-4. King James, 2.15*4. Montague, 2.18*4. Sparkolite, 2.18 2.25 Class, Purse 9125. Princess Poem, 2.27 V4 . Wilkes Boy, 2.29*4. Churlie M., 2.24*4. Bliss, 2.24 *6. Grace D. 2.24 V4. Mcltow, 2.24 Vi. Paul G., 2.26 Vi. Dillon Gentry, 2.39 >4. Valuable Scholarship. Notice la hereby given that on Saturday, November 25th, there will be a competitive examination, in Florence, S. C., of applicants for appointment to both West Point and Annapolis. For further information apply to Hon. A. H. Gasque, | Florence, 8. C., or to me at Marion, S. C. J. E. Ellerbe. Wedding Hells. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Richardson Hamer have issued invitations to the marriage of their daughter. Miss Alice, to Mr. George Ralph Little, of Columbia. The happy event will take place at the Methodist church on Wednesday evening, Nov. 29th, at 7.30 o'clock. The marriage will be one of the most brilliant social events of the season and is being looked forward to with interest by the many friends of the young couple. After the ceremony the bride and groom will leave for a honeymoon through Florida. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Fore have issued invitations to the marriage of their daughter, Miss Pauline, to Mr. George Robert Pettigrew, and this happy event will be solemn-J ized at the Presbyterian church to-1 night (Wednesday,) November 22, i at 6 o'clock, by I?r. A. G. Ruckner. ! Mr. and Mrs. Pettigrew will leave! immediately after the ceremony on ; a bridal trip through Florida, amid the well-wishes of legions of j friends. They will be away about! 10 days. NEWSPAPER MEN EXCLUDED. 1 Not Permitted to Hot* lirattic I)le, l*riaon Warden Htatee. Richmond, Va., Nov. 19?Superin-' lendent Wood, of the State peniten-1 liary, announced to-day that report-' ;rs would not be admitted to the I leath chamber, Friday, when Henry [Ray Beattie, Jr., is electrocuted fori .he murder of his wife. Under a State law, Virginia newa-j papera are not permitted to publish letalls of an electrocution. Refer?nce to the Beattie murder was made by several ministers in their lermons to-day. 1 j LKTTKK FltOM 1>IU>F. KIN AItlK Heart to lii-nii 'Inlk Willi I'aii-ntd Conci'rninjf School Work. To the Patrons of the Plllou Public Schools: A meeting, to which you were invited, was he*lei Friday night, but there were so many absent that we take? this means of communicating with you about some matters pertaining to the scheiols. We want you (o he more interested in the I work < f the schools; we want )<iti to m?ei and know the; teachers; we w-ant you to co-operate- with us mere thoroughly; we want and need l.vour active help. 1 Don't criticise the work of the "teachers until you lave been hero ^to set- for yourself the work they have been doing. If >ou have complaints to make, come to us wiht tbeui. You will always find us i reasonable. Don't say things about us to the neighbors; we are human and have feelings just like j other folks. If we uo you wrong, i we are ready to acknowledge our 'mistakes and rectify them, but l do come to see us, for it may be i only a supposed w rung. In thirteen years of school work, I've found that if parents and 'teachers will get together and have ia candid business talk, they can settle neatly all differences. In large business firms, experts 'are employed to study the busin??ss and find the cause of losses, and to correct these losses by better organizing the business system. 11 is the stud> of the hi ad of any corporation to do this?to take up the best motive wherever found II i is the duty of a school superintendent to see that teachers and pupils j do their duty and to systematize all 'school affairs. Two leaks that we ' have been trying to stop are the causes of a great loss?tallies and absences. Not only a money loss, but what is more serious, the great injury that has done the child's work, by not being in 'school every minute of time. Parents, now 1 want to make an | appeal to you?I have found reicently that the majority of tardies ' and absences are caused by you : and not your children. . It is a i serious responsibility for you to j be depriving your child in that way, because you have the power, I In, t rw.? ?. " -1. uui i iic nsui 10 an it. I believe our schools are as ; efficient in this respect as it is I possible to make them until wo I get better support from you. Now, won't you please see that the ehil! dren come, and come on time? i If they lost nothing from their books, it would be worth while to I send them so as to teach them to j be punctual and regular to their duties. j We are now attempting to break I up smoking by school boys on their I way to and from school and on the school premises. With your ; help we will do It. There are more I boys who smoke in Dillon than any [ place I know ? in some cases peri initted by parents, if not sanctioned j by them. We do not presume to assume any of the parental rights or ! authority, but feel that our duty 1 extends from the time pupils leave i home until they return. About halt i of their waking hours are spent In school duties?mo6t of their training is received during this time and certainly we owe it to them to train them in manners and morals ! sis well as books. We are doing ' what we can to make them as pro' ficient as possible in their books and right at this time we are makiiiK a snecial effort to Ima 1 those who are lapsing behind. Somei l of our people seem to think this is our whole duty, but if they pause I to consider, they will see that "book larnln* " alone is of little value and really is only a part of education?there are oth?r things to develop and train the child's mind Thanks to broad minded trus| tees, the Dillon schools offer freehand drawing, singing and manual training in addition to the regular academic work. The manual training was made possible by private I subscriptions from liberal patrons. Some complaints have reached me stating that parents are expecti ed to do too much teaching. Farents, we do not expect, you to do any teaching. I'm afraid some parents try to do their children's! work for them. The best help pa^ j rents can give is to see that children spend a reasonable time each day in preparing the lessons assigned them. Instructions and explanations an* given by the teachers. Should youf child complain that things are not. explained to him you may know that he has been inattentive. Again some of our High School pupils are so despondent they want to bo shown everything when they should work out nearly everything for themselves ? they are of an ago when they must learn to do for buviuori vrar llilli 18 ft pft Tt Ot IHPlf training. The school board is planning to have the new school ready lot next session. When this is done, with the course of study offered and by thorough co-operation ot parents, teachers, trustees and superintendent the Dillon schools wilt offer advantages second to none. Again let me urge you to visit u* and see all departments of the school work and see for yourself if the public is not getting valuo received. D. T. Kiuard. Supt. The Court House Commission and Hood Roads Commission held extra sessions Saturday to dispose of aa accumulation of work. There was no special business.