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IS ' ?: """ ;" " ^1f^:"* ; ? LTS ; " -% -1 ?? i ??-= -. ..: wm*m* waia wmMH* mmm uimmmrn n nouuw January, it, i?i? vol. ?, no. m I -^ - -'gs^.-. .-. ~ ~- - - , . - . '1 ?rnn ht- "" ? nniirr iinrrr mn T f|1; room IH imie|3 )|n^?r Park, Oa.. Is " ! Mwlort Mrs. H. M. Hen- wj y Hughe Is lmprtrtaf. to ! Mp9bgsrs bus rstsr?d , Kytk'irlslt to Miss 44- te " l^MeM w kterwtlaf ^ deeted tor tMi J ^liAto^^ugeHntendeet. ' \ JbHUBaoa, Orfuiat ]j j k. ^ ^M|'oU weather la tlda I ^ BSd Several mv pump. 1 piping to bo placed. < cold Rer. F. A. 1 TJHMk interesting nor- i JAEgHo a largo eoagrega-j LL^Kemnt Hill Is as-! IjWnin. on bis now liaof Pleasant Hill lyijy^Bftunllr of Proe-j Ljll^^BfTor Sunday last < ? jdMB I relatives and Fl9w^Hhn Tnrbortlle < last week could f the people va in light wood, E4fir^^B>r, the Watover hero * bME^^^Hdty it was 1 K coat. Will kmR^^^His toll him *t be o? KaKS|^^^A?v ibst 111141 *ot" 1 applit? for war. g the1 W?U 1 of < p It. ft i; [JH EUl (01 about the Uuit days of Donm>er, when he had a spell off drip, frtlrwiff br a break don off the ttdaWfB. terminating la or so Is, Effeas which yfcyl^fM eoold plea ao relief. Voter Alexander was era In the north-eastern part Off (utlQ (now Dillon) county on ior S. 1STS; and was in his 45th ear. Be was a descendant Off Peter ioKellar. one of the flrst settlers In hat section. His father was Janes feKSftiar, and his mother was Flop BoBachern, a daughter of NeDl tcKachem. a grandaughter off Neffll McCormlck. and a 4ecesdoat off flora McDonald, the ooteh heroine of Rerolutionary une. Peter MeKellar's mother died tee he wma eight days old. and Is father died when he was a boy. te soon left school to clerk in a tore la Dillon. When about If are old. he came to Bennettsrille iff entered the graded school here, to soon left school to clerk In a ? ?. in ? raw 7MUTI he vu mertandtslng for himself. Ten years to he boofht the Marlboro Wholelie Grocery, and has since conductI the hnslness with signal success id satisfaction to his customers, s owned a handsome house adininf the Presbyterian church lot, , i Broad street, and considerable , her real eetate, Including the t eitt plantation, near Marlboro, ; fetch he bought only a few days he- ? re his death. Mr. McKellar was a man of strict 1 tegrity. His word was as good as bond. H? was reserved and untuning, never seeking' office or l nor. But the esteem in which he 1 is held* by his fellow dtlsens was 1 ggj^h^Jhfejict that they thrust ^ ipsa himanumbe^^R^MH^W ritloas .Including alderman of Benlettsville for several years, presilent of the Bennettsville Benevolent nmwmuon; boiMiiulcadent of the Presbyterian Sunday school, end 'tiling elder of the Presbyter! en 'taureh, of which he was a faithful tad loyal member and supporter. In early young manhood Mr. MeKellar married Miss Annie McKelar, of Greenwood, who, though tearing the samo name was not rented to him. She is a grand da ugher of Philip Miller, who, was proprietor of the hotel in Bennettsrille tefore the cirfl war. She and the 'oliowing children snrriTe: Catherne, Martha, ^oel, Annie, Sarah and Peter ., Jr. Mr. MeKellar Is alee rurrlTed by one whole brother, D. L MeKellar. of Maxtoa; three steers, Mrs. Mary Pike, of Winstonlalem; Mrs. Mettle Sinclair, of Mason; and Mrs. Llmle McCormac, of 3ennettsrllle; and the following inlf brothers: J. E., J. A. and L B. IfcKellar, of Red Springs. The Marlboro Wholesale Grocery f which McMcKellsr was sole own>r, will continue business, with E. Stevens and J. S. Eubanks In :harge. I _ 0 From Postman to Millionaire Secretary Baker wired an ex-postnan?a man "who carried tke tan >ag on the. streets of Cleveland for light years?to come to Washington, on. "Can you see to it that the army gets all the motor trucks it can ise?" asked the Secretary. "Tea," replied the postman, "but [ won't do any work myself." That was in August. In fortylight hours he had wound up his personal affairs and within tea days had founded an office and a nationride organisation. We are now gating three-ton army trucks at the rate of a dooaa aa hour. The name of the ex-poetman is, Christian Oirl?aa uaformtaMe ita?. it Is the muss of s jnu vko loos tho Impossible In n Quito, sous mlnentiy possibly way. Briigtaf on i porfoet hsilstonn of motor trucks is >nly sn incident in his career. This man served moll for eight roars; that was eleven years ago. Before that he had been successively in ordalnd Methodist clegyman, a rater boy, a coachman a street sweepor and a milkman. Now he Is fortytwo, the president of a $S5,000,000 company of his own creation, and rich beyond any further desire. Add to this that his health has always, been frail, that he eares nothing for money, Aoes not measure success in terms of dollars and hopes to die poor. There Is lh epitome a.career that goes several better than any Heratio Alger mar conceived.?Leslie's. DCD TOV PROMMR TO IB? MM ALL 1U CAHHDATtt AIS tOC DBHRE TO ODD TOUR HAVE TO AID TffltM NOW OR H CONCERNED. The Herald contest will close proi 19th. end all rotes to count most bo < I eaautdates to see that all subscription as none will be received .after that he Judges In the final count CONCERNINC Candidates will do well to bote tl benefit, and (allure to comply' with a qualified at the close. When you bring In subscriptions Sa filled out The Contest Manager wil celpts for you on Saturday. Make a preliminary report of a] o'clock Saturdays morning as this will Be in the Herald offlee before S o' subscriptions you may have secured s 1. ? u iuo uvmin(. The final count and awarding ot of disinterested bustnees or professioc fairness there can be no question. T1 bjr'tke Judges. The Contest Manager will set us ex-rSSrJr. iudubs.*$ of the b? hsbuiilng r ue votes, acting only in an i If the candidates wili observe t Contest Manager in securing a speed returns much earlier Saturday aftern tended upon the closing hours of a eo promptly at 2 P. M. and not receiving fled closing hour. THERE CAN BE N ERCISED TOWARDS ANY CANDIDA STANDINGS OF Bach candidate is requested to | ?ee that all votes they have cast up to :o their credit or being held as reserve the stubs In your posessiop.you have r< my votes NOTIFY THE CONTEST h Friday and If any mistake has been mi >f standings constitutes the certificates I P. M. Tuesday January 15'h. All c will be placed with the candidates rese OOMMS A cash commission of 10 per cent i >etes to the end and falls to win one nlssion checks will be mailed to the i noment after the closing day. At 2 P. M. it closes and the Judi h^^tota. The RACE ^18 STILl^CU termined to win up to the last ralnui CANDI Following arc the candidates as to Tuesday January 15th. Miss Rosa Bailey, Dillon, R. Miss Janie Elvington, Lake V Miss Leona Hani 11 ton, Dillon, Mrs. ines Williams, Dillon.. . Miss Frances Fsss, Dillon,. Miss Bessie Stackhouse, Dillon Miss Katie Norman, Hamer,. Miss Annie Wallace. Dillon. R Miss Edith Rising, Dillon,. Miss Mandy Carter, Dillon, R. Miss Bhelia LeGette, Latta,. Gaffney Man Victim of Sharpers Gaffney, S. C., Jan. 9.?F. E. Ellis, an industrious farmer of Cherokee county, has Just returned from a trip to Atlanta, where he had a very strenuous and costly experience. He stopped off in Atlanta for a few hours on his way to Jacksonville, Fla., where he was going to purchase some real estate. While waiting at the station there he made the acquaintance of a man who claimed to be a tobacco salesman, and represented to Ellis that he owned 64 acres of valuable land within five miles of Atlanta, I which he would sell for $40 per acre. When Ellis informed him that the purchase price was than he cared to pay, the other told him that there were two men in the neighborhood who would buy 24 acres of the land and that he would sell him the remaining 40 acres for $1,000 provided he was pleased after inspecting the premises. He was then introduced to a real estate man who posed as the agent of the rendor. The party then drove out to the place, where they met the two men referred to, who agreed to purchase 11 and 13 acres, respectively, at $45 per acre. On their return to -Atlanta, the vendor demanded of Mr. Ellis $350 to close the trade. Net having that amount with him, he wired to the Merchants and Planters' National Bank of Oaffaey to telegraph the amount to him, but when the wire arfived in Gaffney the bank was closed and Mr. Ellis being moot anxious to close tho trail*, cam* to Qaffaty and drew from tho bank $1,025. He returned to Atlanta, where he met hie men, who lnrtted him to lnnch. They were carried to an npper floor of one of Atlanta's skyscrapers, where Mr. Ellis ordered oysters. When the bivalves were served Ellis remarked that they had a taste of smoke on them, and the waiter informed him that the ranee cr* which they were prepared was smoking. Mr. Ellis remembered no more until he fonnd himself in Greenville, 8. C., with not a cent of. money, and bo ?SATURDAY j OOMK TO A GLOME. THE MdMUUf OTDILLON.R. F. D. I. ttDAtm WT A HARROW MARGIN. KB fBOfOM. HOME BULBS GOVg^nkWMB ffgotiw wdj FAVORITE A NEVKK SO FAR AS I mptly at 2 P. M. Saturday January the saat before that hour. It la up to the a and rotes are turned in by 2 o'clock ur to be placed to their credit by the } CLOSE UP. lie following rules laid down for their ny of these may result in beipg dteturday see that all atube 2^properly 1 not fill out any stubs or office roll business you hare on hand at 10 aroid a rush at the closing hour, dock with your FINAL report of any ifter making your preliminary report the prises will be made by a board i tal men of this section and of whose tie final count will be made privately and a representative of the Herald mrd but will hare nothing to do with i, tdrisory capacity towards the Judges. , he ahmre ml?? ?1,1 * "A *? ?nut MDIBi cue y c1m? up, and will know the final 1 oon. Also all confusion usually atntest will be avoided, and by closing any money or votes after the speci- l O QUESTION OF UNFAIRNESS EX- < TE. 3 CANDIDATES ' Co over their individual standing to ' this issue have been promptly placed < vote. If after a careful addition of 1 aason to believe that you ar? SHOPT ] IANAGER not later than 3 o'clock i ade same will be adjusted. This list , extra votes and coupons cast up to ( :ertlficates from now until the close trve vote. SIONS , will be paid each candidate that com- t of four Grand Prises. These com- j ? respective candidates at*hej^d^gst j r Ces will immediate^^.-^ of >SE ENOUGH THf? ^^^VORK OTTHOSE THI?; "HE(f the end. Be dele. , DATES nominated with their votes as cast up j F. D 1,069,650 I lew 1,012.100 R. F. 1,006,250 996.400 719,600 , R. F. D 708,300 516,650 . F D 499,600 436,900 F. D 428,600 I 362,600 ing a physician as to his condition he was inrormed that he had been poisoned, and that he had escaped death by a verp narrow margin. Mr. Ellis of course has no hope of, receiving his money, realising that he has been the victim of sharpers' who framed up the whole intrigue; er he reached Atlanta. Trench Souvenirs Conceal Death When the British and French' troops occupy enemy trenches and dugouts these days, after the Germans hav? been elected and either killed or taken prisoner, they are careful not to touch any "valuable souvenirs" left by the Germans. The latter have tdo often proved to be fatal. The Huns , leave these things behind with the I Intention that they shall be picked up by some unsuspecting Tommy or Poilu, and the latter when they do appropriate them, hardly ever live to tell the tale. Not long ago British soldiers occupied a dugout which hed been abandoned by the Germans in their re vuu ui iuviu iuuuu in iu? carern a watch, attached to the wall.; He naturally was delighted with his And and reached to take It. He had hardly done eo when there waa a terrific explosion and the whole dugout waa blown In, killing or Injuring those who were in it. These watches and other trinkets ar? attached to wires connected with burled mlnee, and as soon as they are taken frem their place the mine la exploded with fatal results. o , Classified News. The politician rushed past the official Cerberus into .he editorial sanctum. "What do you mean?" he roared. "What do you mean by insulting me mm von *14*! |M fna? M /vu uiu HI i?oi ni?iii o v/iauiui i "Just a moment," replied the editor. "Didn't the story appear as you gave It to us, namely, that you had resigned as City TreasurerT" "It did. But you put it under the 1 head "Public ImproTements."-?-Sac ramen'o Bee. t^nokumu Wm ? ~ l| Detect* Slightest Rahtttiw o4 Discipline With the American Expeditionary Army, France, Not. 19.?A swirling j cloud of dust broke into the land-1 scape where the road meets the hor-j isou. It swept down the hill into the alley at forty miles an hour and drew up in front of battalion headquarters. * An officer ateppeu out of the lead" ?- *ntomobile?a splendidly pro _? medium M,Snv L,\ portioned ,m"l' -re-cut shoulders ai Jbaurlng hla ?qasre-c ^ fou: I the West strep :J*llver Pwiu ^^HRRs (on his shourt^^^^^^H snncold shield shone on mS^P1 of his collar. Word flew through the camp that Oen. Pershing was in town. After a minute's greeting from the battalion commander the General started out , with him to inspect the camp. Staff officers trailed after, taking long, i fast strides to keep pace with the rigorous, gray-haired commander-In- ] chief. < "Tention!" the mess sergieane i bawled as the General hove into ] sigh of the kitchen from around a 1 corner. The cooks dropped their 1 pots as though the handles had been | red hot and came to attention. The I sergeant's salute was a model and r?n. Pershing returned the same \ recognition. , One recruit who had never seen ' Gen. Pershing let his eyes wander to , the side as he stood there beside the , steaming dixies filled with stew. ^ Unlucky recruit! ] "That man hasn't learned the first \ principle of soldiering," snapped i Gen. Pershing, pointing to the dased j roungster. "Look at him staring \ imnnH * ? ? * ? uo uugui lo oe stand- ^ ins at attention. Sergeant take him | outside show him the proper posi- . Lion and make an example of him. t Make him stand attention in the < roadway for five minutes." t The sergeant obeyed. Then the t General inspected the kitchen. I "Where do you dump your refuse? a is it covered up? Do you get enough f vegetables? What meat did you * iuv? yesterday?the clay before?the lay before that?" he shot at the servant so quickly, so sharply, that the noncoLSJin8wer8 "ounded like stuttering. For the rest of ryT"k ***#_ tlke that. The 'whirlwind swept through fifteen towns?across a dozen I training fields. Every one felt relieved when Pershing left. But the results were pronounced the next day. When a soldier came to Attention he came to attention right. Men sprang to their feet with the snay of a steel spring when an officer passed them in the street. Garbage tubs that hadn't been cov-| ered were covered next day and out) on the training field they were putting | more snap, more ferocity into the bay-1 onet work. Efficiency and discipline had token a sudden spring upward. Pershing sets the example for his army. "On parade," in public, he' never relaxes from hls^rlgid soldierly bearing. At work he drives himself. His office is in the centre of a big building with the other departmental offices ranging for a block in two di-; rections. Room 31 is where the General works. There he sits at his desk in a hard, stmlfhf.haclr /.v. a I - , ?? push buttons and phone within arm's reach, directing, consulting, infusing his department heads with the same indomitable, battering ram spirit that brought him to the head of America's greatest army, now in the making. He is strict, severe. Yes, they tell of a dough boy, who rolled into camp down in Mexico, famished for food after thirty-six hours on the road without a bite. He walked into a tent saluted and asked the officer for something to eat. The officer heard the man's story and himself went to the cookshack and ordered the cook to prepare a dinner for the doughboy. i "Do you know who that was?" the cook asked, as he shored a steak ati the hungry lad. "Nope," between mouthfuls of hash. v I "That was Oen. Pershing." That soldier, still in the army: swears Oen. Pershing is the greatest soldier ever. i There is one map on the walls of > the office. . There are singularly few papers on the General's desk; a clean desk man. Suspended from a red ribbon over near the window is an engraved salution to Oen. Pershing, | covuvcu uj mr luwusycuyie wucu ue ( moved to general headquarters from | Paris. The French authorities in pre-' paring the building for American occupation wanted to have a famous artist paint the Stars end Stripes on one wall In compliment to America Pershing was diplomatic about it and the walls are still pure white. " Perhaps because of it, perhaps in spite of his soldierly conduct in public, Gen. Pershing is different. If It depended on his speeches he couldn't be elected dogcatcher of a country vll-1 lege. He Is a soldier, not an orator? yet In his position abroad he has fre-j quently come through situations re-, quiring the exercise of high quantities nuuoc vu i lu iuii tfW PMRY LAW ^ SK1VDS OOTHRAIf BILL TO US ^ 1 THIRD BBIWBfl Main PtotMom of llfwt That ' May Govcrti State's Pitnary ??? a H After going record as being in mb^nne Cotbran bill for regulating primary elections, which gives, in effect, the Australian system of bal- "v lotlng, the House tonight ordered the measure to third reading after amending it in unimportant particulars. The vote was viva voce after J the House, by a vote of 29 to 68, had 4 refused the motion of J. Howard m Moore, of Abbeville, to strike out the 1 enacting words. The roll call on the ! motion showed that the vote of approval was in no manner partisan, but drew from all factions. The vote indicates that the bill will be easily passed by the House on third reading. The measure provides that a vot u6 uuuiu hou oe provided for every >ne hundred electors at each precinct, rhc dcminsions are given and the nethod of keeping the voter concealed. The voter, if he cannot read or vrtte, shall have two members of op* posing factions to assist him and If . .hese be not present &n> two qaaliled voters. After the opening of the K>Us no person shall be admitted bail nd the guard rails of the boot]}, irhich shall be five feet from the >ooth and around it, except the man* igers, the duly authorised watcher^ ind challengers, the chairman of the executive committee or member of he committee appointed in his stedd 0 o supervise the polling place, and lollce officers admitted by the manigers. The candidates for public oflce may be present to watch the can'as of the vote. Death at Clio 1 Clio, Jan. 8.?Clio was shocked 1 n last Thursday aftprrvaan .when "was annnunrwl ^ wus dead. Mr. Smith was a mam of genial disposition and had a wide circle of friends throughout the county. He was mayor here some years ago and did much for the upbuilding of the town. He was married last spring to Mrs. Daisy W?atherly, who with a brother, I. W. Smith, 2nd sisters, Mrs. C. A. Welch, Mrs. W. S. Lee and MA Mattie Usher, survive He was a member of the Methodist church here and the Masonic order. The remains were hurled at Hebron cemetery at 3:3d Friday, the funeral services conducted by his pastor. Rev. Mr. Derrick and Rev. Woodroe Ward. - I V Mr. Duncan McLaurin died at his 1 home a few miles from here Friday 1 morning, after several months lit- \ ness. Mr. McLaurin was a big \ hearted man and had a large circls of friends in this section. He |l servived by his wife and seveihft children. The remains were burled at Carolina Saturday afternoon. The Methodist Drive The Methodists of Dillon are mv on a drive to raise the entire amottt of indebtedness on the church. A committee has the matter in chaigi ^ and the canvass is now being mode. The committee hopes to be able t? make an announcement von Sunday that will be of great interest to everybody in Dillon. The people generally of the town will rejotto with the Methodists In the caneeHe tion of this debt which has been such a burden. The names of the contributors will be published later. of statesmanship and diplomacy. At mess "shop talk" is taboo. Alt, literature sports?anything bat tbe crushing, destroying business of wo* in any of its phases may occupy lie meal hour. The mess consists of Ctoe. j Pershing, another General, two Kb- . nels and a Captain. When the day's work is done? when the department heade have reported with their reeommeadattoflA their new Ideas, their pre grew en ?bverses, if there is no matter ef unasual pressure, the General goes tiding. Perhaps he gete Into Ale machine and rolls to a lonely noedid spot with a Major who has his eealdence. If, so. they MnotBl and walk through the woods, miles freia the worries of the army. The Im? al may walk five miles at a brisk pete * meeting the automobile again at tit other side of the forest or across a valley. He keeps physically fit?a stranger J. man, perhaps, than most of the vigorous younger oSeers at leedgattrters. A big job and a heavy load, Mm Pershing's. Both thoas dMlHlft were built to carry heavy 1aala \ ;V .k": anfl