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last week
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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.
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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
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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 ?
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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
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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
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