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^^HHfeecription RfttM: $1.00 per peer |P9rTl.M for six Months. Subscript- n Hosw for loss tbsn six months will be b shsi ipil ot tho rots of 20 cents per * fMpML All ?nb*criptlons are payable t] 4b advance. V -:r P L Advertising rates may be had on 1 W bppllrstlrn and advertisers may feel 4MBOI that through tho columns dt this paper they will reach all Dil4Mb oouaty, a part of Eaatern Caro4m ami continguous territory in h Morth Ca-ollna. n Tho Dillon Herald is published at ^4s County Seat of one of the rich pot agricultural counties In the tl Kite official organ of the to oes Into 90 per cent of {j the county In which It The office is equipped type and modern high b cetchee, cards of thanks, ns espousing the cause i enterprise or a political d like matter will be be rate of 8 cents per " ct advertisers will not o exceed their space at amp rates or advertise anything e foreign to their regular business without extra charge. Advertisements v to occupy special place will be chargel tor acocrding to position desired. a Communications unless they contnfn Important news, or diBcuss poBtely and properly subjects of real interest, are not wanted; and If acceptable in every other way they will be rejected until the real name of the author accompanies the same, wot u vessarily for publication, but mm a guarantee of good talth. Dillon, 8. C. February 7, 1918. WHY WE """VI 1 the time when the Americaa people should cut out luxuries and reduce their food ant clothing tolls. These sacrifices aro not necoasary for our own good but for the good of our soldiers and allies across ihe water. c The American people are not go- a dag to starve. Fears that have been c ^ -expressed in this connection are real- 1 groundless. Let's look at Canada 1 In the war since *l 1 ! 1914 and during ? Canada passi d r crucial period in t y went out of clr- t ida's storehouses d their food and o on and bankrupt- ii most prosperous n ii da is more- pros- p in her history, ness, more goods ^ pople with money u y in circulation, s< i to the govern-1 hi ie of bonds, more let all round pros- U'' earned of as pos-'^' 1 started. es has passed ^ rucial period, in- is and now that we rc Iieei again mere j b e should not be ; ly i?us throughout m I war and for an hi rward. w Kiod of prosper- w j . 01 a duty to perH riotous living ig ^Be the means ti ^Bn against the w ^B^ds what we a ^Bponful saved t< H: much toarmies: v< o ^ ^ ie train j^^^Bax dodger ^^^^B thorough (i ^B^^&the state ^^^^^Bhat ^^^^^Bho The re- ^ ^^B^^Biersons { ^^^^Bare a ^^^B>ay a j^J^B^^^Bpome de1 ? n la AmM as to how roar Muk hould ho Allot oct It will pay you ? look him up. A writW says workiapmen should ot bo atfry oror eajoytag ouforced oil days, claiming that the loos of rases la serious to them, because! tie chaaces are they would hare aid 111 or more (or a ton of coal, 'hat's what we call an optimist. Honesty will be the best policy in Ulng out the Income tax returns ?cause the government will allow o other policy. According to the press dispatches . tiree heatless Mondays hare added [> the acutenese of the coal situaion. The weatherman hereabouts hasn't een doing his bit this winter. IGAIXST TILLMAN AND BLEA8E IcLaurin dives Out Open Letter on Political Situation. Editor Yorkville Enqnirer: I take this method oT reaching the arious people who by petition and etters have requested me to become k candidate for governor. I promised hem an answer during the present nonth. At this time I feel that I can erform a better service by announcng clearly my political views, than by >ecoming a candidate for governor. It s probable after I do thatvmany who | vouia nave supported me will not do to and that conditions will make it >est that I should not run for office, t is evident that factional lines are o be drawn in the senatorial race, T; te'i'i&Te -tKaTl'cmiiu Te ?lected by avoiding this issue, I do i lot want office on these terms. I lave given the matter careful thought ind I want everybody to know before land just how I stand. In order to ;et the warehouse bill mode a law I lad to reckon with the veto power of he governor, and wthout the assisance of the faction then in power I ould not have moved a step. I have Llways recognized this obligation and lo not intend to forget it. I would ike to be in a position while I yet lave the mental and physical strength 0 further develop the state warelouse system by establishing direct ales. I would also like to organize he machinery for state insurance, iot only for cotton but other propery. I would like to see a budget sysem for appropriations so as to fix inlividual responsibility for the waste >f tax money, such as is now going on a South Carolina. I have made up ly mind, however, that I am not gojg to keep my mouth shut nor comrorartse my convictions for the sake f any office on earth. Should I go ( n the stump this summer I shall unesitatingly say that I regard the elec on of either Ex-Governor Blease or enator Tillman as a stupendous lunder. So far as the state is con;rned it will establish more llrmly ( ian ever the present factional lines, ( id whoever is elected governor will ' icessarily have to line up on one de or the other. This I absolutely ?fu8e to do. Outside of the local ' sue the consequences ase more far 1 (aching. The attitude of Governor : lease before the war has been bitter- J hosjile to the present Federal ad- ' inistration. Everybody who knows J im, understands his attitude to- 1 ards the questions relating to the ' ar, and that he will go any length, nee he has the power, to obstruct 1 le policies of Woodrow Wilson. He 1 1 bold and has great ability in cerlin lines, his advent into the senate ' ould greatly strengthen LaFolletter iiu n nine gruup 01 wiiiui senairs" who are doing all in their power a hamper the conduct of a war upon rhose result depends the future not nly of America, but mankind every "here. I could not make campaign peeehes uiid dodge this issue. 1 cjyiot by silence make myself a party to national calamity of this character, lenalor Tillman is incapacitated by ihysicb'l weakness for the strenuous york now required. I am glad to be ble to say that 1 am sincerely sorry or this, and in spite of the unjust! reatment that I received at his lands, were he physically fit to per-. orm the duties, I would rise above, lersonal resentment and say that he j ihould be left where he is. This talk j ibout 'dying in harness" is all rot. | \ broken down horse "dying in liar-: less" is cruelty to animals; it is more uerciful to loose the traces, knock off he shoes and turn him out in the lasture to ruminate on things that lave been, and are to be. It takes a itrong horse to tote his side of the lingletree in these perilous days. It s unfair to the balance of the team vhen the load is heavy and the pace o fast, to be handicapped by a Bog ipavin and Heaves in an old horse vhich wont work at all unless he is n the lead. The work is too heavy iow for a spike team though that is letter than a horse that won't even ry to pull, bites his mate and kicks .t everything in sight. I am not gong to help harness either team. Vhat is the use, one horse is not able nd the other will not pull a load /ith Woodrow Wilson as a driver, tad we can't get a new driver (even k we wanted to) for the next two Ears. It is a bad plan anyway when |u have to change drivers to suit a Arse. My experience is that ^horse An' interested in A t he than ii mil "wypji ?ow need wmm itm li^ul ?tk rooty won out pitch twfca I knclr this loiter will ofwd many of w+ friends and t regret it from the bottom of my heart, hut If they lire lot* enough they will see that I am rlg^ft as they found out before when thy differed with me. 1 am saying what I feel to be my duty, and if every political friend I have turns against me It will not be the first time that a sent# of duty has left me alone, without a party or political faction. I feel thtit I am capabe of rendering good se> vice 10 me people or south Caroline but I am not |olnf to dodge' as Important an iaaue in order, to obtain political support. I am In the mldd e of the road unfettered by factiont l alignment of any kind. Thoe? who desire to be of real service to South Carolina must be courageous and unselfish or our petty factional equat>bles will continue to make us the laughing stock of the nation. Respectfully, John L. McLaurii. Bennettsville, S. C., Jan. 27 0 ' WEALTHY WOMEN GAMBLING Thousands of Dollars Lost At Lux> urlous Gambling Houses New York, Feb. 1.?Luxurious gambling establishments known to be frequented by wealthy women send located in fashionable residential sec-| tions are to be investigated through taking of testimony in open court sessions, it was announced today by the district attorney's office. The inquiry, is expected to be begun next week. Information in the prosecutor's posession, according to an assistant district attorney, shows that the wife of one prominent New Yorker lost $10,000 within two hours in one of these places. On the upper West Side there are more than 40 splendidly appointed gambling places to which women motor every afternoon, taking their ped lgreeo aogs with them as mascots, and are served with tea and often stronger beverages while they engage in games of chance, according to the district attorney's information. Evidence that the proprietors are guilty of crooked practices will be adduced at the inqury, it was said. "Pedigreed dogs," Assistant District Attorney Smith declared, "are said to be regarded as mascots by the feminine gamblers. The story reaching me today is that the women often bet their heads off if they think {heir pet Pomeranian is mascotting successfully against the mascotting of another woman's pet Pekinese or perhaps another's formidable English bull dog." C'LKVKK RUSE TO CATH THIEF Greenwood Officer Mixes Confetti With Cotton Seed Sreenwood Journal: George Moore, a well-known colored farmer of the Hodges section, las discovered a real use for confetti, the fluffy stufT that is used by gay crowds at carnivals, circuses and :ounty fairs, at the suggestion of ilural Policeman W. J. M. Anderson, [t came about in this way: Since last fall George has been missing quantities of seed cotton, but .here was, as they say in criminal tnnals, "absolutely no clue," Mr. \nderson tried .to locate the thief and others made ..ie same attempt time after time. The rural policemen then ?ot his thinking apparatus to working good and hard and he suggested to George that he put something in the cotton to identify it?make it individualistic, so to speak. George next moved his thoughts from tllte general groove, the one which traces criminals by tracks, etc., and the happy idea struck him that the confetti was the thing. It is not stated where he got the confetti, but he got it and he mixed it in with his cotton. Mr. Anderson thought a little more and decided that the thief was, of course, selling the cotton and he recalled that Mr. Bogerro ocacsionally bought seed cotton and he went to his place this moring and found an assortment of red, white and blue staple, which the officer is sure belongs to George Moore. Mr. Bogerro, of course purchased the cotton under the impression that the negro who sold it to him was doing the right thing. Mr. Anderson estimates that as much as 500 pounds of the cotton has been stolen. Lucius Starke, a negro, ?s suspected. The officer says that he will make the arrest this afternoon. About Cleanliness How much there is in habit and training! It is considered the heigth of ill-breeding to take up food with the fingers ,and yet there are nations which eat with their lingers, and defend the practice on the ground of cleanliness. "Excuse me," said a Malay gentleman to his American guest, "but I don't sec how you can eat with a fork." "I beg your pardon," said the guest, "but I was about to make the same remark about your flngerB." "My fingers," replied the Malay, "are certainly clean, because I see to them myself; but how can you be sure of a fork?" NOTICE Owing to the high price of feedHt uffs the undersigned hove agreed milk from With the AairiMa Army la Franoe, Jan. SI.?Lut >l|kt va fairly ?ui?t throoghoat the Americas sector. The usual somber of ehelli came over, dot as so damage, aai there was the customary sporadic outburst of machine gun lire from both sides at points where the oppoe Ing lines are nearest. At daybreak this morning the heavy fog which had been enveloping the whole position end the country for miles around for several days bo came still and threa muffled reporti sounded through the top. Then were three whistles, followed Quickl] by three shell bursts. The prr'ectita exploded on three sides of an Amerl can listening poet just outside th< wire within 45 feet o) an enemy list' ening post. "Then hell broke loose", said on< of the men there. For 15 mlnutei the enemy broke hundreds of hlgl explosive 77s around the post and thi surrounding ground, cutting off th< men there. Two Of them were kill ed in the first few minutes. Anothe; man who was at the post told thi correspondent later, as he was lyini on a cot in a field hospital,- that h< saw four Germans approaching out o 'the fog as the barrage lifted. Hi bVought his "automatic rifle into pla: and saw two of the Germans fall. H kept on firing until shell plinters hi him in the head and arm. "The last 1 remember in the tim< before I reached the hospital," sail another wounded man, "is seeini something moving through the fog I determined to get some German and put my rifle to my shoulder, Ifu never pulled the trigger. There wa a deafening explosion behind. Fro zen earth, ice, stones and shell splinl ers came my way." Inspection of the scene of the rai showed that the ground was ploughe< up by the explosion of shells. In the recent fighting in the Amerl can sector one of the men wounde was hit by a sniper's bullet. He fel in a trench filled with water and al most drowned before he was rescue by his companion. Several of th wounded had been listed as accident al woundings. They were mostl wounds on the hands. It is certain that the enemy casual ties from the American cannon am machine gun fire has been as grea as or greater than ours. The casualties occurred over a cei tain recent period. The dead wer buried within the sound and rang of the guns. One man was blown to pieces by i shell in a regimental headquarter town as he was following his colone into a dugout. Three men were killed by one shel which fell in a trench and anothe died of wounds in a hospital. Quit a few of the men sent to the hospital PLANT II ?? Having con Seed Potatoes I These pota will make no m I beleive th will be good. Come Dairy Feeds, H A limited q I offer a I Syrups ir kegs, Canned G Paper and Pape COFFEE: ! this line of goo< Grocery Line. I appreciate past Yours i r 1 bfcabbs ill .11 nil ill |1 niiliiijUE mere irnoW to ihm ?mr Nd ill tk* body ?r w(U jm< INa *Ht> > Ml. 1 ror military nuom It km Mm Inadvisable to send sari tar or attor details. 1 NOTICE OF FINAL MSCHAItCHB - L 1 iiuuoc to ovrvuj bitcd mil awnp Ford, administrator ot the estate * and effects of Allen Ford, deceased, c has this day made application onto r me for teal discharge as snch administrator, and that the 7 th. day of 1 March 1918, at my office at 11 o'clock * a. m., has been appointed for hearr ing of said petltlo .. j 1 JOB CABELL DAVIS, Judge of Probate Dillon County. ] 2-7-4t. 9 CREDITORS NOTICE 5 1 i Having qualified as administratrix ? of the estate of F. S. Jackson, deceasb ed, notice Is given that all persons in debted to said estate are hereby rer quested to make payment' to the unb dersigned and all persons holding < I claims against said estate are hereby ] b requested to present the same duly f authenticated within the time provi0 ed by law or this notice will be plead P in bar of their recovery. ? MRS. ANNIE L. JACKSON, Administratrix. } McCrady Bros. A Chevis Civil Engineers A. J. Evans, Jr., Resident Engineer '* Surveys, Designs, Estimates t HAMLET, N. C. Leave calls at Evans Pharmacy or ad ~ dress. Box 604. BUSINESS LOCALS. d _ d FOR SALE?100 Shares of Bank of Dillon Stock. Apply to W. C. Rog'j era, Bishopville, S. C., or Dr. J. R. ^ Rogers, Dillon.?1-24-tf. l" MONEY to loan on Dillon County Real Estate at 6 per cent. Sele lers & Moore, Attorneys.?3-1-tf. y FOll SALE.?Upright piano, practically new and in first class conl ditlon. Will sell at a bargain, . * V. Jones. Dillon, S. C.?2-7-2t. t TAKEN UP.?On Jaunary 28th a ~ little red dehorned cow. Owner e can get same by proving property and paying all cost. W. E. Bain, Mallory, S. C.?2-7-3t. s >1 WOOD FOR SALE.?22-inch oak wood at |6 per cord and 14 inch 1 heater wood at 37 per cord. Short r leaf pine stove wood at 36 per e cord. W. L. Bethea, Dillon.? s 2-7-2t. IRISH PO1 tracted for two cars still have a limited < itoes are of the best istake to put in from e price on potatoes tl ( i and inspect og Feed and Chicken uantity of A to otter. good quality of FEE i half barrels an< oods, Tobacco, Cigar r Radfi -- -' 5*" I can give you a 3s. Call on me for favors and will thank yon for )ery truly, M. A.STUBB1 Wholesale Sflbnlit^Si. . >"" ;?^^H in But Dillon-?ottar Ml MgjMi ?Apply to C. 8. Browne, Mailt*. 'J 8. C l-17-4t. T ^ -t *i KM Mil Wo hare for nk a Scholarship la a lal(i| MM? college. Thors Is a groat Iraihl for bookkoopors and steeographers and now hi the time for every young boy and girl to eguip thoasoItos for office work. This bust- neas college has mors applications for graduates at from fPOO to 91.200 per year than It can AH. Apply at The Herald Office.?11It-tf. HONEY TO LOAN?We are prepared to make loans on lmprored farms and city property at six per coat Interest for a period of from three to ten years on amounts from $2,000.00 to $26,000.00, Interest payable annually. If you owe any money we think it is rery essential that you make your^ arrangements at once as Interest rates are advancing. Conditions are unsettled, and none of us know what will happen. Come to see us and let us assist you. Gibson ft jaLuller, Attorneys.? 12-20-tf. WANTED?Every young lady man under military age) making under $100 per who has a good common H education, to write us at once our catalog and prospectus. We are receiving from 50 to 70 calls each week from Corporations. Banks and business Arms, for Stenographers and Bookkeepers, offering salaries of $50.00 to $150 per month. We prepare you in two to four months. Special courses of study under Instructors who are well-known Specialists in their line; total boarding and tuition expense estimated only $140; liberal terms offered. Experienced Stenographers and Bookkeepers who wish better positions should also communicate with us. The demand for Stenographers and Bookkeepers Is increasing each week. Thousands of high-salaried positions will be arallable this winter and next spring for those who will immediately prepare themselves. Write us today for full information. Draughon's Practical Business College, Columbia, S. C.?10-16-tf. tATOESI of Maine grown quantity to offer, varieties and yo one to ten acres. le coming season I my line of Feed. ;r Seed Oats I ;d oats. I j i II i Kegs, r isn in ettes, Wrapping close price on anything in the any business given me II ^ Grocery |