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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
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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 |