The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, March 21, 1918, Page Page Five, Image 5
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HRP "* ?. &p*en <x Msllorr vm nun
vV^Imv In town HondAjr.
EM^HW.'J. M?m? went op to FoyetteHts
floturdoy on bostaees.
I ML C. Woods b( Morion was here
ftetejr on profeoeionol business.
I Mrs. O. R. Floyd of Lotto yos
Bung the risitors in town Monday.
II Hob. L m. Rogers of Fork im
L hi town Saturday on business.
pf Mr. H. J. W. Klser spent the waek
v end in Savannah.
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F Joseph H. Ansel, editor of Thei
^ Marion Herald, spent Monday in the
I. F. Stackhouse of Marion was
|r shaking hands with DMlon friends
cj r MM4A)r.
Miss Marie Gibson of McGoll, a
former teaeher in the High School;
^ h visiting Mrs. W. C. Moore.
Mrs. Eugene King and Miss Mary
f Carter entertained Tuesday afternoon
at a reception in honor of Mrs.
W W. J. Carter, Sr.
a? ;
? . _ Mrs. J. E. Baskins and daughter
^ of Tlmmonsrllle, spent several days |
tuie pui ween in the city the guests'
of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hargrove.
Dr. L. M. Cheatham, who has been j
in Jacksonville, Fls., several weeks!
spent the week-end in the city with
friends, enroute to Norfolk, Va.
Blr. B. O. Curtate and family of
Burlington, N. C., spent the weekend
in Dillon and vicinity, visiting
relatives.
Among the visiting attorneys in
town this week attending court are
Henry Davis, of Florence, and J. A.
Mace, L. D. Lide and H. S. McCandlsh
of Marion.
.^Braxton Weaver, Qf the Quarter-1
master's corps, located at Camp Sevier,
Greenville, spent the week-end
in the city with his parents, Mr. and
( lira. W. A. Weaver.
| E. L. Moore, U. Leltoy Moore, Sam
JAtkinson J. W. Moore. J. E, Norton
|i **? and Jenks McQueen have returned
from Detroit, Mich, having made the
trip back through the country in
automobiles. While away they vis'
ited several cities and points of interest
in Canada.
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^ A. B. Welsh has returned from a
!"f business trip to New York. While
TOjkA in the north Mr. Welsh visited his
fi U.V.UU, m. w. weisti, who has
y been at a sanatorium in the Adrlondacks
for thj past year. Mr. Welsh
reports that his brother's health is
improving.
Members of the Women's Auxiliary
to the U. C. T. at Great Falls,
Montana, have formulated a plan -by
tjv which they hope to raise $1,000 for
the local Chapter of the Red Cross,
.w The plan is for a Red Cross quilt,
. the centerpiece of which will be a
large Red Cross. Other blocks in
^ the quilt will be smaller Red Crosses, .
. w, 17$ in all. Each woman who pieces
a block for the quilt will be permitt- ,
^ ed to place her name in that block.
F*Space in the quilt will be auction.
^ ed to the women of tlfe city. The ,
large cross in the center is expected .
Jir-- ^ to command a particularly large *
^ price. i j
The Dillon Herald is $2.00 per ,
year in advance.
r * Everybody's Theatre
Monday, Mar. 25th
' Jewel Productions
Present,
MILDRKp HARRIS In
"The Price of a
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uooa a ime.''
From the story "THE
WHIM" By Marion Orth.
"SUPERSEN.'TIVE TO
, ,, THE TRAGIC" a Critic salrl
at first sight.
u ... In little Linnie's horror .
stricken eyes we read a pu:*
'? young girl's first awful terror
before the undraped
i , ' *? * grisly skeleton of life.
Through those unguarded
' gateways We see almost unwillingly
down into her immortal
soul?behold a human
being writhing* unhelped,
in pitiful torment.
Produced with indescribable
richness of sympathy
' and setting, By.LOIS WEBER,
The Belasco of the
screen.
y A Jewel Wonderplay In
Seven Acts
Children not Admitted Unless
Accompanied by Parents.
Admission 15 and 25 cents.
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showing for DIHoo eouty. Tbep
total deposit* aro am m million ddi-' n
lsrs whUa sithar bonk show* that w
it own any borrowed money. There g
are three banks In the county whose' D
statements are not included and it F
is safe to say their deposits will run n
the total deposits for the bounty up n
to a million and a half dollars. This | h
is a rather remarkable showing for | p
this season of the year and ihdicates 11
a healthy financial conditionJ
throughout the county. Ju
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Mifwionarr Rellv b
As suggested by the Sunday School ?
Board of the Southern Baptist Con- n
ention,?Missionary Day will be ob
served by the Dillon First Baptist '
Sunday school on, Sunday, March
31st. A special program will be rendered
by the pupils of the Sunday
school. The program will be wor- *
shipful, Instructive and Interesting
and will be In charge of the Phil- "
athea Class or Young Ladles' Class.
The public is cordially invited to be D
present. *
H. A. Willis, Pastor.
W. V. Jones, Superintendent. *
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Services at the Methodist Church a
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Main Street Methodist Church, e:
Dr. Watson B. Duncan, Pastor. b
Sunday School at 10 A. M., Mr. n
W. Harry Muller, Superintendent. p
Preaching at 11 A. M. and 7:45 tl
P. M. by the Pastor J
Morning Subject: "The Cause and w,
Cure of Doubt." li
Evening Subject: "Does God Send tl
Trouble?" Bible Difficulties, No. 2. ti
Epworth Dengue at 7 P. M., Mr. a
L. C. Braddy, President. n
Prayer Service and Teacher-Train- c
.u6 vmno uu ??cuuraaay at 7:45. jo
Public cordially invited to all ser- v
vices. s<
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Cole-Carter. e
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Mr. W. J. Carter and Mrs. W. D. s;
Cole were married in New York at w
7 o'clock Friday evening and arrived
in Dillon Monday morning at 8:35 0
o'clock on the Palmetto Limited, tl
Mr. and Mrs. Carter were met at the a
station by a number of friends who n
gave the bride a cordial welcome to 0
Dillon. The happy romance had its j,
beginning in Webster, Mass., last e
summer where Mr. Carter met his i,
bride at the home of a friend. Mrs. a
Carter is a member of a prominent v
and influential New England family 8|
and before her first marriage was a t]
Miss Dewey, being a close relative of it
the late Admiral Dewey. She will
receive a cordial welcome to DUnvir?.
where the groom has long been identified
with the social and religious
influences of the community.
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Seeking Information ^
Nothing further has been heard
from the war department concern-:
ing Lieut. John David's death in! a
France March 1st. The telegram j
from the war department stated that!
he died in action March 1st and the
department has not been able to fur- w
nish the details of his death. Dr. ^
?iu u?o m liicii Liit? 111. 11. i_i. Lane "
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who is stationed a few miles from 1
the spot where Lieut. David is supposed
to have been killed asking for a
additional information and Mr. M. C
C. Woods of Marion, acting in be- ?
half of Lieut. David's family, has tl
written the colonel of Lieut. David's'
regiment asking for details of the
young officer's death. According to
a northern newspaper, whtch has a
special correspondent near the spot w
where the battle took place, Lieut. s
David and his comrades who died ^
with him were buried back of the',
lines a short distance from where j
they fell. The graves have been!^
marked and can be easily identified. tl
Efforts will be made to have Lieut., ^
David's body brought home, the m?t-|n
ter having been taken up with the' ,
war department through Senator ! '
Smith. 1
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Second Week J urom
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R. C. H. Berry, Harleesvilee. ^
J. D. Ray, Hillsboro.
G. It. Harrelson, Carmichael. ^
L. B. Hatchell, Carmichael.
R. J. Harris, Carmichael.
J. F. Williams. Bethea.
W. P. Horn, Hillsboro.
Watson Curry, Harleesville. .
S. E. Bennegan, Bethea.
I* H. McKenzie , Carmichael.
E. C. Allen, Bethea.
Emanuel Johnson, Bethea.
J. H. Carabo, Bethea.
D. C. Edwards, Bethea.
M. IT. Brigman, Klrby
C. H. Love, Klrby.
Mu; -ay McKe.-zie, Carmichael.
J. R. Braswell, llllsboro.
J. Rich Hayes, Kirl>.>.
E. B. Roberts, Hillsboro.
B. F. Allen, Bethea.
L. M. Rogers, Hillsboro
Wade ,W. Wise, Kirby.
Arch Wallace, Manning.
P. J. Hayes, Hillsboro.
W. L. McKenzle, Manning.
J. J. Fore, Hillsboro.
Jack Edwards, Hillsboro.
D. S. Hicks, Manning.
H. B. Bennett, Manning.
D. D. McDonald, Carmichael.
F. L. Sitton, Manning.
J. A. McEachern, Carmichael.
L. C. Bass, Bethea.
J. T. Proctor, Harleesville.
J. N. Wellington, Manning. L
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MEor of TM MM: V ?
JFarido* Mk tbe piMUtj ot th?
Hater's fro? la mar role, baft 1 can
of retrain at this hour, when the x
%ole town at Dillon Is bowed la B.
rlet orer the news of oar lored John on
>avid's death on the battle front In P*'
'ranee, from voicing In this way a Tfa
lodeat tribute of respect to the th<
lemory of this fine young soul that en
as so tragically, but heroically, ed
asaed over to the western shore of th<
fe. let
John David was peculiarly one of Ro
s, as be literally grew up with Dil>n,
and by his manly habits as a
oy and young man, his genial dls- "D
osition, his happy smile, for every
ne with whom he came in contact, ex]
is clean life, and the sweet, untar- wi'
ished innocence of childhood's na- l,n
ire that he retained until the last, 3*
e had entwined himself with tendrils
throng as steel" about the hearts of sal
le young and old and made himself enpart
of the best and purist in the goi
fe of the town?the, only things in ta*
fe that are worth while?and when w0
is country called it required no prohetic
gift to tell that John David wh
dth the splendid ideals he always "B
herished and diligently strived to wfc
ttain, would be among the first to * '
espond to the ringing call of duty pal
nd right. What a contrast to the er
ilserable,4 contemptible slackers, n01
?me of them masquerading as lead- pc<
rs, who under the "camouflage" of wfl
eing necessary to agriculture are aft
invintr V* no trow nw%A ? ? ** - ?*- W0
, .ur) uvawu ttuu t til lUIUU^U
olitical friends "to escape service in ne5
tie war, when such bpys as our noble
ohn David and others have gone in
ithout a murmur to lay down their
ves in order that the rights of so
tiese niserable cowards and pol- nit
roons which they enjoy along with *?
11 other good citizens . should be OI
lade securt^ God pity the whining ,in
ur in human form that thus sneaks 01
ut of danger and saves his own hide "lf
hen his country is threatened, and ,n
n ri
eeks by such despicable methods?
y "pulls" and "camouflage," an 01
::cuse for his failure to fight for R'.41
tiese things that constitute the only pi<
afeguard of human society, of
hich he is a part!
th<
It is an unalterable sorrow to all sjr
f us that we "will never again in fej
tiis world enjoy the genial presence
nd clasp-the friendly hand of this RO
oble boy, but "we mourn not as jU(
ne who has no hope" and the rich
igacy of a noble life and exalted r
xample of clean living that he has
;ft behind will long linger among us
s a sweet aroma of the sure and
ital forces of life and will be an inpiration
to all of us to cherish those
hings that are worth while and are
uperishabje. u
P. B. Sellers. ?
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State Triangular Debating Contest ?
Friday evening March 22, is the FC
ate set for the preliminaries of the
tate High School Debating Contest,
f the Dillon High School team, the
egative will meet the Latta afllrma- ?
ve at Clio and the affirmative will >|?
leet the Clio negative at Latta. Clio
fllrmative and Latta negative meet
ach other at Dillon.
The school, both of whose teams
in victories in the preliminaries,
ill be eligible to send teams to
olumbia for the final contest for
le State championship.
The people of Dillon should give
large audience to the boys from
lio and Latta, since we would have
ur boys receive similar treatment in
le other towns.
Making Heady to Operate Ships \V1
Washington, Mar. 18.?Plans for 1
perution of the Dutch shipping, 1
hich will be acquired by the United 1
tates and Great Britain either :
irough voluntary agreement or by ?
?quisitiou were going steadily for- M<
ard today while the governments
waited the reply from Holland to
le demand that she accede to the ~
?rms of the contrast which Ger- *
iany blocked, or suffer seizure of
11 her tonnage in American or Brit
Holland's reply, which has been
ispatched to London, is expected by _
(Tlcials to conclude the negotiations u,-.
iere today. Seizure of the ships in
merican waters will bo delayed,
owever, until the reply is received
ere, which may not be until to- " [
lorrow.
KISSEL
Pleasure Cars
and
TRUCKS "
I want responsible
Agent for 81
Dillon County.
J. H. BENNETT _
Clio, S. C. |"
m wrokNAD .
taMt Lai has TkrUling Kxperfttace
when Skip Binkn
Ambrose Bollock, son of Mr. W.
Bollock of Fairmont, N. C., was
the Tuscan! a when she was torloed
near Ireland three weeks ago
e young man was reported among
3?mipsing and his parents had Rivhlm
up for dead when they receiva
letter from him telling
jm of his thrilling adventure. The
ter is taken from the Lumberion
besonian:
"Lorene, Ireland,
Feb. 7, 1918.
ear Father:
"I am as well end safe as could be
pected after what I went through
th. 1 guess you have heard by this
le of the perilous voyage of the
S. Tuscania, which carried the U.
troops. I was with them, but am
ro nnro nmro llionb t
uavt Vf ftuaua UVIU. X UII1 .
joying myself fairly well, and uin
ing to make the best of it all and
re myself through safely so don't
rry as for me.
We were on water eleven days tc
ten the tide of the Irish sea, Eng- fi
h ch&nnel and the Atlantic met, ?l
iich makes a very rough sea, and tl
deep one. I was waiting with a tl
I of mine for supper down on low- ti
deck, when we heard a loud can- t;
n-like sound, the report of a tor- o
Jo from a German submarine, ?
iich did the work. Immediately tl
er she was 'hit the electric lights V
nt out, and left us in pitch dark- h
ss. Then there was scrambling
long 2,500 troops to get up on w
cks, where the life boats were, &
e fellows seemed to be very cool, a
there was no panic. But in the a
antiine the big boat was listing 1;
one side and sinking. The ropes o
lowering the boa*< were no good c
d the crew must have been excited, d
several life boats loaded with m
>n were dumped over and dropped
o the water. I saw lots of boys w
awning, some of my own squadron, ?
all that were assigned to my 1
uadron but one were smashed to s
?ces. 11
"I'll tell a man it was awful. At
st I thought I had rather stick to 1
e ship for awhile, but she began to
ik very fast, and quite a bunch of J
lows was suu on Doard. The crew
d gone and all the boats were
ne, so it seemed that I was out of
:k. and I was about to give up, ^
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KXDS CONTAINING |JiiT|l|Tjj>
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-BUSINESS LOCALS. \l
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Ht High grade Buggies and,'4
wagons, cash or fall time, see W.
B. Brice & Son, Fairmont, N. C.?
3-21-4t. J
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VM.1 TO !,<>AX?We are prepared 4
to make loans on improved, farms %
and city property at six per cent,*!
interest for a period or from three jl
to ten years on amounts from $2,- J
000.00 to $25,000.00, interest *;
payable annually. If you owe any1**
money we think it is very essential t*
that you make your arrangements J
it once as interest rates are advanc-, *<
ing. Conditions are unsettled, and ,
none of us know what will-happen.
Conin to see us and let us assist ^
you. Gibson & Muller, Attorneys.? ??
12-20-tf.
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K Have on hand at all times nice ^
line of buggies and wagons. See J
us before buying. Cash or on fall
time, W. B. Brtce & Son, Fair- ij
mont, N. C.?3-21-4t. J
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)XEY to loan on Dillon County %
Real Estate at 6 per cent. Sel- J
lers & Moore, Attorneys.?3-1-tf. j Jj
IN'TEIV?I will buy old meal
bags, oat bags, guano, bags if in i f
good condition. Price ranges! {
from f? to 15 cent s each accord-j J
ing to size and condition. Wade,
Stackhopse.?3-14-^t. ,
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It is buggies and wagons you' J
want, now is the time to buy them :
and save the advance. We ha\<-???
a full line, cash or on fall time. [ ^
See W. B. Brice & Son. Fairmont, j Jj
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TTOX SF.KD?? We have for sal*)**
a limited supply of cotton seed
Wannamaker's Dip; Boll Cleveland; <
these seed are of the 1917 crop, ?
and are absolutely pure no other ^
variety bging grown on the farms'
or ginned at the ginnery. At }
present we offer at $.2.50 per Bu-'
up to 100 Bu.; $2.25 per Bu. 10" \
Bu. and over. J. W. Dillon t. i ^
Son.?3-21- J
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> FARMERS AltOI/ND FORK?I <
have a cotton seed grader for tho!^
public See me and get your sec.!'
graded. C. E. Taylor, Fork.?3-i <
21-lt.
GRAYED?From J. S. Thompson;', >
place near Dillon about first ?f <
January one black sow, fork in | *
right ear and under bit in the lef j
ear. Reward for information. O. j ?
C. Colder, McColl, Route 2.?n-(
21'lt' j<j
Mt SALE?Weaver organ in good j *!
shape. Cost $70.00, will take I i{
$35.00 f. o. b. Mai lory. J. A. Mc-i
tor.?3-21-21. '
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My words are not powerful enough amounts utmost to religious exalta>
do even scanty justice to the heroic tion, the woman of France bears th?
gure in the modern world, and of .burden.
ges past?the woman of France. Of j Now, conditions being as they are.
le healthy men who are engaged in j does it lie within the heart of the
le military service in France, prac-. Amei ican people to preset v and
eally alt. are engaged either in hold to every convenience of our life
ansportation or in the manufacture at the expense of adding an additf
munitions, leaving the agriculture ional burden to the womanhood of
bsolutely to the women. Not only France? This is the exact questio*
lis, but they have stepped into the thai is involved in our suhstilutioa
lace of work animals; you can go of other cereals in place of wheat,
lto any section of France today and } The women of France must be
se women of magnificent, noble enabled to hold up the morale of the
omanhood hitched to the plough : French soldier until next spring,
nd cultivating the soil. All the [The morale of the house decides the
griculture rests upon their should-( morale of the soldier in tht^ fighting
rs. The home, always an extreme- (line We can do this by giving to
f etTicient home, maintains a few them t'ne greatest possible freedom
Id men, the wounded, and the tuber-(in their food supplv, and of this,
ular. Uncomplaining, with high; wheat is the chief fee?or.?-Dr.
evotion, with an attitude that;Alon/.o Ta>lor.
hen I rushed to one side and spied sailors pulled us aboard, and then
ne life boat filled full of men who the ship headed for some Irish port,
ad some difficulty in leaving the where we landed about 6 o'clock the
hip, so here was my last chance for following morning and received thn
ly life, so I grabbed a rope and greatest welcome of our lives by the
lip down to it. Gee, but I was re- good Irish people. We were put in
eved! the best hotels of the little city, and
"I saved one lad's life by telling it seemed that the people couldn't do
im to leave go of a rope and try to enough for us.
wim to our boat, the last one then "I don't know where we go from
hrew him an oar and pulled him in. here. Out of my squadron of 154 men
'hen we had to get away from the there are 4 2 here. I missed some
hip very quick, leaving lots of boys good friends. One of them was my
egging for help, for the ship was diamond ring, but I should worry for
retty near down. We drifted that,
round in the rought waves until "Well, that is about all my story
alf past eleven *rhen we were picked Some experience, I tell you.
ip by a patrol ship, which had re- "With love for all.
elved the wireless. At that time the "Your Son,
ea was dashing high. When that "Private Ambrose V. Bullock,
essel ran up along side of our little "158 Aero Service Squadron,
rail craft, it was the gladest moment "American Expeditionary Forces,
f my life. The big husky British "via New York."
i That Easter Suit I
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and Dress :*:
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If usually, and rightfully should X
! be, a very attractive one, and with ?
this in view we have on display "f*
the kind of Coat Suits, Ladies' Silk, %
! Serge, Crepe de Chine, Foulard, X
; and Combination Dresses that appeal
to the smart dresser. X
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For Men and Boys %
\ Boys' Suits in better styles and X
; greater variety than we've ever ?
shown. If it's a stylish suit you %
want, let us show you. They come X
in sizes 6 to 20. Priced at $3.00 $
to $15.00.
I Shirts and Ties |
1 with that individual appearance X
1 so much appreciated by .the smart
dresser. X
All of the above goods on sale X
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[. at most tempting prices. Y
I JONES DRY GOODS CO. |
? R. R. Ave., Next to Picture Show Dillon, S. C. J
I $
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