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(t MMONAL momON. + lb. Md Mr*. A. I. Welch spent Sunday i? MeColl. W. SUekhooM of Marion was a vMtor In the city Friday. ' P. B. Mian, Esq. and son. Brace,1 spent Monday and Tuesday in Colum- { Col. O. O. MeLaurin and W. W. Tbompapn spent Sunday In* McColl hpB relatlTsn. Mrs. Annie F. Ed ens has returned flseea Columbia after spendln* som? Ii* MM with relatives. L Mas KftbtrlM Chappelle of Clio flit a few hour* In Dillon last Frig-' n|ght with friends. f VMrs. F. M. Nlernsie Is visiting herl hnsband, Lieut. Nlernsie, at Camp Jaekson, Columbia, this week. The building on Railroad avenue * formerly used by the moving picture show is being remodeled and will be dhpd*as a garage. V Mrs. Wi T. Bethea has returned from Greenville where she visited her son, Sergt.' Thad Bethea, who is j E . located at C^tmp Sevier. * L. Cottingham has returned from ( the northern markets where he has ( p * been purchasing additional Bpring ' and summer merchandise. ~ ; ( Bruce Sellers, who is with the At- J office of the General Electric g Coin pair/;"- *i 2B??1 Saturday and Sun- f Lv day with his parents, ^and Mrs. P. B. Sellers. TreQi i Frank Carmlchael left yesterday to ; - for Richmond- to have a minor oper Coi ' * ation performed on his nose. Mr. gQr Carmichael expects to return home t^e jN* to a few days. dlr< fo- ?fan L. C. Braddy, Jr., has be?n notifl- wju ^ ed of his appointment as auditor in tra< the Internal Revenue Department s and went to Washington Saturday to Alll - ' * * go over the details of the wotk with Fra ^ the Collector of Internal Revenue. niU( ? mill Mrs. P. B. Sellers, Mrs. Valker yeai Floyd and Mrs. A. C. Rogers, a.tend- cori fL ed a Missionary meeting in harion and yesterday. The trip was made The through the country. They wee ac- and oompanled by Mrs. Rockwell ofBen- at t ^ nettsville. The It Judge Davis entertained a few ratii friends at dinner Sunday in hour of cott It- -Judge Gary who is presiding a the proj ^4 present term of court. Beldes ers Judge Gary those present \ere: ed s Mayor Thomnson. E. T. Elliott w lean i H. Mailer, J. B. Gibson and j. B. aboi Jordah. date 0 hav< Sam Atkinson and Roy More Bucb reached home Saturday afteroon feed ?, from Detroit, Mich., having ?me and through the country in automolleb. corn They came by way of Toledo, (lio, e8til Frankfort, Ky., Atlanta, Agusta,ind 8eaS' Columbia. Mr. Atkinson said the 2>00 road out of Derolt was lined 1th automobiles and that you had to?et your place in the procession nd c?u> hold it. One gentleman fromSt. and Matthews, S. C., started out with he ,n crowd but after going a few mes ?Per turned ro.und and went back to 'e- Dee troit and made the trip Ijack hoe the ] by rail. It was snowing when ?e mer party left Detroit but as they >t not ? nearer south the weather raoderad 3,1' PI and the roads improved. The tp; was made without a mishap and to ' W thoroughly enjoyed from start >' ever finish. | was <> wher Fire Alarm Tuesday Morning cotto inch The fire department promptly r< to m sponded Tuesday nrorning to a ca the i from Mr. J. R. Regan's resident er. i ITnnn >> ?rwu u<v?ubihiuii ii nan uistUVl'IC1 that the building was filled m- smoke coming from ft leaking join! in a chimney, and that no part ol k? the building was ablaze. v Practlcalljj j , no damage resulted. Chief Blat !:*rell repuests the Her- ^ aid to urge upu.) property owners 8ft the importance of rcmeding such de- ^ fects in their chimneys and flues. ar 0 , Services at the Methodist Church m? I flu Main Street Methodi*. Church, Dr. CO! Watson B. Duncan, Pastor. Mi Sunday School at 10 A. M., Mr. W. I f Harry Muller, Superintendent. 1 Preaching at 11 A. M. and 7:45'H P. M. by the Pastor. Morning Subject: "Seeking The r' Living Among The Dead." An Eas- 16 ter Message. ? Evening Subject: "The Young Man At The Tomb". Epworth League at 7 P. M.. Mr. L. C. Braddy, Jr., President.. Prayer Service and Teacher-Train- ' log Class on Wednesday at 8 P. M. Public cordially invited to ell services. I Before Medical Advisory Board William D. Proctqr, Joe B. Stephens, Hyman Moskaw, Thomas Brewer and Edmond McLean were senti ' to Columbia Tuesday by the Local Board for examination by the Medical Advisory Board. L? ,wt? | XOIIOB to IgplHsmjs for ftttrat* of Hod* Fnm V. ft. OoTonyift Advice hu been received of shipmeal of soda from Charleston, and I soda is expected to arrive at Dillon. UtU/ Homer, Little Rock. Pases Mills. Fork. Kemper and Mallory within the next few days. Theee shipments are for use on grain crops only, and will be distributed accord-; ing to allotments made. Practieailv *11 the nitrate applied for will be delivered during the season. Purchasers will be required to make settlement on delivery with certified checks or cashiers checks. J. R. 8PRUNT. Distributor for Dillon County: / o y O* For Camp Jackson The Dillon County Local Board will send five select men to Camp Jackson on Friday morning. The men will report in Dillon this afternoon and will leave on the morning train for Columbia. Following are those who will compose the party: Franklin C. Carmlcheel, John Nick. Phillip Bruce Sellers, Jr. William Boyd Baker, John A. rfcColl. ??? i < Xew Enterprise for Dillon L Dr. Wade Stackhouse is now erect- r Ing on the lot of the Dillon 9tnr?? 1 ^yuuv/. i uu in in caniucceed if afl products have to be to si >ed in from the West. , ment ;and hat is possibly the record price ,ari'3 paid over for cotton in this city , recently paid by the Watts Mills: I they bought a lot of long staple THl!? II at,71 cents per pound. It was; and half staple and purchased ade up high grade material for t/nie> government.?Lauren* Advertis| W1 Save Your Cluano Sacks! I presc Mr. J. P. McLaurin of Mc- i jan ( turin & Thompson, whole- healt lo ' grocers, advises The Her- sick. i to warn the farmers to j Wo?i< ve their guano sacks. Mr. j i*u . Laurin says cotton sheets icordi v quoted at 9 2 cents whole- j ing d le and that if is a waste of bly a sney to throw guano sacks j js cai ray when they can be easily In nverted into cotton sheets. ; treat! r. McLaurin says the price prove sheets is so high that his it; tt m will not handle them this 1 tonic Eison. Last season they sold wome out 10,0^0 sheets at an aver- refun e of 35 cents and the price Ma more than douMed this year. tains tree guano sacks will make and i cotton ?hoo* T>?.~ * a uc HGKI the t( ould be washed as soon as ished By are empty end the water Pe? ould be drained into the gar- been n or some other spot that ten o eds enriching. It is a waste feting money to throw the sacks [tone ey. The-farmer pays for the jand 1 >k when he buys the guano ipatioi 4 the cost of a sack today is i heart; out 26 cents. Owing to the :gener lh price of sheets there will | Ma ba great scarcity of sheets j All O ti fall and it is the wise who incluc P'ldes for the future by sav- Hasty ir<today. Evam ? Cov I V ft 1 * *?':v'r " 'jjik ~ II II? IMII.lt.ll ' ' W -r,~ Co., a milling plant, which will cost when completed about $56,000.00. The flour mfll has a daily capacity >f 50 barrels: the corn mill will pro- 1 luce about 400 bu. of best high ?rade corn meal in ten hours: and he feed mill can make 50 tons mo- ' ases feed in 24 hours. The plant vill be operated by an up to date leant plant of 150 fiorse power. The * efed plant is a duplication in size " ml V'nd of mnehj^-y ently installed at Hartsville, S. C. ["he primary object of the mill is ^en provide a public utility for Dillon 1 inty. While the plant is much lar- , c than needed for the county, it is cea purpose of the mill to encourage a set dealing with Dillon county ma1 us. Outside the county the mill exe 1 deal only with the wholesale le. 1 icent developments adverse to thejtal,< es on the Western front in nee, makes it apparent that we ?t become self supporting. This wot I will furnish every day in the r a cash market for wheat, oats, s'8tl ), hay, peas,'velvet beans, oat v wheat straw and corn stover, mill will grind for farmers cofrn stalks and also hay into a meal he rate of two tons per hour. V T*r 111 K?. ? * * , ?..? uc yiopitrea 10 convert this i stover etc., into a balanced on by adding velvet bean meal, *lo? on seed meal and will feed with an(l >er amount of molasses. Farm- aQd are requested to plant an increas- arm icreage In corn and to harvest at gl?r t one half the crop stalk and ear and it two weeks later than average ly i' i for pulling fodder. They can ai*d i made into a choice molases feed i the i part of the crop as they can | Uevt to their own mules and cows j can sell for cash to the mill any p. stover they can spare. It is I Watc natcd the mill can use the first puss on'corn stover from more than | putti 0 acres of corn. boar has been said in the past that body e was no cash market in Dillon medi lty for any crops except cotton 0f j, tobacco. This cannot be said n tie future. The plant will be ated under the name of the "Pee| Seed and Milling Co." They ask liearty co-operation of every far-1 in Dillon Cmintir T>V.? ?Hi } Him tog to * Ctech "Moat any man can be an editor.' aye the town knocker? "All the editor has to do is to sit at a desk six days a week and 'edit such stuff as this: "Mrs. Jones, of Cactus Creek, lei 1 a can opener slip and cut i a can opener slip last week and cut ! herself in the pantry. A mischiev ous lad of Piketown threw a stone | and cut Mr. Pike in the alley last i Tuesday. Joe Doe climbed on the .wi wi iiib nouse last week looking I for -a leak and fell, striking hlmsell on the back porch. While Harold Green was escorting Jdiss Violet Wise from the church sosial last Saturday night a savage dog attacked them and bit Mr. Green on the public square Isaiah Trimmer, of Running Creek, was playing with a eat Friday when it scratched him on the veranda. Mr. Frank, while harnessing a .broncho last Saturday, was kicked Just south of his corn crib.'* ?Chattanooga Times. American and English Taxes In comparison with the tax levied in Englgpd on incomes our own income taxes are moderate, indeed. In England the tax on Incomes .of 91,000 is 4% per cent, in America nothing. In England the tax on incomes of 11,500 is 6 8-4 per cent; in America nothing for married men or heads of families, and 2 per cent on iKon for an unmarried man. In England the tax on an income >f $2,000 in 7 7-8 per cent; in Amerca nothing for a married man or lead of a family, and 2 per cent on fl.OOO for unmarried men. The English income tax rate also ncreases more rapidly with the growth of the income than ours, a !3,000 income being taxed 14 per ent, $5,000 16 per cent, $10,000' 'iief ceiil>'\.? $15,000 25 per t, while our" co.\ ^Ponding taxes j married men are rt! "^peetively -thirds of 1 per cent, 1 i t, 3 % per cent and 5 per cent, I only slightly more for the un-j rried, due to the smaller amount | mpted, the rate being the same. I ? 'he German Crown Prince while! ting with.his father, said: Father who started this war?" I know," said his father, v"but I I't tell." Did Cousin George start it?" pered the youth. No," said dad. Did Cousin NicholHB*" No." Did Francis Joseph?" ? No." said the old man. Well who did then?" I'll tell you !You remember Teddy I sevelt came out of Central Africa ? called on us sevdfal years ago, ST I showed him our magnificent i y; I showed him our great and I ious navy, I showed him the Zeps! i the submarines, and Teddy great-' npressed, slapped me on the back j : said: 'Bill, my boy, you can lick ; world." And 1 like a d? fool. be-'po >d him." } i it was on a sinking ship and was j 1 ;hing with interest the frantic engers grabbing life preservers, yo ing them on and jumping over- t d. "Shure," said he, "if every- r ' is stealing, I can too." Im- / iately he picked up a heavy piece on and jumped overboard with ?! J NOTICE > I 1 persons are hereby forbidden j iclter, harbor or give employ-1 ^ : to my sons, Andrew 15 years, j Sherman 13 years, who volun-! v r ' ? " r iv.il m> in)nit'. tteoecca Cook.; n. S. C.?2-28-3C \ -a l ? ritOPOKITlOX jr" IS HAItl) TO HEAT; I Mantone Iiivfs l'p To Its l>e-' si^ns, Your Money is liefunded. lien you get Mantone you get aj ription of a celebrated physichat has brought new strength, J h and life to numbt . less half-i nervous and rundown men and' in. less a person lakes Mantone ac-j ? ng to directions, Mantone is be-:.j one an injustice and can't possi-j ' iccomplish the designs which it ? ?able to perform, any person takes the Mantone ment and l.nds that it has not id, as doctors have pronounced te ideal nerve, blood and brain and reconstructor for men and in fho* * ,....i i<cibuu a money will De ded. ntone is no "cure-all", and conno alcohol. It is all medicine iffords relief far different from smporary relief or "kick" furnby most alcoholic preparations. >ple in all sections who have helped hy Mantone have writ- I f their own free will to let suf; humanity know that Manwill relieve nervousness, liver cidney ails, indigestion, consii, and afford rich red blood, a y appetite, sound sleep and a | ally reconstructed system. I ntone?"Makes hfou Feel Good | o. io uuia ai f !i drug stored I ling E..A. Mtcarnlck, H. A. I ; Pagea Mill, Smith Drug Co. I i Pharmacy and McLaurin Drug ! Hllon.?3-28-lt. 4/V ... ? - . 1? ATLANTA JOURNAL t! 5c | The Journal Covers Dixie Dike L the Dew. All the News Weekly L; WORTH COTTINUHAM, Agt. DlliLOX, S. C. ?! 1 BUSINESS LOCALS. >1 ! FOR High grade Buggies and [ i wagons, cash or fall time, see W. . I B. Brice A Son, Fairmont, N. C.? j '] 3-21-4t. ' I MOVW ? kxctati?we are prepared ) to make loans on improved farms | and city property at six per cent I interest for a period of from three S ' to ten years on amounts from $2,-'e 000.00 to $26,000.00, interest, rf payable annually. If you owe any <j money we think It is very essential,4 that you make your arrangements 5 j at once as Interest rates are advanc-! | ing. Conditions are unsettled, and | I none of us know what will happen. jS Come to see us and le?; us assist j j| you. Gibson ft Muller, Attorneys.?1| 12-20-tf. || WE Have on hand at all times nice | ? line of buggies and wagons. See; | us before buying. Cash or on fall time, W. B. Brier ft Son, Fair- mont. N. C.?3-21-4t. FOIt SAIjK.?One nice plug mule. I B. F. Gasque.?3-28-ltp. WAXTEI>?I will buy old meal bags, oat bags, guano, bags ifHw good condition. Price ranges from 6 to 15 cent s each jwcording to size and condition. Wade Stackhouse.?3-14-3t. i i IF It is buggies and wagons you j want, now is the time to buy them and save the advance. We have a full line, cash or on full time.. See W. B. Brice & Son, Fairmont,' N . 3-21-4t. . N- *tl?. i Wf- * * I )TTOX SKKIV? We have for sale a limited supply of cotton seed Wannamaker'B Big Boll Cleveland; these seed are of the 1917 crop.i and are absolutely pure no other variety being 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. 100 j Bu. and over. J. W. Dillon & Son.?3-21- I )NEY to loan on Dillon County | Real Estate at 6 per cent. Sel- j lers & Moore, Attorneys.?3-1-tf. RAYED.?Mouse colored mare' mule white mouth, weight about 700 pounds. Reward for information leading to recovery. J. L. Townsend, McDonald, N. C.?328-lt. j VXD?Watch charm. Owner can lave same by-describing and pay-1 ng for this ad?W. V. Jones, Dllon. S. C.?3-28-lt. j R RENT.?The John A. Fore ' L touse for rent. Next door to Mor- ft is Fass. Possession immediately, j 1 tpply to Morris Fass.?3-28-lt. J ft SAIjK.?1JI0 bushels Cleveland; 2 tig boll cotton seed at $1.50 per I ushel.?R. T. Stephens, Dillon, 1 lo. 4.?3-28-lt. 1 UN1>?Finger ring.. Owner can I ave same by describing and pay- K ig for this ad. Address B. A. m Iluttz, Hickory...N'. C.?3-28-ltp. BON NIARGHE OUR MAIL ORDER DEPAF fillee The Mail Order Department of tt person who gives it her undivided atb unrfpratnnrf *i??' " ~ .. UVn me limn orders are I When your order is received it I charge. All the orders that coine mailed same day as received. We giv do to those when the money order for Now to aid us in handling your bi order for amount of goods sent for, financial ability, because it is necessa ies are expensive, especially for small manner. If you wish to open an accc card giving references of people you In regard to ready-to-we:ir garmt you to purchase the garment persona the course mentioned above and will REMEMBER WE SH EASTER DISPLAYS i ^6xi*B??e<8???e@?@????exi)@@@,eneeeeeee?e?eeeeeeeiweeeee* 1 A SPENDER is a Liability to the Commmiity j I A SAVER is its'Greatest Asset. I | ?? I I | Spend, bat Spend WISELY Save, and Save EARNESTLY | Buy War-Saving Stamps | WE SELL THEM ^ftDCRAL BESEKVTB^ , , P^eYSTW^i I | First National Bank ! ! DILLON, S. C. 1 ) I The Only National Bank In Dillon County I . KeXsXSKSXaXSXiXsXsXfXsX^ ??ffi6>??G)<?X5X? xfrf.-SyS ^vSvs*S*fivs<swsv=?/?<?-? I SL "Put on Hasslers Before Yon Start!" I S ' . . 1 FORD of yours is the finest little i I S Jv,.iV?r ma<^e- Be sure and equip it with 1 Hassler S Absorbers. They will add j J to its life and your*; 1 ShockAbsorber 1 t Saves tire expense and takes the hard jolts out of riding. ? They make your Ford Last longer and Hasslers last as I long as your Ford. Over 200,000 Hasslers are in daily U6e- They make a Ford Car easier riding than any $2,000 car. Let us prove this. We will equip your Ford with Has* slers and let you try them for 10 days at our risk, i ' r ROGERS' GARAGE - I Dillon, S. C. I /C-n? 1 ii \ m . , ?????????????? ^ OPPOSITE POST OFFICE IJOj, N. C. I1MENT IS A1 YOUR SERVIGE-ORDERS ) SAME DAY RECEIVED I lis store is rapidly progressing owing to the fact we have one I ention. You can hardly realize what this means unless you I landled in places where everyone has a chance in filling them. 1 is immediately entered and is personally filled by the person in I before five o'clock of the given day are brought to-gather and I e just as good attention to inquires and sample orders as we a substantial mailing is inclosed. I isiness quickly we would advise that all orders inclose money I in this way you will obviate the necessity of looking up your I ry that we know to whom we ship on credit. C. O. D. deliver- 1 purchases as there is an extra charge for goods sent in this I tunt here write for one of our reference cards and fill in the 1 have purchased goods from on credit. If ;nts; if it is possible for you to come to Wilmington it will pay H lly, as appr ovals are often unsatisfactory. We advise strongly If give you best attention in thig department. || i?t 11 > ir 111 BWIiij PUBCHISffl SDK Ml IRE READY FOR YOUR INSPECTION ? . . J