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Report on Dillon County Jail. (Published by State Hoard Charities and Corrections.) Mr. Iv. F. Britt, Jailer. Visited May 1, 1916, by Assistant Secretary Broyles. Population duy of visit, white men, 3 negro women and 5 negro men, the white men and the women being Federal prisoners Her- i ving sentences. The average daily! population in this jail for the past 2 and a half years has been -approximately 9.2. The Dillon jail has excellent clas- , t slfication qualities, but the Jailer ft doesn't use them as carefully as he r should. Upon inspection, the negro women were allowed to walk through all the halls of the cell room, to-: getfier with the white men, the negro ! men being the only ones locked in- j side the cell block. The women and I men should be kept separated at all times, in the day as well at night, and the races should not be allowed to mix. This jail is excellently equipped with bathing arrangements, having two showers and two stationery stubs, but none of these four are in working order at present, nor have they been for some time. Kvery effort should be made made to have these matters remedied immediate- > ly. This is one of the few jails in the state in which the useless practice of initiation of the new prisoners by the old is still allowed. It is liable to lead to fighting and serious trouble,' and should be stopped. In order that the score of the plant I may be improved and living conditions be made better, we recommend that the Commissioners have the showers and tubs repaired immediately, getting a plumber from out of town to come and do the work if necessary; that they have the screens repaired in the kitchen window, put ; up a screen door, and put screened in the upper story in the prisoners"; quarters; that the toilet which leaksbe repaired; that enough blankets b> purchased to allow all quilts or comforts to be discarded; and finally, that mor?* medical service be arranged for bv paying the county pity sician a salary for and requiring him to make a physical examination of each new prisoner within twelve hours of commitment, to vaccinate against small-pox when indicat. and to make weekly inspections of the prisoners food and quar- | ters, as well as visiting on call as at present. We commend the jailer, who is a] new man since our last inspection,! for his care with regard to personal cleanliness among the prisoners, and we recommend that he improve his i score still more by adding to his records the race, age, and sex of each prisoner, together with the reason for the prisoner's discharge; that he have the floors scoured regularly every week, and the steel work of the cells mopped off at the same; time; that the women be confined to ^ their part of the jail at all times, and the white prisoners to their section, in order that the races and sexes may not commingle at any time; and ! finally that he stop oil forms of initiation among the prisoners. State Hoard of Charities ' and Corrections. Albert S. Johnson, Sec'y. Score Card Iteport on !>illon County Jail. ? scores. I. Jail Plant: Permanent Features: Pos. Ac. 1. Location 15 15 2. Separation of Prisoners' quarters from Jailers' Residence __ In lo 3. Prisoners' quarters <lt Fire Hazard 45 Sit <2t Ventilation 70 5u <3t Facilities for das sification 100 S5 t4) Sanitary facilities 100 77 (5t Cell facilities.. t>o 3 7 (Total score under Section It 400 313 II. Sheriff's Management: Methods and Results 1. Jailer's general.. J..t : .v.. r a o i. ii u i 11 _ ii w j..i 2. Records of prisoners 2 0 22 3. Prisoners' quarters Conditions To 54 4. Classification of Prisoners 80 70 5. Personal Hygiene of Prisoners 80 80, 6. Prisoners' food and feeding 65 61 7. Discipline and occupation or prisoners 25 15 (Total score under Section III 4 00 33 2 III. County Commissioners and the Jail: 1 .Jail's equipment \repair 110 63 2. Medical service for prisoners 8 0 12 3. Financial management 10 2 y (Total score under Sect ion 111. i 200 7 n . . ... i ?t. V. IMI'I'I' I* l I I ? * ?J l . ! I r? jail 1000 72?. AI.UKRT JOHNSTON, Secretary.' o However wretched a fellow mortal may be, he is still a member of our common species. THK KKD CliOSS MONEY. What Went With that First (>iv?l t ontrihiit ion. John L). Uyan, vice chairman of the war council, recently discussed the disbursement of the first $100,000,000 American lied Cross fund and spoke of the necessity for further funds. He announced that the week set apart for the drive is May 2o to 27. "Wo have collected $ 1 oJi.O00.n00" said Mr. Ryan. "We have allowed refunds to chapters :.s you know, ohnilloi'vt 'It'll nut if I<./1 to eotoin OT. per cent of the collections covered by the chapter. They have not in all cases availed themselves of the 2 5 per cent, but we have allowed $17,00G.121 on this account. We have appropriated to date $77,721,018 and we have available for appropriation on March 1 $10,371,217, with the addition of $3,500,000 we know to be perfectly good when called upon. "The appropriations have been made to the different countries as follows: France, $30,036,103; Belgium. $2.0X6.1 3 1; Italy. $3,588,82t?; Bussia. $1,243,845; Itoumania. $2,676,368; Servia, $875,180; Croat Britain, $1,885,750, including $1.000,000 that was appropriated by the war council to the British War Belief, and for other foreign relief work $3,576,300. "For relief for prisoners we have expended $343,304, and this work is only beginning. These appropriations have been made to care for the prisoners that we feared might be, takn. We also spent for equipment and expenses of Bed Cross personnel sent abroad $113,800; for army base hospitals in the t'nited States. $54. 000; for navy base hospitals in the' United States $32,000; for medical and hospital work in the United States $6,451,150, and miscellaneous in the United States, $1,118,748. We have funds restricted as to use by the donors amounting to $2,520.4"!', and we have as a work ing capital for the purchase of supplies for resale to chapters or for ship: ien! in France ot $ 1 .a.ono.ooo. We I working ? ; "i jidvences for France and the Uniicd States of $ 1.2 8 6,00". "People say we use 6" cents to spend a dollar. The expenses of the Red Cross todaj are well within the amount of money provided by membership fees. No part of the $105.OOO.otjo that ve pot is spent for carrying on the work." A SSI'It KS COTTON KNCHANfiK. Senator Smith Says ('ongress Will Not Interfere with Operations. There will be no interference by Congrss with the cotton exchange as long as their operations are confined1 to legitimate business, says Senator Ellison I). Smith, of South Carolina in a letter addressed to (Jeroge M. j Shutt, president of the New York Cotton Exchange. The letter was the outcome of inquires arising front reports in the week that a j movement was under wav in Con-1 gress to close? all commodity and security exchanges. Senator Smith says: " There is no intention or desire I to interfere with the cotton exchange' as long as tlu ir operations are con-1 fined to reflecting the actual and legitimate relation of prices towards ac t u a I cotton handled. They are regarded as very vital and necessary instruments- in cotton trading so long as thev observe this rule, hut when they become simply a gambling resort. when prices fluctuate violently from day to day. reflecting nothing hut rank rambling, without regard to the intrinsic value of the commodity, they cease to he any benefit whatever and become a dangerous in* naco to commerce." - -o What Happened to Him. "Dinks had an athletic stroke yes I I day." "Athletic stroke! Yon mean a paralytic stroke, don't vou?" . "No; I mean just what 1 said. He got mixed up with a professional boxer." ? I 1 Why Hritioh fifth \iin> fell Down. Misty weather and an overwhelming weight in numbers probably' four to one enabled the Germans to push back Major General (lough's! fifth army in the opening days of the spring offensive and to gain a decided advantage. The line west of St. Quintin was held by the fifth army and it only fell back, fuller reports now received say. after a gallant defense. Fighting desperately all the way, the divisions of the fifth 1 army were forced farther'and farther back until beluted reserves arrived to stem the German tide. The four army corps of the fifth army held a line fifty miles long. To - * " IIU.UIV, a "deep system" of defenses had been built. The outer system was! composed of concrete block-houses and similar defenses, so placed and constructed as to pour a deadly cross fire on an attacking enemy from any point. Hut this system of defense, relied upon to hold the enemy until reserves could be moved up. failed ov\ ing to weather conditions. The (Germans made their attack in a dense mist through which the defenders could not discern the enemy until they were within a few yards of the block houses. The outer system did not have the opportunity to use its strong cross fire and after a stubborn struggle, was overwhelmed and compelled to retire The American Hen. Chicken eugenists for many years past have been trying to breed pullets for extra-rapid laying. They have not been very successful; 'and about the only thing of real importance is that egg-laying ability is bequeathed, from generation, from gem-ration to generation. mainly through the roosters. In other words, the cock, and not the hen, seems to be chiefly tesponsible for the eggs at all vents, foi the number laid. The \va> to insur< high egg production foi a flock is to provident rooster that is tin* son ol a first class layer. In this sense, eggs-laying abililv is mainly a masculine attribute. It may go straight down, the male line from rooster to rooster, or it maj cross over from father to daughter I>ut when it dors ckiss. il crosses buck in tin- next generation I! does not stay in the female line. The most desirable rooster is he wlm t its often happens I has a '"double dose" of the egg-laying iiualitity. He possesses swell a doubh tltise il lie is the otfsprin.tr of a cock who cjfrries this t|uality, and if. in addition, his mother is the d-uughter of a rooster that has the same quality. It is all rather paradoxical; and one might suppose offhand that these eonelusions were eontindicted b\ the l\ic t that the egg-laying power of the hen has been enormously augmented through the selection during many thousand of yaars of file best layers for setting. Hut, say the chicken eugenists, this does not modify the conclusion; for the best layers must have been (laughters of cocks that carried the quality, and they transmitted it to their sons, who became the fathers of high-record pullets. It is through the male line, with constant erossingso\cr, that the egg output of the hen has been so remarkably in creased. .In-a how this gr. at increase has i>. en i known with cetiainty. h< -.use 'la jungle fowl" of southern U IM|IICSI llllll'll :i 1.1 all modern chickens, is :> bird fai iliar i<? naturalists toil. \. Th? !< i: .11 lays only thirty t<> forty ratio i small t'KKs per annum An avctMKt' farmyard lo?n lays l'Jn i-uks in a twelvemonth. Hut the pos sihilities of the animal in this way 'are suggested by exceptional specimens, such as the famous Lady Eglantine. a white Leghorn, who pro-' duoed 'ill eggs in 365 days. When: site died it was a real funeral; but,. j happily, she left descendants?her' sons the most important. If the number of eggs laid by the, average hen could be augmented by only ten per annum, the chickenkeepers of the United States would: benefit to the extent of $36,250,000 in each twelvemonth. No wonder, I then, that the scientific breeders are j doing their utmost. They are doing rather well in j breeding for color and uniform size in eggs. Even as she is today the American hen must be esteemed a wonderful bird. The eggs she laid in 1017 were worth about five times as much as jail the gold and silver produced in the 1 nited States. o Mistaken. A Mississippi <| *rk? y was defended in court on one occasion by a lawyer who is now in congresss. Having e'.eared ih-> negro of tin charm* brought against him. tin attorney said: "Tell i.n* Jo.-, iii?| \??ii really steal that mule?" "Well, soli, it was just like this," said tin* darkey. "1 did think that I stole that mule, hut after what you said to the jury 1 know I didn't." Washington Post. o \ .Mistake. t'usinhi* t Here, waiter, what is this shoestring doing in my soup? Waiter Please lower your voice, sir. Don't let that gentleman at the next table hear you. He's dined here regularly for a year and we've never thrown in anything lot hint. \\ INTIIItOI' COI.LF.4aK. SCIIOI.AItMIIP and KNTK.WPK KXAJ I N ATION . The examination lot the award id' vacant scholarships in Winthrop College and for the admission of; new students will he held at the \ County Court House on Friday. July, f>, at ! A. M., and also on Saturday.j July 6. at J* A. M., for those who! wish to make up by examinations additional units reuired for full admission to the Freshman Class of this institution. The examination, on Saturday, July tt. will be used only for making admission units. [The scholarships will be awarded upon the examination held on Friday, Jul> 5. Applicants must not be less than sixteen years ??f age. ! Wlirn scholarships are vacant after I .Inly "> I hoy will be awarded to i those makinp the highest averate at [this examination. provided the} | meet the conditions governing the 'award Applicants t'oi scholarships jshonld write to l*it>ident Johnson I foi scholarship examination blanks ! Those blanks, properly t illed out by ' the applicant, should be filed with I President Johnson by .Inly 1st. Scholarships are worth $loo and free tuition. The r.cxt session will open September IS. lhls. For fur thor information and catalogue, address President 1). B. Johnson, Iiork Hill. S. C.?5-20, 30; 7-4. What is II? A new r.ritish" freiyht steann r starling foi the I'nited Slates on | tier first, trip, eneountereii a tierman submarine. Sin- hail expertetl an inriileni of tlie sort anil was reaily l< r it. It wa. ih?- submarine that was siipri.--.fil. >h< made a lippiiu: omul ; -de \ ; torn apart" anil "<i na n 111 i? ?>i 11! marked tie spot where tie- I boat w < tit Mow n Tile tleieht' l "Was equip;,i t| wiijl, the latest anti ubmariio device, whieli proxeil \er\ f: ?-1 i\, ' Then it is ayain The i-ii osit- o| our pen p|e as to what sort of a ife 1 tae Abies ha\e iliventI'll ami are usim. to <1 i m in lit ion oi the submariie 'iiit-iici'," as it was oner railed, it perhaps not any worse sharper than that i mini Tested by (lerniatty. but all the satisfaction we may yet is indefinite i eteri.il,...- ?.l ???. l-.i...I <j II'O ed. \Ve ntii^t eontent ourselves. ii scpiiis, Willi tlx- far I that whatever tin invention, it is doinc li?- work, ami wait in patienee lot interesting revelations after tin- war. when tSertiiany will he in no <on<! tion to profit tlnT"t>\. i'harlot t?- < >te? rv?r. The Market. "i'll trive > on livets foil ilsit epp." said I 'neh- |; ishnrj "No. snh." replied Mr. Kr..-'tns I'ink ley. "Ill pive \en t< n cuts. , "No. snh." "I'm vi not In i wit" it .in' I'll uivt yon two bits." ^ "Nil snh. An I ain't not no inoh ? time to stan' here an' talk If epps 2 is uwine up <lat last. I's rw inter put Q il is here one in I old storage." {J TICKSPASS NOTK I-: ii Hunting, ftsliinp or trespassing in A any way on plare known as MeLaurin . or f'ousar Ilros lands is positive]" " forbidden and mean to f-.f.r... ri'-'lit.- in tin p-enii .1. I? I'hKNs. II i'KNM TT. 2-2 Sr.. t'KH'US DELIVERED Kurd ( imsis $44."?.(KI ' F?nl Itunnlioiil -ISO.OH ( For<l Touring 40G.J17 { Fonl (<?ui>olrt GOO. 2d ' Ford Town Cur 000.50 < Ford Sedan 747.81 j Ford Truck 650.J51 ( Dillon Motor Sales Co.. j Dillon, S. C. | 1 ( 1 j Professional Cards. I?lt. K. X. LOUDON Veterinarian Calls answered Day or Night. Phone Evans' Pharniaey. Dillon, S. C. L. It. HASKLDEN Attorney at l.aw DILLON. S. C. Money to I.end on First Mortgage Ileal Estate. j. \v. jon\so.\ Attorncy-at-Law pract.!re in State and Federal Cou Marion, S. C. I mi. j. h. ham hi;, jh. Dentist Olli- < a or Peoples Hank. ; S. C. HENSIiEE. M. I?. Eye, Far, Nose and Throat Spectacles Fitted. I Gfllce Hours 1> to 11 and 2 to 4 t Evening Hours by Appointment. . HAIlGltOVi: A iillADDY ] Attorneys-at-Law. ? Office lif>t floor I'o plo Hank llldg. DILLON, S. C. GIBSON & MI LLER Attorneys-al-I,aw " Oliice over Malcolm Mercantile Co !i DILLON, S. C. * Practice in State and Federal Courts ? L. D. LIDK Attorney-at-lai\\ MAIUON. S. P. Hit. < . |{. TAKER Physician and Surgeon OiFioe at residence, No. 5 Harrison ' st. ; Residence Phone No. 90. * ?-_______ t Mct'rady llros. & t'licvi* Civil Engineers * A. J. Kvans, Jr., Resident Engineer . Surveys, Designs, Estimates IIAMIJ-.T, N. C. 1 Reave calls at Kvans I'liarinm \ or ;i<1 - \ dress. Rox C04. < i \(. IKH.S. i ?.i 1? j>r 'l italde ! * 1 it ii>i ' * !, ; i rowing fro: i 1?i* It : ' maxkeUn agt ll- cunrtot jablo tinles: ! . is healthy- >! ,:i:i ! always lie in a profit mi produein. . condition it he is fed I'. A I'liomaHog Powder Wo positively t?!I you that this remedy prevent. cholera, removes worms and cures thumps. 1! j^j ithe powder does not make good, we {< I vl" i 1 I Ptw. IV,*,. Cach SI ftp** Hilton I ( is. C.?May. ' < S<ll-Appn< NOTICE' "I vow,* you n ti hum.. \v? nE(AMMBKnaiC3X>lkJH9Qd2H9| ' FARMERS m STOCKMEN I ;: ! now lu<ai<d ;it I.attu. S C., ii i! pmpny ?.!' t h iii^; Veteriii.mm M ?li. i 11. and V.n-rinary Surof ?mh-or the ^ VH liXltn, s. pollTICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS candidate for I lie State Senate the rules (.f the Dniocratic party XsX? <*Ai < <?X? >??<& <5/<5Xs?/?XsXsX?y&S*&??<sX^^ ?\jjrc~ol I 3?3? 1 TO* SAPHKM STAMPS h IIIUU BY TO ( UNITED STATES $ .GOVERNMENT |; : Buy Them And I Help Win The War 1 ; : FOR SALE EVERYWHERE % : ., i I The aboV" space contributed to War Savings | $ \ Committee by The Peoples Bank. | ( % S 5; ? S; S ; Our advice is to buy War Savings Stamps, | ? v . s t Liberty Bonds, then deposit y'C"r other funds in | i s The Peoples Bank % 1 ... a ' N f! ???c?ys < < >?v*y? .x*> > >-xsx^xixixsxsx^^ ! NOTICE FARMERS! ? t I will pay HIGHEST CASH PRICES for scrap | 1 iron, rags, bags, brass, copper, rubber, etc. | Scrap iron 40 to 75c per hundred lbs. Rags $1.00 per hundred lbs. Rails, Old automobiles and second hand | machinery a specialty. HONEST WEIGHTS 1 Bring a load of junk when you come to town | and turn it into cash. <g Look over your place and you will be surprised at S the amount of apparently worthless material you f can turn into good, hard dollars. 1 Junk yard near Brick Warehouse. j| M. SCHWARTZ, I DILLON, ----SC. ..?. ? ...... . ?,< .< V ' ' r ^*X?V5Xg,5)(5^xs)??<s^^ A SPENDER is a Liability to the Community I A SAVER is its Greatest Asset. 1 Spend, but Spend WISELY I Save, and Save EARNESTLY ? Buy War-Saving Stamps WE SELL THEM | ^ ! ^^federae RESERVI^ <p B^^system^? M 0 First National Bank ? DILLON, s. c. > The Only National Bank In Dillon County |