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F- ' Watch Label on Your Paper / *4 I ^4 31-1JL | | A W+ ^4 1 The Date on the Labe) is the Expire."'* ^ l3tll0U 10*1010* ? j ) t ESTABLISHED 1894. l^K DILLON HERALD, DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MORNING, JULY 24, 1919. VOL. 23. NO. 4G N FLOODS RUIN CROPS IN SOUTH CAROLINA R. R. SUFFER WASHOUTS AND TRAINS ARE DETOURED. Meteorologist Says Rains Will Continue. Stock Men Worried to Save Cattle. An average of 4.27 inches precipitation for the past three days in ne Piedmont and middle section of South Carolina has enabled the Santee wa-( tershed to boom at flood stage, with ruin to crops and some damage to property. The rivers should reach the crest of the flood tomorrow, contingent, however, on the continued rainfall. Rain to Continue. Richard H. Sulliavn, meterologist in charge of the local United States wpather human stsrtpri that in his opinion, there would be rains until the middle of the week, but as to their preciptancy he would not forecast. He was of the opinion, however, that the present rain would not wreck anything like the havoc of the disastrous floods of 1916. The floods in that year were the result of quick heavy downpours, while the rains this year have been gradual. In 1916 the waters came down so fast that the rivers could not take them over and they banked. This year they are rushing through their regular channels to the sea and spreading ever the lowlands. However, the soil is saturated and today's heavy downpour rolled into the rivers. Damage to Railroads. So far the material damage to the railroads has been small. A fifty-foot section of the Atlantic Coast Line at Sims, a small station just below Columbia, washed' out, and near that place the trestle of the Southern Railway at Childa was washed out by the release of impounded waters when the Southern Railway ran out a shuttle train and the passengers from the <^oasi i-ane irain irom sumter -were transferred and brought into Columbia. An official said that the Coast Line train to Wilmington was detoured over the Southern to Sims, and the passengers of the road for Charleston were placed on the "Carolina Special," which was detoured by way of Blackville because of the washout at Childs. The Coast Line had sufficiently repaired its track at Sims tonight at 9 o'clock, said an official, to allow the operation of passenger trains, and expects it to be in condition to run freight trains over it by tomorrow. Water Close to Tracks. The Southern Railway reported that water was in six feet of its tracks at Chappels, between Alston and Greenville, but did not think the line would be tied up because of the rise in the Saluda. The trestles at Catawba on the Columbia line of the Southern near Charlotte and at Broad *iver on the Spartanburg line of the Southern were reported safe and no apprehension was felt for them. The Seaboard Air Line reported its right-of-way in good condition, but the Wateree river vat Camden was still rising. Officials of the road j thought however, that the trestle at that point was safe, but his feeling! of seeuriy was contingent on whether there would be continued heavy rains. Service Discontinued. . J The line of the Columbia Railway,. Gas and Electric Company, to Camn ? Jackson suffered somewhat, the track approaching the camp being washed out in several places, so much so that, the street car service to the camp was discontinued. Tonight the new j concrete bridge over Hampton creek and a large stretch of the new paved road to Camp Jackson is threatened because of the rush of waters in the creek which skirts the camp. r Building Wrecked. n The rear of a brick store building v on the 1600 block of Main street, ^ i owned by Walter F. Jones, of 'his j .' city, caved in this morning and crum- 0 bled to the ground, causing several c thousand dollars in damage. No one was injured. There was some excev-ip ation going on next to the structure, j proparatory to building an annex to ^ the Adjacen Department Store and it is supposed that the rain ate under ^ the foundation of the Jones Building t< causing it to crumble. It was one of n the oldest structures on Main street. a It was erected shortly after the war q between the states. ti Oops Ruined. ^ Reports from various sections of South Carolina say that cotton and ci corn are ruined, that the rushing o waters of the past few days have j tt eaten deep gullies into the soul, g Bridges and roads likewise have suf-|2 fered. In Lexington County several U] bridges are reported gone and the roads are in bad shape. Supervisor gi Owens, stated tonight that a number le of bridges had been washed out in si Richland County, including a steel tl bridge on the old Camden road about 01 six miles from Columbia. The roads ai , have been badly cut up. ui Flood Warnings. j tl i This morning at 11 o'clock the local et > weather bureau sent broadcast a flood warning, urging the farmers to get | their stock out of the river bottoms, er The warning relative to the rise of of the rivers said: "Catawba river at d? Catawba, near twenty feet by morn- o' ing of 21st; Wateree at Camden, near th thirty-six feet by night of 21st; Broad river at Blairs, will reach crest at,in about seventeen feet by morning of 5. 21st; Congaree, at Columbia, sixteen Cs to seventeen feet by morning of 21sr; in Saluda river, at Chappells, will reach Ni ALL SMOKE ? NO FIRE. The Fire Truck and the Crowd Arrived on Time but Fire Didn't Materialize. There is an old saying that "Where 'there's smoke there's fire" or something to that effect, but this timehonored maxim didn't work out Monday night. There was everything on the spot except the fire. The fire truck was there and the crowd with the usual suggestions as to how the firemen should go about the business of checking the flames, but the fire i played them a trick?it failed to i keep the appointment. Somebody ? i t.hftV rnillHn't hp fnnnH in tho nrnwH I V MV "* V"V V4V,,%* ?saw smoke ascending from the roof of Murphy Bros, store. It came in gentle waves and drifted over the roof of Morris Fass' store toward the Coast Line freight station. The top of the buildings was shrouded in the blackness of a very black night and it took a pretty keen pair of eyes to detect the drifting smoke clouds. A train came in from the south and the reflection from the headlight brought the smoke clouds int0 full view. Panic seized the spectators. The fire truck was summoned and firemen went through scuttle holes and groped around in the darkness between ceiling and roof. The clouds of smoke continued to ascend. By this time the crowd had reached big proportions. One spectator saw a tiny blaze between roof and ceiling; another could distinctly smell the burning timbers. The firemen were powerless; it was one of those mysteries that baffle the most resourceful. There were cries of "cut out the ceiling!'' "Run for Mr. [ Murphy!" "Get a stream in between: ceiling and roof!"' "If something is not done the whole block will be in flames!" It had got on the specta-j tor'? nerves. Just as all hope was about to be abandoned a small boyj ran through th^ crowd with the news that Mr. Murphy said it was only some paper burningTfe a stove. The fire truck returned to headquarters and the crowd melted away. 0 [ RAINS DOING MUCH DAMAGE. Streams Rising Rapidly and Transportation Likely to be Interrupted. The heavy rains of the past ten lays have injured crops badly. This1 seems to be the verdict of farmers from all parts of the county. The i ?reate3t damage, however, according: to experienced farmers is likely to, iccur when the weather clears. If it' should fair up and turn hot suddenly tobacco and cotton would suffer terribly. Farmers who were laying by iust as the rains started are in better shape to stand the wet spell, i Those who laid by early will have *rass to fight. The outlook is not very j mcouraging. The weather man up to loon Tuesday gdve no promise of fair veather. The rivers are rising rapidly and i tie-up of traffic is threatened. Lit- ' le Pee Dee lacks only a few feet of eaching the track, although the track ' vas raised five feet following the" loods of several years ago. Big Pee;1 Dee is rising also and Toby's Creek, 1 io it is reported, is on another ram- 1 >age. 1 Sam Atkinson returned from Coumbia Monday night. He had been 1 vying to get to Dillon since Sunday 1 norning and the first train came out ilonday afternoon. Mr. Atkinson says ( he tracks look dangerous at trestles. ( le says there is a probability that | ^ raffic out of Columbia will be tied-:4 ip. o PROVIDES AUTOMOBILE I )illon County Gives Evidence of Interest in Work. The Columbia State says: The Dillon County delegation has ecently authorized the county com- 1 lissioners to make provision for the 1 rork of the child hygiene bureau un- r er the directorship of Mrs. Ruth ? >odd. A car is to be purchased and 1 ffice arranged and all expense of the ^ anipaign borne, except th esalary of, he demonstration nurse, who will be ? aid by the State board of health. !,, Miss Cora McLeod, graduate of the lichmond School of Public Health fursing wil be in immediate charge A f the work, which will begin in Sep- t jmber and continue about five . lonths. Mrs. Dodd is greatly encour-, ' ged with the outlook in Dillon ounty and appreciates the coopera-^ on she is receiving from county of-' cials. |f, rest near seventeen feet by morning; li f 21st; the Santee, at Rimini, near u venty-one feet by 25th, and at Fer-,w uson, near sixteen feet by 26th or -A 7th. Further rises are contingent E pon additional heavy rainfall above.'* j t( As soon as the flood situation be- tl an to look serious. Frank W. Shea-|U >y, cnairman of the railroad commis-ju on, went to his office and cautioned |tl le officials of all railroads to put A Jt slow orders on the line of roads, ir id caution their passenger trains to w ?e the utmost care in crossing tres-| es and places in the track threaten- |ei 1 by the rising waters. p Average Precipitation. o] The following figures as to the av"age of precipitation in various parts m ' the state, during the past three is tvs un to the last reading at 4 ci clock this afternoon were given by w ie weather bureau. , jdi Pelzer, 3.26 inches; Cliappells, 6.78 i ches; Tllair, 4.07 inches; Columbia, 97 inches; Camden, 3.66 inches; j ttawba, 8.77 inches; Mt. Holly, 2.77 iw ches and Greenville, 2.98 inches.? tl ?ws and Courier. it! NEGRO GIRLS KILL FATHER WITH AXE. Confess to Brutal Murder Near Muldro's Mill. Florence, July 18?Brutality of an almost inconceivable nature marked ! the killing last night of Sylbert Myers ja respected negro farmer, by his two ' daughters, Lillian and Rebecca, aged [respectively 16 and 18 years. Using an axe as a weapon the two | girls struck their father on the back; of his head while he was seated at: 'the table eating his supper. The J blows were struck from behind. Myjers lived only a short while after the' {first blow was struck. According to the statement of his daughters, Lillian first attacked her, [father. She brought the blunt partj 'of the axe down upon his head with terrific force, breaking in the skull, j As the man leaned over on the table 'she struck again, and he fell to the floor. Rebecca then took a hand and grabbing the axe from her sister's hand, struck the man as he lap upon the floor. They then dragged him out into the yard where they watched him die. 1 Hide Body and Attend Party. After hiding the body of their fath- i er in the woods the girls returned to j the house dressed in their Sunday i clothes and went to an ice cream supper just a few hundred yards from the ' spot where the body lay. < The murder occurred last night about dark. Myers lived near Mul- 1 drows mill and was highly thought of by his own race as well as by the I white people of that community, i When placed under arrest this morn- i ing by Sheriff Burch Lillian and Rebecca Myers confessed to the murder < and told the officers all about it. Theyj: also made a voluntary statement to ^ the jury of inquest which was em- t paneled by Coroner Smith. In their statement they declared that they miiea iamer Decause ne wuuiu noi lei them go o a party at a tobacco barn. He said he would kill us if we went, t said one of the girls. 1 After watching their father die < the girls placed his body in a wheel-1 < barrow and carted it into the woods, j I placing it near a path about 50 yards |8 from the public road. Then they went | a back to the house and dressed for,a the party. The path near which the t body lay was taken by the girls in going to the party. All of this happen- 1 ed, however, after they had washed I up the blood in the house and had s swept the yard. They did not attempt * to hide the axe and it now in the pos- E session of the coroner. It is heavy and ^ blood stained. * Dead Body Discovered. S Two negroes who returned .home with the girls from the party saw the body of a man lying near the path. One of them, Isear Law, called, but received no answer. Isear testified today that he knew Myers was careful about his girls, and he thought it was Myers lying in the bushes waiting for them to come home. When the negro men called the girls ran on to their home. The men returned to the tobacco barn and getting others to follow, came back to the spot and found the dead body of Sylbert Myers. The daughters did not tell of their connection with the crime until faced by the officers this morning when they broke down and confessed. Both of them tell the same story as :o the manner of the murder. Sylbert Myers was about 4 7 years )ld. He was well thought of, his ao-'? luaintances stating that he had al-| ways been anxious to rear his ehil-l lren correctly. o MEXICAN SITUATION CRAVE, i1 lBC Mexican Government Says It Will r* Omit No Effort in Prosecution ami I1 Punishment of those Responsible For Murder of American. m While the ?tate and Navy departnents Sunday aawited further infor- ' 1 nation in regard to the attack and 1 obbery of a boatload of American s ailors from the U. S. S. Cheyenne, ai n the Temesi river, near Tampico, uly 6, the Mexican government, 1 hrough its embassy at Washington1 tates a dispatch of July 20, informed ,r he State Department that it would omit no efforts in the prosecution a* nd punishment of those responsible' , ? or the murder of John W. Correll, an imerican citizen, and the attack on a is wife in the Tampico district late ist month. Ith The message from the Mexican}*1 overnment, reply to representations bt lade by the United States immedi-as tely after the attack on the Correll1 imily was reported, however, did J"0 ttle to lessen the gravity of the sitation existing there since Saturday of 'hen news of the attack on the pr .merican sailors reached the State j epartment. Officials made no at-,1111 ;mpt after the message relating to ap tie Correll attack was received to J'c nninme tne seriousness or the sit-i^ation resulting from the assault 011 ie sailors who were dressed in da merlcan uniforms and were in a!0,1 lotor launch, at the masthead of,ve hich was an American flag. iof The message from the Mexican gov-;we rnment in the Correll case, as made I ublic tonight by Acting Secretary tiv f State Phillips, said: "The Mexican government will omit co' r> efforts in the prosecution and pun-: hment of those responsible for a1 ( ime so odius, in the cleaning up of 011 hich it will exhaust all means at its coi isposal." en 0 ! injE Card of Thanks. 1011 Mrs. A. Lerov Ilethea and family, on, ish to express their appreciation to hif lose who were so kind to them in of icir bereavement. I tin I NEWS ITEMS FROM ROWLAND. j Death of Miss Isabelle McQueen? l>arge Crowd Attended Opening) Tobacco Sales ? Personal Mention, j Rowland, July 15?The whole town and community were made sad last Friday evening when the news was spread abroad that Miss Isabelle McQueen had died. She was the dt.ughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jim McQueen of Rowland. Miss Isabelle had been very ill in the Charlotte sanatorium for a number of weeks, but was brought to her home in Rowland two weeks before the end came, j Everywhere Isabelle -was known j she was loved. She was of a bright! sunny nature. She was very ambitious and industrious. We sympa-1 thize with the family in this great loss. | < We are glad to see Mrs. R. H. Mil-! ler home torn the Charlotte sana- j torium, where she underwent an operation for appendicitis. Mrs. Miller is improving rapidly. I < Mrs. H. K. McCormick, Miss Sarah j Pharr and Master R. C. Emanuel, ! have gone to Columbia, S. C., to visit ' friends., > I i Dr. Lenon has been very sick for! sometime at his home with typhoid;! fever. We hope he-will soon be out! I again. |i Rev. and Mrs. J. Blalock returned t last week from a visit to the West-il ern part of the State. ! < Lieut. Don McLeod is visiting home!< folks. Miss Ethel Miller is home from'i Mew York, where she has been taking ' a special course in music at the Met-, 1 ropolitan college of music. | i Yesterday was quite an unusual j i 3ay in.Rowland. The first tobacco l sale of the season opened in the newfj warehouse. The large crowd helped c :o make the sale more interesting. !> o It ADMIRAL BLUE MAY RETIRE. t ( Rear Admiral Victor Blue, chief of, he bureau of navigation, who has e jeen ill several months, has been rec- j mimended for retirement by a board ^ )f naval medical officers. Secretary! r Daniels announced today that Admir-; j tl Blue's successor would be named j is soon as President Wilson had: ^ ipproved the board's recommendaion. Admiral Blue, who is 54 years old. j s undergoing treatment at the hos)ital at Great Lakes naval training J tation. A native of North Carolina, j le was appointed to the naval acade- j ny from South Carolina in 1883 and, t eas advanced five numbers in rank, h or extraordinary heroism in tbeii, Spanish-American war. o DISCHARGED SOLDIERS. t Robt. McBryce, col. Dillon. Luke McNiel, col. Dillon. w Jerrv Wilson, col. Latta. Willie H. McLean, col. Minturn. ? John McLellan, Little Rock. Robt. McEachern, col. Hamer. Jas. Manning, col. Dillon. Jack McNeal, col. Dillon. f Luther Piatt, col. Dillon. c Frank Rogers, col. Latta. Fred McCrev, col. Dillon. L, Ben Henderson. Dillon. Geo. Blue, col. Dillon. jjg Lawrence Bethca, col. Latta. David Hardy, col. Dillon. Jacob Graves, col. Dillon. o p DILLON IS ORGANIZING. epresentative Gathering Discussed; Livestock. ; =>? fc Mr. George R- Wheeler, manager of dj le South Carolina Land Owners' As)ciation, attended a meeting of rep- n( ;sentative farmers and business men|n) t Dillon yesterday. The meeting was . eld in the auditorium of the court as [)use and the principal address was ade by Mr. Wheeler. jm During his address he stated that D DUth Carolina will in the course ?f bi me become the center of the live | ock industry of the United States, |dj id pointed out certain steps neces- C1 try for the land owners, bankers and jsiness men to take in order to has- c0 n the time when the State would as ;ap such a benefit. br He also stated that the surest pan- gc iea for the boll weevil menace and t0 image is the introduction of the live se ock industry. He warned against be boll weevil panic, sawing that it is W( e worst damage that can come from ^ e visit of the boll weevil, and he T . ged the land owners, bankers and f0] isiness men to organize as quickly w, possible. pe Other subjects discussed were good tb( ads, better schools, improvement of be alth conditions by the elimination the fly and mosquito and labor oblems. ! j01 Mayor J. H. Hamer acted as chair- j c an of the meeting and at the close tb, pointed a Dillon County organiza- no' tn committee, consisting of Messrs. I Cottingham, C. L. Wheeler, F. L. jor ithea, S. F. Bailey and A. B. Jor- in n, which committee will hare as,tb( e of its duties the calling and ad- pa, rtising of a general mass meeting beJ citizens within the next two in eks. I , Mr. Alex P. Sullivan, representa- rjt) e of the association, was present, the meeting and will assist the iinty committee in its work. o I 1 ^nolractor Diebler has begun work Ws a large garage building at the sell rner of Main street and Second av- Mu ue for Mr. A. C. Rogers. The build- 11 t will have a frontage of 60 feet tor Main street and 14 0 feet on See-ICoi d avenue and will be two stories'jec ^h. When completed it will be one Pr? the largest garage buildings in, p. ; state. ser i ROBBERS ENTER MANY STORES. Tliree Stores and Bank Building Entered Sometime Sunday Night. There were four bold robberies in Dillon Sunday night when three store buildings and a bank building were broken into by robbers. The stores were the Palmetto Hardware Co., Charlie Saleeby's and J. C. Lupo's.; The People's Bank was also entered | but so far as can be seen there was' no attempt to blow open the vault. I It is evident that, it was the work of; amatuers. Entrance to the stores and the bank' was made by smashing the plate glass door fronts. In each case the heavy j plate glass in the door front was! smashed and how the robbers succeeded in smashing so many plate! doors without attracting the attention is a mystery. There was nothing missing at Lupo's or Saleeby's, but at the Palmetto Hardware Co's. there were several pocket knives and razors missing while a small amount of change left in the cash register over night was stolen. There was nothing missing from the People's Bank. Day Policeman McRae was on duty Sunday night and he says the only time he was absent from the business section was when he went down to he Seaboard station for a short while, [t is evident that he was being watched by the robbers and the work was lone while he was at the station. The officers are convinced that it was not the work of professionals. The theory is advanced that the rob)ers were committed by persons (probably boys) who were prompted nore by an adventurous spirit than jy a desire to steal. They were too j rounp to realize the seriousness of the , Times they were committing. If the vork had been done by men of ma- , ure years or by professional robbers hey would have made arrangements ; o loot the places they entered. The robberies are being investigat- , id closely by the officers. The pecu- j iar manner in which the work was lone and the boldness of the robbers < nakes the case rather difficult of so- \ ution. ftlLLIAM'S HEALTH GREATLY IMPROVED. * i former German Emperor Still Remains Indoors, However,?Not < Suffering from Nervousness. ^ Amerongen, July 18?The condilon of former Emperor William, who as been ill from'ear trouble, is greaty improved, but he still remains in- { oors. ^ The former Empress Augusta Vic- j oria, wh0 has been suffering from t eart trouble, was so well today that j he was able to receive a German boy j rho had walked to Amerongen from rermany with the object of seeing tie former rulers. She talked with ' le boy for some time in the garden n the von Bentinck castle. The suite ^ f the former emperor is about to be jrther reduced by the departure of ourt Counsellor Knauf. ^ The German News Agency report ( lat Count Hohenzollern was sufferlg from serious nervous affliction i unfounded. o V GOOD TOBACCO SELLS HIGH, i rices Obtained for Lower Grades Ratlier Disappointing. The higher grades of tobacco are w ?lling high but the prices obtained >r the lower grades or lugs is rather isappointing. This is due to fact that :st year the lower grades sold at abjrmal prices. There was a strong de- ? anH fnr nil prnrfps orrt nt tho nnoti. --- o : h g of the season the lugs sold almost > high as the better grades. The low- n grades are, according to the state- ^ ent of a well known buyer on the \ illon market, bringing their value, 0] it the demand is not strong for these j ades this year, hence there is some sappointment among producers be,use they are not getting the prices ey received last year. "Good tobac", continued the buyer, "is bringing ai much or a little more than it ought last year. Th demand for ^ >od tobacco is strong and I expect see an advancing market as the gj. ason advances and the better grades gin to come in. The lugs are almost j irthless. There is no market for n( em. The cry is for better grades and will be disappointed if the average ca r the season is not higher than it' ts last season. I don't think the! ople should feel discouraged overjjj, e outlook. I have paid more for the jn tter grades than I paid for the samel ades last season. The weather ev it continues much longer, might m( ver the grades, but outside of this le, :an see nothing to warrant the fearia ' it the average for the season will'L? t be high." Tobacco continues to pour Into Dil- th i. The opening day was the largest t0 the history of the local market and | i sales have been heavy all the ha 3t week. It is claimed that there has ?n an increase of least 30 per cent. {h) the acreage and the three ware- g0] uses are covering quite a large ter- pr( ory. | o ervlces at the Me'Jiodist Church. Main street Methodist church, Dr. ttson B. Duncan, pastor. Sunday 1 tool at 10 a. m., Mr. W. Harry of Her, Superinterdent. Preaching at las a. ni. and 8:45 p. m. by the pas- the . Morning subject: "When Jesus Wt ines to Our Homes." Evening sub- of t: "Saved to the Uttermost."' to lyer service on Wednesday at <8:45 Mo m. Public cordially invited to all wa vices. jDil i COUNTY NEWS ' AH HAPPENINGS NEWSY LETTERS BY RECULAK CORRESPONDENTS. News Items of Interest to Iieralif. Readers Ebb and Flow of the Human Tide. Bermuda. Tne rainy weather of the past week has damaged the cotton crap in this community and the low price tobacco has got long faces on most o& our farmers. The rainfall here Sunday p. m. was the heaviest of the season. Mr Jack Rogers and wife of Niehols spent Saturday and Sunday at the home of Mr. Alex Trawick. Miss Lillian Rogers of Nichols 1c here at the home of her sister, Mra. C. G. McKenzie. Mr.' J. Raymond Butler paid Pembroke, N. C., a flying visit Sunder p. m. to see his best girl. Mrs. Adline McKenzie is spending some time at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. R. Rogers of Fork. We have a new professor here nosr in the person of a young lady that we will give her name and department later. o Fork. Mrs. N. N. Schofield and children are visiting relatives in Wagnor. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Blake and baby who have been visiting relatives here ^ left Monday for their home in Charlotte, N. C. Mr. L. G. Rogers of Florence spent: Saturday at the home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Rogers. miss iieien waison wno nas oeerr visiting her sister, Mrs. N. N. Sfchofield, left Sunday for her home in Wagnor, S. C. Mr. and Mrs. D. N. Jones and chif-* iren spent several days last week at Southport, N. C. Misses Alma and Louise Rogers3pent several days last week at Myrtle Beach, S. C. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Simpson art fisiting Mr. and Mrs. Melton RogersMr. and Mrs. J. C. Blake and batty spent several days last week at Myr:le Beach. Miss Stella Berry of Orangeburg, 3. C., spent several days here veek. o Sellers Mr. John G. Watson passed away it his home in Georgetown on Ju?r L5th, 1919. His body was brought todarion and placed in his native smh >y the side of his loved son, Tom. le leaves a wife who was Miss SankCmanuel of Marlboro county, four ons and two daughters, two brothers; nd three sisters and an aged mothet. It has been decided to hold tfirr* Vatson Reunion on Thursday, Angist 7th. The excessive rains of the last fear' lays have injured the cotton crop to his section and the farmers are ex? eedingly blue over the price they are> ;etting for their tobacco. Messrs. W. D. Sellers and D. Jf_ vatson are having tneir cw'?mnp ouses repainted. Mr. Anderson has rented Mr. J. CL larrelson's store and the post offtre ere will be moved in the near future Mr. R. H". Milliken and Mr. ArriE rere in Sellers Sunday. o Oak Grove. Mr. T. E. Fore returned fronr?-. Washington Sunday morning wheree was called last Wednesday afleroon on account of the serious ittess and death of his brother-in-law, [r. McKinnon. Miss Etta Sue Sellers, Home Dert/nstration Agent for this county was i this section one day last week wo le interest of her work. S. W. Epps of Latta was fn tftifr immunity last Friday. Chas. N. Brasington of Wadesbore id Miss Gladys Carlisle of Pext?ttsville visited in this section or*? jy last week. J. G. Hayes of Georgia is here oti lort visit to relatives. J. P. Hodges of Brownsville warr. this community last Friday afters )On on business. Jas. G. Galloway our efficient maid rrier has been off the route for tb*\ ist two weeks enjoying a c Our good old friend Mr. Jno David?' ayes of Florence Is visiting relativwB this community. It has been raining here nearly ery day for the past ten days ?* ore and a good many fear that anjs it soon stops considerable darne will be done to the cotton and to? cco. The rains have greatly heneflteoi e corn crop and the prospects point the largest yield in years. Mr. Editor it looks as if vro *rud2 ve to consult the Shank's Cross lads weather prophet as to wfre-n s weather will clear up. Wo Mr*? me local prophets wh0 strike <fif. etty well at times. o The Death of an Infant.. The death angel entered t1"1 '-erne Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Brumbie orr t Friday evening and took from mi their only child, little T?055 ide, only 5 months old who pneumonia. The remains v.c.v laid rest Saturday afternoon he unt Zion Cemetery. Tho fu'"*raf s conducted oy uev. McQueen to Ion. ?