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t ESTABLISHED 1894. THE DILLON HERALD, DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MORNING, AUGUST 7, 1919. VOL. 28 NO. 48
THREAT OF STRIKE
Oil GREAT SCALE!
ORGANIZED LABOR HEADS CANj.
NOT CONTROL MEN.
Railroad Equipment, if Allowed to
Fall Into 111 Repair, Will
Check Traffic.
Washington, Aug. 5?The threat of
a railroad strike continues to spread
throughout the country despite the !
efforts of the organized labor heads
to hold the men in check until au- 1
thoritative and official strike votes
can be taken.
Shopmen everywhere are throwing !
down their tools in premaiure strike, ,
it was reported were threat ing national
industry, because without them l
railroad equipment can no be kept in
usable order at the most necessary of
all times?crop moving season.
Above that hovered the threat of ,
an even more serious labor situation, :
the demand of all the organized railroad
industry that the profits of the j
business be overhauled to retire pri- ,
vate capital and create a new partite
control.
Reports began coming in today saying
that unless railroad equipment ,
can be kept in running order mills, .
mines and factories will be threatened
with closing. It was reported that .
there now are more than 2000,000 i'
cars out of commission.
Formal announcement was made;!
tonight of the final tabulations in L
the referendum conducted among j,
business men by the Chamber of Com- ,
merce of the United States on the
question of government ownership of '
railroads. More than 99 per cent, of
the vote, the official announcement J
said, was against it. (
Widespread Threats. I
Meanwhile threats of hundreds of ,
thousands of railroad employees to go ,
on strike to force higher wages to j
meet the high cost of living were reiterated..
From many parts of the j
country today came reports that striking
shopmen refused o return to work. t
despite the fact that their action was (
denounced as illegal by the executive j
council of the six shop crafts. Strike j
ballots were mailed out from the j
American Federation of Labor for <
taking an official vote as to whether ^
the 500,000 shopmen shall walk out j
to obtain their demands and express ,
their disapproval of President Wil- '
son's reference of the railroad ques- t
tion to congress. Demands also are {
being made by 50,000 clerks, freight {
handlers and station employees. Di- j
rector General Hines was to have discussed
their problems today with J e
J. Forrester, grand president of thr
union, but other business interfer-L
red and the conference will be held
tomorrow. ^
mA. mosquito harmless
The Female of the Species More 1
Deadly Than the Male.
Mr. Mosquito does not bite; his J
bill is so blunt that he could not be I ^
a blood-sucker if he wished. It is]
Mrs. Mosquito who does all the dead- 1
ly work of fever propagation. She
is the most active around dawn and
after sunset. She avoids strong r
light and prefers dark colors. She,,
is essentially a domestic creature, !?
staying around houses by prefer- .
ence. |
In the autu&n the males die and
the females seek winter quarters.!1
They hibernate in dark corners of j
cellar and garret, and on the first
warm day of spring are out laying *
their eggs. Save when extended by f
the arrival of this hibernating peri-i1,
od, the life of the female is one or I.
two months, the male, on the other '
hand, lives but a few days. The food
of the mosquito is the juice and nec- c
tar of plants and, of course, blood?jj
though not necessarily that of man;
animals, reptiles and even eaterpil? c
lars are bitten with the same free- s
dom. |(
The female mosquito lays from!5
fifty to one hundred eggs at a time,
on any quiet bit of water. In about '
three days they hatch, and though at :!
first the larva is very small, it grows j1
rapidly and attains full development i'
in a few days. We have then the fa- c
miliar wrigglers of the old time rain A
barrel and the uncovered cistern. :f
During the larval stage, which 5
lasts from seven to fourteen days,;
the malarial variety can be distin-!?
guished from all others by the curi- T
ously inclined by virtue of the fact *
that it lies with its body parallel to'1
the surface of the water, while the 1
other species hang their heads down- (
ward.?Scientific American. >
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IS TWICE REPORTED DEAD. j<
P. B. Callison, Jr., in Lexington (
Hale and Hearty.
Lexington, Aug. 4?P. B. Callison, |!
Jr., twice reported dead from spinal i
menigitis, while a member of the]
headquarters company. Fifty-third1
Pioneers, of the American army in f
40^ France, the announcement of his c
f death having appeared in the local (
paper last April, is in Lexington, hale s
and hearty. He is very much alive c
indeed. He is on a visit to his orotn- c
er, Col. T. C. Call'son, having recent- s
ly been discharged from the army, 1
and his family and friends are re- i
joicing over his safe return alive., t
Mrs. Callison suffered n severe at- t
tack of meningitis and after having i
received news of his death and aft?r,>
having made frequent inquiries, he t
had been given up as dead by mem- 1
bers of his family in South Carolina, s
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SOLDI Kits OF ALGERIA.
Southern Negroes Did Not Get Along
With Them Very Well.
Picturesque and peculiar to a degree
among all the soldiers who
fought in France were the Algerians
brought from their far-away home
in Africa to European soil by the
French to help the Allies push back
and crush the Hun hordes. And they
played a gallant and most important
part in the crushing. It is said that
France had 800,000 of them in the
battlelines of Europe and I have no
reason to doubt the statement. They
were brave soldiers. tVild and natur
ally war like, they sacrificed tneir
lives with reckless abandon. Mohammedan
in their religion, fighting
a "holy" war they believed (and they
were fighting a holy war if any war
is holy) death meant Absolutely
nothing to them, because, according
to their religiou, all followers of Mohammed
who die in such a war always
go to heaven, regardless of sins
of omission and commission. If such
is the case there are lots of them
in heaven now because in the early
days of the war they suffered most
terrible losses and in fact all through
the struggle their losses were proportionately
great.
Never Took Coats Off.
Born and reared in a hot climate
where clothes were more of a formality
than a necessity and being transferred
to France where the climate is
almost always cool and most of the
time cold, they could never exactly
iccustom themselves to the change,
rhey wore the same uniform as
regular French soldiers, a beautiful
t>lue color with long overcoat of the
same material. I saw thousands of
\lgerians in various parts of France
luring my period of service overseas.
S'o matter in what kind of work they
were engaged iu cooking their meals
>n a hot army range or over an open
KrtnA woro Q1 Wfl VQ
.11 C lUUOt VIUVVAtVO n Vi V .? w
svorn. They went tQ bed with 'em on
ind got up with 'em on and fought
n 'em too.
There was little or no fraternizing
)etween them and the Allied troops of
)ther races and nationalities. Alhough
of the negro race, with most
it the racial characteristics of our
legroes?the same broad noses, kincy
hair and thick lips they didn't
lobnob with the negroes from the
States even a little bit. One reason
vas that they could not speak Engish
but they spoke French to aj
?reat extent. Then their Mohammelian
religion would not allow fraterlization
with peoples of any other
aith and besides by birth and breedng
and custom running from time
immemorial, they kept to themselves
ind among their own kind.
Our Negroes Didn't Like Them.
It used to make some of our negoes
pretty mad?especially the neg o
soldiers who came from the Souhern
States. A southern negro with
vhom I formed an acquaintance, was
liscussing these Algerian soldiers one
lay and his eyes rolled and he show d
his teeth as he talked about them.
"White folks," he said to me, 'what j
ro' all reckon' is de mattah wid
lent French niggers?dem fellers!
urn Alderia or geria or what ebah
dace dey is fum?"
"Why I don't know that there is
my-thing wrong with them,'' I redied.
"I don't know a great deal
ibout them; but from what I know
ind from what I have learned they
ire pretty good scrappers and they
>ehave themselves pretty well."
"Well, suh," the negro said, "dem
liggers is about de stuckupedest
liggers what ah ever did see. Back
lome in de States ah used to know
me or two niggers what wuz kind o'
ituck up lak and what thought dey
vas better den rest an' ah has seen
!r few of dem kind o' niggers heah
n dis American army; but dem
French Gerians or whatebber you callj
lein, is all dem wus de leader ob de
irocesshun back home on 'Mancipa-j
ion day. Ah is happened ermong 'em j
juite er little bit an' ah's tried to be,
sociable wif 'em an all ob dat; but
>ber one whut ah has tackled jest
sort o' shrug his shoulders lak, and
jibber some kind o' monkey French;
in' pass on. It make me feel pow'ful j
nad some time, suh, an' it makes me]
>ow'ful bad udider times, suh. Ah (
ought erbout carvin me one of dem
lay, kase he wouldn't be sociable
vhen ah wanted ter be, but he .had
>r bunch ob his buddies erlong an'
so ah jest let him b^
"Ob cose ah knows dat white folks
lin't gwine to hab much to do wid 1
liggers over heah an* dat is all right; !
>ut ah sho' does hate to see one set o';
liggers git so powerful stuck up dat j
ley won't have nuthin' to do wid
mother set o' niggers."
The conversation ended with that;
>ut I afterward observed many evilences
of the contempt and ill feeing
in which the American blacks held
he Algerians and I am sure that if!
hey had ever had a real chance
here would have been some lively
ighting between them.
Slashed Own Faces.
Proverbiel passion of the negroes
or carving and slashing, though in |
>ur negroes the passion is for carving I
>r slashing some other negro, is'
strong with the Algerians. The facesj
>f most of the thousands of soldiers
if that country whom I saw were
lashed with from one to a dozen
inife cuts?horrible gashes, in many
nstances extending completely across
he face. It is their custom to slash I
Vi nJ r f o one ** ? !? ?> S iron rrai'nir
ii^rti iavro n iiii ivui*rs unuir
nto battle and for each battle in
vhich they participated?there is a
rash. Imagine ten thousand of these
talf civilized soldiers, their faces
a "-earning with blood iroing over the'
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Ibickett announces
chance foil negroes.
!
Governor of North Carolina Says 1
Some from lllnois Will Re
Welcomed.
| Raleigh, N. C. Aug. 3?Gov. T. W.
Bickett today, answering a query of
;a Chicago newspaper, said that North i
Carolina can absorb 25,000 negroes^
wno want to return irom innois 10
! the South unless they have become
i tainted or intoxicated with dreams of
(social equality or political dominion.
I The governor was asked by the ChiJ
cago paper in a telegram received
i here Friday how many negroes this
I State could absorb, the negroes havj
ing appealed to the Chicago paper
j during the recent rioting in that city,
i The message to the governor said that
' those desiring to return were negroes
who went to Chicago to enagage in
war work and were of the industrious
class.
Returning from a mountain trip today,
the governor wired the Chicago
paper that this State could absorb
25,000 negroes "who may desire to
come t0 this State for honorable employment
at remunerative wages.'' He
declared, however, that social equality
and political power in the South is
forever impossible.
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NEGROES ATTACK WHITE MAN.
l)r. E. L. Brown of Latta Struck Over
Head by N'egro He Ordered from
His Store.
Dr. E. L. Brown of Latta was painfully
but not seriously injured Saturday
night when a negr0 he ordered
ifrom his store struck him over the
| head with a bottle. Two negroes
'named Bethea were in Dr. Brown's j
store buying kerosene when Dr.
Brown told them they would have to
-get out or quit smoking while he was
drawing the oil- The negroes refused
to do either and when Dr. Brown attempted
to shove them out one of the
nePTneB.striiplr him nvpr thp hpnri with
"V,0 * ,
la bottle of grape juice. Dr. Brown's 1
son came up about this time and as
the negroes were getting in the buggy
he appreached them and one of
them struck him several times with a
buggy whip. A crowd quickly gathered
but the negroes had made their
escape. Dr. Brown is not seriously injured.
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NEGRO SHOOTS UP FAMILY.
Then Commits Suicide, Using Gun and
Pistol.
Anderson, Aug. 4?Elijah Clinkscales,
colored, of this county, late
Saturday night shot and killed his
wife, wounded his child and then
committeed suicide. A shotgun was
used, but being unsuccessful in efforts
to kill himself with this weapon,
the negr0 used a pistol.
Alfreds Childs, colored, died here
Sunday as a result of being 'shot by
another negro at a church in Abbe- F
ville county, '{he altercation is said t
to have started over a drink of water
at a well.
top and into the German trenches 1
yelling "Allah, Allah, .Allah."
Enough to make Jerry tremble with
tear, tu:
Unfortunately for them this savage'
pivtctice of hacking their faces often f
resulted in their deaths from causes 8
other than German bullets or even 8
the more common death by disease. 1
Times were when they could not be!1
very careful about seeing that the 1
knives which they used in cutting f
themselves were as clean and sanitary | x
as they might be, and quite often j'
blood poisoning and gangrene would ^
get the.ntNo
attempt was ever made by their 1
French officers to stop this barbar- *
ous and dangerous practice on the v
part of the Algerians. This cutting r
of the face was a part of the reli- *
gion of the Algerians and the Allied *
command knew better than to inter- j
fere with any custom of their eastern
soldiers which would in any way in- n
terfere with their religion. It might
have resulted in rebellion.
Marines Not Very Careful.
But not only with the negroes from c
the States were these Algerian soldiers
unpopular. They suffered quite "
a bit at the hands of the marines. '
These soldiers were required to do a '
little of everything on the other side,
among their most unpleasant tasks ?
being that of almost continuous
guard duty in some sections. Orders lj1
to those on guard in the various
camps were to challenge all comers
?riH pnprs and in case thev failed to
answer the challenge to shoot.
These Algerians when off duty lik-1
ed to come and go as well as otheri
soldiers. I
Often times they passed close to! e
the sentry boxes occupied by Amer- f
ican marines. v
"Halt!'' would come the command. ^
The Algerians, many of them, did not
understand the woVd since it was
spoken in English.
The Algerian soldier would go on
his way, but not very far on his way. f
"Bang," would g0 the Springfield j
rifle of the sentry. There would be p
nearu a uun inua una mere unvi_
less Algerian soldier in the army ofL.
the Allies. L
Not all the Allied soldiers who were I r
killed by bullets in Europe were v
killed by the Germans and their Al- r
liesi No?not a great many.?Lewis ,
M. Grist, in Yorkville Enquirer. j
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OF YOUR PAPER
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Some Sound Advice Is (?iven to Community
Committeemen and Others
Interested in Welfare
of Their Town. i
?
Under the caption "Know Your Fditor"
the following advice is givt
persons interested in their varioi communities
by the Extension Service
News, published by the extension department
of the New York State College
of Agriculture:
All community committeemen and
Tor that matter every other person
who is interested in the life of his
community should have an intimate
acquaintance with and sympathetic
attitude toward the editors of his local
papers. Too few people realize
the contribution which the country
weeklies make to the life of the community.
Many times the person who interests
himself in community affairs
thinks of the local editor only when
he wishes to make use of him to give
publicity to some meeting or other
enterprise. At other times he is all too
likely to have only words of criticism
for the publisher and his paper.
The person who thinks that the editor's
job is a bed of roses has little
realization of what it means to get
hut every week a reasonably good |
paper. The past months have been es-1
pecially trying ones for the small1
papers. Coupled with the high cost!
pf the white paper has been the increasing
difficulty of getting help
ind the high wages which printers
Pave been in a position to demand.
The old-time country printer, fur:her,
has become almost extinct, and
in all round printer is almost a necessity
in the country office. The
publisher cannot afford to hire a 1
specialist in all the different branch- '
;s of the printing business. He must ?
Pave a man who can set type, feed e
i printing press and perhaps run a P
inotype machine, and yet in the J
printing business, as in all businesses,
the tendenry is toward speelaliza- P
ion. p
The newspaper is not so much a S
pusiness enterprise as it is a local in- I
ttitut'ion, and in proportion to what
ie contributes to the life of the com- t
nunity the average publisher is as a
poorly paid as the country preacher t
pr the country school teacher. He 8
vorks almost as long hours as the E
armer and cannot feel that he is off c
luty during any of his waking hours. 3
rust so sure as any event happens ^
if whirh hp nr anv member of his ^
amity knows just so surely will some ^
ine criticise him if he fails to make &
nention of that event in the paper. c
Know your editor. The better you s
ome to know him the more you will 1
'ome to see that he is not such a bad
ellow after all.
May we add this: And when you c
ome to know your edito/ realize he r
s a human being and that his busi- 0
less is subject to the economic laws b
hat apply to all other enterprises,
le must make a profit or close un ?
;hop. Know your editor, but don't ^
ry to "work" your editor. ?
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TAXED AT $350. AN ACRE. L
Iv
4igh Assessment of Farm Lands in t
Scotland County, N. C. ' ^
i
T
The I.aurinburg Exchange says:
Stewartsville township farm land!
irices as determined by the re-valu- '
ition of this property for taxes un- *
ler the new tax laws, are reaching
lew high levels with $350 as thejs
naximum for farm lands outside the Is
own limits of Laurinburg. Farm!J:
iropertv, of which there is a little, j
vithin the corporate limits, runs asi^
ligh as $400 an acre. This will |T_
five some idea of how the landown-!*
;rs of this county are responding to
he request of the state that proper-!a
y values be given at their true
irorth. Only one qualification or ^
eservation is desired by these proprty
owners say Supervisor W. L. ?
"i j - ? ? * u:~ *r_ m t '
leius una ins ussisiuui, lvir. 1. li. .
lenley, and that is: Will the otherL
ellow come square? Once a man is! ,
issured that his neighbors are put-1
tag their land on a 100 per ?centj_
alue'basis, then he is glad to puti
lis in the same class. And they are
loing it too.
Some of the larger estates in Stew- j *
rtsville township are running from b
140,000 on up to $200,000 and ^
300,000 and higher. The work of 0
illing out the questionaires is going 0
head and the supervisor is anxious 0
o get all these in just as soon as P
lossible. Some real property in .aurinburg
hds been re-valued and
hese values run from $110 to $125 &
he front foot for property on Main n
treet, the value depending upon the
ocation and the depth of the lot,
tc. b
One point that the tax commission 11
rants understood by property own-- H
rs is that an unusually high valua- d
ion of property in any one county n
rill not mean that that county will r'
e called on for greater amount or
tate taxes or at least such increase b
/ill almost be imperceptible and in a
very few years will be nil. This is t<
ointed out by the fact that the levy n
or state purposes this year is only li
1 % cents as compared with 21% t<
ents last year. This rate is to be b
educed from year to year and in a li
erv few years will be eliminated, ci
ltogether. the state deriving its it
even ties from other sources. This T
rill reduce the tax question to a loal
one and if a hieh tax rate oh- a
ains it will be a matter of local ad- it
ustment. a
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WOMAN COMMITS SUICIDE.
Her Son Also Attempts to Drown
Himself.
Aiken, Aug. 4?Mrs. James Ergle,
i resident of Graniteville, committed
suicide this morning near Flat Rock
n that town by throwing herself into
the pond. Mrs. Ergle was adjudged
demented and was to be taken tc
Columbia this week. About 4 o'clock
this morning her mother, Mrs. Nappier,
arose to find out the hour, and
?oing to Mrs. Ergles room, missed
aer from the bed. Her son, Herberl
ind other members of the familj
arere aroused to go in search of the
nissing woman. When the pond was
eached her night gown was seen
loating on the water and the facl
)f her self-destruction dawned upon
he searchers. It is said her son be:ame
.so craxed 'that he attempted
;o jump into the pond, 9aying he had
lothing to live for since his mothei
vas dead. His skull was badly injured
and one of his arms broken,
is In th efall or jump he dashed
igainst the rocks.
The body of Mrs. Ergle was latei
'ound and taken to the Nappier home
rhis is the third member of the famly
to commit suicide. Some few
'ears ago Mrs. Stokes, of Aiken, a
lister killed herself here by shooting
lerself in the forehead. Another sis;er,
Mrs. Johnson of Columbia, algc
cilled herself by shooting. There
leems to have been a deep melan:holia
over the minds of the three
listers.
Herbert, the son who is injuried,
s now studying for the ministry and
s a very bright young man.
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Wilson-McGregor.
There was solemnized at St. Chares,
S. C., on Tuesday, July 22nd at
f p. m. a wedding o^unusual interest
when May Gertrude, the youngst
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin
Vilson. became the bride of Rev.
fohn Runert McGreeor.
' Before the ceremony Miss Jennie
Vannamaker, of St. Matthews, sang
rery sweetly, "I Love You Truly."
>he was-accompanied by Miss Kittie
ielle McGregor, a sister of the groom.
Down the aisle formed, by the rib1011
bearers, Masters Harry Wilson
,nd George Gregg Cooper, nephews of
he bride, entered the bride's only
cttendant, her sister, Mrs. W. L. Ornond,
who was gowned in pink
repe de chine with silver trimmings.
Jaster Chandler Eugene Mayes,
Iressed in white satin with pink tie,
>ore the ring on a beautiful little
vhite pillow. Two little nieces of the
ride, Misses May McCallum and Car>lyn
Cooper, dressed in pink maline,
cattered flowers over the path of
he happy couple.
Dr. Thornton Whaling, president of
Columbia Seminary, used the same
eremony as when he united in mariage
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson. He was
issisted by Rev. H. C. Hammond, the
ride's pastor.
As the notes of the wedding march
ounded, the groom and his best man
Jr. Ernest McGregor, entered. Then
ame the bride on the arm of her
ather and never lovelier did she ap>ear
than when assuming the vows
if wifehood. The brides gown was of
fhite georgette, with veil and orange
ilossoms. She carried bride's roses
fhile the attendants had beautiful
louquets of pink and white gladioli,
" here under the love knot of white
ulle inserted with Shasta daises, the
ives of Gertrude Wilson and Rupert
JcGregor were made one.
After a short reception, the bride
lipped away to don her going-away
uit of taupe, with accessories to
natch. On returning from a trip to
lharleston, Rev. and Mrs. McGregor
fill be at home in Atlanta where
he groom is assistant pastor of the
^irst Presbyterian church. Many
eautiful gifts as the token of love
nd esteem were received.
Some of the out of town guests
fere the family of the groom from
,ykesland, S. C.; Miss Mary Frazee
f Columbia; Mr. and Mrs. Luther
thodes, of Florence; Mr. and Mrs.
erome Wilson of Columbia; Miss
[arriett McLaurin of McColl and Miss
inna Morrison of Jackson, Miss.
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HE TRUTH ABOUT GOVE
R X M E N T INSURANCE.
To Soldiers, Sailors and Marines;
n returning to civilian life, you may
ave many things to think about,
ou may have allotment difficulties
r arrears of pay or a number of
ther things worrying you. There is
ne thing, however, that is more imortant
than all others put together
?your Government insurance.
The Red Cross, which has stood
y you while you were in the service
ow wants to say a word to you on
his vital subject. You may hear conlicting
arguments, you may receive
ad advice from the man who does
ot know. Anyone who tells you that
fo Insitranrp is not worth while is
oing you an injury. There can be
o difference of opinion between
easonable being 011 this subject.
The life insurance companies are
oosting government insurance and
ny good life insurance man will
?11 you to hold on to all the governlent
insurance you can carry. No
fe insurance company could afford
0 grant insurance at such a cost,
ut the government has insured your
fe at the lowest possible cost bemuse
the entire expense of conducttg
the business is borne by the
'reasury of the United fates.
If you hare dropped your insttrnce?or
even if you have cancelled
?you can get it again. If this, or
ny other matter troubles you, con
nit your Red Cross Home Service
eetiou.
jcoumr NEWS
AND HAPPENINGS
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: NEWSY LETTERS BY REGVLAK
CORRESPONDENTS.
J News Items of Interest to Herald
: Headers Kbb and Flow of the
| Human Tide.
' Fork
[ Mrs. M. A. Edwards and little Carlisle
Roberts of Marion spent laid
; week here with relatives.
5 Mr. and Mrs. M. K. Fort left Wed|
nesday for Spartanburg.
Little Miss Marion and Roderick
1 Carmichael of Washington are visiting
their grand mother, Mrs. Annie
Carmichael.
Miss Ora Rogers is spending some
time with friends at Clio.
Mr. and Mrs. Maston Carmichael
of Chadbourn spent a few days here
last week with relatives. *
Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Rogers and baby
of Dillon spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. F. Rogers.
Mrs. Stubbs of Purvis, N.'C., and
Miss Nita Stubbs of Georgia were the
1 guests of Mrs. Zack Edwards last
: week.
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1 Oak Grove.
The Bethesda Sunday school will
hold Sunday school Day formerly
! known as Childrens Day, next Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock. The1 children
have been practicing for these exercises
several weeks and a large crowd
is expected to be present.
Rev. J. B. Weldon began a protracted
meeting at Bethlehem last
Sunday night. He is being assisted by
me nev. mr. ?iiwen ot me ^ouway
circuit.
Master William Carlisle of Bennettsville
after a weeks visit, to the
home of his aunt, Mrs. J. S. Fair, returned
home last Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Carmichael of
Norfolk, Va., visited at the home of
the latters sister, Mrs. J. S. Fair last
1 Wednesday. f
Mr. Martin Deas of Blenheim arms
here one day last week on business.
H. R. Baxley has gone to the hospital
at Florence for treatment.
A fine rain fell here last Fridayafternoon
and the cotton seems to
have taken on new life.
Fodder pulling and tobacco caring
are the order of the day here now.
The tobacco crop has been considerably
damaged by the heavy rains of
some weeks ago but the corn and cotton
yield promise to be considerably
larger than for the past few years.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Hayes and
little Agnes, of Latta, visited Mr. and
Mrs. J. S. Fair Tuesday.
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Mr. Mnldrow Philosophizes.
Fair Bluff, N. C.,
August 6, 1919.
jjear neraia:?it seems as u ine
thinkers of the present chaotic world
are diligently scratching their wise
old heads in the effort to get the
white matter therein in such worktop
order that will enable them to solve
some of the grave problems that the
so called civilized world is now fac- |
ing. In the old days when the population
was American at heart and
sang with a heart, felt zeal. "Suyset
land of liberty of thee we sing." Now
we have the star spangled banner, we
have Bolshevisln, labor organizations
that are continuously striking, monopolies
that hold the purse' strings of
the world. Then women sulTragists
willing to have Dina go with them to
the polls and cast her vote also. And
again the Woman's Christian Cnioa
wants congress to enact a law prohibiting
the planting of tobacco,
thereby taking a great comforter from
j the aged that so loves his pipe. As
to the cigarete fiend this law would
j be of great benefit. Then we have
{Senator Borah and his tribe doing
; their utmost to stir up trouble at
{home and abroad and last but not
(least Prohibition originated by some
impoverished crank who spent a
fortune for drink and when dead
broke began to preach prohibitsr_
It will take a wiser man lixtcil Solomon
to tell where we are at, or when
these restrictions that are fast undermining
the liberties and freedom)
that our forefathers bequeathed to
their posterity.
The poor old blind tiger, the ?rnly
hope, if it is possible to get some off
his snake antidote and save a himself.
Barrels of coea cola cannot allleviate
the bite of a rat*?e snak^
:neither bushels of bottles of extracts
I with alcohol in them,
j The folks around this old burg:
'take little interest in what is go if:
on outside of their own little world.
The only refrain you hear from them
is:
Where oh where can I get a drink
Of good old peach and honey.
Or the famous bourbon rye
Whose kick is worth the money.
We drink and drink the bottled :;fafT
Which has a cute tin stopper
Fill our bread baskets near to bursting
And soon they call for the doctor.
Elihu Muldrow.
Services at the Methodist' CTui.tIi.
Main street Methodist church. Dr.
Watson B. Duncan, Pastor. Sunday
school at 10 a. m., Mr. W. flurry
M nllnr cnnnrintnnflanf Proonhitto' r?f*
11 a. m. by the Pastor. Subject: "The
Church That Lost a Kingdom."" At
I 8:45 p. rn. the Annual Pennon iefwrethe
Woodmen of the World wiil be
preached by Rev. W. II. S. Chandler.
Prayer service on Wednesday at ?:45
P. M. Public cordially invited to
services.
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