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... Watch Label on Your Paper /7| ! ,-* J -1 a, I I ^lt%W4.-4* I The Date on the Label is the 1 Expire" *LCt |vO^ SpS^ PaPC1 WUI BC ^ __ = _ _ ESTABLISHED 1894. THE DILLON HERALD, DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MORNING, AUGUST 14, 1919. VOL. 23. NO. 49. ALL TOBAGGO MARKE1S i CLOSED TEMPORARILY R. R. RECEIVING SHIPMENTS SUBJECT TO DELAY. Buyers are Marking Time Waiting ; for Railroads to Life Embargo |' on Shipments. The Dillon tobacco warehouses and,1 all the warehouses in the tobacco belt ;! are about the dullest places one can J find these days. The warehouses arej closed down and the buyers are mark- '' ing time waiting for the embargo on 1 tobacco shipments to be lifted. The ' threatened railroad striae is responsible for this serious condition of affairs and according to telegrams re ceived by warehousemen and buyers, the warehouses will not reopen until 1 all signs of the threatened strike dis- \ appear. . The Dillon warehouses were caught with thousands of pounds of tobac- 1 co on their floors. Telegrams from the ' exporters and manufacturers instructing buyers not to purchase any more . tobacco came like a bolt out of the blue and before the information could 1 be sent out over the county thousands of pounds of tobacco were on the i floors. There has been some individual ? buying for private speculation, but aside from this there has been no ( activity on the Dillon market since last Friday. ' How long this state of affairs will last cannot be foretold. The ware- ' timioomon r?r>r tho hiivprs have anv idea when the embargo will be lifted, and if the government fails to come \ t0 an agreement with the strikers ' tne warehouses will remain closed in- J definitely. Warehousemen are urging the far- J niers to key their tobaco* at home. The warehouse floors ffre full and there is not an inch of available room j for storing more tobacco. The situa- , tion is serious as it is feared that j much tobacco will be damaged if the warehouses remain closed much longer. ( President Wilson in an open letter t0 ^ the director of railroads says nothing can be done until the strikers return to work. Acting upon the suggestions contained in the President's letter, Director Hines notified union leaders t that all strikers must return to work t before negotiations could be opened. ( gfc About 50 per cent of the strikers have t * returned t0 work, and others are re- ? fusing to return to work until they e have some assurance from the government that their demands for a 20 c per cent, increase will be complied , with. t If the strike continues the south will be seriously affected. Cotton is beeinnine to move and if the rail- L roads cannot handle the crop the price is bound to decline. o NICHOLAS' FATE REMAINS UNSOLVED. New York Newspaper Man Finds Varying Accounts of Disappearance of Imperial Family. Kansas City Star. So many conflicting storit have been told of the fate of Czar Nicholas and his family, all under the vague guise of ' authentic secret reports" from this or that quarter, or the statements of one or another obscure official, that serious doubts are beginning to be entertained as to the truth of any of the reports published and predictions are being freely voiced, especially in England, that some, if not all of the imperial family, will yet be found alive and hidden away in Russian dungeons or monasteries. A recent report that the czarina was still alive was published in the London Telegraph, tracing the rumor to the authority of her brother, the Grand Duke of Hesse. At least five different versions of the alleged wholesale slaughter of 1 t h a fnmilif koi'?k Rmtn mi f fnt<t k f vn m uiC lauin.v ua? v utcu y tit ivi ui it uiu different sources, none of them agreeing in particulars and all of them suggestive of stretched her hands upwards and cried, "God has wrought a s miracle and I shall live.'' No traces of bodies or even of the burial place of the slain Romanoffs have even been found and the latest ""report, printed in the Deutsche Allgemeine Zietung, official organ of the1 German foreign office, as if to meet| this discrepancy, states on the author-; ity of an "authentic Moscow secret; report" that the body of the czarina j was packed in a case, taken to Mos-j cow, and there burned in a stove.; This report also states that the entire family were killed in a subterranean, drinking shop and that the czarina,; , after falling at the first onslaught, j arose to her knees, required to put) an end to the little Czarewitch Alexis, i Nothing is said about the disposition, y of any of the bodies other than that! f of the czar. While the German secret service at the time of the alleged killing was . undoubtedly possessed of special fa cilities for ascertaining wnat was' happening in Russia, and might be, t supposed to have had' a special inter- c est in the fate, at least of the czar- 1 ina, a German princess, it is notice- c able that this report of semi-official I German origin, differs in essential 1 particulars, from what had previously. ( seemed to be the best authenticated^ accounts of the murders. Carl W. Ackerman, special corre-' spondent of he New York Times, who s was in Ekaerinburg a short time af- 1 ter the killing was alleged to have / (Continued on Editorial page) f DILLON FAKMEKS MEET AUG. 21. B. F. McLeod, State Manager, and Prof. H. N. Snider Will Make Addresses. County Chairman David has issued a call for a meeting of farmers to be held at the court houseThursday, i August 14. The object of the meet-1 ing is to organize Dillon county un-l der the campaign for a state-wide organization of the South Carolina Cotton Association. Chairman David has secured B. F. McLeod, state manager of the Association and Prof. H. N. Snider, of Wofford College, who| will make talks outlining the plans) ?nd purposes of the association. The| meeting will be held at 11 o'clock on I the mornine of Aueust 14th. and ev-i sry farmer is urged to be present, i The State of Monday prints the following interview with Mr. McLeod: "The prospects for success of the membership campaign in South Carolina are exceedingly bright." Mr.VIcLeod said yesterday. "South Caroline will rally splendidly to the support of* the cotton association, because our people know of the magnificent work that it has done. We hope o procure a minimum of 50,000 members in this state. I believe we will aot be disappointed. Every farmer, merchant, banker and professional man in the state is asked to join and we believe that most of them will, l'he organization of the farmers, merchants, bankers and professional nien of the South offers to this section the greatest opportuniy it has ever had." The dues for membership in he issociations from date of application for membership to January 1, 1921, will be 25 cents per bale of cotton produced in 1917, and 25 cents per J 1,000 capital invested in mercantile ind other classes of business, banks )r manufacturing plants. Profes'iional men will pay $3 each. The lues for 1921 and 1922 will be ten cents per bale of cotton and ten cents per $1,00 Ocapital per annum. The lues will include the subscription to rhe Cotton Journal, to be published >y the American Cotton Association. The objects and purposes of the \nierican Cotton Association of which he South Carolina Cotton Association s an integral part, are: "1. To protect the interests of the :otton producer and to improve his :ondition. "2. To promote economic regulaion of cotton production to the end hat supply shall be s0 adjusted to lemand hat the producer shall at no ime be required to sell his product it less than a fair and reasonable >rofit. "3. To promite intelligent diversifiation of crops, and to develop markets for such crops, other than coton as may be profitably raised. "4. To improve and enlarge presmtly existing warehousing facilities ind to secure additional facilities to he end that the producer may carry lis crop, or such part as he may deiire, at the minimum of express and jhvsical damage and at the maximum if security and financiability. "5 To broaden the market for raw :otton and to enlarge the uses for :otton and cotton goods. "6 To improve and increase translocation and distribution facilities. "7 o collect information as to >oth domestic and foreign consump ion ot cotton, tne state or traae, tne> ixent of acreage, supply and condi-1 ion of crop and all other informaion of practical interest to the cotton ndustry and to disseminate the remits through the several suborgani:ations to every member of every :om in unity, together with directions is to the course to be pursued in orler to secure the best results in view >f the facts disclosed. "8 To do all and singular whatso ver may be conductive to the stabilty and profitableness of the cotton iroducing industry." o CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN OPENS rime for Filing Pledges Expired Monday and Campaign Opened at Florence Tuesday. The campaign in the 6th congresional district to elect a successor to ne tare congressman Kagsaaie open-1 id at Florence Tuesday. The time for iling pledges expired Monday. The ollowing candidates have filed >ledges and are in the race: E. J. Sherwood, Conway; W. F. Stackhouse darion; Philip Stoll, Kingstree; J. >. Mclnnis, Darlington; J. W. LeJrand, and J. J. Evans, Bennettsille. Campaign meetings will be held at he following places: Georgetown, August 14; Marion August 15; Convay, August 16; Dillon, August 18; Darlington, August 19; Bennettsdlle, August 2/0. The primary will be held Tuesday, August 26th, and Gov. Cooper has rdered the general election to be held |( ruesday, October 7th. Under the new primary laws the Australian ballot system will be used it every precinct in the county with he exception of Mt. Calvary and feasant Hill. The old law provided; hat it should be used only in in-1 orporated towns and cities and at the: ast election the only precincts in the ounty using the system were Dillon,' r _ i_ _ xrz ? ?J T T> aaU iilUH, LiiKl' view aim mine num. ""he booths will be furnished by the( bounty Democratic Committee and ent out with the ballot boxes. o Mrs. H. L. Farley and Miss Bes-' ie LeeJFarley and Master Edgar Farcy leaves this morning for Mt. urv, N. C. and Hillsville, Va., for a ew weeks. HEARS RUMBLING OF i INDUSTRIAL STORM I STRAWS SHOWING DIRECTION OF WIND, SAYS GARRETSOX. Labor Not Seeking to Overthrow Government, Demands Government Act. Washington, Aug. 11?Nine-tenths of the energies of labor leaders arc given to the job of sitting on the lid, Austin B. Garrison, former head of the Order of Railway Conductors, testified today before the House inter state commerce committee, which is seeking to solve the problem of how best to handle the railroads after the war time period of federal control. Sporadic strikes throughout the country, Garretson said with great earnestness, merely are straws which show how the wind is blowing over the sea of industrial unrest. Rumblings heard in many quarters do not mean he said, that laboring people want to overthrow the government, but indicate a demand that the government function. It is largely in the power of Congress, the witness declared, to allay the feeling. Action Necessary. "But it can not be done by inaction," he shouted. "Somehow the American people are not prone always to do today what may be done tomorrow, unless an emergency forces us to act, and then we break all records." Describing himself as a man who had been pilloried by the press from the Atlantic to the Pacific, Garretson told the committee he had traveled a long way to speak in behalf of the Plumb plan which would give labor a voice in the management of railroads tho nonnlp wnnld nwn Rut he did not regard the Plumb plan, he said, as more than one factor in stilling the spirit of the present day unrest, nor did he think it would "change human nature or other things that can be eliminated." Unusual Attention. "I am not a dreamer of dreams,'' he told the committee, which gave unusual attention to his testimony, for his appearance on the stand put a new breath of life in the railroad hearing, now approaching its second month. The usual method of dealing with witneises was abandoned, largely at Garretson'5s request. He had no statement in written form, when he started to speak, as he expressed it, he did not know where he would stop, and for two hours he was subjected to a rapid cross fire of questions from a dozen members and for each of which he had a quick reply. Mr. Garretson, who had been waiting since early last week to be heard, was called to the stand after Glenn E. Plumb, the man who framed organized labor's bill, had concluded his testimony. Plumb Plan Limits. There was no desire he said, to extV?r* Plnmk nlon kmrnn/l nen in. VVJIU bll^ X 1UU1U UVJ uuu t IJV/OC 1U dustries in which men worked with their hands. He wanted the men who run the railroads to have a voice in their management; he wanted politics eliminated and in the general discussion of this last subject the witness declared that there was 110 politics in the action of the American Federation of Labor in seeking to have the Postmaster General removed, because, this view, he said, was expressed by Republicans and Democrats alike. Admitting that the four great railway brotherhoods supported President Wilson in 1916, and smiling throwing in the added information that "with all of my Republican affilliations I am guilty, too, Mr. Garrison insisted that was purely an act of citizenship." Wants Denial Recorded. After the question of presidential politics had been raised Mr. Garretson said this might be his final appearance before congress, and for that reason he wanted the record to carry denial from him of reports, long current, "that the brotherhoods with a gun in one hand and a stop watch in the other" had held up Congress and forced through the enactment of the Adamson eight hour law. "There was no coercion of Senators nr Ponr^contaHvoc hv thn hrnthor hoods,'' he shouted, pounding the table to emphasize the denial, "and I challenge anybody to prove otherwise." Mr. Garretson testified that he believed the interstate commerce commission *as free from politics and that while the brotherhoods had another candidate for the office of director general, he dohbted if their own man would have gone as far as Director General Hines in efforts to obtain successful operation of the properties. R. L. Osborne, comptroller general made his annual settlement with the county several days ago, and found the books in such excellent condition that he praised Treasurer Watson and Auditor Allen very highly. Mr. Osborne said the offices were in excellent condition and that Dillon's treasurer and auditor were among the best officials in the state. Mr. Osborne went from Dillon to Bennettsville where he made a settlement with the officials of Marlboro county. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. W, Kizer, are spending a few days in town, the guests of Mr, and Mrs. A. C. Rogers. |N. Y. NEGRO PROPOSES TO N. G. WHITE GIRL ; NORTH CAROLINA GIRL IS DUPED BY NEGRO. .: Miss Janie Englist Lured to New York hv Mati'imonal Advertise ment of .Negro. [ Janie English who made her home at Asheville, N. C-t for the past several months, wili prosecute a negro In j New York city. The girl answered a i matrimonial advertisement and after ' several weeks' correspondence which resulted in a proposal of marriage, she left for the metropolis. On the day of her arrival in New York, Miss Alice Stockton, of Asheville, chanced to be on duty at the Travelers aid desk at the Pennsylvania station. Noticing the girl she called her to her desk and the girl said she was going to the home of her j "cousin" for a few day's visit. Miss | Stockton decided to accompany her to the address in the Bronx and when j they arrived the "cousin'' was not at | home, so Miss Stockton took Miss I English to a boarding house, leaving i the address at the "cousin's" apartI ment. x When the latter appeared at the boarding house, he proved to be a negro of huge frame, bearing the earmarks of one who would not hesitate to practice unsavory methods in the hope of gaining prosperity. Confronted by the negro the Southern girl demonstrated an aversion that was ample evidence of her realization that she had been duped. The identity of the negro has not been diviulged, but it is stated that the prosecuting attorney of New York (is much pleased with the#prospects of i bringing about his conviction on ai charge which is filled with evidences of degredation. o TELLS HOW TO TRUE VP AUTO WHEELS.1 Simple Methods to Correct Very General Trouble?Cautions Tire Users. Bumping into curbs, hitting bupips ,in the road, turning out into gutters i jand similar srains, shocks and jolts :are very likely to cause misalignment jor wobbling of wheels, or both. When I this happens, the wheels travel with ta skidding action which wears down treads very rapidly, even if the irregularity is so slight that the eye can hardly detect it. You should, therefore, test your wheels frequently to make sure that they run true. Test Your Wheels. Probably as many as one car three has one or more misaligned or wobbly wheels, robbing their tires of thousands of miles of service. Because of the turn-to-the-right rule of the road, the right front i wVioqI io nfton fnrr>pd intn the rouerh going at the side of the road, and is j likely t0 receive severe glancing blows which may produce* misalign-1 ment, springing or dishing. Also, because the driver is usually j on the left side of the car and unable | to gauge accurately the distance be-j tween the right front tire and the curb when driving up to it for a stop he often jams the wheel against the curb and frequently the result is? misalignment. The other type of Irregularity ? Jwobby wheel?is caused by bearings i in the hubs that are worn or broken; by axles or spindles that are bent;, by demountable rims carelessly applied. When demountable rim clamps or ring fasteners are unevenly adjusted, j the tire can not take its proper position on the wheel, and consequently it runs with a wobbly motion. Now, if your tires are running true if there is 110 irregularity, there is only one source of wearing friction, j the natural grip of the tread 011 the road. But when tires do not run true! there is an additional source of wear, j the grinding of the road at an angle Ito the wheel. This increases friction) I greatly and wears down the tread i I precisely and if it were being held! 1 against a grindstone. | Test your wheels frequently for ir-| regularities. Do it especially whenj ever any one of your tires seems to | show undue tread wear. Since the | testing of wheels for alignment or j wobbly motion is very simple, many car owners are protecting themselves by having it done by their service station or by doing it themselves, every [two weeks. The use of an adjustable aligner is [best, such as is used i nservice stations. If you do not have an aligner and find it inconvenient to go immediately to a service station, the following "stick" method will secure acceptable results, although not quite as accurate. Take a straight stick of wood a' least five feet long. At the back of the front wheels place the stick between the spokes as nearly as possible on a level wih the hub. Shove I the stick through underneath the ear 'until it touches the inside of the felloe of hp opposite wheel at a similar ;height from the ground. Then mark Iwith a pencil the point at which th<> I stick touches the inside of the felloo ,of the first wheel. Then repeat the (Operation for the front half of the |wheel and again mark the point where the inside of the felloe touches I the stick. The difference between the marks shows how much the heel is lout of alignment. ' If the difference shown by either I TOBACCO IX BAMBERG COUNT Clenison College, Aug. 4?Bambe County's second year with tobac* has proved that the "weed can 1 grown profitably in that county, sa; j County Agent George R. Briggs, wl | reports that tobacco experts from L j County have pronounced a two-ac ! field grown in Bamberg County 1 | Mr. Fred Free ahead of anythii in the Lee County section. Bamberg county grew some toba co, about a hundred acres, in 193 for the first lime, and employed i expert to superintend tne grown ; and curing. This work was done u der the encouragement of our form* County Agent, F. E. Floyd, who hi had experience with tobacco in Ma ion County, and who did much get farmers to start in the tobac< business. This year the acreage has grow to about 600 acres, most of it with a few miles of Bamberg, the coun seat. This increased acreage w, brought about by the success of tl few farmers who planted last yea by the high price of tobacco in 191 and by the desire to prepare for tl coming of the boll weevil. Some < the farmers who are growing toba co this year are Messrs. Frank Ban berg, G. 0. Simmons, B. V. Kears Jervey Smoak, A. M. Brabham an J. W. Hill. A tobacco warehouse is now bein built for the next year's crop, an there is every indication that t bacco from now on will be an in portant crop in Bamberg county. o EIGHT DIE IN WRECK. Score of Persons Injured in a Cam dian Disaster. Port Colborne, Ont., Aug. 9?Eigl persons were killed and a score wei injured, seven of them seriously, I an explosion which wrecked the larj government grain elevator on tl Walland Canal here this afternoo Four of the bodies have been reco ered; one has been located in tt debris of the elevator and three otl era are in the wreck of the ban Quebec, which lies on the beach ou side the harbor, where she was towe to prevent her sinking. The financii loss is estimated at $1,800,000. Spc taneous combustion is believed I have caused the explosion. The"superintendent of the elevato D. S. Harvey, was among the injure The explosion occurred shortly a ter the elevator hands returned t work following their dinner hour. Tt concussion shook the whole town an windows in nearby buildings wdi smashed. Flames spread through tt wreckage but because of firepro< construction they soon burned ou -id an hour after the explosion re cue parties were at work. The barge Quebec, moored at a elevator leg, was smothered under pile of wreckage as she keeled ove and a huge rent was torn in her sid by a block of concrete. To prevei her singing she was towed outsid the breakwater and beached. The elevator was built eight veai ago at a cost of $2,000,000. It hia a capacity of more than 2,000,00 bushels and the bins were said to b about one-third filled with grail mostly wheat. aligner or stick method is more tha three-eights of an inch, take . you car to your service station and hav them find out the cause and corret it. Those irregularities that cause th wheels to wobble may be detected b jacking up the suspected wheel an shaking it to see if there is any pla or loosenness. If any looseness i found it may indicate worn or broke bearings. Then spin the wheel while holdin a pencil rigidly with the point clos to the top of the side ring of th rim. If as the wheel revolves, th space varies between the pencil poir and the rim, the wheel is not rut ning true. This indicates that axle o spindle may be bent or the demounl able rim may have been incorrectl applied. The savings effected by directin in time misaligned wheels or wobbl wheels amount to as much as 4,00 or 5,000 miles for the tires affected? sometimes more. 1. Keep tires properly Inflated. 2. Be sure to repair all tread out reguictny. 3. Prevent blow outs by avoidin severe jolts and by maintaining ful air pressure. 4. Have mud boils cleaned out an repaired at once. 5. Be careful in applying tuber 6. Avoid sudden stops, quick start and skidding. 7. Keep wheels in alignment. 8. Use French talc in the casing but avoid using too much. 9. Avoid ruts and save the sid walls. 10. Keep out of car tracks. 11. Apply chains properly. (If the; must be used.) 12. Avoid sharp obstructions. 13. Remove grease, oil and acid from your tires at once by using cloth moistened in gasoline. 14. Examine rims occasionally fo irregularities and rust. 15. Prevent damage from rust b; using rim paint. 16. Carry spare tubes in a bag. 17. Keep spare tires covered. 18. Be sure that nothing on th< machine scrapes the tires as they re volve. lft. Avoid the use of any substituti for air. ' COM KEIIIS s| AND HAPPENINGS '! 10 I ee NEWSY LETTERS BY REGULAR re CORRESPONDENTS. >y lg News Items of Interest to Herald Readers Ebb and Flow of the L g Human Tide. ie Calvary. _ This secion was visited with a very er severe storm on Friday afternoon last . week caused severe damage to corn. Messrs. D. W. Bowen and R. M. t Moody were in the Gaddys Mill sec,0 tion Sunday last. Miss Mae McKenzie of Bermuda spent last week here with her grandn mother, Mrs. Laura J. Moody and famn ily. Joe Allen spent last week end at as Wilmington. ie Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Campbell of Gaddys Mill section spent Sunday last here. ie A series of meetings will begin here ^ the fourth Sunday in this month. The c" public is cordially invited to attend. ll" The hour of worship will be announced later. ld This section has never realized the shortage of labor as we have at this ig time through the tobacco season. id o o Fork. i- Miss Emma Carmichael is visiting her friend, MiS3 Annie Laurie Witherspoon of Mayesviire, S. C. Miss Gertrude Breeden of Bennettsville is the guest of Miss Sadie Moore Mr., Elbert Fort spent the week a- end with friends at Guilford College. Mr. R. C. Simpson and Mrs. Career? last week withcwypthamthrd lt lisle of Tatum spent several days re here last week with Mr. and Mrs. in Melton Rogers. re Miss Sue Nell Stith left Friday ,'e for her home in Lamar, after'visiting n her sister, Mrs. H. P. Dubose. v_ Mrs J. W. Atkinson is spending le a few days at Cameron, N. C. with [j. his children. ,e Mr L. B. Fort spent Saturday in t_ Fayetteville. id o al Sellers. n The Watson Reunion was held at to Antioch church on Thursday, August 7th. Among the cousins from a r, distance were: Dr. Duncan I. Watson, d, president of the reunion, from Southport, N. C., Mrs. E. L. Poole and lit- ^ t0 tie son from Fayetteville, Mr. McNiel le and family from Lumberton, Mr. E. [(j C. Watson, Mr. Arthur Watson and ,e family, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Watson le from Tabor, Mr. Perry Hayes and ^ family from Lakeview, Miss Eunice t Bass from Columbia, Mrs. C. W. S1 Wiggins from eHopkins, Mr. Albert Watson, Mr. Bryan Watson and sisters Misses Ruth, Nellie and Flossie from ^ ^ n Loris, Mrs. Dorcia Jones Kennedy a from Tryon, Mr. Samuel Lipscomb r' and family from Pacolet, Mr. Milton Watson and sister, Miss Fannie 11 from Montana and probably othrs. It 6 was noted that Aunt Mary LeGette had passed away since he last re's union, and Aunt Cherry Watson was d too feeble to attend. Rev. W. C. Af0 len secretary of the reunion was ale so unable to attend. a? The many friends of Mr. Horace L. Tilghman will be delighted to _ learn that he has returned to Sellers. He and his brother Charlie having n bought out the mill here. I 'r Mr. T. B. Watson is spending a e few days in Savannah, Ga. Mrs. John G. Watson and daughter, Mrs. Milliken, of Georgetown, 'e are visiting here, y Miss Lila Culbreth has recently red turned from Winthrop College where y she attended the summer school, is Mr. Dick Watson of Georgetown n attended the reunion. Mrs. Hammond and children have K returned to their home in Branche ville. e School will begin here the 1st e Monday in September, it o Oak Grove. The Bethesda Sunday schcc! held ' Sunday school day exercises ia.;t Sun' day morning. The exercises were beautifully rendered before a large y 'appreciative audience. The success of q the ocassion was due mainly to the untiring efforts of Mrs. Tracey E. Fore, who had charge of the training of the children. s A week's protracted meeting held at Bethlehem a few miles above here closed last Sunday night. Some able U sermons were preached by Rev. Mr. ciwoii nt the Conwav circuit. (1 J. Burke Berry of Latta visited in this section last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Dillon of Beng nettsville are visiting at the home of the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Fore. Lacey M. Lundy after more than a years absence from home is at home e I from the hospital at Atlanta on a fifteen day furlough. Soon after entering the rorvices v early last year he was taken seriously ill and for many montlio his life was despaired of; but he is now considerg ed improved in health. H. R. Baxley has returned home after a short stay at the ho:: i; il in r Florence. J. F. Hartley spent a short while y in Richmond recently. W. F. Stackhouse of Marion, candidate for congress was in this cation j one afternoon last week. p | o Mr. L. Cottingham has r^v.rned from Waynesville, N. C. Mrs. Cotting? ham and the children will remain | in the mountains several weeks. . id