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I ESTABLISHED 1894. THE DILLON HERALD, DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNIXti, DECEMBER 18, 1919. VOL. 24. NO. 15.
COUNTY NEWS
AND HAPPENINGS
NEWSEY LETTERS BY REGULAR
CORRESPONDED TS.
News Items of Interest to Herald
Readers Ebb and Flow of the
Human Tide.
Lake View
Mr. Brenneck of Walhalla, S. C.t
has come to take charge of the Lake
View Drug Co.'s drug store.
Rev. Leslie and wife, the Methodist
pastor, have arrived to take
charge of their work here. Mr. Leslie
succeeded Mr. Phillips the former
pastor who left for his new pas-,
torate last Friday.
Dr. Lester has returned from Baltimore,
Md., where he took Mr. Ben,
Bell of Wampee, S. C., to John Hop-;
kins for an examination and treatment.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Floyd, son
and daughter, Mr. Fulton and Miss
Af foirmnnt "V P visited
V/Uliauu^ VI A M??4UVUV| W.J
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Arnette, Sunday.
Mios Lester Rogers visited friends
in town Sunday.
' Miss Mae Regan is improving at
- , this writing.
Miss Ina Bracey spent Sunday in
town.
Mrs. D. K. Ford and little daughter,
Miriam, have returned from
Rocky Mount, where they were in
* the hospital for treatment.
Rev. E. T. Mason was called to
Bermuda Friday to preach the funeral
of the infant child of Mr. Bass
, who lives beyond Dillon.
The entertainment given at the
school Friday night was quite a success
financially. The proceeds
amounted to $266.00. Five boxes
k were sold at fancy prices, Miss Ellen
White's box bringing the most,
$24.75. A cake was auctioned off for
( the prettiest girl.* Those in the race I
were Miss White and Miss Lucille
Powell. The cake was won by I
Miss Lucille Russell, as the prettiest j
girl in town, the cake bringing $188.
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Fork.
Miss Meia Stubbs of Georgia spent
several days last week with her cou
sin, Mrs. Zaek Edwards. '
Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Dubose tlSnd
, children and Miss Sue Nell Stith of
Lamar, spent Saturday here with
friends.
Mrs. Gorce Cannichael spent last
week with her mother, Mrs. Katie
Roberts of Smithsboro.
Mrs. W. K. Fort and L. B. Fort |
spent last Tuesday in Fayetteville.
Mrs. Jasper Rogers spent a few
days last week with her sister, Mrs.
Poindexter at Sanford, N. C.
Miss Inez Hayes from near Marietta,
N. C., has been visiting relatives j
here.
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Minturn.
Miss Ruth Stackhouse of Dillon
spent a few days with Miss Maggie
Evans.
Miss Charlton John spent the week
end at her home in Bennettsvllle.
Miss Lizzie Henegan of Minturn is
spending a few days, in Rockingham. |
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Henley of Marietta
spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Usher.
Miss Mattie Ilamer spe>tt the week
end at her home in Clio
Mr. Howard Johnson or Minium
broke his collar bone in a foot ball
tame last w?ek.
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Officer Seize Booze.
Chief McRae seized about 10 gal-1
Ions of cider at the home of Gilmore
Norton Saturday night. The cider:
was the product of dried peaches
and apples and it is claimed
that the alcoholic content was pretty
strong. The stuff was stored 1n a,
closet in one of the bedrooms. Allen I
Surles plead guilty to the charge of|
acting as a "go between'' in dispos->
ing of the cider and was sentenced to
pay a fine of $25 or 10 days on the
public works. Norton must have had
some warning of the approaching raid
as he escaped and has not been apprehende.
Later: Norton was appre-1
hended and fined $200 by Mayor
Hamer.
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*rne iieraia win De puDusnea one
day earlier next week and advertisers
and correspondents are urged to
send in copy not later than Monday
morning. The office force, which has !
been very busy all the year, is en-J
titled to a brief rest during the holidays
and if advertisers and corres- j
pondents will let us have their copy
by Monday morning their kindness
will be greatly appreciated. The mechanical
department will be closed
Wednesday and Thursday. The business
office will close at 3 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon anj re-open
Friday morning.
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liunser and Turner, the aviators
who were here last week, returned to '
Dillon Tuesday for a short visit. They
landed in T. W. Bethea's oat field and
then left for Bennettsville. They were
accompanied to Bennettsville by Mr.
J. M. Sprunt. This is Mr. Sprunt's
second trip to Bennettsville in an ,
airplane. i
Xew Year Changes.
There will be many changes in th<
business life of Dillon January 1st
The Dillon Cotton Mills will mov?
their offices to the mills. The mil
office building will be between the
Dillon and Maple Mills facing Rail
road avenue. The office occupied b>
the mill will be taken over by Saniaha
& Samaha who will op?m a gro
eery store. The Messrs. Samaha art
with Charlie Saleeby. Mr. J. M
Sprunt has purchased the Cotting
ham building next to the Peoples
Dank and will move his automobile
business over there. The Pee Det
Grocery, owned by Mr. Rex Medlin
will occupy the Richbourg store out
door east from the corner, Mr. Med
lin having purchased this property
Jas. D. Hargrove has purchased W
E. Hall's interest in the Hargrove
Hall Co., and will conduct the busi
ness in the name of J. D. Hargrove
McLaurin & Thompson will movt
across the street into the large brich
building formerly occupied by tht
Seaboard Air Line as a fi eight sta
tion. Jack Hayes, who has been witl:
the McLaurin Drug Co.. goes witt
the First National Bank. There maj
be other changes in the business
life *be town, but these are al
The Herald knows of at this time.
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Big Heal Estate Deal.
The largest deal in the history ol
Dillon real estate was closed last wee!
when R. S. Rogers purchased the I
Blum property at the corner of Mail
street and Railroad avenue. The con
sideration was $30,000.00. The prop
ertv has a frontage of 60 feet on Rail
road avenue and a depth of 100 feel
on Main street. The main building
has been occupied by the I. Bluir
Company for the past ten years. Th<
small store building on Railroad ave
nue is occupied by the First Nationa
Bank. The brick building in the real
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Oi me Duuuing ocvupicu ix?> me x
Blum Co. was purchased by the Firsi
National Bank several months age
and it is understood that tne Firsi
National Bank has traded Mr. Rogers
this building for the corner store occupied
by the I. Blum Co., and wil
move into its own building in the
next few months. The building wil
be improved and fitted up for a ban!
building.
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Dillon's State Tax.
Dillon county will pay $50,322.21
into the state treasury this year as
its pro rata share of the state tax- The
total taxable property in the county
including both real and personal, is
$5,591,357.00. Charleston makes the
highest return in the state, with tot
al taxable property at $34,408,150.
00, and Spartanburg comes seconc
with $28,347,896.00. The lowest as
sessment comes from Allendale, the
baby county, which returns property
to the value of $2,886,109.00. Char
leston will pay into the state treas
urv $309,675.35.
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Sam Blackwell Goes to Maxton.
Mr. Sam Blackwell, for many years
connected with the Palmetto Hard
ware Company, has sold his interesi
in the business and will leave th<
first of the year for Maxton, N. C.
where he will open a hardware store
The name of the new business wil
be the Maxton Hardware Co. Mr
Blackwell came to Dillon from Dar
lington and during his long residenct
here has made many warm friends
who will regret to see him leave. H?
is one of the best hardware men ir
~ r j u.'f
tills bCtUUli ui LI1C StctlU ctliu til it L 111:
new business venture will be a sue
cess goes without saying. He carries
with him the best wishes of man)
friends.
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.Vice Ix>t of Hogs.
Mr. L. C. Braddy tells a Heralc
Herald representative that he stop
ped at Mr. H. M. Rogers' place a few
days ago and saw one of the pretties!
sights he ever saw in Dillon county
He said Mr. Rogers was killing hogs
and there were 19 fat porkers dress
ed and hanging up which would av
erage from 350 to 500 pounds each
They were of the Poland China and
Berkshire cross and many of then:
were not more than a year old. Mr
Braddy says that in all his life on tht
farm and among farmers he nevei
saw a priettier sight.
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DEATH OF i>. T. Hl'<i(iI\S.
Mull ins Enterprise.
Mr. D. T. Huggins, age 73. die*
at his home near Nichols Monday
morning at four ojclock, following ar
illness which lasted about one yec
Funeral services were held from th<
residence three miles north of Nicb
ols Tuesday morning at elevet
o'clock, conducted by his pastor, Rev
\\\ R. Phillips. Mr. Huggins was i
life long member of Nichols Metho
dist church and was generally re
carded as a consecrated christian b\
all who knew him. He is survived bj
his wife, who was Miss Sallie E
Johnson, before marriage and sever
children: Mrs. A. H. Baiden and
Mrs. G. D. Anderson, both of George
town, Mrs. D. M. I very, of Charlotte
Mis? Geneive Huggins, of Dillon, H
J. Huggins, of Florence and J. T
and D. T. Huggins of Marion county.
IN HONOR OF BRIDK-ELKCT.
j .Mrs. Walker Floyd and .Mrs. Ci. J>.
o.utnu Entertain lor Miss RuUi
Stacklioiise.
1 .Mrs. Walker Floyd gave an "an}
nouncement party" Thursday r.l'ier
noon, in honor of Miss lluth Stack'
house whose marriage to Phillip
- Bruce Sellers of Birmingham, Ala.,
-; will take place December 23.
The house was decorated in po.
plants and yellow chrysanthemums,
. the daylight was shut out and candles
. shed a soft light throughout the re'
ception rooms.
i Assisting the hostess in receiving
and en^rtaining were Miss Sallie Duibois,
Mrs. P. B. Sellers, Mrs. Paul D.
Deaton, Mrs. T. B. Dubose, Mrs. John
Hargrove, Mrs. L. Cottingham and
Mrs. B. A. Bedenbaugh.
After all the guests had arrived lit
tie Misses Sue Herring and Martha
Stackhouse entered 'carrying a bag
!out of which jumped a large whit
cat with the following telegram tied
.around its neck: "Ruth and Bruce are
[soon to be married. They both decid
ed too long they'd tarried. The ca'
in the bag lets out the word. Th
1 'date they've chosen, the twenty1
third."
*; Telegram blanks were then passed
'! around and each guest was asked tc
I write a telegram, using only the lei
ters contained in the names of t
bride and the bridegroom-elect. These
I were read by Mrs. L. Cottingham and
the prize for the shortest telegram
| was awarded to Miss Nell Carmichael,
' who gracefully presented it to
: guest of honor. Block cream and
dainty heart-shaped cakes in pink
and green were served, followed by
coffee and mints.
Mrs. G. D. Barlow entertained at a
lovely reception Wednesday afternoon
in honor of Miss Ruth Stackhouse.
Receiving with the hostess were the
guest of honor, Mrs. Wade Stackhouse
and -Mrs. P. B. Sellers. Others
assisted were Mesdames W. C. Moore,
W. J. Adams, john Hargrove, J. P
Gibson, L. Cottingham, W. E. Cald|Well
Walker Floyd.
neiresnniems were serveu m in
t dining room by Misses Martha Stacl
) house, Sarah Hargrove, Evelyn Cald
t well and Lila Johnson.
; Misses Eula Braddy and Jane Gi!
. son poured coffee at a prettily apI'pointed
table in the rear of the hub
J Miss Sarah Bethea pinned a bunch
I of mistleto^ tied with white ribbon
Jon each guest after which refreshL
ments were served. Misses Mary Be|thea
and Beulah Braddy presided at
the Edison an^ furnished music
throughout the afternoon.
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! Mrs. Barlow Entertains in Honor oi
5 Miss Ruth StackJiouse.
J One of the most beautiful recep,:
tions of the season was that given by
J Mrs. G. D. Barlow Wednesday after>
noon, December 10.
The guests were welcomed into the
. reception hall by Mrs. John Hargrove
j and Mrs. W. C. Moore and invited inJ
to the parlor, where they were mei
J by Mrs. W. J. Adams.
'I in the receiving line wun .nrs. uar.
T low were Mrs. Wade Stackhouse, Miss
" Ruth Stackhouse, Mrs. P. B. Sellers,
'and Miss Mildred Sellers.
' Presiding in the 'dining room,
jwhich was lovely in its decorations of
'green and white, were Mrs. J. B.
Gibson and Mrs. L. Cottingham. A
. delicious sweet course was served by
Mrs. W. E. Caldwell and Mrs. Walker
Floyd, assisted by Misses Martha
t Stackhouse, Sarah Hargrove, Evlin
; Caldwell and Lila Johnson.
Coffee was served in the living
. room by Misses Jane Gibson and Eu1
la Braddy.
. j Music from the Edison was furnish.
ed by Misses Mary Bethea and Beu;
lah Braddv. Mrs. Frank Thompson
' gave a few fine selections 011 the
I piano.
; As the guests were leaving Miss
J Sara Bethea presented them with
' appropriate favors.
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Mrs. Hargrove Entertains.
Mrs. John Hargrove entertained
Saturday afternoon at a lovely reception
in honor of Mrs. Earle Bethea,
'a recent bride.
Handsome ferns and bowls of fragI
Irant narcissi added to the beauty and
. freshness of the spacious reception
r rooms.
I In the dining room pink and white
.'carnations were used, the round ta5j
ble being especially attractive with a
-1 large cut glass vase of carnations on
jits handsome cluny lace cover.
i Receiving at the door were Mrs.
Jas. Hargrove and Mrs. J. A. Moore.
1 Mrs. L. Cottingham introduced the
[ guests to the receiving line which
'. stood in the library and included Mrs.
, M. J. Hargrove, Mrs. John Hargrove,
iMrs. J. Earle Bethea, Mrs. Georgia
Bethea, Mrs. W. C. Moore, Mrs. W.
Thad Bethea and Mrs. Neil Smith of
Rowland, N. C.
Assisting in the hall' were Mrs.
N. B. Hargrove, Mrs. Wade Stackhouse,
Mrs. G. D. Barlow and Mrs.
' ,R. P. Howe. In the dining room the
guests were served a delicious salad
course of coffee and mints by Misses
( Surah Hargrove, Mary and Evelyn
Edwards.
t Others in charge were Mrs. W. J.
- Adams, Mrs. D. M. Michaux, Mrs.
Walker Floyd and Miss Margaret
Smith.
Attractive favors appropriate to
the season were given to each guest
| by Mrs. M. F. Edwards. Mrs. J.
j Frank Thompson an,i Miss Adele
Critz added much to the pleasure of
jthe occasion by their delightful
,j piano music throughout the afternoon.
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THREE MEN DEAD
AT ST. STEPHEN
T\v0 Women Wounded in Serio
Shooting Affair.
Kingstree, Dec. 15?A shootii
affair, in which three men were ki
ed and two women wounded occi
red at St. Stephens shortly after
o'clock last night. The facts in t
case as reported here are to the <
feet that Dr. Pratt, upon retnrni:
home from preaching, found Jo!
Cotton at his house.
Dr. Pratt, having warned Cottc
jit is alleged, to stay away from 1
.house; shot at Cotton and then we
to his room upstairs. John Be
brother of the young woman Cott
was calling on, heard the exeiteme
111 me pstriui aim Ccinig uuwusiai
Upon opening the parlor door Cottc
the report states, thinking it was I
Pratt, fired at Bell, the ball enteri
the heart and killing him instant
Dr. Pratt then returned to t
scene of the shooting, it is stated a
again fired at Cotton, niorta
| wounding him, but before Cotton di
! he fired four shots at Dr. Pratt, w
fell dead in the hallway. Miss B
was wounded in the arm and h
mother received a slight wound
the shoulder.
. Dr. Pratt is a native of this stt
and came to Williamsburg cour
soon after his graduation in medici
locating in the Nesmith neighborho
,where he built up an extensive pn
i tice. About five years ago he marri
Miss Katherine Bell and'for sevei
i years thereafter they made th<
i home in his old home communi
He then returned to St. Stephens a
lived with his brother-in-law, Jo
.1 Bell, and the latter's mother and s
jter. Young Cotton was a son of Cc
ductor J. W. Cotton, of the Atlan
| Coast Line Railroad. John Bell a
j Cotton are said to have been go
friends.
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Red Cross Christmas Seal Campnig
The Red Cross Christmas S(
Campaign has been extended to t
20th and it is hoped by that tii
that all reports will be in. Will i
Dillon County District Chairmen tu
. in their funds by that time so tti
Mrs. Cottingham, County Chairnu
can send in a good report. The t
, lowing District Chairmen have l
ported and turned in their funds:
No. 4. Mrs. Lacy Corbett, Little
; Rock, ?$20.
No. 2. Mrs. K. L. McDonanld 5.
. No. 6. Miss Maggie Evans 10.
No. 10. Miss Sallie Rogers 5.
No. 11. Miss Julia Alford 25.
No. 12. Miss Flora Hamer 22.
No. 13. Mrs. J. C. Adams 10.
No. 17. Miss Grace Hoffman 2.
No. 18. Miss Annie Berry 5.
Sell and buy seals for better heal
in Dillon county. 75 per cent
| money raised is spent locally f
public health work. You are helpi
yourself and your community wh
you buy Red Cross Christmas Sea
Additional list of business firms
men in Dillon who purchased $5.
Health Bonds:
Bethea - Carmichael Co., W.
Brick, T. B. Thompson, Williai
jFurniture Co., Dillon Market, Dill
Pharmacy, I. Blum Co.t Saleeby Ca
idy Kitchen, Rogers Garage, Dill
Cotton Mills, Gibson & Muller.
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Citizens to Confer With Delegate
Every citizen of the county w
feels an interest in the c ounty's ?
fairs is requested to meet with t
county delegation at the court hou
on Wednesday, December 31st,
111 o'clock. The purpose of the nie<
jing is t0 discuss the county's affai
and decide upon some definite ai
business-like plan of working t
county's highways. The public roa
of the county are in a deplorat
condition. It is said that Dillon h
the worst public roads in the stai
Several plans for carrying on t
road work have been adopted in t
ipast, but they have not given sat
j faction. The county delegation wan
j tne advice ana cooperation or t
citizens in settling the road-worki:
[problem. They see the need of n<
[legislation in adopting a better sj
item, but they believe they can g
better results if the citizens will a
| vise with them at the meeting call
for December 31st. There are oth
matters which the delegates wish
| to take up with the citizens and the
matters will be discussed at the me<
ing. Every man who feels an intert
in the proper administration of 1
county's affairs should lay aside 1
duties for this day and attend t
meeting. The meeting will bo held
the court house at 11 o'clock, We
nesday, December 31st.
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Many Dogs in Dillon.
According to the returns mad. to t
Comptroller General Dillon conn
has 1,288 dogs. Darlington is the o
ly county in the state that reports i
dogs. The return shows also that D
Ion has 2,162 cattle, 6,410 hogs ai
816 automobiles. Spartanburg lea
in the number of automobiles, ha
ing 3,271, and also the largest nut
ber of cattle. Horry lends the state
the number of hogs, the retur
[showing 24,038.
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.May Buy Airplane.
IS.;
Messrs. I. T. Wood and James M
Spruni are thinking seriously of buy
ltig an airplane for commercial setvice.
They are investigating the different
makes of planes and expecl
to purchase-a modern machine in thv
11- near future. The plane will be usv
ir- for carrying passengers 011 quid
9 trips to cities and towns in the twc
he Carolinas. The greatest obstacle it
i(- the way, says Mr. Sprunt, is a land
i,g ing field. Land around Dillon is ver:
high and it is hard to obtain at i
reasonable price a piece of land tn:
; could be used for a field. Anothe;
1' item of expense that will run th<
113'cost of the enterprise up pretty hig'
nt is a hanger in which to house th'11.
i plane. The machine must be protect
onjed from the element and it will
-nt | necessary to have a large house i'
rs. which to keep it. These anatters an
>n,!now under consideration and if t;
)r I landing field can be obtained at
ngi reasonable price Messrs. Sprunt am
ly I Wood will purchase the machine.
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. 1 Services at the Methodist Church
nd |
''y I Main street Methodist church, Dr
ed Watson B. Duncan, pastor, Sunda;
ho [school at 10 a. m.t Mr. W. H. Muller
ell ] superintendent. Preaching at 11 a. m
ier ]and 7 p. m. by the pastor. Mornini
in subject: "The First Christmas Song.'
j Evening Subject: "A Message fron
lte Heaven." A church conference will bi
[tv held after the morning service. Pray
1 er service on Wednesday at 7 p. m
n(: Choir practice. Teachers' meeting oi
Saturday at 4 p. ra. Public cordiall;
IC" invited to all services.
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ral HOTEL BRIXGS BIG PBICE.
sir
ty. Florence Times:
nd; The largest real estate deal in cit]
hn business property ever recorded ii
is- Florence was consumated today whei
in- Mr. Sanborn Chase purchased th<
tic Central Hotel, the consideration be
nd ing $109,000.
od Messrs. R. M. McCown, M. Ryat
McCowan and P. J. Maxwell, fron
whom the property was purchase!
r? are arranging to make delivery of t.h<
property by the first of the year.
When asked about his plans toda;
;al Mr. Chase stated that at presen
they were undetermined but that h(
n? might have some announcement o
a" interest to make later.
rr' | The deal has created a great dea
iat of interest in business circles. Somi
l"' time in July the Messrs. McCowai
ol" and P- J- Maxwell bought the Cen
re"(tral Hotel property from J. W. Ive:
for $90,000. In Mr. Chase's purchasi
1 is included the property in the rea
of the building also, running clea
through from Evans to Front street
The deal made to him provides fo
^ a frontage of 128 1-2' feet and i
depth of 550 feet.
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00 SUES CEMETERY FOR $.'>0,000
00 FOR LOSS OF WIFE'S ROD!
00
th An action for $50,000 damages sayi
of the New York Herald was brough
or yesterday against the trustees of St
ng Raymond's Cemetery, the Bronx, b;
en Charles Seigrist, of No. 920 Fores
Is. avenue, wh0 says the cemetery los
or the body of his wife.
qq Mr. Siegrist, through his attorneys
Hull and Eberhardt, alleges that oi
October 18, 1918, he entered into ai
agreement with the cemetery author
ns ities to bury his wife in a specifiet
on grave for $50. When the funeral cor
n" tege arrived at the cemetery the grav<
on was not ready and the body wai
placed in the receiving vault. Th<
I plaintiff alleges that th body wai
taken from the vault and lost. H?
' * says he made many inquiries regard
ing the whereabouts of his wife':
110 body, but received no satisfactory in
formation,
he By virtue of these facts," says th<
se complaint, "he has suffered grea
at pain because of the great love ant
?t- respect which he had for his wife dur
irs ing her lifetime and which he ha:
n(j for her memory now.''
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SAYS SUGAR DEARTH
IS HEALTH BENEFIT
>le
as Ohio Physician Asserts Hospital:
Show Decrease During Shorthe
I age.
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's*' Contrary to the general opinion th<
'ts shortage in sugar anj the resultinj
he "rationing" of this commodity is de
nglclared really desirable and most ben
;w!eficial to the public health says tht
rg. jNew York Herald. According to Dr
-et George Keifer Brelsford of Dayton
jj. jOhio, who was at the MoAlpin liote
e(j yesterday, the percentage of illness it
. families, particularly where there art
babies, has fallen off since the pres
es ent ban on unrestricted use of sugar
se|as it has done in each case whet
^the government has ordered that sug
stiar be curtailed in the homes and it
lis .ill eating places.
'is j "it is highly gratifying." ho said
he "t0 find, as I have found in my twc
at months' tour of the East, that in th<
.(I- larger hospitals every time there is ;
sugar curtailment, there are fewei
patients admitted each day, particu
larly in the baby wards.
"Tliis would substantiate the state
ments of our physiology text hooks
h" and of all doctors that sugar in tor
ty large quantities does great harm."
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no BLUM-FASS
il-| Mrs. Kittie Blum an(i Mr. David H
id Fass were quietly married at the home
dsiof the bride's parents in Baltimore
,v-1 last Sunday. Until a few months age
n-|Mrs. Blum resided in Dillon. Mr. and
in Mrs. Fass arrived in Dillon Tuesdaj
ns j morning and are stopping at the
j Dillon Hotel.
PROHIBITION STANDS
SAYS II. 5. COURTS
I
SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS PROc
HI1UTION LAW.
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' Nation Will Experience a Dry Chris tir
mas Unless the President
* Intervenes.
i
r
e Washington, Dec. 15?There will
be no wild men, women or bells this
: Christmas. If there are, it will be
- because the president is willing there
shall be. The same applies to New
Year's and other festivities where
e "Tom and Jerry" and other bibulous
concoctiqns have usually lent the '
j proper degree of cheer t0 the occasion
For "Tom and Jerry" those inseparable
twins of the cups who have
. become as indigenous to the American
celebration of Christmas as Santa
. Clau and Dickens' Christmas carol.
y are no mare. They passed away to.
day with their doughty old parent,
John Barleycorn, over whom final
\ i obsequies were read when the su\
prfcsme court read its decision de
* [daring the war-time prohibition bill
^ constitutional.
Besides affirming the legally of the
^ wartime measure, the court definitek.
ly fixed the responsibility for declaring
demobilization of the country's
'military forces complete and (he war
at an end, which congress and the
; White House have been shuttling
^ack and forth since the law became
7 effective. The decision puts it square1
ly up to the president vindicating
i'congress completely,
e | Left to President.
-j The decision of the court means that
the president has the exclusive powljer
to grant a reprieve t0 liquor bei
fore the national prohibition amendIjment
becomes effective January 16.
J A presidential proclamation declaring:
Immobilization complete is all that
r i is necessary, the court declares, alt
though it questions whether the pres- ,
s i ident would be warranted technicalf
ly in taking such action, the court
making the point that demobiliza1
tion has not been effected. The ane
nual report of the secretary of war,
i which shows that demoblization is
-1still in process, was cited to prove this
H contention.
s' Decision Against Ky. Court.
r1 The court did not hand down a
r decision on the case effecting the con.
stitutionality of the legislation adoptr'ed
for the enforcement of the warijtime
act, nor on those questions the
right of congress to declare a beverage
containing 2.75 per cent of alcohol
intoxicating. The court is expectf
| ed t0 pass on the beer cases in its
decisions next Monday but no opinio
ion on the enforcement legislation is
expected until January after the hol'
iday recess. By this time, the dry
, forces are confident that national pro,
hibition will have hecomp effective
unless the president intervenes.
The last they regard a a a remote
i possibility. The supreme courts del
cision was based on the appeals filed
- by the Internal Revenue CommissionI
er of Kentucky against the decision
"'of the district court of Kentucky in
" declaring thP wartime bill unconstitutional
in the government's case
against the Kentucky Distilleries and
J,;Warehouse company and that of the
. New York firm of Drvfos, Blum and
company.
o
Conviction Under School Law.
tj
II The first case in Lafta to be han
idled under the compulsory school attendance
law was tried today in Magistrate
Allen's court. The defendant
; in the case was Emanuel Johnson, residing
just outside of Latta. The warrant
was sworn out on the evidence of
s Mrs. A. K. Bransford, school attendance
officer, of Dillon county, and R.
T. Fairey, Superintendent of the Latl
ta Public Schools. The child in the
? case, Carl Johnson, 13 year old son
; |of the defendant, failed to appear at
- school on December 8th, and the au~
- thorities were legally bound to take
; action in the case. Mr. Johnson had
, been notified of the operation of the
: law the preceeding week.
The evidence of the defendant made
' it appear that he had done all in his
po?.er to see that the yu; attended
school. The case was helr^plcn, pending
the action of Mr. jVnnson fit
- compelling nis ooy to attend scnool
i hereafter. Any failure on his part to
do this will continue the case, atid
I the full penalty of the law will be
' applied. It is to be regretted that the
first case of this kind had to occur in
1 Latta, but it shows that the spirit of
thp must he upheld and all violators
will be rigidlv dealt with.
i ;0
AWOl'Xt'FJIEXT
Appreciating the faithful service
and wishing to endorse the business
like and efficient administration of
thp present town of Latta officials. I
4 wish to nominate Hon. T. W. Berry
, for mayor and Hons. C. J. Allen, G.
[ J. Bethea, S. J. Edwards, W. L. Gad
dy, J. A. B. LeGette and L. L. Wat?,son
for alderman of Latta. S. C.
'12 18 CITIZEN.
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