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? ? + w 4* PERSONAL MENTION. 4* + + + + + + + ****$ Miss Gertrude Mclnnis of Carolina was in town Monday. Max Fass is spending the holidays in New York city. Willie Allen, Jr.t of Spartanburg, 1- >l>Mlnir in tmvn this week. / is viomu^ it* ?v.. Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Todd of Conway are visiting Mrs. D. V. Hamilton. , ?o Miss Gertrude Bostick of Charlotte is visiting Mrs. A. B. Welch. Mr. Alec Monroe of Charlotte is in 1 town for a few days. ?o? Mr. and'Mrs. Charlie Wheeler spent) Sunday in Florence. Misses Lila Mclntyre and Mary ' Carter spent Sunday in Latta. Mr. Will Carter has gone to Flor-' ida for a few days. Mioses Willie and Bertha Moore of Fork were'in town Monday. Miss Ellen White returned to Lake View Sunday to resume her work. Mrs. M. A. Stubbs spent week end with Mrs. A. D. Jackson. Mrs. Leroy Williams and family spent Christmas in Fairmont with relatives. Miss Mary Murchison is spending some time with Miss Florence Murchison. Miss Theltna Allen of Spartanburg is visiting friends and relatives in Dillon. p Miss Esther Tinger of Marion spent part of the Christmas holidays with Miss Bertha Fass. - ^ v ?o? Mrs. Morris Fass and daughter | Florence spent last Sunday in Lake City. Carlisle Bracev is honie on a fur-, lough from the army hospital at Ft.' McPherson. Mr. and Mrs. D. M. McPhahl spent! last week in Norfolk, Va., with rela-;: tlves. ?o? Horace Pierce returned home Friday after spending the holidays in Darlington. Miss Alice David is at home from Salem College, Winston-Salepi, for the holidays. ?o? Miss Alma Jackson of Wannamaker Is the attractive guest of Miss1 Myrtle Stubbs. ?o? Messrs. A. B. Welch and Bill Stack-j house are atending the Shriners convention in Newbern, N.( C. this week, j Mrs. Roy Moore left for Decatur, Ale., Tuesday after spending some time with Mrs. E. L. Moore. Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Stoney and fam-1 ily spent the holidays in Pinopolis, S.. C., with relatives. Miss Rebecca Avers returned Sun-j day after spending the holidays with \ relatives in Nichols. ^ Messrs. Alex Saleeby and Cecil: Bracey left Tuesday morning for a motor trip to Carthage, N. C. Mr. J. R. Hatch who Las been visiting friends and relatives in Morehead City, N. C., returned home last night. Mrs. H. A. Willis and son, H. A. ' Jr.. of Blackstone. Va.. are spending some tinie with Dr. and Mrs. S. C. Henslee. * Mrs. V. V. Morgan of Dunn. N. C. returned Sunday af*er spending sev- j eral days in town with her mother.;' Mrs. D. V. Hamilton. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Robinson of:J Asheville, Ala., are spending the hoi- ; idays with Mrs. Robinson's parents,^ Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Ramsey. Miss Alice David has as her guest ! this week Miss Nannie Welton. of Richmond, who was a former classmate. ?o? ( Miss Helen David who has just . completed a course in trained nursing at Savannah is visiting her parents, I Dr. and Mrs. J. H. David. There ware 39710 bales of cotton : ginned (counting round bales as half bales) in Dillon county from the crop of 1919 prior to December 13th, 1919 as compared with 31333 bales to December 13th( 1918. During January and February the usual Sunday evening service at the Baptist churo will be held at 5 j o'clock in the afternoon. The heating! plant has been installed and is giving] excellent service. The pews are being installed this week and will be ready for next Sunday's service. The John H. David, Jr., Post of The American Legion met on December 19th, and elected the following officers for next year: O. M. Page, Post, Commander; W. Thad Bethea, 1 tant; W. W. Thompson, Secretary & Treasurer. The next meeting will be held Wednesday night, January 1th, and all ex-service men are urged to be present. Lake View. Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Langley of Little Rock spent the day in town Monday. ,? Mr. and Mrs. Tingent of Burlington and two children are spending -the holidays with Mrs. Tingents parents, Mr. and Mrs. Townsend. Miss Alma Goodyear is visiting friends in Spartanburg. Misses Alia Mae, Christine and Hattie Temple and Mr. Trade Temple are home for the holidays. Miss Celia L. Pearson whose home "I Di?)ininn(f Kut ttrhn ic nnw fpaph 19 ai IVIVUUiVIIU, vui ??MV .w ..... | ing at Norfolk, is spending the holi- j days with Miss Grace Mason. Mr. H. T. Wooten and Miss Rebecca1 Ward were married in Dillon, Decern-1 ber 26th. Mr. Wooten is from Jack-j sonville, Fla., while Miss Ward is of this place. Mr. Wooten has returned to his home and Mrs. Wooten will, go in a short while. The young couple! have the good wishes of their friends here. Quite an enjoyable "Smile Party", was given at Hillsboro school Friday night. All kinds of "smile'' games and! songs were played and sung. The smiles were measured and the persons' wearing the broadest smile received' the prize. Miss Eva Boyd Rogers has had the pleasure of having her cousins, Miss; Lillian Rogers and Mr. Rupert Gaddy of Mullins visit her the past few days. Miss Gertrude Norman who has been attending school at Falcon is1 home. She will not return to school after Xmas but will go to the Lake View schocjj. Mrs. John Floyd of Barnwell Is visiting friends in town. Mr. Robert Ford is visiting friends at Edniond, S. C. Mr. Allen Hayes left Sunday for Charleston where he will spend several days. An accident which might have been very serious took place in our iowii a few nights ago. Two families motoring through the country from southwest Georgia to Fayetteville stopped in front of the "Peoples Hardware" i for gasoline. Some one struck a match near the car tank and the. whole car caught fire and was in a blaze in a few seconds. There were' four or five small children in the car and they barely escaped being se-j riously burned. Mr. Bailey and the father of the children were rather i badly burned. Cards are out announcing the mar-j riage of Mr. Claude Grantham and I Miss Anna Bell Harrington Decent-1 ber 31, 1919, at Marietta, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hawkins and) family spent Sunday with Mrs. Hawkins parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gaddy at i Gaddys Mill. v o Judson. Mr. Cecil Wright of Maxton spent ( sonie days m our c ominunuy last week. Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Ford spent last Friday with Mrs. Fords brother, Mr. B. F. Stanton of Clio. Miss Edna McDaniel is nursing In Dillon. Mrs. S. F. Smith and family spent last week end with the family of Mr. J. C. Smith of Maxton. She was accompanied home by Mrs. J. C. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Ford ate Christmas dinner with their daughter, Mrs. S. F. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt Cottingham' spent Christmas with Mrs. Cottinghams sister in Laurinburg. Mr. Hampton Calhoun had hoped to be able to move into his new home by January 1st, but as his house is not completed will remain where he is for a while. Mr. J. L. Cottingham and Mr. J. A. E. Cottingham have the Delco lighting system in their homes. Mr. J. L. Cottingham and family were pleasant visitors at the home of n " n 1 A ..Into Air. 3. *_/. ruiu l?itiuiuai uigui. o Kohbers at Work. Robbers entered G. H. Bell's jewelry store Tuesday night and took various articles valued at several hundred dollars. The entrance was made by smashing the front door glass with a brick wrapped in a cloth. The brick was thrown with such violence that i' smashed the end of a show case several feet away from the door. The robbers took small pieces of jewelry that had been left for repairs, silver! spoons and watches. The more valuable articles were in the safe. It is evident that the robbers took their time after they entered the store. Burnt matches were found on the floor and) drawers were opened in the search for valuables. ThP opinion of the police is that it is e same band of amatuer thieves that has been operating around Dillon for the past several months. Lawrence Covington's barber shop^ was enterd the same night. The robbers tried to prize off the money box on a musical instrument, but did not succeed. There was nothing missing from the barber shop. To Many Xe\t Month. Union, Dec. 27.?Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Higgins, announce the engagement of their sister, Sara Lee Black, to Roderick Murchison Carraichael of Dillon, the wedding to take place in January. o Turbeville-Holt. Miss Emma Turbeville of Gaddys Mills was niai ied to Mr. Hyman Price Holt of Hamer on the 23rd instant. The ceremony was performed at Piney Grove Baptist church. Rev. J. A. Langley officiating. The church was beautifully decorated, anj the marriage was witnessed by a large crowd of friends of b oth bride and groom. After the ceremony the couple left for Conway where they will spend the holidays with the groom's parents. Upon their return they will reside at Hamer. I * . rJ * 7 Stackhouse-Sellers. The friendship since childhood of < Miss Rtst\ Stackhouse and Philip ] Bruce Sellers culminated in their \ marriage Wednesday afternoon, De- ] cember 23; at the home of the bride's 1 parents, Dr. and Mrs. Wade Stack- i house, on Oakland avenue. 1 Unusual interest centered in this j happy event on account of the prom- ] inonte and popularity of the young . ] nennli* hnth of them having been h reared in Dillon, with a large family ] connect.(iii and numerous friends ] throughout the state. The interior of the handsome home 1 was tastefully and beautifully deco-' rated, the arch in the hall, where the I bridai party Vcrd being covered in Southern stni!a> against a white background with graceful streamers of j white tulle caught up into a huge bow over the center under which was suspended a large, white hoop decorated with orange blossoms. Myraids of candles shed a soft light ver the lovely scene. I Just before the appointed hour, 5 o'clock, Mrs. L. Cottingham played j and- as the wedding march front. Lo-'; hengrin was sounded, the bridal party ' came down the stairs and took places at the improvised altar. First came ] the two dainty children. Eleanor Bar- i low, as flower girl and Sue Clark as i ring bearer, both dressed in white i wtth large white butterfly bows of ] airy tulle. Then came the fair young i bride with her sister, Miss Mary Elizabeth Stackhouse, as maid of ] honor. They were met at the altar by j the bridegroom and his best man, Mr. 'Wellington of Jacksonville, Fla. i The bride vas lovely in her wedding gown of white satin trimmed in real lace, court train, and tulle vein caught with orange blossoms and , carrying a shower bouquet of bride . roses. [ The maid of honor wore a becoming dress of victory blue satin trim* med in gold and carried pink roses, j The beautiful ring ceremony was ; performed by the bride's pastor, the i Rev. W. B. S. Chandler. While the bride and bridegroom i were receiving congratulations and good wishes, Mendelssohn's wedding march was played. After a short reception the bride donned a traveling suit of brown with hat and accessories to match and the young couple left for Birmingham, Ala., where the bridegroom is located *? xv - ? ? x ? ? A???: iui ilie piesem as till wwiuwn engineer. The wedding guests lingered to enjoy the delightful reception and admire the handsome display of gifts attesting the wide popularity of the young couple. Elegant refreshments were served buffet style by a half dozen attractive young girls. Dainty little packages of wedding cake were given as favors. The bride's book was kept by Misses IS IS EE BBSS SB HIS | NEW 1 1 GRE; j S extend to oi ? perous new ye* ? 1919 we propose to 1 rrr /? 1 . < m iora you ine oppoi w?mm 1 ^ ^ s [+] LADIES SI'OKT COA1 E Ladies sport coats $7 values sale at ? ? LADIES OUTING GOV ? Ladies outing gowns would be c ? at $2 to go while they last a == BLANKETS. a ,?,* ?- jol blankets worth today i ? g $13 on sale at gj Wool map blankets on sale . 1 JONE I IS R. R. Avenue next l E??s??????S I : Fane and Kate Evans. Among the out of town guests pres. ant were Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Everett, Miss Katherine Everett and Miss Annie May McLaurin of Bennettsville; Mrs. Maggie McGirt, Mr. and Mrs. Wattle McGirt, Mr. and Mrs. Paul' Salisbury of Darlington; Mr. and Mrs.j W. W. Evans, Mr. and Mrs. Rod Evins, Sam Evans, Misses Maggie, Jane, Kate and Effie Evans of Minturn;( Miss Jessannie Burroughs of Conway, Miss Sadie Mayes of Mayesville,' Miss Henrietta Covington of Marion; Miss Sadie Hewitt of Timmonsville, j John C. Sellers of Sellers and Mr. Wellington of Jacksonville, Fla. o Report from Red "ross Christmas Seal Campaign in Dillon County. Districts heai'd from since last report? No. 20 Latta, Miss Ada Ed- | wards, chairman $66.04' No. 19 Floydale, Miss Bessie Stackhouse, chairman $10.00 No. 23 Nichols, Mrs. R. T. Renfrew ? ? $2.10 No. 26 Fork, Mrs. Lerov Rogers $5.00 No. 16 Kemper, Miss Ohve Hayes $2.00 Several chairmen have not yet reported and these are urged to send in to Mrs. Cottingham the amounts raised so that a final report can be made to Mrs. Munsell, State Campaign Manager. Total amount raised in county so far reported $450.00. 75 per cent of this will be used in public health work in Dillon county, 20 per cent goes to the Tuberculosis Association and 5 per cent to the National Red Cross Society. o Miss Thompson Entertains. Miss Ruth Stackhouse was compli men tea witn a cnarming neart-aice party by Miss Annie May Thompson on Tuesday afternoon. The guests were greeted by Mrs. VV. B. Stackhouse. Tables were arranged and the game merrily progressed. The guest of honor was presented with a lovely piece of lingerie. A sweet course with coffee was then served by the hostess assisted by Miss Allie Braddy and Mrs. B. M. Dubose. While the coffee was being sipped, toasts were given: "The Groom's Mother," by Mrs. W..B. Stackhouse: "The Bride's Mother," Mrs. A. C. Rogers; "The Bride's Past," Mrs. J. N. Hargrove; "The Bride," by Mrs. J. It. Thompson; "The Bride's Future," by Mrs. L. A. Manning; "Our Husbands and Sweethearts," by MVs. J. F. Thompson. The Thompson home is well known for its true hospitality and on this occasion surely sustained its reputation. The spacious drawing rooms were thrown en suite and were artistic in their decorations of japonicas and fprns Mrs. J. R. Thompson pinned the favors which were red carnations. I HIS IS IS BISIS BUSS 'EAR'S ( \T ECO ir many friends and cusi ir, and as an appreciate Degin the new year with rtunity of reducing the 1 Every LADll Which mean half of the o surely can't 1 Suits i Suits 1 i t-3! Ladies ribbed vesl I j I Ladies heavy smo 1? I ! $1.50 values at V I li V Chlldrens ribbed A\ ilM flualitJ at Jfft y Guest size huckab special at Turkish bath tow rs. , on ? ? $3.48 Ladies mercericed i'XS. of 50c quality < heap pair or 4 for _ at __ $1.50 * j a Ladies good weig 22c per pair o about One lot ladies hos __ ?$8.75 at pair ? $5.75 Silk hose special i S DRY GC ; to picture show 3EEEESEES SB Notice ot Opening of Books of Sob- ti scriptlon. |Ci . , ?^ . y . :o Notice is hereby given that bqoKs of subscription to the capital stock of Carolina Milling Company, a pro- I posed corporation under the laws of'! the state will be opened at the office C of Wade Stackhouse in Dillon, S. C., on Friday, January 2nd, 1920 at twelve o'clock m. of said day for 1 the purpose of receiving subscriptions to the capital stock of said corpora-1 C tion. WADE STACKHOUSE, M. S. STACKHOUSE, I 1 1 It. Corporators. SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. j . i' State of South Carolina, S County of Dillon. li Court of Common Pleas. M. G. Scott, James Scott. Vink ' * Scott, Jennie Scott, Bennie Scott 1 ! Danny Scott and Joe Scott, t Plaintiffs, ' | vs. P Gillis Scott, Orpie King, Sam s i Scott, Edgar Scott, Claude Scott 1 Spencer Scott, Ella Goodyear, c I essie McDaniel, Bessie Scott, ^ 01ive Humphrey, Lee Humphrey, | Sim Scott, Boyd Ford, Daniel 1 | Ford, Mattie Scott, Alice Jack- r son, Dora Harrelson, Kate Har- t | relson, J. M. Ford, Ernest Ford, c jR V. Ford, Meekie Hutchenson s (and Foster Ford, Defendants. * T0 the Defendants Above Named: ? You are hereby summoned and re quired to answer the complaint in this action, which Is filed In the of- r flee of the Clerk of the Court 0f Com- . mon Pleas for the said county, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at I his office at Dillon, S. C. within twen- ' ty days after the service hereof, ex- J elusive of the day of such service, i and if you fail to answer the com- J nlnint in tho finA, aforesaid the Dlain- i FOR Subject to P \ 200 She 1000 She I' 700 She 3000 She 300 She 2500 She 500 She 1 HYMAN SUPPLY COMP. I" ZREE TIN NOMY i f-nmpre nnr hpcf wisliPS fo IVtiiVlU VVtl IV/VWV I f * ? >n of the liberal patrona; a GREAT ECONOMY S, ligh cost of living, for ES COAT SUIT AND C< SALE REGARDLESS Gl is that you can buy a hig riginal price. You shouk ast long at the prices we corth up to $39.00 on s vorth up to $29.00 on s Coats on sale at $8.50 < tEUWEAR SHOES! : good weight, the .Mens shoes 69c. \\'omens se oth heavy weight. $5 0Q qu, $1.00 drawers, special \\ omens vi< 34c. value at Ladies high OWKLS-, ?o $14 , acK loweis on saie , _ One lot lac loc. els on sale at 19c. to 75c. 1)air of a iOSERV XOTIC hose run of mills Good pearl jn sale at 28c. per , Keep clean $1.00 Colgates ta ht cotton hose at Ladies enb r 5 pair for $1.00 , , Shoe polish ;e imperfect, special i 13c Mens leath it $1 to $4.50 Ful1 sIze P DODS COM DILL a as a Ess as a so iffs in this* action will app8?SMH| ourt for the relief demanded In the omplaint. IS . L. B. HAfiiJLDEN, Attortey f6r Plaintiffs. >ated at Dillon, S. C. December 16th, 1919. Correct Attest: $^{8 JNO. C. EETHEA, Clerk Court Common Pleas. HTXX TALKS OF OF WIFE'S TROUBLE , / 'eared He Was Going to Lose Her, He Says, Like Different Woman Since El Vigor Relieved Her. /John W. Gunn, senior member of he firm of Gunn & Co. 654 Third h-ei't. Macon, Ga., gives th4 follow- ^ ii-r testimony regarding El Vigor. " "My wife was down with a serious of the Kidneys aid ltd suf ere J s< Ion gthat I had b'f.un t?.^ hink that she would never get up g rom th? bed. Nothing did her any ;ood. Her . joints and limbs were wollen, and she was in misery ail the tme. At last I was persuaded by some i ine who came t0 our home to try El ,figor and I got a ftppply. Inside of two days'after she starred aking EI Vigor I noticed an lmprove1nent. She began eating like a well terson and enjoying if?.She kept right >n taking El Vigor and before long he was up and going. She is just as veil as anybody now, and is like a lifferent person, since El Vigor reieven her troubles. El Vigor is sold in Dillon by the tfcLaurin Drug Co.?1 1 It.?adv. v __________ - , *J I No Worms in a Healthy Child All children troubled with worms have an u?? leal thy color, which indicates poor Mood, and aa a ule. there is more or less stomach dlstarfcanoe. . JROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC given regulady j or two or three weeks will enrich the blood, im1 irove the digestion, and act as a General Strength' ?, ;ning Tonic to the whole system. Nature will then hrow off or dispel the worms, and the Child will ta n perfect health. Pleasant to take. 60c per bottle. SALE I rior Orders ;ets 5 Feet jets 6 Feet iets -7 Feet iets 8 Feet /j iets 9 Feet jets 10 Feet iets 12 Feet ANY, Wilmington, N. C. EHHHHmHBHi s is is is gin is is is as G AND 1 _ ^ _ _ , |3 SALE r a happy and pros- g] ge given us during A.LE, which will af- g * OAT WILL GO ON ffl ' COST a h class suit at about ? 3 i come early as they ? \ will sell them. ? j a ' ale at $19.75 < ale at $15.95 g | and up @ j SHOES! SHOES FOR LE% . VlS|g on sale, special $3.93 to $8.80 |JHn ivicable everyday shoes, ality at $3.95 r^M :i boots, best style, $8.00 i class dress boots,j&fvw 1 alue atV- $8.75 5? LTJ J lies sho^ two and three rri i , kind on safe at $2.50 m 121 151 ?'S AXD SMALL WARES. 121 a < buttons at the doz. 5c. jg v: hair brushes 50c. |?j Icum powders at can 19c. 0jj j roideried handkerchiefs 8c. 08 j (3 ' t, black, tan or ox blood 10c. jg er paLni work gloves __45c. m m 1 illow cases, per pair 69c. [XI J IPANY M >ON, South CarolinawH bbbbbbsbbb^B MB