The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, January 01, 1920, Image 7
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y|| , Nop Horn Paroled. j
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action of Got. Coper in grantnfiHSP
* Parole to -Nep Horn^ecallg a 1
BBjWfoos Shooting affray Uflhbappen- 1
K'C*11-1 *then old MarldTT) tnany t
Abraham Grantham was i
|^E?aturning to his home about 10 miles 1
HRw^at of Dillon one Saturday night and ]
WW the Miller brothers at a house :
near the Henry Wiggins place. There <
B^Bfcad he^n bad feeling between Gra- <
^BAham^d the Millers and the matter
BVcanie to a climax that night when one j
Bof the Miller boys shot and seriously <
^^Lvoundetf Grantham. The entire load <
shof trom a shot gun struck Gran- ]
?the stomach and for days he ]
between life and death. He
Sf^^^^^vully recovered from the
^H^HH^Band it is alleged that they ulcaused
his death. Before he
vended Mr. Grantham was a
^ strong, robust man and never re- '
1^1 Sained his former physique. The
KB Millers were tried and convicted of '
Iff assault and battery. They served their 1
sentence. When the case came on to !
M be heard Nep Horn's name was con- 1
HI nected with the shooting. Horn was '
^H^ttot here to defend himself and a
RHBaled sentence was returned against
It developed some years afterthat
Horn was at home sick
fl^^^^KMhe shooting occurred and had
Hn& in it. Since that time Horn
living in Mississippi. Friends
^HBHH^Bed themselves in his case and
B^flHHTion was presented to the govHHjHpff
asking that Horn be pardoned.
BHI^^^governor did not grant a full
A pardon, but issued a parole. His,
Kf health has failed since he left and
HP Horn's desire is to spend his remainBp
ing days in his native state.
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A COST OF LIVING EX*
Bp PECTED TO GO DOWN.
I Expectations of Decline in Retail
^ Food Prices Expressed by
t \ Palmer.
Expectations of a decline in retail
food prices beginning between January
and March, was expressed Monday
night by Attorney General Palmer
in a statement summing up the
efforts of the government to date
in forcing down the cost of living.
"The cost of living, already under
control," said the Attorney General,
**can be reduced if everyone who prodaces
will produce his utmost; if
those who buy and consume will save
and eliminate extravagance, and if
all honest people will join with the
depaxtment of Justice in stamping
oat profiteering and hoarding."
Explaining that a downward trend,
fl in retail food prices ordinarily was
|M ahown during- the first two months of
HP a year, Mr. Palmer said it was the
of the government 'that this
njB^kwill be-accelerated this year by
^HRH^Btmpaign initiated by the govIH|^HBnt
which is just now getting,
H^^HHnder way."
^BHH^Bongh statistics compiled annuthe
government show that in
^H^H^Hs years retail food prices in^^eni^BUuring
the fall months Mr.
BBl PalS^aid that "since August this
B| . i
H ro
rear such prices had been maintain- I1
?d practically stationary." ;S
Only since October 22, when the t
necessary amendments to the Lever s
'ood control act were passed the At- c
:orney General's statement said, had 1
t been possible to de. effectively c
vith all cases of profiteering and t
loarding. From October 22, to date. ,C
179 prosecutions have been institut- t
id and prosecutions and seizures have 's
covered 18 states, it was added. '<>
Due to co-operation between the ?
government and various retail mer- i
ihants' associations, the statement
said, prevailing profits of clothing t
had been reduced from five to 50 i
per cent. i
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Tho Alintanp in Business. I
It
The taxi company which controls {
most of the taxi service in Chicago t
has purchased fifty planes for opera- ?
tion between Chicago ana certain fa- a
rnous vacation resorts and to provide i
service for' business men who wish to t
complete a day at their desks in Chi- i
rago before overtaking by airplane ^
the Twentieth Century Limited, which j
train left Chicago hours earlier. A t
number of rich men now use their <
own planes for travel back and forth
between the town and the country;, j
The general manager of a Middle- i
Western airplane company frequently ]
comes to New York on business via |
the air. Out in Seattle recently a busy ]
man on an important mission failed t
to catch a steamer that had sailed, j
He phoned an airplane company and |
was told that they could start in thir- t
ty minutes to overtake the ship. The |
seaplane overhauled the water craft, i
alighted on the surface of the sea )
and the transfer of passenger from i
aircraft to vessel was made by boat. <
Perhaps the most convincing illus- i
tration of the value of the airplane in 1
business is the air mail service be- i
tween New York and Washington. I
am told that this aerial service will j
be extended to San Francisco by next i
May if funds are forthcoming. By <
spring fourteen cargo mail ships of '
two and three motors will be in opera- j
tion between New York and Chicago. 1
These ships will carry from 200 to 1
3000 pounds useful load?that is, j
mail. Even now between Washington 1
and New York and New York and 1
Chicag0 eight planes are in the air ]
daily, each carrying up to 450 pounds
of first class letter man. ueuvery is
advanced to all points from sixteen
to twenty-four hours, because distribution
may be made at terminals instead
of in railway cars en route. 1
am informed that airplane mail is
cheaper than that by rail and the Post
Office Department expects to save
hundreds of thousands of dollars
yearly when the big ships are in operation.
i
At a recent conference In Cleve- <
land it was stated by the chairman
of the aviation committee of the J
Chamber of Commerce that an unsuc- <
cessful Attempt had been made by the
Cleveland banks to get the New York i
Central Railroad Company to adjust <
its New York train schedule so as to i
save a banking hour for Cleveland. <
te Fish
to the b
INTO THE NAMI
VCTFI
Riuizi
TRADEMARK
ypCt>x
r.c).KHMISTVHEO
vho want fish in their fertilize
by insisting on Royster's, the 01
/e have been successful in secu
h and will be able to fully meet
for this popular ammoniate. As
he Fertilizer thi
Fish Scrap Fa
F. S. ROYSTER GUA
. ci BRADDY,
DILLON, S. C.
tow comes the alrplafc? anj traveres
the 410 miles in r>ur and a half
o five hours as against thirteen toeventeen
hours by tr?n. This has
onvinced Omaha bankdrs that literaly
thousands of dollara in interest
an be saved by the transportation
?y air of negotiable papeys and so on.
)n this assumption the Olrnaha Cham>er
of Commerce, throukh its repreentative
at the Celeveland meeting,
ippealed to Otto Praegei/, Second Asistant
Postmaster-General, for a
apid extension of the aerial mail.
Airplanes have beep used to beat
he telegraph and cable. Reports of
;reat length, which would have contested
the wires for days, have been
ransported within afrew hours. Nothug
can exceed the/speed of a telegraphed
word, but M requires a good
leal of time to wipe many thousands
>f words. A schen^e is being worked
>ut for the combination of train mail,
tero post and telegraph for the
meedier transmission of messages.
This plan originated in England. Orffe
example of time economy occurred
he day^of the WilJard-Dempsey flght.
nhen New York apd San Francisco
t>apens carried the films of the bout
jy airplane. The San Francisco papjrs
saved 24 hours over train time.
Forest-fire patrols are In operation
n California and Oregon, where milions
of dollars' worth of timber have
seen saved. One airplane has spot:ed
as many as forty fires in one day,
ocating them at a distance of twenty-five
or thirty miles to within half
i mile of the exact spot. The plans
for next year call for air patrols
throughout the entire Northwest and
the radio telephone will be used to
report conflagrations. Maps mads
from photographs taken from the aii
ire absolutely accurate. The lens records
details that would ptherwise go
unnoted. In coast and geodetic surreys
the airplane is fast proving its
srorth.
Bird's eye view lithographs are
now out of date. The present vogue is
airplane pictures. Certain large realestate
and financial concerns in New
York City are sending their photogMnU
AM < rv I ? ? n ifnln nnn urKan TT?iHt
la^uciis u y i Li au |/iauco nuvu n iuv
views of newly developed plots are de
sired. Down In Cuba one large mahogany
company dealing only in the finest
wood recently purchased a num
ber of training type planes for use
in timber plotting. This was found tc
be the quickest method of locating
the most desirable trees. Many of oui
war planes that were used last yeai
for coast defense are now being em
ployed as a coast patrol for life-sav
ing purposes.
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MORE ABOUT TAXES
?AND DRIVES
From one of its customers the Motor
Car Supply Co. of Chicago receiv
ed the following letter:
For the following reason I em unable
to send you the check you have
asked for:
I have been held up, held down
sand-bagged, walked on, flattened out
and squeezed; first by the Govern
merit for Federal war taxes and ex
cess profit taxes, Liberty Loan bonds
RSI
ER |
r can be sure of I
iginal Pish Fer- jg jfl|
ring ample sup* VMS!
the demands of
sk for Roytter'*
it Maae f
WJT.U
mous Wjm
thrift stamps, capital atock tax, marchant's
license, merchant's bond, and
automobile tax, and by every society
and organisation that the mind of
man can invent to extract what I may
or may not possess; from the society
of the St. John the Baptist, the G. A.
R., the Women's Relief, the Navy Lea.
gue, the Red Cross, the Double Cross,
the Chidren's Home, the Dorcas Society,
the Y. M. C. A., the Y. W. C. A.,
t the Boy Scouts, the Jewish Relief, and
every hospital and church in town.
The Government has so governed
my business that I don't know who
owns it. I am inspected, suspected,
examined, re-examined, informed,
, misinformed, required and commandI
ed, ^ I don't know who I am, where
j I am, or why I am. All I know is that
il am supposed to be an inexhaustible
supply of money for every known
| need, desire or hope of the human
race; and because I will not sell all
II have and go out and beg, borrow
|or steal money or give it away, I
have been cussed, discussed, boycotted
talked to, talked about, lied to,
lied about, held up, robbed and nearly
ruined. The only reason I am cling
ing to life is the insane desire to see
what in h 1 is coming next.
BONUS FOR EMPLOYEES.
i
Marion Manufacturing Company Gen*
erous With Gifts.
Marion, Dec. 27?Every employee
( of the Marion Manufacturing company
received a very wolcome and
( substantial Christmas present on
, Wednesday, when the company gave
1 checks to each employee for a bonus
of 30 per cent, of his or her earnings
( for the year. This bonus was paid
alike to the highest paid officer of
( the corporation and to the lowest
paid worker connected with the com,
pany. The total amount paid out was
( nearly $10,000. \
The Marion Manufacturing comr
pany has enjoyed a very prosperous
. year and took this method of show
> ing in a substantial way its appre.
ciation of the hearty support and co.
operation of employees, which had in
- a large measure made this prosperity
possible. While this is a small mill,
? the officers and directors endeavor to
> do everything possible for the loyal
; and faithful workers. For several
years this corporation has had each
r employee insured for an amount equal
- to his or her earnings for one year.
- The premiums on these policies are
by the company, and the benefit
in cas* of death is payable to the
heirs of the workers. It also gives
. free house rent to employees and furnishes
fuel at cost.
Cold* Causa Grip nod IfifloMlA
I LAXATIVE BROlf0 QUININE Tsbtoto raoovt the
caaM. Thar* to only ou "Btomo Quialaa."
E. W. GROVE'S siioator* oo box. 90a
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sl% m ^ ?> I ^^#y ' gMffi* iii
Traj
$1395
CHASSIS
f. 0. b. St. Louis.
Some Traffic Features.
Red Seal Continental 3%x5 mote
Corert transmission; multiple d
' clutch; Borch magneto; 4_piece a
shell, cellular type radiator; dr
forged front axle with Timken roll
bearings; Russel rear axle, interr
gear, roller bearings, semi-emp
front and rear spring; 6 inch
channel frame; Standard Flsk tin
34x 3% front, 34x5 rear; 133-in
wheelbase; 122.Inch length of frar
behind driver's seat; oil cup lubrict
ing system; chassis painted, strip*
and varnishel; driver's lazy back se
and cushion regular equipment. Pne
matic cord tire equipment at ext
cost.
Adam
SEED PBTflTOES ]
I I have in transit several cars ?
* finest Maine-grown Irish Cobblers X
:* and Red Bliss.
My seed potatoes are the fa- a
I mous BULL S EYE BRAND and {
* ? 1 'it <? v
| are not to be compared witn tne .*
| regular commercial and unbrand- f
X ed stock. X
| Write or phone me for prices ?
| before you buy. %
| THE SPRING CROP |
X Many of the leading farm papers ?
| are advising the planting of pota- Z>
X toes this Spring, and recent gov- f
| ernment figures show shortage of ?
X many thousand carloads of pota- i
| toes in storage to supply the de- *
| mand until new Southern crop X
; comes in. *
* All indications are that prices ?
| will be high. However, to be sue- *>
f cessful with Spring potato crop S
preparation and cultivation must y
| be thorough, the crop must be A
| highly fertilized and planted early
); and the best seed stock used. a
| J.H.BENNETT ?
I CLIO, SOUTH CAROUNA.
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Putting performance above price defines the Traffic policy. It
>r; motor trucks could run on their reputation, your only considerate
tion would be price. A name and reputation gained on past peri8t
'ormance cannot compete with qualities that guarantee present
?P performance and the fulfillment of future demands,
ler
lal Traffic quality insures continuous service on the job. year after
tic year. It is without a competitor for either price or performance.
U- Saves you hundreds of dollars in first and final cost. It cuts the
38> cost of hauling with team in half. See It today.
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