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' 4, ' * / m 1 5th? StlUm ntlh. [Sr * i ESTABLISHED 1894. THE DILLON HERALD, DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNINO, FEBRUARY ">. 192.0. VOL. 24. NO. 22. COUNTY NEWS MID HAPPENINGS NEWSEY LETTERS BY REGULAR CORRESPONDENTS News Items of Interest to Herald Readers Ebb and Flow of the Human Tide. Lake View. Mrs. L. W. Temple and two chil-j dren Sadie and Lil Mae are 011 an 1 extended trip to Savannah, Ga., and j rinrirto t Born Sunday night to Mr. and Mrs. r Walter Ford, a little girl. Dr. Rufus Ford ot Marion, S. C., filled the Baptist pulpit Sunday morning and night. Mr. and Mrs. Tanner who have been living in the Baptist parsonage at Kemper have moved here and are occupyiny part of Mr. Andrew Scott's home. Quite a few changes are taking place in town. Mr. L. W. Temple is moving from his home across the Lake to the house occupied by Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Floyd. Mr. Floyd is moving to the home formerly occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Elvington. Mr. and Mrs. Elvington have broken up house keeping until their own home is finished and are boarding at Mr. D. K. Ford's. The new homes in town nearing completion are, Dr. E. P. Smiths, Mr. Lawrence Elvington's and Mr. Bishop Grantham's. o Calvary. Rev. F. A. Prevatt and family of Lumberton are spending some time among relatives and friends of this section. Mrs. J. H. Moody, Jr., and little daughter, Grace, returned home Sat urday last after an extended visit among relatives and friends of the Latte section. Mr. H. W. Allen of Latta was here last week end. Messrs. Cary and Marion McKenzie in company with their sister, Maxie McKenzie and Henslee Hayes, spent last week end in Lumberton section. Preaching services here Sunday p. m. at half past three o'clock, Sunday school at half past two o'clock. All members of the church and Sunday school are asked t0 please be present, and the public Is invited to attend. All members of Hamer Lodge K. of P. No. 171 are respectfully asked to r be present Friday night, February 6, if at seven thirty o'clock for the purpose of installing officers elect as follows:: J. H. Moody, Jr., C. C.; A. T. McKenzie, V. C.; Roland Harrelson, prel.; Jasper Harrelson, M. of W.; N. E. McQueen, K. of R. and S. and M. of E.; D. W. Bowen, M. of A.; T. E. Christenburg, I. G.; J. R. Bowen, 0. G. Other officers continue on as before. There is other business of importance. Please attend. o ,/ Sellers. Mrs. James Campbell died at her home near Ebenezer church on last Saturday, January 24th. She was bur ied at Ebenezer on Sunday ana aespue the inclement weather there were many people from Sellers and Latta. She was a good woman and will be greatly missed in her home, church and community. She leaves her husband and daughter Mrs. Rufus McCoy. Mr. Harry Sellers has moved to Latta and will be engaged in the! automobile business with his broth- | in-law Mr. O. R. Edwards. On account of the very disagreeable | weather, there were no services at | Antioch Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. 0. R. Edwards, Mr. I Harry Sellers, Mrs. Ellen Bass and j ' daughter, Miss Eunice and Mr. Hoyt I Watson were in Sellers Sunday. Mr. J. A. B. LeGette has been at i Antioch recently superintending the ' erection of a handsome monument, to the memory of his father and mother. 0 MEETING OF THE COUNTY TEACHERS, j Th? second meeting of the teachers of Dillon county was held Saturday ' morning in the graded school. Supt. J R. S. Rogers called the meeting to j order. All sang America, after which Dr. W. B. Duncan offered a prayer. Owing to the fact that this is the first year in Dillon county for every j male teacher, the election of officers was postponed until this meeting in order that the teachers might know better and choose more wisely their active officers. Prof. Roberts, from Dillon, was made president; Supt. R. S. Rogers, vice-president and Miss Lucile Turner from Dalcho, secretary. In the absence of the president and at the request of Supt. Rogers, Prof. Fairy, from Latta, presided during the remainder of the meeting. Aft'-r the discussion of business, little Miss Rebecca Field ilens'e-e rendered an instrumental solo. Tiie special feature of the day was an andress by Prof. John F. Thomason Iron. Winthrop College. In a very iiiior'Sting manner, he discussed the Efficient Country School. - " r !,? in Ul(! (IUUIIUI 1U11I KJL luv v \ v.. V ? building, the Civic League, following its regular custom, served a delicious dinner K the entire body of teachcis. Lucile Turner, Sec. o Miss Louise Moore left Monday morning for Columbia where she will spend a while with Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Moore. BRITISH EDITOR SEES SPOOKS. i Says America Is Xot Entitled to Much Credit for Part in World War. i The following article is taken from John Bull," a British journal. The article is not reproduced because it reflects the sentiments of The Herald ?not by a long shot. Nither does 'it reflect British sentiment. We have some editors in America like the editor of 'John Bull." They are against everything. They fail to see good inj anything. Differing with the masses' is a chronic disease. It is an affliction. Hear what John Bull says: 4,T" \\7not wn mov u'itnocc nno j All lliC itvob TV v uiuj t> ivmvwu vhv of the most amazing political complications of our time, worthy of the; closest study by all who have at heart j the safety and honor of Britain. As regards Admiral Sims' disclo-! sures, Secretary Daniels' bold disclaimer carries no conviction. I am fed up with Uncle Sam. The time has come for plain speaking. I see no reason to flatter the vanity of this strutting raco by lauding their part in the war, hailing the American president as a genius in world politics and pre-' tending to discover in Washington] virtues absent from every European; capital. "What was the attitude of the United States when the kaiser struck his blow at the independence of Belgium? The shame of American inaction in that fatal hour will stand forever as a monument to infamy before which in the centuries to come every decent American should hang his head in shame. While the United States government proclaimed neutrality, every factory and arsenal hummed with ac-: tivity, so that her coffers might be i swelled with gold from the allies. Yet from a million lips and a thou-J sand news sheets men hear and read todav the lie that "America won the | War'" | "Is this common honesty? While, America declined to honor her obli-! gations in peace when she hesitated! to share the burdens of war the fol-j lowing is a sample of the political pabulum served up to the readers of the leading United States papers every J morning: "And here is another choice sample, of sweet and brotherly affection, j culled, like the first, from the'Hearst! combine of newspapers which owns; the New York American and other! prominent American journals: "I have just faith enough and confi-j dence enough in my own American I people to believe that we can lick Eng- i land and Jauan, etc." "We have no reason to fear British ambition, British arms and British sea power if we successfully resist British propaganda and British intrigue."' I could go on quoting by the yard from American newspapers and let-! ters from British residents in the | United States, who are becoming se-| riously alarmed. This epidemic of anti-British rancor coincides with the refusal of the senate to ratify the covenant and the decision of As Soon Fight England i Daniels?warmly approved by con-! gress?to embark upon warship build- i ing programs that are to stagger j creation. ' "lhe spectacle is one for laughter! by men and angels. I earnestly sug-i gest we should be on our guard! .against Yankee bluff and should not| in Daniels' phrase allow Uncle Sain | to pull the wool over our eyes. , :'] do not want to talk in the Hearst | vein about licking America, but I, earnestly ask if America is our friend. Beeavse if not, we had better know it and make cur plans accordingly. "When 1 read in a New York pam-; phlct that the United States saved, the British from a good licking, U have no hesitation in branding the! statement as an infamous lie whose i calculated purpose is to embitter thej relations between the twQ countries.! "The truth is that throughout the; first three years of the struggle Amer- j iea wanted to see which way the fortunes of war inclined, so as finally! to come ia on the winning side. "Before the judgment bar of his-J tory figures that strutted so large-1 lv upcn the stage at Washington will ( -> ?I inti p-n ifipn npp alone UC UHOI1VU Iinv w . side Cletnenceau and Lold George. "In England and France the hourj produced a man; in America they had to get along with a few pygmies and, a professor. "When it came t0 the point of war, dollars got. in the way of men. The banker's sho' 1 came handier than! the bayonet. "Americans who entertain the kindliest feelings toward Britain should j do heir share of shouting and not I leare it all to the Hearsts, the Daniels, and otlie?* loud-mouthed desperadoes, i "As ivgards the security of the Herast journals and other organs, if < English papers were talking suchj jingo folly it would be the d"ty of the government to disavow such sentiments. which are fraught with the gravest peril to the peace of the world " o HABERDASHER FOR Ml'LIJNS. Mullins Enterprise. A gents haberdasher and furnishing store is one of latest enterprises for Mullins that will bP launch ed at an early date. Mr. E<j Elliott, of Dillon, is promoter of the new firm it is learned. Location for the firm was not stated. Mr. Elliott made ap-; plication for the building soon to he vacated by the Kirby's Pharmacy but as the building had been leased for [five years by parties representing Rose's 5 and 10 cent stores, it could not be secured. An up-to-date haberdasher will no doubt do well in Mul-J lins and we bespeak success for the promoters. VESSEL WBECKED; 3 BODIES FOUND. Unknown Boat.Comes to Grief Off .jekyl island. Brunswick, Ga., Feb. 1?A vessel of some description was wrecked off Jekyl island some time tod-ay and already five bodies have been picked up on the beach and brought to this city, but it has been impossible to establish the identity of any of them. Near where the bodies were found was a piece of wreckage and a life piesei>cr wiui ine uumc ruiiuiie, but no vessel of any kind by that name is known here. It is believed to have been either a prawn boat or a scow. There is no Brunswick boat by that name. It was at first thought that the bodies were those of the members of the crew of the Spanish schooner Sanfest, which went ashore off Doboy Thursday and is now wrecked. The crew of fifteen men is still missing. It has been established, however, that the finding of the bodies on Jekyl island has no connection whatever with the wrecked schooner. The last of the five bodies found floated upon the beach late this afternoon and a search all along the beach will be made tomorrow morning for additional bodies. If the heavy northeast wind subsides somewhat tugs will also go out to ascertain, if possible, the name the boat wrecked. o MEN TELL STRANGE TALES. Loyal to Men Who Sold Them the Liquor, Even to the Point of Lying. I Mayor Hawer was relating a few days ago some of the experiences he has had wixh men who were caught with the goods since the prohibition laws have gone into effect. They are loyal to the men who sell them the whiskey, says the Mayor, even to the point of deliberately lying. Last Saturday an officer saw a man turn a flask up ana lake a big swig. As he approached, the officer saw him hastily replace the flask in his hip pocket. The officer went up to him and said: "Give me that whiskey I" "I haven't got any whiskey," replied the man. "You have," replied the officer and proceeded to take the Mask from the man's hip pocket. "Where did you get this whiskey?'' demanded the officer. 'Pon niy word," replied the man without a change of countenance, "A strange man rushed by me jist a while ago and forced it in my pocket." A negro was before the Mayor last Friday charged with transporting. He had a quart in his possession "Where did you buy that whiskey?" demanded the Mayor. "To tell you the Lord's truth, Mister Mayor, I was drivin' by the jail when I spied dis bottle er whiskey lyin' rite beside de road. I jumped out an' picked it up, saying to myseu aai some guou S'maritan jist lay dis bottle down at dis very spot 'kase he knowed I wuz comin' erlong." "Alright," replied the Mayor, "the good Samaritan's kind intentions will cost you $50.00." o $130,000 TO FIGHT WEEVIL. There was a time when $150,000 was a staggering amount of money. Not so now. It is now easily said and more easily understood. Not many years ago it would have needed much argument, much propaganda and hard work to have had such an amount voted by the General Assembly for anything. Today, without a dissenting vote, unanimously the senate pledged itself to appropriate $150,000 with which to organize the fight against the boll weevil. It was voted with good grace. The resolution came to the senate from the finance committee, under the sponsorLf - * ** PnlKnnn snip Ui Ofiirtiur Dauna, ui vuiuvun. The House committee will probably have an open hearing on the resolution next Wednesday. The only questioning voice was that of Senator Laney. He did not oppose the voting of the fund, but questioned its results at this time. o AS TO BOLL WEEVIL MACHINES. Clemson College, Jan. 29?There is a considerable demand for testing different methods and machines for catching or controlling the boll weevil. While a great number of solutions and mechanical devices have been tested during the last twenty years, so far none has been found practical, says Prof. A. F. ConradI-, a recognized authority on the boll weevil. The fact, however, that these have been failures does not guarantee that some practical contrivance may not be devised. Frequently farmers purchase too quickly the devices that are offered for sale. Those who have had the longest experience with these inventions lutve learned to proceed cautiously. While the Division of Entomology nf npmsmi College is glad at all times to cooperate with any well meaning person or firm in trying a new method or machine, it distinctly withholds any opinions until the tests have been completed and the results clearly shown. If a method has merit it will b0 supported, and if it has not merit it will be so reported. Tests made this spring can not be reported on until we know the production in pounds of seed cotton during ithe fall. A machine may do many and [interesting things, but if it fails to proportionately increase the yield, then it has little or no value. iSI.MS AM) KMGHT SCORED DV GERARD. I Declares He Would Have Dumped Criticising Admirals. , New York, Feb. 1?The past year for the United States has been one 1 "of fiddling and delay" and was 1 J characterized as '"the tragedy of 1 tragedies" by Secretary of the Navy Daniels, who addressed the opening , meeting here today of the campaign 1 for the Near East Relief Fund. Al-,' | though America had not kept faith 1 | with the Allies, he said he had con-j' fidence that the American people would do their duty. j! "One of the belief's that carried, j us into the war," added Secretary^ j Daniels, "was that small peoples havej' jthe right to liberty and to control ' 'their own destinies. Shall America 1 alone fall now in sustaining that 1 I principle? I do not believe it, I am ' jconfldent that the American people 1 i?MI - 4- ,v. ??ii n _ A 11 I win lesyuuu iu iuid ^au. u*?c iu ??-! taenia present relief from the perils ' , of starvation and then provide for 1 I the freedom of the country from the ' 'rule of the Turk. They will respond '1 | to this call as they have responded to ' [every call made upon them sincei1 .April 6, 1917.''' Defends Navy Action. M Secretary Daniels in speaking of [ ^ the navy said that the popular idea 1 of the navy was that it only exists as j1 a fighting machine. This, he added,! is its chief mission, but if it had not) proved a powerful agency in protect- I ing the people and upholding the dig- i ^ nity of the flag at all times it had 5 failed of'its mission. In the war, he;' declared, it had proved its worth and' had done its full share in bringing I : about peace. There was nothing the j4 [matter with the American navy dur-'J ing the war, James W. Gerard, for-1^ 'mer ambassador to Germany, said in ' a brief address. 1 Too Good Natured. | "The trouble with the secretary is ' that he is too good natured," added '' Mr. Gerard. "If I had been secretary 1 [of the navy and a bunch of admir-;? [als or any body else had formed a so-[' viet board of criticism, I would havej1 had them on thP slide and their heads I in the basket inside of twenty-four j hours." i ! ? i HEART REMOVED MAX LIVES, i 1 I Organ is Replaced After Bullet Is, Taken Out. The Morning Oregonian. Some days ago surgeons at the St. i Joseph's Hospital at Omaha took the j heart out of Stepe Zakich, an Aus1 trin, who had shot himself, removed I the bullet from 'the heart where it > was imbedded, replaced the organ In | Zakich's body and sewed up the inicision. Today Zakich is on the road to recovery. | The operation was performed after; the bullet had been in Zakich's heart i 'nearly 36 hours. When surgeons ar-| rived after Zakich fired the bullet! ,into his heart they thought he would die in a few minutes. After he had: (Survived 36 hours the operation was; performed. j In performing the operation the ] surgeons cut through three ribs and,, I exposed the heart. Dr. Simanckj' reached into the opening took the j pulsing heart in his hand, lifted it i clear of the body and removed the j bullet, after which he replaced the , heart where it belonged. J o THE FOURTEEN' POINTS. i Besides the "fourteen points" of | settlement with Germany, a Los An-, geles newspaper has brought out'] fourteen others in which most peo- j pie are more or less interested. They j. follow: I. j 3. That the name of Brandywine, ' jN. Y., be changed to Coldwater, N. Y.'j 1 2. That "Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes," be made the National , Anthem. , 3. That all mention of the Bour-;' |bon Kings be expugned from the school books. j, j 4. That on account of being sug-;, gestive, rye bread be withdrawn from isale by .all bakeries. |( j 5. That no part of a ship be referred to as the saloon, for the reas-;( . r>n fViat oii/>h roforetice mipht ra ise i false hopes. 6. That all bars be removed from 'harbor entrances or be designated by I. some other name. I 7. That the word "port" be ex-j punged from navigation charts and jreferences. 8. That the use of alcohol lamps be forbidden by law. 9. That the useless 9,000,000 I white jackets and aprons in this; country be sent to the starving Bol-| sheviki. 10. That the word "still" be expunged from the American language Jand all dictionaries, and the word | "quiet'' be substituted. ! 11. That all mint be ploughed under and vanilla beans planted. 12. That any barber tantalizing a customer by using bay rum on his hair be given ten years. 13. That men with the "foot rail I limp" shall not be alowed to match i in any public parades. 14.That all nretzels shall be made! straight, instead of bent in the old familiar style, to avoid reminiscences. o Same in Dillon. i Gloucester, N. J., Jan. 30.?ConIsumption of water here has tearly ; doubled since July 1 when tl wartime prohibition act became effective. The municipality has just drill-j led two artesian wells to augument j the water supply in anticipation of an .increasing demand under constitution( al prohibition. MISS McLAlKIN TAKES A1K TKIP Tells How It Feels to Soar &A)0 Feet Above the Eurtli in Airplane. The following article by Miss Maybelle McLaurin, a daughter of the late J no. L. McLaurin of the Buck Swamp section, clipped from the Laurinburg Exchange, will be of interest to many Dillon county people: "Late Saturday afternoon when the crowds about the streets in Laurinburg were turning their thoughts to other things after looking almost breathlessly at an aerial exhibition by Lieut. W. H. Fillmore, many were amazed and astonished almost to learn that a Laurinburg girl, or Miss Maybelle McLaurin, a teacher was in the great air boat when it was cutting capers some 5000 and more feet above :he earth. A great majority of those who saw the exhibitions Saturday afternoon had never witnessed anything of the sort before, and everywhere were expressions, all to the jjeneral tone that nobody would be so possesed of nerve as to do such stunts sxceut the daredevil voune aviators who by practice have doubtless become accustomed to the thrill and take it as a part of the day's work. But Miss McLaurin was up there through it all, and for readers of The Exchange, at our special request, she has recorded some of her feelings under the title of ? "Aerial Impressions" "It is one thing t0 stand on firm ground, and observe an airplane sailing, diving, jazzing, looping, whirlng, or spinning in the blue heights 3Ut another to be a passenger on ;>oard that plane. "When a girl is lifted from solid ;arth and placed in a yawning cavern lust back of a Curtiss engine and is strapped there by a stranger mechanc, who immediately afterwards begins turning a propeller and when the pilot from be! ">d cries, 'Contact!' and then follows a whir, a spin md a rise, that girl experiences a jreat love for the familiar places ibout her, to say nothing of a sudden tenderness for the cotton field beleath her. As greater heights are gained, however, she turns to the [)ilot for reassurance and a friendly iod and a kindly smile make her feel more at home. "When some minutes of flying have jnsued the passenger has given birth to a legion of thoughts. Visions of [>leasure, of friends, of home, of lov?d ones, surge upon her brain. The foremost, perhaps, is that of the mother at home who knows nothing >f the'adventure. She realizes that tier blessings brighten as she takes her flight. Above all is the serise of ianger and commingling with all is in unbreathed prayer to that Power beyond the sky that He may guide the way aright. "When a height of several thousmd feet has been gained the traveler begins to feel a security hitherto unknown. She looks down upon the sarth and tries to recognize earthly haunts. If she is a teacher she seeks lo discover the red brick building known to the younger set as "'The Prison.1' At all events she searches Tor the spot called "home" and does not give up until she is reasonably sure that she has found it. "Things below are all the while tak. ing on new interest, for they are assuming a new aspect. The home town has shrunk until it resembles the small boy's toy village left by Santa Claus. Also the scene marvelously approaches that of a landscape garden. Streets, trees, roads and fields evince a. beauty and symmetry never noted before. "The most peaceful an(i the most beautiful bit of the air ride is that beyond the clouds. The plane rises through the mist and floats above a heavenly mass of blue-gray diiiows. It is then that the passenger forgets earthly scenes and revels in the aerial delights. It is as though she were drifting heavenward over a misty sea glorified by the sinking sun. "When 'the mists have rolled away' the pilot touches his companion 011 the shoulder thus warning her that the time for smooth sailing is over. Forthwith she witches her breath and clutches the belt around her. Then the battle is on. Foe's character who descended into the nmlestrom has nothing on her. It is dip and dive, swerve and sweep, r ise and 1' all. until it seems that demons of the air vie in extracting the life breadth and blood from her veins. She wonders if the like ever occured to other mortal being, then she recalls the pilot who not only is experiencing the sr.me sensations but who is also manipulating the machinery, and she ieels strengthened. "The loop-the-loop, the leaf spin, the Immelman curves, the jazz and other spins, over, the traveler rea'izes that the plane is slanting downward and that she will soon be resting again upon the lap of Mother Earth. When she does embrace this foster parent she expresses herself thus perhaps, 'I'm glad it's over but I wouldn't take a million for thetrip t? my Castle in the Air.'' o Ikdlar a Pound for Cotton. Pefi Deo Advocate. Last Saturday \V. H. Drake sold to J. I*. Kvans two hales of cotton at a dollar a pound. The staple measured one an(j three-quarter inches. Mr. Drake made this cotton. 700 pounds of lint on on?. and a quar-er acres. This is $5607 per acre for the lint alone. Mr. Drake will not sell any of these seed at any price, but will plant them all this year. He has already contracted to sell some of next crop's seed at $12.50 a bushel. APPROPRIATION FOR COlAiING WEEVIL URGED BY GOVERNOR IN SI'ECCLAL MESSAGE TO HOUSE. Money to Be Used by Extension Department of Clemson College in Eight. __ / Columbia, Feb. 3 ? Governor Cooper tonight transmitted a special message in which he urged that an appiopriation be made to the extension department of Clenison College to minimize the ravages of the boll weevil. The Senate last Friday night shortly before adjournment, adopted a concurrent resolution without a dissenting vote, pledging the vote of the upper body for an appropriation of $150,000 for that purpose. The text of the Governor's message reads: "Some days ago the Senate by a resolution expressed itself as favoring an appropriation of $150,0/00 to be used in combating the boll weevil in this state. As all revenue measures must originate in the House of Representatives, I address this message to you and urge that you make an appropriation to minimize the effects of the cotton parasite. I assume the sum approved by the Senate is a proper I sum though I have not examined closely into this phase of the question. I)o Not Close Eyes. "It is not the part of wisdom to close our eyes to a situation such as that which now confronts us. We 1 know, from the experience of other 'States, that the boll weevil comes to I stay, and that radical changes in ag ricuuure are essential 11 aireiui results are to be avoided. Our only chance to miss very serious economic and social distress resulting, is to conduct now a systematic and comprehensive campaign of education. It will be foolish of us if we do not heed the advice which comes from sections long sine? infested by the weevil, and it will be inexcusable on our part if I we do not profit by the experience of ! others. We must diversify our agriculture, otherwise the farmer, merchant, banker and all others will be called upon to suffer unwarranted hardships, hardships that could, with a little foresight and preparation be escaped. "In this day of strangulation of the cotton grower we must turn to Clemson College and to other agencies for I assistance. Clemson is our most authoritative scource of agricultural information, and the advice of that institution is that we procure the services of experts to instruct us in matters pertaining to the diversification, and to growing cotton in spite of the weevil. I am willing, and I am sure you are, to trust any necessary sum to Clemson College to be expended for the good of the state. "At least ten counties are now seriously infected, and should the presjent year be favorable to the weevil we 'may expect damage as far north as j Columbia. The weevil will advance, 'until finally the whole state is affected. This has been the experience ' in other states. There is no reason for us to think ours \vill be a different experience. Profit by Experience. "There is but out way for us to prevent depreciation of land values, :the immigration of labor, .reduction ; of labor, reduction of income, and the !general distress that have usually fol. I lowed in the wake of the weevil, and ' ? no fmirotio on intollip'pnf lllClL J?> XVI UO ly [/uiouv uu jcourse, based upon the experience of 'all infested states, and upon investiI gat ion by numerous commissions and agricultural specialists, i "Money wisely expended for agricultural legislation?for teaching our i farmers the best way to get the upper 'hand of the weevil?will be money invested in an excellent cause. It would be terrible extravagance on our part I if we should remain inactive in the 'face of the threatened infestation of the state by the boll weevil. As a rule fanners in weevil areas have planted one cotton crop too many and :then for a year or more have floundered about seeking to regain financial poise. At last the farmers have turned to diversification, have done the thing which Clemson hopes ito teach us t0 do provided the necesjsary money is appropriated. ! o I D. W. Moore Learning to Fly. ! Pee Dee Advocate. D. Wallace Moore, of Cheraw, spent Wednesday afternoon in this city on business. The trip was I made in an aeroplane. Mr. Moore | states that he will probably purchase a plane and plans to go to I Chicago in March with this end in view. He is interested in the Avro | machine. He is now tak'ng lessons I in aviation. o KILI.KI) FIXE PORKER. Mullins Enterprise. H. G. Harrelson, route number 3, city, undoubtedly holds the record for jthe largest hog killed this season. Mr. Hurrelson was in The Enterprise office Saturday and stated that he killed his Poland China stag on Moni day and lie weighed 832 pounds. The hog was just a little over two years old. Mr. Harrelson having raised him from a pig. Owing to the wcatli er turning much warmer much fear was expressed that the meat would ruin before the next cold snap. The lass of 800 pounds of pork at present prices certainly would mean something.