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SWINDLER MAKES RIG HAUL. Works Wires and Touches Two Fayetteville Ranks for Over $8,0.00.00 Fayetteville Observer. The story of a clever swindle by which tw0 Fayetteville banks were defrauded 'of $8,300 has become known. The swindler, who gave his name as C. C. Bain, several days ago presented drafts for collection on the Southern Bond Company, of Wilmington, asking that the Murchison National Bank, of Wilmington, be reihe local bank quested 10 ieit6.?F as soon as the draft was paid. In each instance the Fayetteville bank received a telegram signed "Murchison National Bank" stating that the draft had been paid, and all or part ot the amount of the draft was paid over to Bain. Later adyices from the Wilmington bank revealed the fact that the draft In both cases, had been turned down. At the National Bank of Fayetteville the stranger presented a draft for $5,700, declaring that he desired to obtain money on it as early as possible and proposing that the Murchison bank be requested t0 wire when the draft was paid. This was done, as the proposition seemed to the bank officials to be perfectly fair and safe. In due course a telegram which was to all appearances, from the Murchison National Bank, was re. ceived to the effect that Bain's draft bad been honored. When Bain called - >.1. had been heard to ask 11 ma u.v... from he was informed of the telegram. He was given $5,000 in cash. He has not been seen since. When the mail advice that payment on the draft had been refused was receive^ from the Wilmington bank an investigation was started immediately and it was learned that the telegram had been carried to the Western Union office in Wilmington by a amall boy. It was accepted and transmitted by the Western Union. Bain's method of operation was similar with the second Fayetteville bank, the Cumberland Savings and Trust Co. Here he presented a draft for $3,300, and this amount was paid him after receipt of the fake telegram from Wilmington. Pinkerton detectives and detectives of tfie American Bankers' Asunriation are endeavoring to trace ? ?- t r* Bain. Efforts are also being wauc locate his accomplice in Wilmington, if he had one. It is thought that the swindler went to Wilmington after presenting the drafts here and if is possible that he might have worked bis game alone by having his telegrams filed in Wilmington, catching a train for Fayetteville and calling at the banks here the same day. The telegrams were filed in Wilmington at 7:30 a. m. and received about 11:00 a. m. it is said. No description of the swindler could be obtained. ? ?- The swindle was perpetrated several days ago, but was not allowed to become public until certain steps could be taken by the Bankers' Association towards apprehending the culprit. Whether the same scheme has been worked in other cities of this section is not known here. There have been no published accounts of such a game Kainp- tripH plsewhere in this part of wvt"o ? the country, so far as can be learned. An interesting question that is being discussed is whether or not the telegraph company can be held responsible for the loss sustained by the banks. The law in this case is said by lawyers to be that a telegraph company in accepting messages under circumstances such as those obtaining in this case must exercise "due care." The question to be decided by the courts in case efforts should be made t0 recover from the telegraph company is as to what constitutes due care and whether the banks in Wilmington have'made a custom of sending telegrams to the, telegraph office by messengers. The officials of both banks say they are under the protection of the American Bankers' Association, and, further, that they are looking to the Western Union Telegraph Company in the matter. o CANDLE GIVES DATA EOIt SIGNAL TO MARS I 606,250 Searchlights Would Do the Trick. New York Herald. Prof. Clarence Errol Ferree of Byrti Mawr has just completed a series of experiments, it became known yesterday, consisting of lighting a can-j Hlo irall/inir awav from it and then I turning around and looking at it until the point is barely perceptible. Then measuring the distance back to the candle and multiplying that by 35,000,000, which repiesents the number of miles intervening between us and the planet Mars, Prof. Ferree gets 766,000,000,000,000 and a fraction over. This is not as simple as it appears because absorption and refraction and all that sort of thing have to be deducted. The point is however, that all the light that would be needed to signal Mars s0 that a Martian astronomer looking through a telescope would know that somebody was endeavoring to get his attention would be 766 tril-_ lion candle power and a fraction over. Some experimenters do not get the fraction, although a decimal should bo added or subtracted accord ing to whether or not the Martian astronomer uses a telescope or opera glasses. The very largest manufacturers of searchlights, it is reported from Prof. Ferree's studio, only turn out a feeble little thing of 1,280.000,000 candle power, but assuming of course that 606,250 of thes0 could be gathered together some evening that, it is evident, would have the desired effect. The only other possible hitch in the interplanetary signalling would be how to know whether the folks up on Mars observed the ray of light and if so what they thought about it, if anything. PISTOL DUEL IX CELLAR. Sound Beach, Conu., Feb. 15?Two burglars were shot to death in a pisItol oattle while seeking liquor in tne cellar oi a palatial summer home -at |KocKy Point early touay anu tiie two weaitny men who iirst cornered anu , men sliot them were puiniuiiy wounded. airs. \V. Dryer's attention was attracted to the burglar when she was awakened by the sound 01 splintering jglass in the unoccupieu summer home 01 Mrs. Elizabeth u. Morris. She teljepiioned the fire house. Two wealthy, I members 01 the volunteer lire depart-; iment heard the call as they were; leaving the house al'ler a meeting.' !Major Alden L. McMurtey of the l"nii-j ed States transport service, son of a jsteel magnate of Pittsburgh, and Addison Bacon, rich clubman, arming i themselves with automatic and extra cartridge clips, sprang into an autoi mobile and speeded to the Morris esjtate. Entering through the window broken by the burglars 3{cMurtey a?d' iBacon explored the upper part of the i house and then went to the cellar. I Dimly they discovered a moving form ,and Maj^r McMurtey uttered a sharp command to surrender. The answer was a spurt of flame and a bullet tore through the muscles of the officer's left arm. Both men threw themselves on the cement floor and sent, a volley toward the place front which the shot had come. The burglars responded with shots from another part of the cellar to which they had hastily moved. Then ensued a battle, shifting front place to place, in which many shots were fired 011 both sides. Mr. Bacon's neck was pierced but he and the wounded officer continued firing at the flashes of their opponents' pistols and after a time one of the burglars fell inert. There was sueuve i?i ?>. instant and then the other man spoke. McMurtev and Bacon fired and the second man fell. When they considered it safe to advance the wounded men crawled forward aDd found one man dead, a bullet through his heart, and the other breathing his last. An ambulance took Bacon to the Greenwich hospital but Major McMurtey insisted upon gding home. More than 50 shots were fired in the fight. o GOVERNOR COX IS STRONG .MAX According to John G. Evans' in Talking of Candidates. Spartanburg, Feb. 13 ? Former Governor John Gary Evans, member of the National Democratic Committee for South Carolina, who has recently returned from Washington, discussed in a eeneral way today national politics, xxe expressed the opinion that Governor Cox of Ohio, was a strong man in the Democratic list of candidates for President and said Omif), Pnrnlina in so far as he has been to study is centering on no man for the Democratic nomination. "It is my opinion," said the exGovernor, "that a Western or Central Western man will be selected at the San Francisc0 convention. Who it will be is another question. Ohio Ls a pivotal State. Governor Cox has carried it twice by a large majority. He is a big man and popular outside his state as well as in it. He might make the strongest candidate the Democrats could name, since he stands the best chance of defeating Mr. Harding in his own State. "Ohio has a new strong man in Senator Pomerine, who has shown himself to be an able statesman. I do not know whether there will be a contest between these two Ohio men If so, it would probably eliminate them both.'' When asked about Mr. Hoover's chances, the ex-Governor said that Mr. Hoover was undoubtedly a capable business man and well posted in world affairs but he said that no one knows where he stands in politics, and that until he was better known to the delegates who attend the contention his views on national and international problems were more clearly outlined it could not be said 'hat was a "probability." "I think that it will be an open con vflll ion ai ^an nautioiw. ivj/.v seutatives of the praty who will gather will come with open minds, but with the fixed purpose of naming a man worthy of holding the office and on whom promises success at the polls. "As for South Carolina, and the South, as far as I have been ablP to study the situation, there is no disposition on the part of the people to center on any man. Delegates will be elected from the State, and by the time of the State convention on the third Wednesday in May public opinion shall have settle^ upon a candidate these delegates will reflect the sentiment of the party in South Carolina when they reach the convention floor. That has always been, the practice and will be followed this year." o PRODUCES GREEN COTTON Claim of Farmer Residing Near Dalton?Texture Fine. Dalton, Ga., Feb. 15?C. F. O'Briant, a farmer residing in the Pleas, ant Grove district of this county, claims to have produced cotton the stanle of which is a pronounced green thus attaining the objective long sought by agriculturists and scientists. The samples of this "iridescent cotton" is a beautiful green color and -of very fine texture and fiber, resembling lambswool. Mr. O'Briant has experimented for years in his effort to produce a cotton plant bearing a colored fiber and has announced bis intention of producing a full crop of his new staple the coining year. the Quinine That Does Not Affect the Heed Because of it. tonic and lasative effect. LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE is better than ordinary Quinine and does not cause nervousness nor ringing in head. Remember the full name and look for the signature of E. W. GROVE. 30c. Home loam TtetaT KEEP BOXES AT WINDOWS Simple to Do, end Few Things Add More to the Appearance of a House. Those who can afford to spend the time and money need experience no difficulty in having window boxes well furrfished with handsome plants throughout the entire year. In winter hardy dwarf evergreens, such as boxwood, young pines, spruce, arborvitae and junipers may be used in the body of the box with English Ivy to irail over the edge. In early spring various bulbous plants?tulips, crocus and daffodils?are available. Double English daisies or pansies may also be used. There Is. of course, no difficulty whatever In obtaining plants to occupy the boxes during the summer. There is a large number of plants that are suitable for window and porch box gardening. Among them may be found those that will thrive sunny, shaded or partly shaded places. Plants for window boxes can be roughly grouped in three divisions? trailers, plants of medium size for the second row and taller ones for the back row. There is nothing hard and fast about these divisions. In small a u ?/?wiooKlo tn Hionpnsp with UUJLUS !l 10 auTioui/ic w u ??. ? .. the taller kinds, and sometimes an excellent effect can be obtained by using one variety alone. Some of the petunias by themselves, because of their strong growth ana sprawly habit, furnish adequate height and at the same time trail sufficiently to hide the front of the box. FRUIT TREES IN THE CITY 4 ? Suggestion That Would Seem to Be Worthy of Serious Consideration by Authorities. I have often asked why we could not have in parks, along our boulevards and along our streets apple, peach and cherry trees. The answer given was that boys would climb the trees and eat the fruft. The robins, too, would eat the cherries. When a boy I gathered hazelnuts on land now included in Lincoln park and they tasted fine to a boy with a tore straw hat, one suspender and nol much else for clothing, writes a corre spondent of the Chicago Daily News But park commissioners- rarely giv< that kind of bcr a thought nor the us* that could bp made of the space now used tor elms and sickly shrubbery. What tree more beautiful than ac apple, peach or chenv abloom? Walnuts, hickory nuts and others are IOC per cent American and would tend tc make 100 per cent Americans of everj boy and girl who eat of their fruit or enjoy their shade. Consider the amount of fruit and outs the children might have at no greater expense than we now hav? Just to raise a few leaves and see them blown away! Here Is a field for the boy scouts. And a field that is worthy of any organization that has American blood In Its system and wants to play the great game of the people, for the people and by the people. HAS PRETTY EFFECT * j ; ^ K fAVLkrr , V. y < Arbor in an Old Virginia Garden. Expert City Planning. The first essential In advancing city planning everywhere is to get a definite plan, then make it known in order to get the necessary legislation and financial support to put It through. Cities should make a plan and derelop it piecemeal. That is. It should be like a building with a solid foundation with five or six stories on It, but solid enough to carry 20 stories. -1-* Ha fntnnlola hilt J Ilf I'lUII .IIK'UIU ?. xvU.r.^.., need not nil be presented at once, nor should the efforts In carrying It out be sporadic or haphazard. An authority recently urged the securing of expert talent to direct city planning for the interest of all. and not for a class of citizens. Describing Him. "Public-spirited, is he not?" "Very! Why. he keeps so continually busy telling the rest of us what ought to be done for the advancement of th; town that he never has time to do anything himself toward tl?at end."?Kansas City Star. * SEE VALUE OF MOTOR TRUCK French Business Men Realize That Their System of Freight Transportation Is Obsolete. Tluit the war brought to France an object lesson in the utility of the motortruck as a means of freight transportation appears in plans now under way to develop a long haul system. It Is hoped thereby to quicken the movement of goods and lessen the impatience of various business Interests with the slowness of railway and waterway traffic. The practicability of the motortruck as a freight carrier was a revelation to Frenchmen of business who had depended in normal times on what would he held an abnormally slow service. From Havre to Paris by boat means often a journey of at least three months, and at the quickest, which requires special arrangement with the government, takes about four w?eks. Commenting on railroad trinsportyp tion between Paris and the seaports, a Paris business man is reported da saying that from Havre one must expect a delay of one or two months, from Bordeaux a delay of two or three months, and that "when goods foi Paris reach ^tarseilles they stay there." The humorous exaggeration illustrates the condition which is turning Frenchmen to the hopeful project of long hauls by motortrucks, a solution which will probably de velop because the nation Is already provided with excellent roads. REMINDED HER OE SALMON American Traveler In Europe Cffifeuet She Would Have Welcome'/ Dish Once Despised. Elisabeth Eraser, a traveler %nd writer, was talking at a diplomatic reception In Paris about her recent experiences in Vienna. "It is difficult, said Miss Eraser, "to satisfy one's hunger there, even at hotels that cost $1"? a day. "Eating my unappetizing dish of hashed turnips, which frequently composed the principal dish of the menu, I thought regretfully of the salmon I once disdained on a Canadian trip." Miss Eraser laughed. "I was traveling in the back country of Canada, where salmon?boiled, broiled, In salad, creamed, as cutlets ?figured at every meal and became very monotonous. "'Is there nothing else for breakfast ?' I asked the hotelkeeper one morning as a whole fish and pot of mustar d was put before *ie. "'Nothing else?' the man exclaimed. 'Why, there's salmon enough there foi sir. ain't there?' "'Yes.' I admitted, 'hut I do nbt want salmon.' " 'Well, then,' my host replied curtly, 'fire Into the mustard.'" Retrieving Barbed Wire. The problem of retrieving the burled and broken barbed wire on the battlefields of Flanders and northern France Is being tackled by the British war office salvage committee, and a machine for the purpose has been tairented and built which Is thus described : One truck and trailer carries the whole of the plant, which can work on the most uneven ground. A stout wire rope with a number of hooks Is worked by a winch. As the barbed wire is drawn up It passes through two sets of rollers, and the salved metal onnuarc In hlnplfji from nnp font to 18 Inches square, and weighing from 70 to 80 pounds. For smeltiirg it sells for about $25 a ton. The staff In charge of the scheme thinks thnt there are 100,000 tons that can be removed, and if that Is the aggregate weight the cost of the 40 outfits said to have been ordered shuold be amply Justified. ? FOIt SALK?TYPKW MTTKK TilHbons. Herald Office?2 12. 3 NEW IS Just Recei Call and economi | fort an< w. A. BLI Dillon, M Ye Old-Time Telephone Girl. I "Time was before the experts came along, and, in vulgar business parlance, 'sold efficiency' te the telephone companies, when the telephone was a real j convenience," John Amh ster relates , In Everybody's. "The historic Instance of a lady who rang up central and said: 'I am Just stepping over to Mrs. Brewsters' for a few minutes to get her doughnut recipe?she's Main 227?and I'll leave the receiver off so j you can hear ff the baby cries and let , me know.' In- mfr home town we used to ask central where the fire was and I who was dead and did she think there j was any mall for us." Nine Months on Warship. j A naval man, home on leave, was dls cussing Lord .Tellicoe's tribute to mi ranks who fought at Jutland, and he revealed what seems to the lower deck the highest form of heroism. It was not the fighting, not the anxious watching day and night?that is what a naval man Is there for, he showed. "I've been 19 years In the navy, but if you'd ever told rue before the war (hat I should ever have lived for nine months on board ship without a break, I should have dropped down dead," he said. "But I've Just done It," he add' .'d.?London Chronicle. Merely Breach of Diaoipllne. An air cadet In England recently swooped down toward a country road while practicing diving and struck a carriage in which two convalescent officers were driving. Both officers were killed. When the cadet was put or. trial the defense set up the plea that there had been no such culpable negligence as would Justify a verdict of manslaughter, although the pilot had committed a breach of discipline In flying low over the road. The cadet was acquitted. ?* LETTERHEAD f PRINTING 1 V BOND y < Complete loose: leaf oul Sold by The Herald Publ I NOW AND RI FOR BU PALMET DILLON'S 1 ( Next to the . Everything new, clean ; to provide at all times an e children and gentlemen will i PALMET I w \i >x C - " JK.. 10DEL K3 HU ived? l see them. If you ical car, and one f i service, get a "Hi ZZARD, Agent [arion and Marlboro Professional Cards. DR. c. R. TABER Physician and Surgeon Office at residence. No. 5 Harrlaon t. Residence Phone No. 90. " / ' J. W. JOHNSON A t to rney-at-Law ractiee in State and Federal Cfjrfe . Marion, S. C. .. HASELDEN An-.i -.i-y at Law r\> . , v %r o n in i t o. \j, | . ?'?v to Lt ji.i on First Mortgage Keal Estate. DR. R. F. DARWIN " ^ Dentist Office Over Bank of Dillon ' GIBSON ft MULDER Attorneys-at-Law 'Be* ever Malcolm Mercantile Oe. DILLON, 8. a J *raetlee In State and Federal Cioorte DR. J. H. HAMER, JR. Dentist JM Office over Peoples Bank. S C. HENSLEE, M. D. VH Bye," Ear, Noee and Anal HH Spectacles Fitted. ID Office Hoars 9 to 11 and I te 4 ^ Brenlng Hoars by AppolntmenL JOE P. LANE Attorney-ftt-Law Office Next to Bank of Dillon, Main St. Dillon, 8. 0. Lu D. LTOE Attorney-at-Law MARION, S. C. DR. R. M. BAILEY, J Veterinarian I Office at Dillon Live Stock Co's. I Stables. Office Phone - - 235 ] Residence Phone - - ? OTIS M. PAGE Civil Engineer DILLON, S. :fits manufactured and! ishing Co., Dillon, S. C.^ t J UrLIN r iADY SINESS TO CAFE SEW CAFE Her?U BIJff.) ^ and sanitary Our aim is ating place in wkick ladies, Feel at kome. Call on us. ro CAFE sip* PMOBILES i I want an H| or com- I up." I rx*n c r I union, o. i , u