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" ESTABLISHED 1894. THE DILLON HERALD. DILLON SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 25. 1920. VOL.24. NO. 29 '
COUNTY NEWS
AND HAPPENINGS
, News Hems of Interest to Herald
Headers Ebb and Flow of the
Human Tide.
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4 Kemper.
The Baptist pastor of this place
preached a very interesting sermon to
a large congregation.
Miss Manna Kay went to Lake View
Satnrrtov
Miss Etta Bryant was in Lake View
Saturday .
Messrs. Dause Legette and Oswell1
Britt of near Fairmont were here
Saturday aftern on
Mr. and Mrs. Zack Edwards and
Misses Carry and Inez Tart of Fork
r spent Sunday afternoon at the home
of Mr. R. F. Bryant.
Mr. J. R. Rozier was in Floydale
a few days ago.
Mr and Mrs. Claud Rogers and
children of Lake View spent Sunday,
with Mrs. Rogers parents, Mr. and
Mrs. R. F. Bryant
Mr. Moxie Bryant is very ill at;
this writing. We are wishing him a
speedy recbvery.
Mr. TaLmage McQueen of Fork'
was a pleasant caller here Sunday af-!
tern on.
TJje protracted meeting at the
chuwh has been postponed for a few
weeks. ,
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lidiia.
Mr. and Mrs. Ge rge Atkinson of
Orrum visited in Latta this, week. ,
Mrs. Anne Crossland of Hartsvillej
is spending some time with her sis-j
tert Mrs.. John Freeman.
1 Mrs. Pratt Watson of Sellers was
shopping here Friday.
Mr and Mrs. C. W. Bethea of Wilmington
spent the week end with relatives
in Latta.
" Mr. and Mrs. Percy George of Ellerby
were in town Friday shopping, j
Miss Lucile Turner of Dalco was 1
shopping in town Saturday.
Miss Sallie Kate Minis who is teaching
at Pleasant Hill is here visiting
her father, M. H. Minims.
Mr. and Mrs. Leroy AlforA cf Mt.
Andrew were in town Saturaay.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Manship were
shoppers in town Friday.
L. T: Sessions, Jr., of Floydale,
spent Sunday here with hi? father,
i L. F. Sessions, Sr.
[ The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Ses- J<
A sions of New York City are visiting]
p the formers father, L. T. Sessions, j
* Mrs. j. in. uemea wao nas u?cu via- i
iting Miss Ornie Bethea here has returned
to her home in Little Rock,,:
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Mrs. Albert Allen of Columbia is
visiting her father, Mr. Henry Hayes.
Miss Aileen McMillan is again atii
home after having spent some time i
in Fayetteville. /' i
Mrs. T. W. Pfaff of Winston-Salem
is visiting her father, Mr. John Henry.
Mr. Charley Meyers and family of
Little Rock spent Sunday with his
father, B. H. Meyers.
Mr. ajid Mrs. W. J. Carter rf Dil-j
Ion were visitors in town Sunday af-j'
ternoon.
Mr. Mack "Smith is in Columbia this
week attending the automotive show.:
Miss Lula Meyers is spending s me-!'
tinaa with her brother in Little Rock.
Mr. and Mrs. Walker Fenegan have|
returned from Florence Infirmary
where they have been for treatment.!
Miss Kitty Allen is home again after
a visit to Dalcho.
Miss Dessie Hayes was in town,
Friday.
Miss Ella Henry win has been on
| the sick list is very much improved. !
' Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Manning of Sellers
spent Sunday in town.
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Lake View.
Miss Christine Temple is home for
an indefinite time, due to the influenza
epidemic in the community in ,
which she was teaching.
Dr. and Mrs. Rufus Ford spent
Saturday and Sunday in town Dr.
Ford preached at the Baptist church
Sunday morning and night.
Mr. Richard Flowers left Monday
for Florence where he will spend a
few days.
Mr. Bunn Floyd was in town several
days the past week on business.
Messrs. J. L. Bridgers, Earl Bethea
and K. M. Biggs of Dillon were
in town the past week.
The county demonstrators were at
the schnol Friday to interest the boys
in raising corn and pigs and thereby
heine: elieible for the corn and j>ig
clubs.
Mr. D. L. McCormac spent the day
In Marion Saturday,
Rev. Mr. Leslie has visiting him
two of his little grand children from
Sumter.
Mr. Allen Hayes spent the past
week end with his brother in Horry
county.
Quite an error was made last week
in Mr. Bart Flowers marriage write
up. Instead of Mr. Flowers marrying
Miss Belle Home as was stated he
married Miss Belle Booth. "We are
all prone to make mistakes and this
was truly one.
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Oak Grove.
After an illness of many months,
Mrs. Bettie Baxley, aged sixty, died
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
M. B. Brigman, near here last Wednesday
evening and was buried at
Bethesda Thursday afternoon. The
funeral services were conducted by
Rev. C. S. Felder. The deceased was a
good woman and was for many years
a member of the Methodist church.
The second quarterly conference
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.11 MI S T. LILES
.NOT A CANDIDATE.
Will Stand for Reelection as
Lieutenant Governor.
Because of increased business responsibilities.
Junius T Liles, or
Orangeburg, Lieutenant Governor of
S uth Carolina, will not make the race
for reelection in the primaries next
summer.
George Warren, of Hampton, solicitor
of the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit,
migtot be a candidate to succeed
Mr. Liles, but various circumstances
prevented him from making a defin-1
ite announcement at this time.
Am ne others mentioned recently, I
should Mr. Liles decide not to run for'
reelection, are Wilson G. Harvey a
banker of Charleston, and W. P. Con- j
yers of Greenville, member of the j
board of pard ns.
Among the others recently men-i
tioned as positive candidates for the'
second executive office of the State,
are: J. Howard Moore, Senat r from j
Abbeville county, and John F. Wil-J
liams, Senator from Aiken county, j
but neither of these twQ legislators j
have signified their determination.
Walter L Mishoe, representative,
fr.m Horry county, made a tentative j
announcement for Lieutenant Gover-1
nor recently, but he had not decided j
if he positively would be in the race, |
although urged to do so by many of i
his fellow members in the H use of
Representatives.
Mr. Liles is a former Dillon county
man paving been raised at Little
Rock. For the past 10 years he has
been living at Orangeburg where he
is associated with his brother, Ephriam
Liles, in the insurance busines .
Mr. Liles had been on several occa
sions prominently mentioned as a
candidate f r governor.
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"STRANGE LIGHT S IX THE SKY."
There was much alarm in certain
quarters Monday night over the
"strange lights" seen in the northern
sky. The lights were seen beetween 9
and 10 o'clock and there were many'
persons who thought the end of time
had come. It was the "northern j
lights'' or aurora borealis which is
often seen in polar regions but is
rarely visible in southern latitudes.;
It has been about 3,0 years since the!
lights have been strong enough to ;
create excitement in this section.'
Those who saw it say it was a beautiful
display. It had (breft distinct
beams or rays which shot way up in- ;
to the heavens. Accompanying the (
lights was an electrical disturbance j
which interrupted telegraph service j
in n^any northern points to the ex- ;
tent that telegraph and telephone instruments
were put out of commis- j
sion for an hour.
commission for an hour. . i
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BULL WEEVIL IX DILLON.
There was being exhibited on the
streets Tuesday aftefnon a genuine ,
boll weevil* Or at least everybody
who saw it said it was a boll weevil.
The weevil came from Mr. J.* H.
McLaurin's farm in the upper part of j
the county. One of the colored tenants
found it on his boy's leg. Some
one got a book which contained pictures
of the boll weevil in its different
stages of development and the
insect had a striking resemblance to
the pictures. It had the same nuiri-!
ber of legs, the same shape body and
the same kind of boring apparatus.;
Warnings have been sent out by boll
weevil experts, however, advising the |
people not to get excited over every
strange looking insect found on the
farm. When a section is threatened
there are many false alarms before
the real weevil comes along. The
specimen -will be sent to Clemson
College.
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DILLON COUNTY FEDERATION, j
The Executive B ard of the Dil-j
wTV? 11 O Tf i
iun VAJUUljr I CUCIdllUU lllCl imuouuj I
afternoon in the court house and out- ;
lined plans for the spring meeting at >
F rk. May 1st was the date decided;
upon and an interesting program was
planned. A committee of Fork ladies
also attended this meeting to discuss
with the officers and arrange the
davs program satisfact rily to all. j
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for the Brownsville circuit will-be
held at New Holly April the third and
fourth.
J. Burke Berry of Latta attended
services at Oak Grove last Sunday. |
Mrs. Annie Bransford of Dillon, at
remdance officer for this county, visited
the Oak Grove school last week.
M. A. Horner of the Tilghman Lum.
ber Co., went to Florida on business
one day last week. .
S. L. Smith. W. M. Meggs and J.
S. Fair were in Dillon last Saturday
on business.
Mrs. Clarence Fore of Latta attended
services at Oak Grove last,
Sunday.
J. S. Fair has been appointed Vital
Statistics officer for Kirby township
by Dr. J. A. Hayne, of Columbia
The farmers of this section are
busily preparing the land for plant
liifr Hiiu in is ivwii ?iu uuiiuiii'ib mitlie
beginning of corn planting.
We are glad to note that there has
been a change made in our county
government law and that Mr J. C.
Adams of Dillon has been put in
full charge of the roads and other
things pertaining to the welfare of
the county, and the people generally
expect to see every section of the
county receive an equal share of
work under his administration.
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BANK SEIZES AUTOS.
Loris Bunk Seizes Cars Claimed by I*.
9k M. Bank of Latia.
Horry Herald.
Last week the Sheriff of the
county seized a number of Ford automobiles
from Antbr se and Bethea
under an execution issuej upon a
judgment which has been on record
since 1914. against Power W. Bethea
and Mrs. Hilda Bethea, jointly with
Mr. Percy Hardwicke and Mrs. Maggie
Hardwicke These machines
were seized by the sheriff were taken
at the direction of the Bank (
of Loris, who holds the above stated
judgment. The judgment is for a
deficiency on the foreclosure of a:
mortgage covering the is. s. uaKer;
tract of land near Cool Spring, which i
was purchased by Messrs. Hardwicke
& Bethea from Mr. J. W. Dawsey, I
Mrs. Bethea and Mrs. Hardwicke J
were endorsers on the note secured!
by the mortgage. The land did not |
bring enough to pay the debt bo j
there is now due on the judgment!
the sum of about five thousand dollars
with interest from 1914.
After these autom biles were seized
by the Sheriff last week, Mr.
Power W. Bethea stated that the
cars did not belong to him but
showed a written certificate on the
letterhead of the Farmers & Merchants
Bank of Latta, South Carolina,
indicating that the cars belonged
to the Bank of Latta, this certificate
being signed by one Mr.
Bethea, as asssitant cashier.
Later, Attorney J. B. Gibson and.
noi'nothM nf T.atta South Car-'
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olina, came over to Conway and Mr. I
Dal Bethea stated thak he owns the
cars and that he had them shipped'
to Ambrose & Bethea ti sell for|
him. At last accounts attorneys
were employed and it was expected
that claim and delivery proceedings
would be brought to re-take the carsj
from the Sheriff and the Bank of
Loris. Mr. P. S. Co per. the Presi-i
dent of the Bank of Loris, was here
one day last week and gave the
Sheriff a Bond of Indemnity againstj
any damage or cost that might be!
incurred in the taking of the cars.
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SENATOR NEWBERRY IS GUILTY
Grand Rapids, Mieh.( March 20.?1
Senator Truman H. Newberry, was
found guilty of criminal conspiracy j
in the campaign of 1918, according
n a verdict returned in the United
States District Court here today. The
case has been on trial for eight weeks
starting with 123 active defendants,
and finishing with 85. Verdicts of
guilty also were returned against
Paul King, Charles Ford, Fred Cody,
and E. Z. Chilson.
Washington, March 20?Convich
n nf Senator Newberry by the.
Grand Rapids jury does not invali-j
date his seat in the Senate, Repub-;
lican leaders said today. He will be
entitled to retain office, they de-j
clared, until the Senate itself actsj
on the charges filed by his opponent,
Henry Ford. A sub committee, of
the etetl-ns committee headed by
Senator Watsgn, Republican of Indiana,
now is waiting a conference
with counsel for Newberry and Ford
regarding procedure in the Senate in- (
vestigation of the charges. Whether
Senat~r New berry in view of his cqn-!
viction will continue his duties in the
Senate pending a final decision of
his case by the courts is a matter
f r his own discretion, Senators
said.
Senate leaders had been advised
by Mr. New berry that in event of
convict!'n he would carry an appeal
to the United States Supreme Court,
if necessary
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* HERALD ADS PLEASE
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* Big Land Company Snys Her- *
* aid Ads. CiVf, Money's
* Worth. *
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* The following is an excerpt *,
* from a letter from Burton *
* Bros. Co., which will conduct *
* a big sale of town lots here *
* tomorrow. *
* "We have received a number *
* of copies of your paper that car- * |
* ry our advertisement of the *
* sale we have in your town *
* Friday, March 26th. We are *
* very much pleased with this *
* advertisement, and especially *
* the way the form is fixed. We *
* could make no suggestions *
* that w uld make this appear *
* in a more business-like man- * !
* ner. Our advertisements have *
* appeared in all the leading *
* papers of the south, and we *
* gladly say that your methods *
* of giving a man his money's *
* worth are among the best " ?'
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Services at Methodist Church. '
Main street Methodist church. Dr.
Watson B. Duncan, pastor. W. II.
at111ir?r cimm-ini >1 wtr<nt T'rctichine at
11a. in and 7:3<t p. 111. by the pastor
Morning subject: "The Restoration
of Pinion Peter." Evening Subject:
"The Peril of Hidden Sin."
Prayer service ' n Wednesday at 7:30
p. in. Clioir practice. Teachers' meeting
011 Saturday at 4:30 p. in. Public
cordially invited to all services.
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Mrs. Dora Hamilton and children of
Clio were the week end guests of Mr.
and Mrs. B. E. Wallace.
COUNTY FAIR ASSURED'
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St<nk Has Been Subscribed and Work
Will Begin on Buildings at
Once.
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Over $11,500.00 has has subscrib-;
ed to the capital stock of the County
Fair Association, and it is practically,'
certain that Dillon county will have'
a fair next fall. Books of subscription
will be formally 0pened April 16
and when the legal requirements have
been complied with application will |
be made to the secretary of state for,
a charter.
The buildings will be erected at the
race track, where additional land has
been purchased. Work on the build
ings will begin as soon as the ma-1
terial can be purchased, and it is!
hoped to have everything in shape
for the opening which will be held
some time in the early fall.
The stock is widely scattered, the
object being to interest every section
of the county in the enterprise.
Judge Davis, wh0 has charge of the
subscription list, says he has a few
'more shares which he will dispose
of to anyone living outside of town.
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GIRLS GLEE CLUB.
A unique program is the term that
can be applied to the work of the
Coker College Glee Club (26 girls)'
who appear here Friday night, April,
2nd, at the High School. It will not,
only contain some of the classics and
semi-classics, but humorous as well.'
In addition a group of "Old S uth-j
ern Melodies" have been added, for'
no southern program is complete
without^ it.
As far as possible a program that
will please all classes has been ar-.
ranged. The Miserere from Verdi's!
II'Trovatore, together with Victor
Herbert's "Italian Street Scene"' from
Naughty Marietta will be two of the
outstanding numbers. As to the later,(
why m matter whether you care fori
classical music or not, you will not
faild to appreciate this number, by(
f? ollnvino- nnH nrofon f 1 mic
lUi lilt: liiiroi (inui mb utiu t>* viv.. v.v..w
aria of all the modern operatic music.
When the concert is > ver you will
feel that to have heard that one number
was worth the entire program.
Mention can not be made of course to
all the numbers, for space w uld not j
permit Suffice to say that musical
will piove you then the gr up of Old
treasures are in store for everyone,
both young and old. If nothing else
Southern Melodies accompanied by/,
banjos, guitars and mandolins will
stir your heart, carrying you back to
the days of 1 ng ago.
Besides the work of the girls, why J
three soloists will each give a group
of numbers. Miss McMicken (soprano) j
Miss Eadie (violinist) and Mr. Lambdin
(baritone) will endeavor to make
their numbers suited to all lovers of,
music. In other words the entire
program will be different from thej
usual sterotyped glee club program,
both in musical setting as well as
staging.
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LEAP YEAR PARTY.
Misses Eula and Beulah Braddy j
entertained their friends with a de-|
lightful leap year party on Thursday)
evening. A unique feature was the
girls bringing the y. ung men to the
party where they were welcomed by
the hostesses. Several games of pro-,
gressive rook were played and the
highest score being made by Miss Mil-,
dred Sellers, she was presented with
a lovely guest towel. Marriage proposals
written by the girls with an-|
swers by the men afforded much merriment.
A delicious salad curse, ice,
cream, cake, coffee and mints were
served and attractive favors of wish
bones were given. Those present were
Misses Marie Smith, Edith Elliott,
Marie Jackson, Sarah and Mary Bethen,
Margaret Melvin, Mildred Sellers,
Jane Gibson Sadie Belle and
Annie Coppage. Messrs. Roy Edwards,
Dave Byers, Sam Williams,)
Will Wheeler, Jno. C. Bi'thea, Schubert
McCutche n, Pierce Bethea, Palmer
Betheai Frank David, Thad Hauler,
Ben Edwards, Dr Darwin and Dr. '
Johnnie Halsford
Misses Allie and Leila Braddy and
Mrs. J. M. Sprunt assisted in enter-,
taining.
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Church Societies Meet
At a joint meeting of the Mission-'
ary and Ladies' Aid Societies of the
Presbyterian church held on Friday
afternoon with Miss Janie McKay,
th,e foil wing officers were elected: |
Missionery Society:
President, Mrs. W. B. S, Chandler.
V-President, Mrs. Frank Niernsee.!
Secretary, Mrs. J. A. Alford.
Treasurer, Mrs. W. C. Tolar.
Secretary Foreign Msisions, Miss
Nell Carmichael.
Secretary Ministerial Relief, Mrs.
E S. Beattip
Secretary iloine Missions, Miss Jatoiio
McKay.
j Secretary Literature, Mrs. McKinnon.
Secretary Sunday School and V unp
People's Work. Mrs. 11. L. Clark.
Officers for the Ladies Aid:
President, Mrs. I,. P. Craig.
V-President. Mrs. H. I,. Clark.
Secretary. Mrs, C. 11 Tabor.
Treasurer, Miss Jani,. McKay.
After the close of the business session
the hostess assisted by Mrs.
Clark, Mrs. A1 ford and Miss Carmichael
served delicious salad,
crackers, tea and wafers.
TAKE DINNER AT THE PALMETTO
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KETIK.NKD AFTER
FIFTY' YEARS.
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Baltimore Man and Wife Each Believed
Other Was Dead.
Baltimore, March 23?A husband
and wife sparated for fifty years,
living under the same i'oof for five
years, each believing the other was
dead, were, reunited a few (jays ago,
when Cardinal Gibbons, Bishop Corrigan
and Mrs. Ral Parr jointly supervised
a festival for the inmates of
the Little Sisters of the Poor.
The couple are Mr and Mrs. Barney
McGahan. Mr. McGahan is sev-|
enty-elght years old and Mrs. McGahan
eighty-six, and although both i
are bedridden, each ate heartily of
the special feast arranged for the
inmates.
Mr. and Mrs. McGahan were reunited
not far from the place where
they courted and married fifty-five |
years ago. They were separated when j
Mr. McGahan who had joined the,
Navy,, lost trace of his wife.
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COUNTY FAIR SUBSCRIBERS.
There was another very enthusiastic
meeting of the Fair Association
on\last Friday afternoon and if
entnusiasm amounts to anything we
will have a good fair next fall. The
people are subscribing liberally to
the stock. In fact the stock would
have been subscribed had we not discouraged
subscriptions for large
amounts. It ^s our purpose to get subscription^
from as many people as
possible. Just as soon as we get all
of the stock subscribed there will
J>e a call meeting of the stockholders
fur the purpose of electing officers.
This meeting will be held on April
16th.
The following is a list of the
stockholders that have been reported
to the secretary. Pleas,* send in
your subscriptions as promptly as I
possible:
W. B. Stackhouse, A. P. Bcthea, J.
B. Gibson, J. W. Bryant. J. D. Manning,
E. T Elliott, E. C. Rogers, J. [
H. Wiggins, F. L. Beihea, T. B.
Thompson. L. B. Rogers, J. N. Hargrove,
J. F. Thompson, J. R. Regan. |
Dr. J H. David, S. V. Lane, A. V.
Bethea. J. F. Graham R. S. Rogers,
T. L. MafTnlng, M. S.' Britt, J. H.
McLaurin, J. W. Hamer, J. McQueen,
J. C. Davis, A. B. Gibson, Houston
Manning, Morris Fass, P. L. Bethea,
J. C. Bethea, E. L. Moore, Earl Bethea,
A. B. Jordan. A. H. Webs'.er,
Dr. R. F. Darwin, Jno. W. McKay,
R. M. Oliver, Wm. David, Roy Ed-|
wards Max Fass, I. Blum, Ky. Horse
and Mul0 Co., L. T, Nance, L. B. i
Rogers, Russell Thompson, J. H. |
Meadors, Walter Stanton Daniel j
McCall. R. W. Lester, R. J. Dew, S.
W. Grantham & Sons, Dr. C. R. Dav-1
is, E. L. Moore, L. Cottingham, W. H.
Smith, M. M. Sellers, L. A. Manning,
jr., u. u. snine, w. u. Hemea, jno. n.
Watson, 0. W. Jackson, Wm. Brick,
C. L. Wheeler, J. M. Carmichael, L.
B Fort, G. H. Bell, W. V. Jones,
W. A. Blizzard. W. D. Buie, W. E.
Lester, N. N. Schofield, J. C. Adams,
C. L. Moody, Phil Osteen, A. C. Rog-1
ers, J. H Manning. W. J. Adams, W.
G. Lucas", H. M. Rogers, L. G. Miller,
J. D. Hargrove, A. H. Daniels.
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Work of the Dillon County Public
Health Nurse.
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For the past week Miss Caro McLeod
has been inspecting the children
in the Dillon sch ol and the
teachers, as well as children have
shown great interest in the work.
Prof. Roberts has given his hearty
cooperation and Miss McLeod has
been especially impressed with the r
splendid behavior of the boys. The.
examination room adjoins the super-'
intendent's office. Each child is
weighed and measured, eyes, teeth j
and hearing examined, a record is
Kept Dy ine nurse ana a tag containing
this record is given to each child
f_r its parents to see.
If there are defects, the parentsi
should take the child to a physician
for further examination or diagnosis i
and these defects remedied before
they become nr re serious.
Miss McLeod has done this medical
inspection in all but tl)ree of the
schools in Dillon c unty (about 2000
children ) and she will finish these
within the next few weeks.
Thp value of such work cannot be
estimated or appreciated to? highly. I
It proves the truth of the proverb.
"A? ' uncp of prevention is worth a
pound of "cure," for surely the time
to prevent diseas(. is before our
bodies are racked with pain or burn-;
ing with fever, when it may be t o
late to cure.
During the recent outbreak of influenza
the public health nurs0 rendered
valuable assistance to the
sick as well as instructing others Jiow
to care for the srck and keep fr m
spreading the disease.
All who are interested in the work
will be glad to know that there is to
be another public health purse in tl.e
e untv. support! <1 t?y me union a no
I.atta lied Cross Chapters. She will
lii? located in T.atta and the county
will lie divided between the two nurses,
each being responsible for her
tiart. thus making the work more
effective and th rouch.
The county delegation appropriated
$lr.nft for the salary of one nurse
t Miss M#Leodi and expenses of trans.
P nation, etc., will have to be supplemented
by lied Cross funds also.
Mrs. L. Cottinpham.
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TAKK DINNER .XT THE PALMETTO
CAFE SUNDAY.?3 23 It.
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TO DRILL ONE WELL
IF TAKES LIFE TIME
President of .Marlboro Oil Company
Replies to .Mr. Summers and
Mr. Taber.
To the Editor of the State
Whether intentionally, or not, a
gross injustice was done me pers nully
and also the Marlboro Oil Developing
company, of which I am pres
ident, by an article authored by A. C.
Summers and Stephen Taber which
appeared in Tuesday's State.
I have no desire to enter into a
newspaper contr versy 'with anyone
and wouldn't even make this reply
had there not been a reflection on my
personal integrity.
A Q tn ATr Gilmmnro? pnntrihntinn
he stated that the sample of. crude oil
submitted hfm for analysis was not
accmpanied by proof of its source..
Now the facts surrounding the entire
incident are as follows: The sample
from which Mr. Summers made his
analysis was mailed him (an affidavit
as to its source'was mailed him
today) and a few days following I
personally took a sample to him for
further investigation. He did not
analyze this second specimen, stating
that he would .merely be duplicating
his work as the one sent him by mail
and which he had already analyzed
was evidently the same.
I don't believe Mr. Summers meant
to create the impression that he
doubted the truth (f verbal statements
made by him to me at the tin?e
concerning where the oil came from,
but whatever his intentions were,
that is what he has done and needless
to say I feel that I have been
treated unfairly In that I was not
given an opportunity to show as I
c uld have by hundreds of witnesses
that the samples came from my farm
at Five Forks, the place that we propose
drilling. *
As to what Mr. Taber has to say,
this is the second time his story has .
appeared and he has done everything
in his power to discourage the propsition
-from the beginning, having
gone so far as to write the insurance
commissioner a letter attempting to
prevent our operating at all.
He honored me with a visit and Iwas
pleased to entertain him in my
h me, and as I recall, paid his expenses
from Columbia. I also listened
respectfully to what he had to say,
hut holnc ontrnivant nf thp fart that
the greatest oil fields in the country
had been developed against the judg?
nient of really celebrated geologists,
especially in the S uthwest, I decided
his opinion though honest was probably
not worth as much as he thought.
No Mr. South Carolina Citizens. I
am pleased to invite any of y u who
wish to investigate me to pay a visit
to my home community, and seek
your information from any reputable
citizen, and you may also g> further
and seek them about this oil company
that I am president of and all
about the personnel of the company.
I want to say further that I am
going to drill, at least me well on
this place if it takes a life time and
if no other man, woman or child puts
up one cent to help me out
C H. Jackson,
President Marlboro Oil Co.
March 18.
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LOW HATE OF INTEREST.
if
County Borrows $80,000.00 at One
and One Half Per Cent. Interest.
Merchants it Planters Bank Makes
Loan.
Marion Star.
The County rf Marion has arranged
to borrow $80,000 for 1920 purposes,
from the Merchants & Planters
Bank, of Mullins, at the extremenly
low rate of 1 1-2 per cent interest.
Kach year the County borrows m ney
for current expense, and the bids
are made by various banks in sealed
envelopes which are opened at a meeting
of the County Board of Commissioners
and the C unty Treasurer.
The bids for 1920, according to
Treasurer Dan J. Martin, were:
Merchants & Planters Bank, Mullins
1 1-2 per cent.
First National Bank, Mullins,
2 1-2 per cent.
Marion National Bank, Marion, 4
per cent.
Farmers & Merchants Bank, Marion,
4 per cent.
Planters Bank, Marion, 8 per cent.
The bids of the Merchants & Planters
Bank, being the lowest, was accepted,
and the county's banking acc
tint will be donP with that bank
during the year.
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FORMKR KAISER ANXOYED.
Constant Pacing of Cont'd Makes ExRuler
Angry.
Aniorengen, Holland. March 21. ?
The <" nstant pacing of the sentinel
behind former Emperor William,
when he walks in the Bentinck castle
garden has so annoyed the one time
German ruler that on several occasions
he has told the guard not to follow
him s > closely, but to stay out of
sight.
COST OK COTTON KICKING.
Washington. March 20?Tlip cost
of picking and ginning tin* 1919 c ttnn
crop was about $32.73 per bale,
according to the bureau of crop estimates.
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Mr. and Mrs. John Hugh Stackhouse,
Miss Bessie and Joe Stackhouse
have returned from an automobile
trip t0 Greensboro.