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ESTABLISHED 1894. THE DILLOX HERALD, DILLOX SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORXIXG, APRIL 1, 1920. VOL. 24. X0. 30.
COUNTY NEWS
AND HAPPENIN6S
NEWSY LETTERS BY REGULAR
COIIRESPOXDEXTS.
News Items of Interest to Herald
Readers Ebb and Flow of the
Human Tide.
Sellers.
Mr. William G. Edwards died at
his home in the Dalcbo community
Sunday, March 21st, and was buried
at the Mace cemetery here on last
Monday. For many years Mr. Edwards
made his home at Sellers and
t was one of our most useful citizens.
Peace to his ashes.
Quarterly Conference was held here
on last Saturday, Rev. D. A. Philips
presiding. Delegates were present
from all the churches and the finances
of the circuit were found to be
in a very satisfactory condition.
Rev. J. H. Graves, formerly pastor
here, was at the Quarterly Con-i
ference Saturday.
Miss Lanier Watson, who is a
nurse at the Florence Infirmary,!
spent part of last week with relatives
here j
Mr. Austin Watson of the U. S.
> navy was in Sellers last week.
Miss Mattie Price spent the week!
end with her mother at Rocky Mount. >
Fork.
Mrs. Jonathon Lewis an<j her
mother, Mrs. Bensol, left Saturday
for Southport, N. C. to spend some
time.
Mr. D. A. Goodwin of Georgetown
was in town last week.
Mrs N. B. Calhoun has returned,'
from Hemingway where she visited
relatives.
Mr. C. E. Taylor is spending the
week in Georgia.
Mr. and Mrs. K. S. Carmicbael attended
the automobile show in Columbia
last week.
Mesdames Martin McQueen and
Zack Edwards ana Talmage Mc-;
Queen spent Wednesday in Laurinburg.
Messrs. Willie Lewis and Hart'
Stackhouse of Aynor were in town
Monday.
Easter exercises will be held at the
Methodist church next Sunday afternoon.
The public is invited.
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Latta.
Miss Katie Lee Mclntyre of Browns- j
vine was biiupyuig iu iuwu rnu&v.
Mr and Mrs. Pete Watson of Tabor
were visiting relatives here last
week.
Mrs. Leslie Watson of Dillon spent
Thursday here with her brother, J.
D. Cobb.
Mr. Harvey Bailey of Lake View
was here Friday on business.
Mrs. Archie Douglas ,of Brownsville
was in town Friday.
After spending some time here,
with their sister Mrs. Johnson
Brown, Misses Velva and Corine Robertson
have returned to their home
in Tennessee.
Mrs. Deans Crumpler is visiting
her parents, Dr. and Mrs. J W. Boozer
Columbia.
Mrs. Hubert Yarborough and Miss
McCall of Mullins were in town Fri-,
day.
Mr. Will Thompson of Fairmont
was in town Friday on business.
Mrs. Roy Dubose of Brownsville
was in town Friday shopping.
Miss Janie Bethea of Dillon visited
Mrs. Ellis Bethea Saturday and Sunday.
Vfr n 11 Rnrrion nnri familv snpnt
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. T. C.
Thompson.
Messr^ Carl McLean and Geane
Stafford of Norfolk are spending a
few days at home.
Mr. John Hopper of Florence was
in town Monday on business.
Rev. Howell preached his farewell
sermon here Sunday night and
leaves shortly for Whiteville, N. C.,|
where he has accepted a call.
Mr. and Mrs. LeGrand Smith left
Monday morning to attend the funeral
of Mrs. Smiths brother Tobe
Vereen at Murrell's Inlet.
Mr. and Mrs J. M. Armstrong arrived
in town Monday night and are
at Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Fenegans for
the present.
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Lake View.
Mr. D. C. McMillan left Saturday
for Charleston. Mr. McMillan has been
quite sick for the past few days and
has gone to Charleston for treatment.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank King
a little son.
Mr. Kicnara r iowers nas reiumt-u
home after spending a few days in
Florence an<j Columbia.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Britt spent Saturday
in Mullins.
The new drug store managed by the
I.ake View Drug Company is occupying
the new building owned by Mr. J.
L. Norman.
Mr. Neal Cooke's family ore quite
sick at this writing with influenza.
Others on the sick list are Mr. Hiniard
Rogers and son, Mr. Ceplius
Rogers
Mrs. Willie Rogers spent Wednesday
in Lumberton shopping.
Mr. Shockett who has been out of
town for quite a while is back again.
Mr. J. W. Hankins returned Sunday
from Georgia where he has been
for the last few weeks.
Mr. John English who has been
tuning pianos, representing the Jordan
Music Company of Mullins, left
T GOVERNOR APPOINTS DILLONMAN.
T. L. Manning Named Member Warehouse
Board from this District.
Colombia, March 2fi?The State
Warehouse Board, which will co-operate
with J. Clifton Itivers, State
Warehr b.ce Commissioner in the conduct
of tt State wa'tbouse system
and in conjunction with the South
Carolina branch of the American Cotton
Association, will arrange for the
expo.iation of South Carolina Cotton
ahrnad was annnlnro^ hv finvernor
Cooper tonight.
The board consists of 10 members
three at large, and one each from the
seven Congressional districts, onehalf
of v:hom are named for 4 years
and tlie other half for 2 years. They
are:
I At large, J. Skottowe Wannamaker
of St. Matthews, four years. John B.
Cannon, of Spartanburg, 1 years. B.
F. McLeod, of Charleston, 2 years,
t Congressional districts?First, Paul
Sanders, Ritter, 4 years; second) G.
L. Toole, Aiken, 2 years; third, B.
C. Matthews, Newberry, 4 years;
fourth, Lowndes J. Browning, Union
:2 years; fifth L. I. Guion, Lugoff, 4
years; sixth T. L. Manning, Dillon, 2
years; seventh J. H. Claffy, Orangeburg,
3 years.
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AUTOMOBILES TAKEN
IN COUNTER SUIT.
Brought, in Claim and Delivery by
W. D. Bethea Against Sheriff
and Bank,
Horry Herald:
The five Ford touring cars recently
seized by the sheriff undei
an execution issued on the judgment
of Bank of Loris vs. Power W. Bthea
and others, were released last
Saturday by the sheriff, after W. D.
Bethea, of Latta, had brought suit
in claim and delivery and made bond
In the sum of $8,000.00 for return of
the machines to the defendant if
such delivery shall be adjudged by
the court when the case is tried. The
automobiles had been stored by the
sheriff in the garage of the Conway
Motor Car Company, and insured
the same day that they were seized
or the day afterwards.
At first efforts were made to get
the machines released by private
negotiations, the plaintiff showing a
check for $4,000.00 drawn by F. M.
Mellette, on the Farmers & Merchants
Bank, of Latta, payable to
the Watkins State Bank, in New
York State; and also a bill of lading
issued at Elmira, N. Y., on the
machines consigned to Power W.
Bethea, at Conway, S. C. P. S.
Cooper, president of the Bank of Loris,
offered to release the machines
and also other property that had been
seized at the same time, upon certain
conditions which were refused, and
the suit in claim and delivery result
ed.
Tt is said that the matter will
stand thus until the issue of ownership
comes up in the court of common
pleas for this county.
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NO HOME FOR HER
BABIES SHOOTS SELF
Chicago, March 28.?"No children
allowed!"' Everywhere Mrs. Agnes
Ready went in her long, weary trudge
for an apartment she was told the
same cruel story. Pekinese spaniels,
Japanese chows, canaries anj even
pedigreed cats, these would be welcomed,
but not her babies, Albert,
three years old, and John, one and a
half. Discouraged, Mrs. Ready kissed
her two children, entered the bathroom,
locked the door and then shot
herself through the temple.
When the father came home he
found Albert and John playing in
front of the bathroom door.
"Where's mamma? he asked.
"She's in there,'' said Albert.
"She's kissed us good-bye and said
'I'm going on a long, long journey.'"
Mr iteaav torcea tne aoor and found
his' wife dead.
"We had received notice to remove
'from this apartment May 1," explained
Mr. Ready, "because a member of
the owner's family is to occupy it. My
work as a building contractor presented
me from looking for another
apartment, but Mrs. Ready has been
looking every day since March 1.
Money was no object with us. But
it seemed she could not find an
apartment where children were allowed.
"She became discouraged and then
acutely melancholic. Our youngest
baby died four weeks ago. She hecame
obsessed with the fear that we
would be forced to live in a tent or
in such fashion that would impair
the children's health."
Friday for Gibson, N. C.
Master Earle Lupo, the little son
of Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Lupo of Gaddv's
Mill, returned from the liosnitnl
Friday.
Mr. Harvey Bailey is out again after
en attack of influenza
Mr. Heriing who has lately moved
here from Florence opened a grocery
store the past week in the building
owned by Mr. Wince Horn.
Miss Ellen White spent the weekend
at her honio in Dillon. .
Mrs. R. F. Elvington and children
and Mrs. Lawrence Elvington and
little son. spent Tuesday in Lumberton.
The Methodist people are holding e
(Protracted meeting this week. Mr
Leslie, the regular pastor, is doing the
preaching. The public is cordially invited
to attend.
THREE MEN DEAD
IN_AGUN FIGHT
TERRIBLE TRIPLE TRAGEDY IN
AIKEN COIXY
Hugh Fanning, Julian Cooper and
Bryant Salley Killed on the
Spot.
Aiken, March 28.?Hugh Fanning,
j Julian Cooper an^ Bryant Salley,
three white farmers residing near the
Salley section in Aiken county, were
shot dead at midnight last night by
Carlos Corbett, a white farmer, who
claims that the men were drunk and
after wantonly burning away a cane
embankment in front of his place,
had cursed and abused him. Corbett
also fatally wounded Jones Salley,
one of the crowd.
Sheriff Howard and Coroner Bell,
of Aikent were called at 4 o'clock
this morning to the scene of the
shooting, which they found upon arriving
had taken place just across
the Aiken County line in Orangeburg
County. Carlos Corbett, after the
killing, got into his automobile and
drove hastily to Columbia where he
gave himself up to the authorities.
The story of the killing as told by
Sheriff Howard is as follows:
"Late last night a car filled with
men passed noisily by his home with
the muffler of the car wide open. Corbett
ran to the door of his home to
see who the noisy people were but
could not discern them in the dark.
A few minutes after the car passed
Corbett says he found a newly re-j
paired washout in front of his place
on fire and believed the men had purposely
set it ablaze. In half an hour;
me car was neuiu reiummg up mc
road toward Aiken and Corbett stepped
outside of his home to demand
of the men why they set his newly
filled washout 011 fire. The men< it is
alleged, became abusive and finally
cursed Corbett who drew his gun
killing each of the men in rapid suc-(
cession.
"Jones Salley was seated in the car,
some distance away and finding that,
the first shot did not kill him, it is
alleged Corbett went up to the car
and shot him again in the head and J
body. A young boy in the crowd lay
flat on the ground and played dead,
thus escaping. The people of Salley
are greatly worked up over the affair."
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The dead men were unmarried.
Carlos Corbett Surrenders.
Columbia, March 28?Special: Carlos
A. Corbett, who killed Hugh Fan-j
ning, Julian Cooper and Bryant Salley,
two miles from Salley In Orangeburg
county last night surrendered to
the State Penitentiary here this
morning. He claims self-defense and
the protection of his home against
marauders.
Claims He Shot in Self Defense.
Carlos Corbett, who shot three
men to death and seriously wounded
a fourth, near Salley, Aiken county,
Saturday night claims he shot in self
defense and to protect his home which
was jeopardized by a fire started by
the parties shot.
The following special from Columbia
to the Charlotte, (N. C.) Observer
was printed yesterday morning,
giving Corbett's side of the trouble:
Columbia, S. C., March 28?Carlos
A. Corbett, who last night killed
Hugh Fanning, Julian Cooper and
Bryan Salley and seriously wounded
Jones Salley at the Corbett home,
in Orangeburg county, two miles
from Salley, came to Columbia early
this morning in an automobile and
surrendered himself to the state penitentiary
authorities.
Corbett said that he acted in defense
of life and to protect his home
against the alleged marauding party.
According to Corbett's story, he
I and his wife were awakened, last
i night about 11 o'clock, by flames
! shooting up in front of his home,
, which, along with his farm build
lings, were threatened.
He said that he had cane stacked
I in front of his house to the height
of three feet paralleling the public
highway and this was afire with the
flames shooting toward the house.
When he had the fire under control,
he said. the automobile, bearing a
party which had passed his house
.came back up the road. He averred
that one of the party said: "He +
put out the f're> start it again.
Corbett said he was standing in
dense smoke emanating from the
smoldering coals and they did not
see him.
Threatened His Life.
"When this threat was made."
said Corbett "I warned the party
that I would protect my wife and
my home at all hazards and after
I had spoken, one of the men. a
hoarse voiced man. Jonas Salley T
think exclaimed: "Damn you. we
will kill you!" With this, two of the
men advanced towards me with their
hands in their hip pockets and tv*
niher men left the rear of the c>with
their hands in their side pockets
like they vore K?ing to draw
their knives. These last two advanced
as if they were Irvine to cut
me off from the year. I then began
shooting.
Corhett said that when ho first
discovered the fire ho sin el led an
' odnr of either gasoline or kerosene,
and ho is of tho opinion that some
member of thp party sprinkled the
I cane and then ignited it.
Ho was of the opinion that the
members of the nartv who livo at
t,Salley were drinking:. He claims
(that he was cold sober and has not
',taken a drink of intoxicating: liquor
-(during the past eight years. He
could attribute no cause for the men
SWEET POTATO BORER
AN ALARMING PEST
ALMOST AT SOUTH CAROLINA
j BORDER SAYS SENATOR DIAL
Semite Amendment Places $20,000 in
Agricultural Bill for Experimental
Purposes.
! Washington, March 30. ? South
Carolina and Georgia, according to
I Senator Dial, have a vital interest in
I AM nmAn/lmAnt Ktf inh tho Qhtl QtP
{ an aiiiciiuiiicui u * muvu tuv wvi*Mw
has added $20,000 to the amount
which the House allowed in the pending
agricultural appropriation bill for
investigations of truck-crop insect
pests.
The patron of the amendment is
Senator Harrison of Mississippi, and
as Senator Gronna, of South Dakota,
chairma^ of the committee on agriculture,
is understood to be acquiescent,
Southern Senators have strong
hope that the item will be retained
in conference.
"This appropriation,*' said Senator
Dial today, "finances investigations
which the Department of Agriculture
in cooperation with the States, is conducting
stored vegetable products as
well as certain of our important truck
crops, including potatoes, cabbages,
opinions, tomatoes, bean, peas and
sugar beets.
Must Stop Potato Borer.
"But the feature in which our people
of the Southeast are mainly interjested",
continued the Senator, "is that
'the Department of Agriculture has allotted,
from the sum provided, $65,000
to fight the sweet potato borer.
[This pest is the worst enemy the sweet
potato has. It has invaded Florida and
has reached Charlton county, Qeorgia.
Our state entomologist, Mr. A. F.
Conradi, tells nie that owing to the
habits of the pest it can be kept without
bounds and very likely can be
eradicated. But unless prompt measures
can be taken to check its advanee
we may expect it in South Carolina
very soon, and inevitably ruin
our rapidly developing sweet potato
industry.
"The borer now exists in seven
states. The sweet potato crop of five
of these states has an aggregate value
of $135,000,000. Sweet potato
culture is one major item in a new
scheme of production which we are
developing to offset the advance of
the cotton boll weevil. Already we
have built many potato warehouses,
and hope that we shall go on now to
build up a sweet potato packing industry
such as is centered about Albany,
in Georgia.
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yuaioiiiiiic nuivawivu.
"This pest can survive temperature
conditions which exist in every
state producing sweet potatoes. It is
best controlled through quarantine
while eradicative measures are being
taken; and through the researches of
jthe federal experts, including oversight
of more than 30,000 farms,
| adequate quarantine laws have been
put in effect in Georgia, Florida and
'Alabama, while Mississippi has what
i may be regarded as a model crop-pest
| law and Louisiana has one only a lit;
tie less excellent. Field laboratories
maintained in Florida, Mississippi,
Louisiana and Texas have studied the
history and habits of the pest, tested
various insecticides proposed and
studied methods of economic control,
ifumigation of stored potatoes and
|the eradication of wild plants which
, furnish food to the insect.
"Finding that the borer thrives on
I the wild morning gloryf the department
has experimentally cleared of
these plants a zone of about thirty
miles long between the infested coastal
region of Florida about Daytona
o vrwo in TTI n crl pr
aim an Ull luicQtvu aivn >u *
county. It has been demonstrated
. on the experimental plants at Kings,
ville, Texas, that the insect may be
held jn check by spraying or dusting
several times with arsenate of lead.
Destruction of wild food plants over
the many several thousand acres is
under way at New Orleans. The labaratory
at Ocean Springs, Miss., has
determined that heat is an important
control measure for stored potatoes,
temperature of 110 degrees destroying
the weevils with little effect on
the potatoes. Eradication work proper
is done mainly in the Baker-Charlton
region of Georgia and Florida,
comprising about 300 infected farms;
in Alden County, Alabama, where
there are about thirty farms, and in
Southern Mississippi, where there are
about 200 farms."?K. F. M. in News
and Courier.
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attempting to burn his house as he
alleged.
Fonnei'ly Was Police Chief.
Corbett was formerly chief of
police of Salley and is now farming.
He is is about six feet tall, of sparse,
powerful frame, clean cut face and
piercing, fearless eyes. Whe? seen
at the state prison he was calm and
collected and no element of nervousness
was apparent. He said that he
came to Columbia to give himself up
to avoid possiblp further trouble.
He said that hp has large family
connections in the Salley section as
have the dead men. Had lie remained,
these two elements might
have come together engenderinc
possible riot and further bloodshed.
He said that he shot with a 3S
calibre Colts special revolver and
he said, "I thought I got one at every
crack." He was under the impression
that he had killed four men
i MIIS. A RXETT SERIOUSLY |
WOUNDED.
Small Hoy Accidentally Discharges
Pistol and Bullet Enters
Bight Breast.
1 Mrs. Creighton Arnett of Pleasant';
. Hill section was seriously wounded :
last Saturday when a pistol a small i
boy was handling went off accident-;
ally and the bullet struck her in the
right breast and passed entirely I
through the body. The wound, while
serious, is not regarded as necessar-'
ily fatal.
Some one on the place had been:]
shooting rats and left the pistol in|<
a chair. While Mrs. Arnett was pur-,i
,suing her household duties a small!
:boy picked up the pistol and began [i
| toying with it A bullet had been left j j
in the pistol and this was discharged. I;
At last accounts Mrs. Arnett was rest-j]
ing easilyi although her wound is of t
a serious nature. 1
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FATHER KILLS SON. 1
Robert McCall of Judson Shooting i
at Woman Kills 9 Year
Old Son. I'
1
At a hot supper near Judson last *
Friday night Robert McCall, colored, j <
while shooting at a woman who was i
fleeing through a doorway, hit his 9!'
year old son and killed him almost ji
instantly. |<
The negroes were gathered at the i
home of Bell Wade where a hot sup- j;
| per was in progress. McCall and the j i
jWade woman had been intimate and I
[there was some feeding between Mc-|i
J Call's wife and the woman. While 1
| the dancing was in progress McCall's I
|Wife claimed that the Wade woman i
: had "stepped on her toes", and hot
j words followed McCall was in the'i
i kitchen where he was dispensing ice
cream and other delicacies to the
| guests. Some one called McCall's attention
to the dispute between his]
'wife and the Wade woman and he!
i walked out inJo the room with a
I pistol in his hand He had some words j
with the Wade woman and as the I
woman was leaving the house he
fired at her twice. One of the bul
lets struck McCall's 9 year ojd son1
in the heart, killing him almost instantly.
The killing occurred on the
Huestess place on the Marlboro and
Dillon line. Sheriff Lane went to the,
[scene of the killing and arrested Mc;
Call. He is in the Dillon county jail,
awaiting the June term of court.
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YOUNG WIFE SHOOTS SELF, j
* ? tI/>? rvtmmits Suicide at
Hint. n"{>g _
Her Home Near Judson.
Mrs. Hope Reedy, a bride of two
months, committed suicide at her
home near Judson Friday morning,,
by shooting herself through the head
with a revolver. The news of the
tragedy was a shock to the whole
commupity. A few minutes before
she took her life Mrs. Reedy bade
her sister, Mrs. Beacham, who was
making a trip a short distance away,
a pleasant good-bye, and there was
nothing in her manner to indicate
that she contemplated taking her1
life.
Saturday morning Mrs. Reedy was
in her usual good spirits and rode
down to the store with her husband
jwho is a partner in the Covington
Company at Judson. She returned to
[the house where she remained with
'her sisters, Mrs. Cottingham and Mrs.
Beacham, all of whom live in the'
same house. About 11 o'clock Mrs.'
Beacham went over to Minturn.
shortly after her departure a pistol!
jwas heard out no auenuuu w?s pen**,
to it. Upon her return Mrs. Beacham :
enquired after Mrs. Reedy and she
could not be found. A search was in-J
stituted and her lifeless body was
| found in the rear of a barn near the
home. The bullet had entered at the
right temple coming out at the left,
and her head lay a pool of blood.
| No reason can be assigned for the
act. Two months to the very day, it
'is said, on which she killed herself
|she was married to Mr. Hope Reedy,
a son of Dr. William Reedy of Clio.
They moved to Judson where Mr.
Reedy was in business and they
\ were very happy. The young husband
is prostrated with grief,
j Before marriage Mrs Reedy was
iMiss Olivia Chandler, an(j her father
is proprietor of the hotel at McBee.
For many years he conducted a hotel
at Clio. i
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Services at Methodist Church.
Main street Methodist church. Dr.
Watson B. Duncan, pastor. Sunday
school at 10 a. m., Mr. W. H. Muller,
superintendent. Preachinir at 11 a.
rn. by thP pastor Topic: "Our Inheritance
Through the Resurrection of
Christ." Preaching at 7:30 p. m. by
Rev. D. Arthur Phillips, Presiding
Elder Marion District. Monthly
meetinp Board of Stewards on Monday
at 7:30 p. in. Prayer service on
Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. Teachers'
meetinp on Saturday at 4:30 p. m.
Public cordially invited to all services.
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. Too Many Teeth are Being Pulled.
"There's a wave of tooth pttllinp in
this country. We must put a stop to it.
It's on account of the X-ray. The Xray
is adjustable. You can read anythinp
into it. People pet an Xray tak;
en and rush down and have their
teeth pulled. We ar^ fast becominp a
i nation of dental cripples. Too many
I teeth are beinp pulled."?Dr. V. H.
' Fuqua. President Chicapo Dental So
eiety, before the Illinois State Dental
Society.?Boston Globe, March 24. I
HERBERT HOOVER
BREAKS SILENCE '
SAYS WILL ACCEPT NOMINATION
FROM REPUBLICAN PARTY.
Wants Conservative Platform i^nd
league of Nations that Will
Establish World Peace. v
San Francisco, Cal., March 30. ?
Herbert C. Hoover, in a statement
issued here tonight, said he will accept
the Republican nomination for
the presidency if offered him.
The defeat of the peace treaty and
the "stagnation in adjustment of our
great economic problems," said Mr.
Hoover, convinced him that it waa
his duty to confirm the activities of
fh- Wnnver PoniihH/?o_ nlnha nt PolL
fornia in his behalf. Mr. Hoover said
he was for a league of nations with
proper reservation, safeguarding
American traditions and interest, as
opposed to no league at all.
"If the Republican party," said Mr.
Hoover,1' with the independent element
of which I am naturally affiliated,
adopts a forwards looking, liberal,
constructive platform on the treaty
and on our economic issues, and if
the party proposes measures for
30und business administration of the
country, and is deither reactionary
nor radical in its approach to our
great domestic questions and is backedf
by men who undoubtedly assure
the consummation of these policies
and measures, I will give it my en- ?
tire support.
"While I do not an<j will not myself
seek the nomination, if it is felt that
the issues necessitate it and it is demanded
of me, I cannot refuse service."
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MARION COUNTY FARMER
DISAPPEARS FROM HOME.
Diligent Search Now Being Made for
Edwin White.
mi. ? 1 f 1_ .maaIaI AT nvifln
1 ne ionpwillg speuitw nuiu luaiiuii
says: Edwin White, a well known and
well to do farmer, living about a
mile from Centenary, has disappeared
and diligent search yesterday and today
has failed to find him.
Mr. White, who made his home
with a brother and two maiden sisters
has not been seeD since Friday
afternoon, when he left the house to
meet his brother at a school house
about three quarters of a mile away.
His sister saw him going down the
road, but since he went around the
bend, about half the distance to the
school, nothing has been heard of
him.
Mr. White's brother went to Centenary
to get a monument, which he
was to erect at a grave at the school
house. Mr. White was to meet the
brother there to assist in the work.
It was raining when Mr. White left
home to join his pother, and, taking
an umbrella withAim, his sister saw
him start toward the school. But
he failed to meej his brother at the
appointed place.
Mr. White is described as 50 years
of age, five feet, seven inches in
height, clean shaven, hair originally
black, but now well sprinkled with
gray, no teeth except a few in the
front.
The missing man is said to have received
several annoymous letters with
in the past year.
The search is continuing /nd a
parpfni combine of the surrounding
territory is being made.
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AUTOMOBILE KILLS SMALL BOy
Five Year Old Son of Mr. and Mrs.
C. H. Myers Killed at Little
Bock Saturday.
There was a distressing accident at
Little Rock late Saturday afternoon
when C. H. Jr., the five year old
son of Mr onj Mrs. C. H. Myers was
killed by an automobile. The car was
driven by Miss C. McQueen, the 14
year old daughter of Mr. Jenks McQueen
of near Judson. The car, a
heavy Cadillac, was proceeding down
the street at a low rate of speed when
the little fellow attempted to run
across the street to his fathers place
of business. Another car was coming
in the opposite direction and as he
ran from in front of this car he ran
squarely in front of the car driven
by Mi3s McQueen. The fender knocked
him down and (he front wheel
passed over his chest and head,
crushing him so badly that he died in
a few minutes. Miss McQueen showed
great presence of minj and brought
the car to a standstill almost in its
length, but not in time to save the
little fellow's life. No fault attaches
to Miss McQueen, as witnesses to
the accident say she could not have
seen the little fellow until the car
was upon him, although she is prostrated
with grief over the accident.
Mr. and Mrs. Myers hav0 many
friends who deeply sympathize with
them in their bereavement. The little
fellow was buried at Mt. Holly
Cemetery Sunday afternoon.
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