University of South Carolina Libraries
\ ? ?? ??? ESTAMLISHKD 1891. THK DILLON HEKALD, DILLON SOITH CAKOLINA, THIKSDAY MOKXI.Mi. .11 'NK IT, 1920. VOL. 21 , .VO. 41 COUNTY NEWS I AND HAPPENINGS NEWSY LETTERS BY KEGILAR CUKUESrONDENTS. News Ileitis ol Interest to Herald Headers Ebb and Flow of the Human Tide. Fork. Miss Carrie Tart left Monday to spend some time with Mrs. Russell Sn.oaks of near Spartanburg. Mrs. C. E. Taylor is visiting relatives at Tabor_ N. C. Miss Lucile Bethea has returned home from Greensboro where she has * been attending high school. Corp. and Mrs. Corbett Carmichael left Saturday for Tubor, N. C., after spending two weeks here with relatives. Sunday school day will be observed J 1 at the Methodist church next Sunday, June 20th. The exercises will be at ten o'clock in the morning. The, public is cordially invited to utend. | o Sellers. | The Ladies' Club desires to thank all those who took part in the play given at the school house on Tuesday. June Sth. About ?75 was made. which will be used toward paying lor the school piano. Mrs. D. L. Smith passed away on Monday. June 7th and was buried a: tin latniiy cemetery at \\ iiiteviile, N. C. Mrs. Smith was ?a good christian woman, and will b(. greatly missMi here, where she has made her ! onto for several years. This community was d? ply grieved to learn ol the death of Miss Ann* Mae Alien at tin- Hospital in Lock llill. Mi-s All* n was a iin-ml"u? i. m** ;.| Willihr<>o co.' lege. and an < \< t lU :ii ami wr> promising ytus 11 i: woman. Mrs. \V. F. Norion ami daught* r. Miss Kllim- are visiting Mrs. J. S!? phen Bet lieu iii I'i. si-otl. Ariz. WliiI?- away tiny will visi: San Fiat: Cisco ami a number ??i other inn -resting places in the We-t. Horn to Mr. ami Mrs. F. H. Watson a daughter, Saturday. June 11th. Mr. J. G. Baker wiili Mr. and Mrs. I). M. Watson chaperoned a party of young folks at Cherry Grow beach last week. Mr. J. F. Watson and family of St. Matthews are visitng relatives in town. We were much pleased to have I with us Kev. Garner of Mullins last week. IjATTA. Miss Gertrude Manning spent a fewdays last week at Wagner. S. C. Mrs. Howard Bass spent Saturday at Hamer with her father who is sick. Mrs. T. W. Bethea visited in Co] mm bia last week. Mr. T. O. Salmon and daughter, Miss Emma visited in Columbia last week. Messrs. I). B. shine and II. 11. Manning spent th?- week end in'Wilmington N. C. Mrs. John A. McLeod and daughter Maigaret of Bingham were the guesls I'ict wppk i\f Mrs. W. L. Gaddv. Messrs. Ernest McMillan, EJlison Smith and IMiil Bethca are at hc?n:?fot vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hodges of Brownsvillc were in town Monday. Mr. W. Ellis Bethea spent the week end in Wilmington with his son. Ch?r|ie Bethea. Mrs. Emerson Edwards of floldsboro N. C. is here visiting her father. Mr.. M. H. Mims. Mrs. Roddick spent last week in Fayetteville visiting relatives. Mrs. Deans Crutnpler is in Colum? bia visiting her parents Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Foozer. Miss Bertha Fenegun is here visiting relatives. Mrs. Fat Henry entertained Saturday afternoon in honor of Mrs. W. H. Smith. o CALVARY. I Messrs. J. H. Moody and family. Joe Allen and family and D. W. Bowen went over to Latta Friday last to attend the funeral of Miss Annie Mae Allen, daughter of Mr. H. \V. Allen of the Latta section. The lurial services were conducted by her former pastor Rev. W. C. Allen, now of Dillon, who was assfsted by Revs. Foster of I,atta and W. W. Sisk of Clio. The interment was made at the family burying ground near her home. Miss Allen was this year a graduate of Winthrop College at Hock Hill. Messrs. Frank Ikiiley and Tom A1len of Little Rock section \vet\. henSunday last. Mr. N. A. Pittman and family were here Sunday last. All members of Hamer Lodge No. 171 K. of P. ore asked to be present this Friday night at eight o'clock Some work to be done in the rank of page and esquire 1>. C. M< Millan Parses. 1). C McMillan, foj many years pot agent at Lake View <|:od ^u.|?b-n ly at a Sumter hospital hot San-r day. The remains were hr??tn:ht T.ake View Sunday ami tin. inter t was imnie Monday morning. M: Mr Millan was a stroiir tolet i :. u a ! Ulltil recently had enjoyed sj.b d i In tilth, lb- h;t<l com to Sum'< r " suit a speeiti11-1. lb w :t bit- ' r d matt of i<?v d. Ir * ' <!!-. t| Mill bad a lar -e .-in b- of :d li death was a >lieek ti. tile jnunifv. Mr. M< Mill 11 i sum\. i b> a wife ami two children. II \i;i>l N?. HAS II \lil? 11?>AI? JM Ti: WKI. Xevvspapet Men <>t Nation Agree Thai I'aitj failed to Nominate StrongMan. David Lawrence' in Columbia Record. , Coliseum. Chicago, June 14.?The old guard won. The progressive and the Roosevelt elements in the Repuh dican National Convention were beatjer. Warren G. Harding, conservative, old-fashioned Republican, who looks like McKinley acts like McKinIley and thinks like McKinley, was; [rominated for the presidency by a convention that was worn out by the prolonged balloting in a sweltering temperature. The delegates seemed: so glad to have it all over that as soon as the deadlock between General Wood and Governor Lowden was Krr>L-on the dplppates didn't 1'lUCh care who they nominated so long us it pave them the chance to go home. If opinion among the several hundied correspondents here counts for much, the expressions of doubt concerning Harding's opportunity to win are indicative of a belief that the Republicans by no means nominated their strongest man. Hughes. Hoover Sproul, Johnson were regarded as sure winenrs ? out Harding is looked upon us far from a ceriatnt>. Tosstbly this will change when the Democrats have nominated their man bit: the editors, correspondents- and indeed many of the managers who worked so hard for Leonard Wood and Hiram Johnson west ominous!} doubtful about the outcome. Setiatoi Harding favored 'lit entlance of the 1'iiitetl Stale.- into ; lea kite of nations and tip* laiili-uiion 01 tie- Versailles treaty with propt Set A .1'inl!-. Nf\t ' I|f|e-> |)e jojllt .| t'it Itoiah-Jolmson group oi -trefoil < ilables. lle'wil! interpiet t'it pla' form as meaning immediate vatllle.tittii o! tlie if ace tf.aty. To 'iiat x tel.! 'he ItO! .! ll-.lt'llt.SO . LlO'lO la-' Iim'ii uutwii * ?! suid overthrow1.. Tln*ir only chance lor ii i>< !?i? l li?in boiling iIn- party or refusing to slump for Harding. It will prohabh i.ol In- imiiK diati l> appal tu w:.at they will tin ami maybe Air. Harding V Ii (lii-in ii polil ic.illy to as little about ili?. treaty as possible 11:. il after election so as to 1-e. ji harmC'i?> in the party. II" need not inti rpret th<> platform plait]-". lb' need only to stand on it and say i; repiesents agreement among Republicans. The strategy by which liaiding was nominated was ;i remarkable piece of work. The press section was aware ot the clever way by which the delepations were tuanipuhited and many an expression ot disappointment and disapproval came from Re publican editors. It will be a long time before the Republicans will erase what has happened at Chicago lot the resentment of tho?e who were tricked by old guard strategy will cause them to tell about it when they get back home. It is only the bitter anti- Wilson feeling and the fear of a Wilson dynasty through the election ol McAdoo which will keep the Republican party together. Nevertheless it will go down in political history that this Republican convention was dominaed by a group of I'nittd State Senators who were determined that one of their social clubs should have the nomination. Kveu Semttoi Johnson and Senator Rorah were parties to the nomiiiulton for tliere were mo-, ments when they could have objected and made a lifcht for a more progressive candidate. .Moreover, even though much was said in praise of Theodore Roosevelt t the man who was nominated fought bitterly against the Colonel in the Ohio campaign. It was a severe defeat for the Wood forces ond the Koosevelt group. Put General Wood has cnly himself to blame. For he could easily have been the Republican nominee. He played with the wrong set of managers. He didn't affiliate with the real powers in th" party. And when he acquired Frank Hitchcock be made nomination impossibp for the men behind Lowden and behind the other candidate had a common meeting point? they would never let Wood have it. "We must kill off one at a time." was the word whispered from the Penrose headquarters before wood. Lowden and Johnson were eliminated and the process by which that was done was super-strategy itself. First inroads were made in thp Wood del-! cgations where instructions for Wood had been given in the primaries but where the delegates were faithful members of the Republican organization of many years' experience in ballotting at conventions. It was recognized that Wood must be equalled and passed. This was done, too. and in the meantime delegates were quietly taken from Johnson and the whop* convention showed a fatigue thai made all want to end the deadlock v ith anybody rather than somebody. The suggestion of Harding was lan k ed bv a recolelciion of the splendid nominating speech made by Governor Willis of Ohio, who pointed out thai V..?r Vnrlt n..ii. .,mt tln> Otll?T HI St a t OS Wi'ln Sato Iilll that Ohio li.n! uoii" 1 i.'innrta'ir in 1! I '2 ail'! 1 :?! ;. This. in- arsM!- !. sltonM moan a : iiintnotis f<?r H m! in;:. \\ !:? Iia.l rat ri< ! tin it? v. !: li* ran for n * I <?i* ill ! ' 1 ! 1 > a u\? : win |i.iiiu' majority. Tin* Dm: ' rr.it--" may !> j: i[n. -- < <1 ! > (ilim at L'uttiriit ton as mi ? i'n\ !: t!ir< tinu s In"* :i I' *! .'it mi tlio !i , or' ' ". < . i ! ; . mir ly ' limi <i! lit s".! t ov a | n . on '!: :i. : '. II >- ! v !l mi' i' \ ( for lir.-l j'l.'f- a>. II' a ; ti'f i !' ".rr son- at tin- lo ptiMi'-aii r"iiv<n*in; I.. < OTTIMillAM IIIIADS inu.:i\ intivi; Development Hoard Menibeiship Campaign Begins June -1st. Columbia. June 15.?New determination to utilize and capitalize tiepossibilities ol this commonwealth was the outstanding feature of the "Do it for South Carolina"' dinner piven in this city on Monday evening. 1 The message of the occasion was the need in South Carolina ot a keener sense of what Governor Cooper calls 1 "t tatemindedneas," and out of the 1 gathering came a united expression that 'South Carolina can do i't, and ; she will." 1 The dinner was arranged by Gov- 1 ernor Cooper. Former Governor1: Manning and the members of the'I state committee of which they are : the heads, for the purpose of formally launching the expansion campaign of the South Carolina Development Hoard. The invitations to the event ; included those in each of the 4G coun- i ties who have assumed the leadership! of the campaign in their sections. In I addition all the editors of the state ; wt re asked to attend that they might ; have first hand knowledge of 'his i U'ovenient and the aims and purposes 1 vhioh have inspired it. < The campaign for memberships and > support for the development board I will open next .Monday. .June t'l. The goals are lO.nuo tneinhers ami an annual income of $2.jt?.t,,M' all p-edged lot three yea is. A laiv- shar- ot the income will be represented hy a sustaining fund apart from the men l ei.-nip <1 ill"*, in e\?ry mnty thcie is;: campaign oranni. I'ion 11 ? o.ua- ; ties l?iiu' l toil pod in 1" dis'rics. t Tin plan :> o ?*on>p!? * tii,. iirn- ; i al out lour days. I.. Coin ham > the eh .in a e ! tin Dillon onnty or-anizaiion. *1; i eoiiii'v b.ing a part of C:< -1 :11 i dt : I. v. i* ii ic ad<|lia. t -! mi i a 1 lington iii charge llriglit Will hi! soil. ; Id row ihi; iliieu t ii ; ;.< \ men which i- 11 11r? Muiti <1 1 y 1 \- i I < 'it Hoard lias .:j\< n inem!n of ih, ; sia-,. comaiif opportunity i" I a i.i w dejiiiiation of tie undertaking. "This i.- a straight Ini* > >.- pint n ; si'ion." j* j - said. "If time i.- an; : idealism In* organ:7. it ion it i. confined to the on? ambition in nrtke < South Carolina the best *iate in th" union and then ! !1 t:i,. world at out in which is another way of saying that we will capitalize our reputation, ( ui resources and our posi ibilitie.-. "The program of lite board is a ' cban cut appeal to tie practical ol every >outh Carolinian, one ] which will pi]t money in his pocket. ( 10very salient feature ol tht. program , has a direct bearing upon the busi- i ness interests and personal w. ll'aro i of every citizen, no matter where lie , lives or how he makes his living. j "Improvement of the education 1 ] system and of health and sanitation throughout the state, the equal ization of assessment and taxation the ? ncourageinent of road buildinir in f t ry section, the establishment of home cash markets; attention to all of these and a dozen other nmtit's will he rellected in the prosperity of every citiz n and every community. If would he impossible to take up these projects in any one county without benefiting the other counties liut th0 scope of the work of the ?'*?U11I \ <11 * ' I llltl 1 l-|*l|?lll' II I IM'dIM v. ill be slate-wide." o l>eatli of Mr. William (lyde Rosier. Mr. William Clyde Hosier, lie faithful and only child of Mr. and Mrs. W. l'reston Hosier passed away on Sunday nii'ht April 25, about 11 o'clock, after an illness of one week , of flu-pneumonia. He suifered niucli pain, and the doctors and nurses stood by him until the end came. Clyde was born near Luke View on October 31. 1888. having spent his , entire life at home with h* parents. As he was ready to enter college his mother became an invalid of rheumatism which she remained until death came last August. Clyde was very ( de\oted to his parents, having made the sacrifice of a college education. He was an industrious young man of noble qualities and character. He will be renumbered well in t hearts and minds of his scores of friends as being one of our best young men. A Friend. o Double Tragedy. Kings tree, June a. ? Robert Hogan whose home is at Oreele..vilie. near here early this afternon kill* <1 his wife and then took his own life by filing a bullet into his i??.? : Ho ran was married to Mrs. Robert la sesne about one year ago. Ih-fo'v; her fi'M i.tarnage the was Miss Pitts, daughter u'" tin- late |toV,? pits ol Courdin. She is sur.i'. ! ! v tiv l-Jien from her first union an! 1 *!ward I'itts and Harry I'-'n. bri.th i s of Sur.iter. and Mrs. S. \V. M< '.aiy, sisi< r of 1/ini-s. Th t;:u.idv iTUired a! their house j, i;: 1* . O'1. No eause is assign-<1. were taken it would p*i;iI?Ty show jU'i'.l irl a>n 11 ' ' Me \.Inn v. i 1 h< '1 IleuMH-raiie laui if" !.'< ' r- nr> made to !i:m in ti .. ; for \ ire |>! .-iil'T!' U ; : el---. . inf.. for- \vhi!-- !: ?.<?; loesj)'- . h ; ' ::tiitihie it: ! j.-Hi .. in lb ton and t! 1 ' it v,.ai! ( ' I r.of !.- p\\ Isotl I.1 ? T:l It. mi orator - wdl of Hint itm .-:sag< . Y<H N<; MAN lutow \S AT MYUTI.i; Hi: \( II Cetil Salmon, 17 Years ol' Age, Lose* IjitV on laist I><i> of ( aiiipnign Trip. Conway. June 12. ? This comn uniiy wtis shocked this morning by receiving news from Myrtle Beach, ibis county, of the drowning there ?arly This morning of Cecil .Salmon, the 17 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. \V. K. Salmon. The body was recovered within a few hours alter its disappeara nee. Young Salmon, with a party of young men, recently returned from college, was on a short campaign trip there during the Methodist Training school which is in progress. They broke camp this morning and were to return on the early train leaving the ? ? ?*- ""* faw a on?{mi Kr?_ oeacn. 1 nej weui uui iui ? nnun utfore the train left when the young man. who could not swim, got beyond his depth and wus lost from his associates. Mr. and Mrs. Salmon ca'nie here a few years ago from Clio and are very popular in th?* community. Their young son had much promise and had only about o month ago relumed from New York where he completed i course in electricity. He was also i popular m< mber of the Conway ba nd. (dOI'KK OlTKKS I:I:\YAI:I> I-or Apprehension of Murderers ol Liu in M liite. Columbia. .June IT A rev.ard of t'loil iris Iteell ? 11?i |,v (iovell. >r '< o| r ior ilie apprehension ot the ii.uideier or murderers of Kdwiii u i,!". : 11 oi ihe Centenary see< M.trioii ( ouiiiy. (?i:i May 2d. li -.e ks after i he crime had iieeii olilliillied. lie- body of Mr. White - hied d'JWi. v, it h b- t < . n lti'i.. nd pounds of scrap ail o iieu p. i a if* wound around the r< ::t;ii-\ iva? di.-?o\ red in rin- Utile fee in. river. II" had been .-hot in >!: s'ot. teh. Tia- dect used | ...| .startnl from llis home to assist hi- brollit r ill i i< I- i iMn 01 a loinb-ion,. in a i:.>-1 .. mil-1 from iii.- h??in? . )!, was m \< r a i. .: 1 iv again. ? H coloni:l spiji.ngs <;i\ i;s ii.w Name- a Total Contribution of .>'.">0tuio to lalursnional lund. rh?? State. Col. Leroy Springs of Lancnsi* r lias given $50,000 to iho $l,0on,noo ndowineiit campaign being eotiductMl by the Presbyterian synod of South I'urolinu. This is the largest individual contribution to date ?xcept that id J. M. Graham of Greenville, who rave the original $i00,ooo to (lie rund. Colonel Springs recently gave $25,UOo to the fund and a few days avo made it $50,0<>0 by giving the additional $25,000 to this very worthy cause. The tnilion dollar endowment is lor four institutions under the South Carolina synod. On,, half of the mont*\ goes to Presbyterian College of South Carolina; one-fourth to Chiror.i college and the remainder is divided penally between Columbia Tln-ologipa! seminary and Thornvvtll orphunIlL'e. .Numbers of smallei contributions : r? being rocuved ami there is every indication that tin- campaign will be a success. New Ty|H' of Still found Near .\nderson. Anderson. June I I. ? Jnlin N< w[ 11 was arrested near Savannah river by county officers charged with violation of the prohibition laws Ten gallons of whiskey were found in his home when the officers mad< their search and accordion to Deputy Hilliard tin unusual form of .-till was also found. Only the boiler of the di< lillery was to be found, and acord ing to Mr. Hilliard. this still one ot the most peculiar in use around this section of the country. Contrary to the general custom of stdl making this still is not equipped with a bottom, but is a big square shaped copper box. with on,, side open. The opposite side contain s a hc.le through which the steam is allowed to escape and to see the box shaped affair one would never think fh'iT if / tiiild Ki. iigtxl I <?r n 1111/ i n " whiskey. The open side of the boiler however, has a wide llange or edge and this is nailed tightly down to a larv plank covered with copper, and tin holes stopped tip with mud or paste. The tire is then built around the of fair and tie* beer is boiled the steam being carried off to the condenser tiro itch tin hob- ;n the top of the contrivasor. Kill S \\ IKK \M> SKI.K. W K. Davis of Marion shoots Wit. and Takes IIU Own l ife. I.* t we.-!,'- II- raid ? at tr... . I ,j !,... ... . a !! c o; r <! W. K Da is at | j? V V d M ' ' ' I ' I ' . . - * 11 ; I , | 1 the II . d 11.1 i : 1 : ! Ldain. Mr Da- had h mriiT or (.I:NKIJ.M. SI:SMO\> Tile SUtllU'.er I < I' 111 of I lie ('"III I o Gel" tal Sessions convened Monday morning with Jttdge Kdward Mclvei of C'heraw presiding. Solicitor Sptar: and Stenographer Kilgo were at tlieii posts. The grand jury was reorgan ized with Mr. M. A. Slubhs as fore tnan and the machinery of the cour was put in operation. Solicitor Spoart pushed the work rapidly and all o the cases that could be heard at thii term were disposed of by the ntiddh of the afternoon when court ad journed. The docket was cleared of the fol lowing cases: The State v. C. G. Bruce and W Mclnnis. Knded as to Bruce; no grossed as to Mclnnis. The Suite vs. Hilliard Nowing ant Irvin LeGette. Nol prossed as to Now ling. LeGette plead guilty to man Slaughter and received a sentence o 13 years. This indictmnt gre^- out o ; tne Killing 01 nev. w . u. uomans, < Icolored preacher, at Latta toni" year r.po. LeGeite slashed Romans acrosi the thigh with a knife and the preach er bled to death before a physiciat cculd reach hini. Thos. Oxindine entered a plea o guilty to the charge of assault am battery and carrying concealed weap ons and received a sentence of threi months or a fine of $125.00. \\\ F. Rridgers plead guilty to th< charge of larceny and was sentence! to 1 year at hard labor. Wesley Ford plead guilty In I In charge of housebreaking and larcenj aj.d gor 1 year. l'l>de and K'.irl Tait# brothers and Ralph Bailey, ail young whin men. Wi re eharued with Slaving enter eil .Ip.o, it. .Moore's store ai Lai a Thee se against Bailey was :;<>l pros M <ii bin ilie jury returned a \?T?ii ag; .i -i the Tart brothers with r* com ii.; iida ion to nie-i \. Kneli charge, ib,. otlo r v :ih having entered tin sture a: ! the euiin gave Kill Tai lie y.-ar and Clyde nine months. I i ! : STORY OF MAIlUUMtO Oil. The :;.ai. who was first to advoc.ib lie f.irniaiion oi Itillmi county is i!. man who first conceived the ide i o in :ng for o.l in Marlboro coiiirv. ] was while h" was editor of The Her alii some 2"? years ago thai JL L. (la| Inway now president of I lie Firs: X tioiial It.ink ol Clio, urged the forma lion of a new county out of tli0 uppt portion of Marion. When oil seepage was discover' i mar the surface of the cuili at Fiv. I'e; k* no one paid much altntion 'o it It was nearly a year afterwards th Ml. Vltl IHMVil V WilS Ull il UUMIII'W II l| [to New York when he was invite.! t< share a seal with another gentletnat in a crowded train. During tne con \? if-ation the question of oil camP 11 |i introductions followed and Mr. (InWo way found that he was talking to ; well-known geologist who was con nected with a leading college in tin New Kngktnd states. Mr. Gal low a, n tniioiied the oil seepage found it Marlboro county. The geologist be came interested. He knew the topo graphy of this section and after goin; in to the matter thoroughly with Mr Gallowoy urged^hitn to go to borin for oil. It wits the geologist's firm con \ ict in) that oil exists in this section and he is quoted a.? saying that it i only a n alter of time before it u ii be discovered. This in orief is thP hist -y ol Msir! boro oil. The well has been sunk !' a depth of Ton led. ,\f | resent ih 01 ill is .t'ltii.g through *.t piec,. o lard rock. It oil is not found in th pi?sen well boring operation.*- w ill l? started at ottie other point not fa distant ? I'lini'unii t'n < -in |>.i .11- .... . "moiiIs" eonstaii1l> <>n I he seem Lands i hrougliout the ion h-.v Ini n i|tiu'ily inspected liy agents rep rv.entiiig outside interests. and scv rial land owners hav,, be. n a-k?*d I'o options. Mr. Calloway has received ai olIt r froin a Texas oil t'oiiipatiy t I tore tor oil on his place on a profit sharing hasis. .Mr. (eallowaj to I urn is] the laiiti and the coinpai.v to do th dri|ling. t'il development is the biggest Kin df an adventure, it is true; it is thousand to one shot, bit' if you wi tin returns are large, if oil is diseov > ered in .Marlboro. Dillon will grow in to a cilv of oU.000 over-night. Thousands of people will b?* camping all ov er the county and the whole I'ee Do : country will become a seething mas of humanity. health for several years. II,? had jus returned from a visit to friend" i Winstoii-Saleiu, N. and his phy sician recoiniiietided that lie go to sanitoriiiiu at Clifton Spiin-s N. Y Mrs. Davis insisted on accoinpaiiyin him. A few days alter thev left Mat ion notice ot 11, ir <l<atn was r.reiv < <), Inter a telegram jri\ i::*r th tin trie ir<tunsJ;i.Mr. and Mi'.1 t;ivis were to < mil other am the only r< a?nn that ran t>(. frivm fo the no-It art ; that Mt Mavis Inn hrooihil o\ r Mi-, ph_vsii.il conditio < lore t r he <*:tr::? tempor;:r.I trisa::* . Mt Mavis was Mtperitilvtid . Mi. M.i: on inf..,, Mills. II v ' w i \! M< \Mist. . a at. -til'e. Tile hod VV'er r. !. -i\. s M: Ma- i , y or.; Main r M. Me'di-* r'.n-teh. Mr f'.. If !; v M A f \ ,'i , i li. - i;:v .it v... i:>. I'ljhii . III*.II SCHOOL CI.OSKS SH < LSS1TL YKAIt. .\iinunl Sermon I??*livSunday r Morning; Followed by Literary Address Tuesday Night, r Following an able address by Dr. K. W. Sikes of Coker College, the det livery of diidonias to the graduating - class and the presentation of medals, f thP Dillon High School came to a s close Tuesday night, aftei what is ; generally conceded to be one of the - most successful sessions in th0 history of the institution. Owing to the - influenza epidemic which delayed the work in mid-winter the school was . several weeks late in closing. 1, The exercises began Thursday night with a recital by the primary 1 grade pupils in Miss Critz's music - class, which was followed by a recital - Thursday night by the pupils in the f junior grade. f Sunday morning at 11 o'clock the i commencement sermon was delivered s by Dr. Jos. J. Venable pastor of the s First Presbyterian church of Jack sonville. Fla., and was heard with. i profound interest by a large congregation. I Monday night the class exercises 1 were held at the auditorium. The - exercises were out of the ordinary, J in that the stage had been converted into a forest scene of unusual btau i.y and int? rest. In or near the centre 1 of tin- stage glowed a camp fire, while here and there resting singly or in * groups were the members of the graduating class composed of the following young ladies and genlle. men: Losa Bailey. Louise Blizzard, i' Lillian But my, Mary Klizabeth Su:ckliouset Margnn t Wood, Nell . C; idw. il. Ktnilu Moore, James Be il t.i aad John 1*. Klliott. The exercis' es consisted of short poems dialogues - ami witticisms, many of Ihem eniire. ly original ami \. il> or amusingly e\pn -si-d. Taking part in ih,. < xercist hut not of ti;e graduating clastf v.e|-e Ki lyn Moody and Josephine rdtleeby wito sang deligliltul solos. . Miss Moody as retiring president of . t!if l'Mh grade was pr. .-i-u 1 witlt the . el; ss h'itiier. Tuesday night the exercises were ? opened witii a soul-stirrit.g song by . Mn girls of the ' Chorus Class' which . htts been trained by Miss Critz. Then fnltikWikil :l i* ctilnf ltarv Itv \li<? . .\t II Caldwell. and ili.' valfdictory by i1 Miss Mary Elizabeth Stackhouse. The literary address was delivered' ] !?y Dr. K. \V. Sikos of Coker College. Dr. Hikes made an intensely interest . ing and instruetive review of the lives i of the several presidents from VV'ashi ington down to Wilson. He grouped 3 them into the three great historical * i periods coveting the revolution the - civil war and the late world war. His i, talk was brim-full of historical facts _ and for neary an hour he held the i undivided attention of his hearers. - Dr. Hikes is recognized as one of the i. nation's greatest historians. y At the close of Dr. Hikes' address \ followed the delivery of the diplomas - by Prof. Roberts to the members of - the graduating class. The T. 11. Stack, house medal for the best essay in the . loth grade was presented to Kvlyn g Moody; the D. A. It. medal for the Iiiki in the Tih or Mil made was . presented to Jennie Cilland Cotting\ i.atii. In tin* domestic science <1* partI n;ent Miss KiKii In l?l presented I ho rooking class an da! to Noll ftildwell and 'In- sewing class tii dal to Mildred , (.'a nun-hat !. Miss Adt-ile Crilz, who ;i\i-.- up In i work at the school after ' several years of l.iitliftil and ilfcieiit . service. was presented with a heautic fill aim thvst pin hv the gills of the r "(.'horns ("lass." Miss Is la .\li'Kenzie> who has an utlbroken im oni of twenty five years ot . ti.itlitul service as lie- teaehei of the j rimary grades, was pr. s-utril with a i heainiful ?!tatu11ud cluster tin;: as tin . evidence ot tli,. love a lid esteem in which sin- is held by the entire com11 in tin ii y. 0 diplomas were presented to the following: Kieti Itaih-y, I.ouise Hli/.Ii zard Lillian Hartley, Mary Llizabeth 1 Slaekhouse, Margaret Wood, NiJI i aiuwcii rvuiuiu wuiNf, .i.iiiiv.-] iiu1 then 'ami John F. Klliotl. ;i ('< ! liiH'.ltfS Wt To presented to Reba ii Xeiiles ami <_?11i?? lin ks. Diplomas from the Commercial Departoiimt won* presented to Rosa Hail*y. and Lillian llurnoy. A? tho conclusion of the exerciser . ."?Jr. J. 11. Gibson, chairman of the s hoa?d of trustoos announced that tho contract had In on lot for tho now .. stoain heating system and that art raiu'oinouts had boon made lor the n addition of four now class rooms. The . improvements will bo made before tho t fall session opens. The public feels very much grati - Ii?'I over the results of the year's work. When ho took charge of the i < hool I'rof. Roberts had many diffi. cullies to ovttcoiiio, and this combinI'd with tho influenza epidemic which d inlt rrupti-d tlie school work between, r the two sessions has made his I first year's work in J>.lion extremely n arduous Noihwthst.ii.ding these dif\ fieiiltit iiowevt-r. lo has brought tho - si !itit.| up :-t . !i t> r!c r standard, ai ! lie t,()i ?.:.J\ ,!. i \. hut ( is Iho i! ' i ; . ! whn It: v kept in < ' ' aw !i < h? d work. '1 I) I' i: fill-Tea. Iter** Met-J' nu Tie l"ar? III To; ' : ' A ;Ot i it i<.11 ! . .1 i - l-'r'day the <>!<! : ' w !1 .i * w >rk ! "t|| If .1 m! :it ?| t .1 A I':