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" ?== . 1 ifar Sillon iftralii \ ! H ? / Dillon, S. C. June 24. 1920. One can always tell the boss from the help by the fact that the bos3 Is usually working. There is some talk of placing the name of Dan C. Roper before the San Francisco coifVention as the vice-presidential nominee. Mr. Roper is a South Carolinian, having been born and reared in Marlboro county. He is one of McAdoo's strongest supporters, but as McAdoo and Roper both are southern men it is not likely that Roper will be given second place if McAdoo is the nominee. Kegaraiess of who gets fii-st place on the ticket the chances are that the second place V will go to a western man. McADOO OB COX? *, It Is a bold man who forecasts a . political convention, but at this mostent all signs point to either McAdoo or Cox as the nominee at San Francisco next week. The former has greatly strenghtened his position by the , .statement that (he was not a candidate, while it is clear that the democrats ' are not oblivious to the situation in Ohio following the Harding nomination, and there are strong leanings in the west and middle-west toward Gov. Cox. In' his statement made public last Sat-1 urday in which he says he is not a , candidate McAdoo does not say he' ?in ?if it {q . Will 1OI UiSQ WHO holla i-ucfciiwu kJL Ab AO I thrust upon him. Whether intentional, i ly or not, he leaves the way open for i his nomination, and there are those ( who seem to think that he is .playing j the game skillfully and adroitly. Our ( first choice is McAdoo. In poijt of, uxbility he stands head and shoulders j above any man in either party, and , .if 'he is nominated and has as his ' .running mate a strong man west of the Mississippi, the only thing .that 1 can bring about his defeat is the * power of the almighty dollar. For ! the past several months the g/eat s popular clamor has been for a busi- < uess man in the white house and in i McAdoo the country has a man who i typifies and personifies the term in its < .full sense.and meaning. If "big busi.ness" is sincere (we do not refer to ] the hide-bound element satiated with i . republicanism) it must either support i McAdoo. or deliberately repudiate the very thing* for which it has been ( clamoring the loudest. } Some folks think Gov. Edwards of ] Now Jersey is the choice of the wets, j #but insiders declare that the choice i . ia Governor Cox. Cox is infinitely . stronger than Edwards and has something of a national reputation. He has carried his state repeatedly and .probably would carry it for tbe Demcrats In a presidential election. And this is something that the San Francisco slate-makers won't overlook. i How much longer are the citizens of Dillon willing Jo put up with the service they are getting from the electric light plant? Next to February ^weather the local electric light plant is about the most uncertain thing of which we have any knowledge. One week the line is out of order; the I .next week the reservoir pump is out of commission; the week following the boilers have sprung a leak, and when the boilers are ready for steam-: ing there is no coal. Trulyf it has be-' come a joke. The public has "cussed" \ until they have become disgusted and now they are beginning to laugh and ridicule. But that is not helping matters. It is evident that Dillon is facing a serious situation. Here are three thousand people depending 011 a worn out and absolutely inadequate clant for water and lierhts. The nlant f itself has given us warning time ami again that it is likely to make its last gasp any minute and still we continue to ignore those warnings. What will be the result if the plant reaches the point where it refuses to function? . There are several hundred homes and / stores and offices that would hai'e to .spend thousands of dollars arranging .for sewerage disposal, putting dpwn .pumps and installing private lighting , -devices. This would have to he done wen if the plant could be repaired ai d . put in operation again in a month's time. But it could not be done in a ; month's time. It will take six or probably 12 months to buy machinery ^nd put in a new plant. In the \ meantime what is happening to the ( town's sewerage and water mains? There is no water to flush them and they are filling up with all manner , o! refuse and there is more money to I be spent cleaning them out and re storing them to their former state of usefulness. With these facts before us, ta th<? wisdom in shuttine our >es to the real situation? We are -' like the ostrich that hides its he id ?in the sand when it sees danger approaching. The town has before it two propositions, one of which it tuust accept sooner or later. One is to sell the plant to a private corporation or to issue bonds and purchase new machinery. Council does not care to take the initiative on either proposition without the advice and'consent of the citizens, and the only way to pre.-enf the matter intelligently is in a mass meet, ing. The citizens, are therefore, asked to attend a mass meeting at the court house tonight at 8 o'clock. It is a matter in which every citizen should be vitally concerned^ and it , would be very gratifying to thor.e interested in solving'these problems if \ there Is a large and representative at Z , The paying of enormous stock ai- ( vidends appears significant. A stock; dividend is as free^from income tax as a Liberty Bond and usually pays a far greater return. There is some confusion in thei minds of the people as to the action: taken by the members of the South j Carolina branch of the American Le-j gion at Spartanburg last week in regard to the cash bonuses to be paid j to soldiers who served in the latei war. The headlines in many of the j newspapers made it appear that the South Carolina branch was unalterably and almost overwhelmingly opposed to the bonus plan, whereas the information-brought back by those who attended the meeting is to . the effect that 90 per cent, of those who participated in the meeting were in favor of the cash bonus, but condemned the action of the national executive committee in asking congress for an appropriation for this purpose. The sentimental the meetine was that! th0 executive committee exceeded its authority and pieced the members of the legion in a very embarrassing position. A majority of the iqembers of th0 South Carolina branch, as we understand the sitijption, do not object to receiving a cash bonus, but thoy do object to being placed in the attityde oi approaching congress with hat in hand and asking for extra pay for the services they rendered. REFUSAL OF CREDIT Banks are continuing to fefuse new credits and calling upon customers to reduce their indebtedness which was a policy agreed upon about the first of May and is a policy designed to force commodities out of storage and! on the market. That too much money and credit bar been tied up in stocks of goods held for increasingly higher prices is i belief of the nation's financiers. By efusing extension of credits the banks effectively force stocks of ?z>ods held por speculative higher prices to be I sold, and this will to a considerable | ?xtent check the increase in prices ind deflate the volume currency '.nd negotiable instruments which are1 jquivalent to currency. The economic effect, of course, will be to increase the value of money, which is reflected in the decrease of :he selling price of goods. This will also bring about a' derrease in orders to manufacturers, which will result in manufacturers laying off. numbers of workmen Large industries in large cities will begin curtailing the employment of workers; this in itself will be a good :hing because too large a number of workers from the country districts inve gone to the city, abandoning the lation's food production to fewer lands and menacing the welfare of :he nation seriously. ^s one financial expert puts it: 'The country has simply gone crazy >ver speculation and getting rich luick, and it has become necessary sit her to get back to a basis of comnon sense, hard work, less specula:ion and profiteering, or else face the' :ertain prospect of all going broke ogether." The nfedicine the banks ore adminstering to business is bitter, but it's stood. NOTICE OF ELECTION. State of South Carolina. County of Dillon. Whereas, a petition signed by more han one-third of the qualified elec-' ors and a like proportion of the resi- j lent freeholders of the age of tweny-one years of Bermuda School District No. 17, of the county and state iforesaid asking that an election be! granted in said district on the ques-j ion of increasing the levy for com-; uon school purposes by 4 mills, has j >een presented to the County Board j )f Education; now by the authority ested in us under Section 1741, Civ1 Code li?12. said election is hereby >idered held on Tuesday, July 6th at Bermuda School house. The trustees shall act as managers >f said election and only such eiecors as return real or personal prop-! irty for taxation -and who exhibit' heir tax receipts and registration; certificates as required in general election? shall.be allowed to vote. Each eleclor^who favors the proposed levy shall cast a ballot witli the word "Yes" written or printed thereon and each elector opposed to >aid levy shall cast a ballot with the word "No" written or printed therein. W. C. MOpRE. H. N. COUSAR. R. S. ROGERS. Members of the County Board of Education. 6 24 2t. i I CREDITOR'S .NOTICE. I Having qualified as administrator of the estate of D. McL. Bethea. deceased notice is hereby given that all persons holding claims against the estate are hereby notified to present same duly authenticated within the Iime provided by law or this notice' will be plead in bar of their recovery.j All persons indebted to the said es-! tate are hereby notified to nnke im-j mediate payment to he undersigned j administrator. P. Y. and H. A. B>. thea. | 6 24 2t. Executors.' i No Worms in a Healthy Child /\ll children troubled with wornn have cn un t healthy color, which indicates poor blood, and a:; a i ru)e. there is more or less stomach disturbance. 11 JltOVE S TASTELESS chill TONIC given rcgjiarly | for two or three weeks will enrich the blood. ir.i- i prove the digestion A^act as a Geaerai Strength-1 cninfi Tonic to the v^B^stem. Nature will then throw off or dispel the Child will be in perfect health' 60c oer bottle. w " 0 rloyd / # * , . f NNMMMMMIMMMtMfMMMM 77ie situation. vti nno rl I Cl/t 1^ l/l OflVMiM ? Meir purchases an those who are real and to buy wher least possible pria tractive. Our goc / jyou know what yi tor it. All these p Here are a few sa \ mmnwwmtimmniwwm I Self Rising Flour, 24, 48 and 96 lb f sacks $13.50 per barrel -i 12 lb. sacks $13.75 per barrel S Rice, Fancy head, per lb. 15c. o Per 100 lb. sack $13.75 j Grits, per lb. 5 l-2c. a SYRUP I Star Brand Karo and Golden Crown, ? 10 lb. can $1.00 | 5 lb. cans 50c. d Domino Golden, 5 lb can 65c. 0 Velva, red or green label, 1 lb can 10c > Cheese, full creamt per lb. 40c. <j By the case, per lb. 35c. S Coffee, vesper steel cut, per lb. 50c. 2 Lord Calvertf steel cut, per.lb 55c. ? Bacon, D. S.Plates per lb. 18c. J T <>rri nnro in Cfl 1h tnhs ncr 1h 2S 1/ i I Compound, in 60 lb tubs, per lb. 23c. j Crisco pure vegetable shortening, per J 9 lb. bucket $2.75 j Salmon No. 1 tall cans,a 3 for ?50c. 3 Tomatoes, No. 3 cans, 3 for 50c. S Trype, No. 3 supreme each 30c. ? P. & G. white. Napatha soap, 3 cakes 3 for 25c, ? Octagon soap, 3 cakes 25c. J Ivory, 3 cakes 25c. S Ivory soap flakes, 3 for 25c. ( Special prices by the box. 60c. Gullets snuff 50c. j COc. Gullets snuff ?25c. j I? Moonshine tobacco per 101b bx $7.80 2 g Fruit cake tobacco per 101b bx $7.40 j . ? Pippin per 101b bx $9.00 } .? Big chip per 101b bx $7.70 I 2, Pride of Winston per 101b bx $7.85 ) ? Sun dried apples, per lb. 25c. \ g Evaporated Peaches, per lb 25c. \ ? New lot of sugar just received at per ( ji pound : 30c. $ Peanut Meal, 20 per cent, protein, | < > per 100 lb. sack $3.45 * Mnnnrnli PnanH Unrr fooH nor 10fi 1h ; Sj sack $3.45 i Red Shirt Hog feed, per 100 lb j & sack $3.45 j ? Horse and Mule Feed, 85 per cent. j x grain, 100 lb. sack $4.00 , All sizes in Lewis ajid Clio Sweeps at < per pound 20c. j ? Lewis Upright plow stock, each $4.50 < ( ) Huggins \Vrenchless plow stocks, j $ each $4.75 j ? Nails, all sizes, per lb. ? 9c. i ? Tjtehold select red cedar shingles, j S per m $10.35 ( ? Premium clear red cedar shingles, i * per m ? ? __ $8.50 j $ Full line of staple and patent inedi- ( ? ( ( THE F FL . FLOYD I \ f . . . * Dale, . imn aa wpmsm to?<M???< V of the whole coun tse their best d spend as wisely \ly trying to save c e they can get 2, our whole stock ids are marked in. ?u will'get and w trices are cut as mples for this wee I IMMMMMNIMMOTMMMMMM Ml I cines at prices that can't be touched A i|? elsewhere. 1 ? ? We have the goods and we are going g | to sell them. ? t> SHOES. | Men's tennis shoes 7 to 10, spec 65c. f 'Child's, pair 55c. g I ? J/to n rivf aifoa A fn Q x S liUUlCO nunc VBU. VAA. omvg 1 VV u, | pair $1.49* ? Ladies white Can. Oxf. rubber sole, j 5 pair $1.49 ( 9 Ladies white <Can. Pump, $2.50 val- ' | ue for, pair $1.49 ] 3 Boy's G. M. Oxford, red seal brand, i P sizes 0-1 pair $2.00 ] ? 2 1-2 4 1-2 pair $2.50 ? p MEN?Do you wear size 10? Extra ? g values in No. 10 Oxfords in con- a a servative lasts. ?i | WORK CLOTHES V I* Carhart Overalls or jumpers, pr $2.75 S! Men's heavy weight khaki work trou- V sers ? $2.50 jj ! Riverside "Horse Shoe Men's shirts, gi each $1.35 |[ M. W. S. Work shirts for men spec- & ial r $1.75 | Ebros brand shirts light weight, 3 chain bray, each ?$1.15 A Boys "Slip Ova" Overalls, sizes 3-8 ? special 98c. 2 "Slip Ova" rompers ? 9 8c. w COTTON* GOODS. 3 Del-Mar yard wide sheeting yd. 23c. (Sj 5 75c value flowered voile 45c. 9 F 75c value palm beach cloth, yard ^ jy wide, yd. 45c. * White gabardine, good weight, 36 ? I in. yard - 45c. ja Fruit-of the Loom bl.ach, yd. 42c. ? Androscoggin, yard 37c. 85 yards only printed lawn, 28 in at ? yard 15c. -J 35 pieces "Mary Ann Gingham," 28 <? in. yard 30c. ? NOTIONS. | Dellwood pint size talcum, bx 10c. ? Hydrogen, peroxide, 25c bottle for 10c $ 1000 sheetrolls toilet paper, each 12c Lasel back mirrors each 10c ? White crepe paper napkins, 100 at 25c ^ Sentinel alarm clocks $1.95 4} Felted electric lamp shades, each 10c ? Beats all pencils, 2 for 5c. g Men's purity handkerchiefs, each 10c ? 42x36 in pillow cases 35c x Womens white voile waists, large 3 assortment at $1.85 MEN'S CLOTHING. ? | 10 only linen color suits 'for men, ? *sX5XSX^*S)???^^ LOYD COk OYD DALE, S. < 'iriimiil ff liaaMMBMBMMMBidiMh TWntlfi I ?0. ' . 'W-v. pj r } Sg1 * ' -a ^ 'HC ? - . Li. : L .n j. . * 5 :-:ru-r' . \ - -: if -.ft. : , -fa iii* mmmmwmdmmmmmmmm* I - V I I try demands that V %ment in making j as possible. To m their purchases- , ' iv wd goods for the [ will be most plain figures and , hat you will pay t low as possible* I k: 1 . < i??????????????????????????????? have not bee nsoiled, each .__i3,50; Men's suits of fine quality, ail wool, government standard blue flannel, J | well made, with Venetian, lining, ' i > each __ ? >35.00 Men's all-wool, pencil striped suits,. ( conservative model ? (3.2.0.0 1 Men's worstead suits, grey silk mix- | ture 132.00' I Men's blue worsted, box back, model J at $19.7.0 i i BOY'S CLOTHING. $12.00 value mixed cassimere, $7.75 ? $10 value unfinished worsted $7.5.0- 8 Sizes 6, to 16 and 17. 8 47 SO to 49 rain coats. SDecial $5.50 ? LADIES UNDERWEAR ? Ladies gause vests, special 13c. S Ladies summer unions, special 50c ? Men's mesh union suits, porous style <3 \ each ? 1.25 ' 2 ' . "V Boys, as above, each 70c. 0 Men's good weight athletic union, 2 elastic inside waistband, each 11.25 ffl . : Men's Sanitary Seal pax union, : each * ? ? _\ $1.65 & Winchester brand athletic union suits ? a for men, best quality $1.75 ? ^ Athletic shirts and drawers,'piece 42c ? Jfl Men's Egyptian Balbriggan shirts ? ij^H and drawers 85c. value for 65c. g SILK SPECIALS Mcssaline, 36 in wide, blk. yd. $1.50 g Taffetas, flowered, 36 in. yd 1.50 $ llg Plaid taffetas, yd. $1.60 ^ Navy cnarmeuse ,4u 111. yu. *-.<?> ? _ Pink crepe de chine, 40 in yd. $1.75 #S H Bisque Georgette, 40 in yd. $1.50 g I 1 Solid color silk poplins all colors, 36 ? sj 1 in. yd ' $1.50 ? ? Ladies silk waists, $3 value for $1.75 a / NOTIONS?OLfrYES. 7 oz. Canton flannel gloves, extra S well made, pr. 15c. ? Iron clad gauntlets, pr. 35c. ? Leather tipped and faced gloves, g pair 45c. ? White Jean Middies $1.75 | Brown leather finish suits cases, 24 ffl in. each ? ? ? ? $1.50 g Boy's blue serge caps, well made, g each 80c. ? Boys knee pants, olive brown khaki, ? sizes 6-17, pair $1.15 ? Turkish bath towels, 18-x32 in. ? each ^ ?_ 35e. g Hack towels novelty stripe, 20x42 $ k in. each 35c. Ss V 1 '] ??xsxsxs) xixix2y!xax5&?^ r v iPANY A