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$hr Stllon Sjrralii fiUBSCRIPTION - $2.50 Per Yr {No Subscription for more than 1 Yr.) I Dillon, S. C.. July 8, 1920. i. From present indications the. state campaign this year will be a tame af^itair. Paraphrasing1 Mr. William Shakespea re, "to eat or not to eat, that Is the question." Recent statements concerning cam ? ? mnlrn Ufinrt IplLlgU tUytllSCD nuum uianu IAVU> J Clay with his, **1 would rather be right than president," a misfit in present day politics. in speaking of the high cost of living let as divert for the moment tc the high cost of running~for the nomination for the presidency. He didn't mean it that wav, of course, but Bryan helped the conven.iion out nf a hole on the prohibition Question. , The way things seem to be going *t San Francisco would indicate that President Wilson, though reported to be a sick man, is still in the saddle. WMdline: "German Delegates Hear from Allies.'' That is about all # there is to it, in one ear and out the Other with a smile up the sleeve. * , If the republican campaigner's voice becomes as rough as the planks In the Chicago platform there will be some rough time this summer. r We merely raise the question as to whether or not Mr. Bryan's recent conference is a case of ' birds of a feather. etc." x John Barleycorn is like the cat with the proverbial nine lives. The evidence, however, is that he is actually dying. A new thirg under the sun is the report of a celebrated corre;ponient that the San Francisco taxi drivers, hotels and people generally haven't V raised the prices for the democratic convention. We would like to dwell in that civilized cliipe for a while. Ku ' _ i Women are appearing in their &lory at political conventions this summer and have ascended several rounds of the ladder all at one step bjr nominating the chairman of the Democratic convention. Quotation marks in print are ?eeky things when they hold a fellow right down to what he actually said. Illustration: Senator Harding's letter on the Irish question and Dr. Butter's remarks about Gen. Wood. They say comparisons are odious. We'll venture this. The elusiveness Of thl flea, the slipperyness (?) of the eel pale into insignificance^ as compared to the modern profiteer. It will take a multitude , of economic Sherlock Holmes' to round them up, -and even then we have our doubts. AN IMPORTANT POINT. One phase of Senator Harding's candidacy is giving the party bosses Some worry. It is charged that in his ear^y days he played in the village iban*d. There is also some difference of opinion as to what instrument TT 11 ?Qnmo yOUIlg tiaraing mauij/uiaicu. say it was the cornet, others that <tt was the alto horn. The point it apt to have such bearing on the campaign that an expert has been called into consultation. He sayg there is a wide difference between the cornet and the alto horn. The alto horn is convenient in filling in harmon}^ and little morg. The cornet is the most important instrument in the band. Now if Senator Harding can only play the alto horn on the political band wagon, think his friends, he will not amount to much; but if he can play \ first cornet with this organization he rwlll probably make himself heard. It tie a seribus matter, and the reply of the former bandman himself is await.ed with anxiety. WHERE IS THE COTTON COMING FROM ? The following rather remarkable statement of facta comes* from the New York Commercial: "While crop conditions generally ;are showing improvement the condition of the cotton crop is so low as to cause anxiety. The American Cotton Assoclatioh places the condition at 68 per cent of the normal, which means that we will this year harvest the sixth successive short crop. A number of untoward conditions have conspired to bring the situation to a focus. The severe winter, a wet spring ana iHie suin ui iuc nuy, iv^oiuvi with the serious inroads caused by insect damage, are important factors, but added to these are others Thai have been working for sometime withouC being appreciated. At least twc million laborers have left the cottor fields since 1914, attracted else where by higher wages and the loss of this number from the importani states amounts to a serious shortagt in working the cotton fields. Further more, the class of labor that has bcr attracted away has been of the mor< efficient kind, so that the loss in ef ficiency hag been greater than repre sented by the actual numbers thai have gone. What effect this will hav< on the cotton market remains to b< seen. Theoretically there should b< in the course of time a very shun % / advance In cotton futures. This is something that has been expected to - develop during the late spring but in . one way or another it has been delayed. I "It is asserted by those who have been giving the subject their clospst attention that more than 2,000,000 bales have been sold for October de livery alone on contract at a price two hundred points above the October option, with similar sensational deal; ings in the September delivery. J. "It is declared that manufacturers have made purchases on the exchanges to cover their future wants and the question, is being asked, where is the cotton to come front? -1 "If this situation is correctly stated , and there is undoubtedly a degree of . truth in it, it will be the cause of a stampede of cotton shorts, especially ilf the cotton growers of the South, jnow pretty thoroughly organized, suc. ?~a warohousine their cotton so trru iu w VMw??w _ ? that they do not have to follow the . practice of previous years -In rushing it to market as soon as it is ready, regardless of what the price may be. , Somebody has to ho^i the cotton for distribution throughout the year and the natural and logical person to do that is the producer himself. With I the enormous demand for cotton from alt dver the world, the prospect for price cutting in cotton goods during the coming year is not very bright.'', 'J The New York Commercial does ,not represent the farmer. It is in no sense an agricultural paper. It represents the "other side," that is the j side that deals in what the farmer produces. Times have changed. ir , this article had appeared in the ComI mercial five or ten years ago it would have been charged with treason. It would have been unfaithful to the interests it represents. But the Com-' mercial views the cotton situation in ; its proper light. It is not like the os-' trich that hides its head in the sand when It sees danger approaching. It' sees a coi>dition which must ba faced j and it feels that it is doing its duty when it sounds a note of warning. Th? advice the Commercial offers the farmer is not altogether for the best interests of the traders among ' * 't'- mnvw and rir j V. nuiu iiitr V/Uiuuivivtui u*v. ? ? iculates. It is good advice for the 'farmer, but if the farfner follows it a majority of the Commercial's most loyal readers will pay more for the, clothes they wear next year. The Jinan himself who wrote the article j will have to contribute his quota. F.or j these reasons the article Is well worth studying. It is in many respects aj I most remarkable admission, and coming from the source it does gives it extraordinary weight. i , o I WBL G. McADOO. Yorkville Enquirer. Judging the tree by its fruits and the man by his record, there is absolutory no question of the fact that William G. McAdoo has shown great-J er friendship for and greater willing- j ness and ability to help the south than any other national executive who has ever been in a jobition to help, or hurt. | From the close of ihe Civil war up to 1914, the south was held in as Complete end as galling commercial industrial and financial bondage to the northwest and to England as any other people have ever been held to any other masters without their being actually shackled with chains and guarded with lashes, dogs and guns. The'means by which this bondage v as enforced of course was control of the world's finances in London and | operating on the cotton growers! thiough agents and associates in New \ork who together managed the stupendous enterprise in such a way as to >ield the largest possible return | for themselves and their numerous ; assistants and dependents without acjlually hilling the goose that was laying the .golden eggs. Several times, as every one reasonably familiar with the history of cotton production in the south since the civil war is aware the industry was all but throttled to death, and literally starved into adopting to a limited extent the only poljicy that can ever bring complete and !permanent relief from its thralldom? a policy of raising supplies at home. But it was in'this crisis of 1914 that Mr! McAdoo figured. The breaking out of the great war took all the immediate attention of the supreme master, England, elsewhere, and the i cotton slaves of the south were abtndoned. The price of cotton went down J from what was looked upon as really J good to worse than nothing, and the | condition of the cotton serfs became I not only pitiable but desperate. Then developed a circumstance : which should be marked with a monluinent that would ever sear the rec, ollection of it in the minds of these people. Although our country was at peace with the world, and possessed of millions of bales of'cotton, not one bale of this cotton could we sell, and worse than that not a producer of cotton could borrow a dollar on his ubsold crop', i To all present appearances and by all the precedents of the past ruty years the situation was absolutely hopeless, and even yet our people did : not seem to realize the trouble except . that In a general way that England i was In war and was not disposed to l take our cotton then because she did ; not need it especially and would not let us sell It to Germany because she would want It herself later on. ,There was nobody caring about the t south just then except the people of - the south. The north did not care > because whatever suited England sulti ed it, and besides it realized with - pleasant anticipation how if southern j cotton had to be sacrificed for a song t it would furnish the song and after) ward reap the tremendous profit that - would be sure to come sooner or later. 1 Then it was that Mr. McAdoo at that ; time secretary of the treasury, came - to the rescue of the south by putting - into effect a suggestion that had been t made to him by Hon John L. MrLau? Lin, the father of the South Carolina ; state warehouse system. > This suggestion was that the re) gioual reserve bank would discount at 4 per cent all the warehouse secured notes that the member banks would take from the cotton farmers at 6 per cent. , It seemed a simple thing to. do, but It relieved the oppressed people of the south to the great chagrin of eastern agents and their British masters and brought hope and prosperity to a people who had begun to look forward only to ruin and despair. o MORE BOLL WEEVILS? J. H. Herring, who farms near town says he has found the boll weevil. He' says the boll weevil is here. He brought one of the creatures to The Herald office Tuesday morning. Mr. j Herring has been in Georgia and he1 says he knows the boll weevil when j he sees it and he is positive it is the! real article. j Mr. Ed. McEachern says they are all! over the county. He says they are not! waiting for the cotton boll to devel-1 op but are eating the squares. He hag seen evidences of them in many fields and 1b positive it is the boll weevil. I County Agent Epps says it is the old time pea bug. He says the boll weevil does not make his appearance this early in the game and does not attack the bloom or square. There' is very little difference, says Mr. Epps, so far as general appearances go between the pea bug and the boll, weevil. They look very much alike and- it takes an expert to distinguish! one from the other. Mr. Epps says! in the next two years the Dillon coun- j ty farmers will see lots of bugs they . never saw before. The reason they have not seen them before is because they have not been looking for them. They have been here all the time, but every bug that resembles a boll weevil i8 not a weevil. Mr. Epp3 does not think there is much danger from the boll weevil this year, but next yea* he may make his appearance in large numbers. o In Memorium. It has not been long , as months run since it pleased our heavenly' father to call from his earihiv inh. ors, Lawrence K. Bethea, yet it seems very, .verx long as friends count absence. We miss him more than we can express, however, we do not wish him away from the life more abun-, dant whicn lie is now so surely en-1 joying. The memory of his unselfish; life is left us?its sweet influence can never perish. He built his owns monument in the hearts of all who1 knew him. And to live in hearts he leave behind is not to die! I During the iast few years when it has been so easy to become selfish Mi^. Bethea kept his heart and home! a^iospitable as in former years. His; friends were -always aglow with cheer, and welcome. No one was ever turned empty away from his door or treasured any but pleasant recollections of his treatment of them. As. a citizen, friend and neighbor he| stood high. No needy person or| worthy cause were ever brought td his attention (hat he did not offer at ' once to do a major part in relieving the situation. He was generous not only with his means but also with his talents and time. Because of his sympathy and understanding, because of the helpfulness of his advice he was always a first resort in trouble. His wise counsel will be missed by his, friends, his family and even the1 tenants on his farm. His place in, Fork community life was unique, and can never be filled by any other, j His church too will miss him, for he, was always there rain or shine, and. 1.1. -11 ? 1 ?? iV. xuiy an piirtaea ul iuc with equal joy and interest. The inspiration of Mr. Bethea's life . ?for he was a friend to man? will stimulate his friends who remain on this side of the rLver to higher, better service for the King of our fe.low man. It seems that we can all but hear his own voice quoting Charlotte Murray's beautiful poem from the other side: "I am home In heaven, dear ones, Oh so happy and so bright, There is perfect joy and beauty In this everlasting light. All the pain and grief are over, All the restless longing passed, I am now at peace forever, Safely home in heaven at last. Then you must not grieve so sorely, For I love you. dearly still, Try to-look beyond the shadows, Try to trust our Father's will, There is work still waiting for you,. So you must not idly stand, Do it now while life remaineth You shall rest in Jesus' land. When that work is all completed, He will gently call you home, Oh! the rapture of that meeting Oh! the joy to see you come. 7 8 It. .A Friend. 'subscribe to The Herald and get the news. $2.50 per year. * Who? S&maha and Samahal * * That's who. What? Fancy Gio- * i * ceries, Fruits and Produce, * * That's what. Where? Next * door to the post office, that's * * where. Phone 230 for po lte * ; service and quick delivery. NOTICE. All persons are forbidden to employ or harbor my son Cecil Bridges ?1" "''a* onH t?Alnn*orilv I WLIU la UUUCI agv n*?u * W4umw?*4 smj left my home. J. BRIDGES, 7 8 3t. Dillon, S. C. ** ****?****?*** Who? Samaha and Samaha! . * That's who. What? Fancy Gro- * | * cerles, Fruits and Prod-ice, Tliat's what. Where? Next * door to the post office, tliat's * where. Phone 230 for polite * service and quick delivery. * Notice is hereby given that Burney McNeil will ask for a pardon at th< hands of the pardon board at the next meeting of said board. 7 1 4t. Burney McNeil. . I Wants] KATES: 10c. A LINE* % Count six words to a line. jj No ad. taken for less than 30 cents. M SALESMEN WITH AUTOMOBILES for each county in South Carolina. The season to sell to the farming tradfl is hers. Farmers need naint. and roof covering, and we have got it. Highest commissions, paid to salesmen. Write for particulars. ' Mr. H. J. Stuart, 1318 Washington St. Columbia, S. C. It. FOR SALE?Full blooded English Shepherd pups, male and female. Males $5, females $2.50. C. D Perritt, Dillon, Route 4.?>7 8 3tp. FOR SALE?Pure-bred Poland China pigs a few mixed blooded pigB and hogs. A. J. and W. B. Carmichael, Hamer, S. C.?6-24-3tp. FOR SALE ? 80x80 Eight Ounce picker sheets new burlap, 60c each in lots of 100, in lots of 1000 or more 55c. each delivered, Dillon, S. C. July delivery. Write or wire L. R. Edens, Rowland, N. C. FOR SALE ? One 8 H. P. Portable I. H. C. Engine with wood saw attachment, and one Racine Thresher. All in good condition and ready for business. There is a lot of grain in the county to be threshed and you can pay for the outfit in ten days threshing. Reason for selling I have no dne to operate it for me. Can give you easy terms if desifed. L. C. Braddy?7 8 3t. FOR SALE?Fifty tons Nitrate Soda, now stored in our seed house. Prospect of 40 cent cotton will justify using another application of -jsitrate. Carolina Milling Co., Dillon, S. C.?7 8 It. FOR SALE?We have about one hundred bushels of Velvet Beans, price $3.50 per bushel. For land improvement, it is not too late to put in corn middles or stubble land. Car olina Milling Company, Dillon, S. C.?7 8 It. WE ARE CLOSING DOWN OUR flour mill for the season. If you wish a bargain in flour see us or your merchant before we close out our s-ook. Carolina Milling Company, Dillon, S. C.?7 8 It FOR SALE ?Puce-bred China pigs and a few mixed blooded pigs and hogs. A. J. and W. B. Carmichael, Hamer, S. C.?6. .24 itp. FOUND ? On public road between Dillon and Little Rock near J S. Thompson's place auto tire on rim, for large size car. Tire was covered with black casing. Owner can get same by calling at The Herald office and identifying property and paying for this advertisement. 6 24 3t. LEAF TOBACCO SALES WARKhouse for rent. Full information upon request." J. H. McElwee, Statesville, N. C. 6 24 tf. FOR SALE?Monarch hog meal composed of digester tankage, wheat shorts, rice meal, and molasses. This is cheaper and better tnan corn meal for growing hogs. Carolina Milling Company. 5-13-tL NITRATE OF SiDA ? We have nitrate of soda here in Latta ready for delivery. Any one wantiag same see Smith, Shine or Manning at Bank of Latta.?7 8 It. All parties, interested in tak'ng night course In Bookkeeping and Penmanship communicate with me in next few days. 0. C. Croxton, P. O. Box 443, Dillon, S. C.?7 1 2t. WATKINS WAREHOUSE NOW OPen. Watkins is always the first man to open, and the last man to close. He is your friend. Bring your tobacco to him.?6 24. WATKINS WAREHOUSE NOW OPen for your tobacco. Will be glad to see our many friends.?6 24. NITRATE OF SODA ? We have ni trate of soda here in Latta read) for delivery. Any one wanti'g same see Smith, Shine or Manning at Bank of Latta.?7 8 It. FOR SALE?If you are not getting all the milk you should try out 4 dairy feeds. Our Full Milk Pai will please the most exacting dairy man. Our excellsior feed is cheap er but very satisfactory. Ask youi groceryman to supply you. Caro lins Milling Company. 5-13-tf NITRATE OF SODA ? We have nitrate of soda he?-e in Latta read) for delivery. Any one wanting same a?,l*v QKinn ai> Mannlntr , BCtJ DLU11U, OU1UV VA ? Bank of Latta.?7 8 It. ACTOMOBILES?We want an agen In this county for the Grant Six, Case Six and the E. & V. Kniirht Six, which is the only Knight Sli manufactured In America. Columbia Sales Agency, Columbia, S. C 7-1 4t. NITRATE OF SODA ? We have ni trate of soda here In Ixitta ready for delivery. Any one wanting game see Smith. Shine or Manning at Bank of Latta.?7 8 It. FOR SALE ? Stmlehaker-Q, sever passenger car. first class mechanical condition. Reason for selling have no place to keep it and no time to use it. O. C. Croxten, P. O. Box 443. Dillon. S. C.?7 1 2t. t The United States of America, Eastern District of South Carolina. Whereas, on the 26th day of June, 1920 the United States filed Its libel in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Scuh Carolina against Six Hundred sacks more or less of a product purporting to be Brown Shorts, in the possession of parties unknown, in the city of Dillon, S. C., said goods'havi been shipped by Gateway Milling Co., of Kansas City, in the State of Missouri to Dillon in the State of South Carolina, In a cause of condemnation and forfeiture. And whereas, by virtue of process in due form of law to me directed, returnable on the 14th day of July, lt itim E T. ELL DILLOI Repair 1 Hard Work Often Breaks and Creates a Need, MEN and women who do hard labor, such as building, farming or housekeeping, and those jrho do exhaustive brain work of various kinds, often feel the need of something to help renew fagged forces and tone mp the system. TO help repair the wear caused by overwork, to gala renewed strength and energy, many have obtained good resoTts from taking Zlroe Iron Tonic. Ziron Is a perfected preparation of pure medicinal iron salts, combined with other valuable strength-giving ( Two Pin { For :f 1. 1190 acres, more or in a kigk state of cultivation ^ North Carolina, two and 01 I known as "Oakland Farm, tivated. Has 7 room dwell 1 warehoues with a cement 1 store building, barns and s needs of tbe farm, well drai St. Paul through tbis farm, by. Good water and health; right through the heart of tl some of the finest land fot that can he found in the stal duction of cotton and all grs price which ought to make the man with capital to inve and tobacco grower. 1. 850 acres, more or- }< I in cultivation. 525 acres m vation. Known as the Re mi ? I 1 i ? . r* m 1 his land is located m bcot \ state of North Carolina, ab< miles from Johns, 8 miles ft M olina, and ahout 5 miles fit h Smyrna Presbyterian churcl m There is a large amount of \ , m land. This is fine fanning i \ These two traets of land m whole until August the l5t W they will he subdivided intc 1 4 sale at public auction to th ! a with money to invest should : M these properties. ; 1 If you want to bu I investigation. f If you want to sell ; 9 with us, we will find 1 The G. H. Rii 1 1 Laurinbi ; l m ;tto: "Fa lr Dealings to 1920, I have seised' and taken 300 sacks of the same and hare them In my custody. Notice is hereby given that a District Court, will be held, in the United States Court Rooms in the city of Charleston, S., C., on the 14th day of iuly. 1920'. if the same be a day of ^ jurisdiction, otherwise on th* next day of jurisdiction thereafter for the trial of the said premises, and' the owner or owners and all' persons * who may have. or claim any Interest are hereby cited to be and appear at the,time and place aforesaid to show x cause if any they have why a final decree should not pass as prayed. Tas: L. Sims, V 7 1 2t. United States Marshal. A : -r-c.'oA jP Every Woman Wants the best things for her table if the price be not prohibitive. She can have them by trading at this grocery. We hare solved .t v the problem of how to combine high quality with low prices. Oive us a trifil order and you'll find our solution perfect. Palmetto Cafe . mllon, s. ^ EVERYTHING FOB a > THE MAA 'W of good taste, in the w<y of f furnishings. Cravats that match shirt or socks, shirts that go well with the suit, and collars that fit both the neck and neck band. Come in and see how quickly and pleasantly we can ' fit you out. iOTT, Jr. s. c. - gggg gaa ^ 7ze Wear - j Down a P:rson's Health } for Ziron Iron Tonic. tonic Ingredients, which are recommended by leading physicians. Mr. H. B. Converse, of McEwen, Tenm, writes: "I had been working ^ very hard, and was getting weak and run-down from hard work. When I . ^1 commenced taking Ziron,. in a few day* I felt stronger, and now I have taken j two bottles I feel a* strong as ever, gM although I have kept at work all the time." You cannot lose anything by giving n Ziron a trial, hut very likely will gain ] much. i Your druggist will sell you the first bottle on a money-back guarantee, ie Farms 1 Sale | less with. 600 acres open and i. Located in Robeson county, M le-fourth miles from St.Paul, m 550 acres more can he cul ling house, 16 tenant houses, M floor, located on the railroad, ? fitahles sufficient for all th'o m ^ ned. A good, road leads from B Churches and schools near j| y locality. The railroad runs ^ he farm. This farm contains Mf - growing bright leaf tohacco v :e. It is also fine for the pro- m iin crops. It will he sold at a M it an attractive proposition to st. and especially to the cotton m !S3, witk 275 acres open and ore can he brought into culti- m v. David Fairly estate land. M land the hest county in the jut % miles from Hasty, 2 1-2 A om Laurinhurg, North Car- B >m McColls, South Carolina. M h is located on this property, m fine timber on the uncleared land. M will he offered cheap as a m h and ir not sold by that time > small tracts and' offered for M e highest bidder. The man m 1 'rtoi hesitate to investigate <_ y, see us. We invite 1 y 1, list your property 1. a buyer. 1 issell Company, 1 jrg, N. C. I Both Seller and Purchaser. M