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| - ESTABLISHED 1894 THE DILLON HERALD, .DILLON SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 15. 1020. * , VOL.26. NO. 41*
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COUNTY NEWS
AND HAPPENINGS. I
} " NEWSY LETTERS BY REGULAR e
CORRESPONDENTS , I
i\. News Items of Interest to Herald (
Readers Ebb and Flow .of the i
. Human Tide. 4 ^ ^ l?
Fork. r
Miss Coleen Bethea of Greens- r
boro. N. C., is spending some time at, ^
home with her mother. ' i
Mr. C. E. Taylor spent last Tues- *
day and Wednesday in Charleston *>n r
business. L
Miss Irene Sinclair' of Mullins is (
visiting relatives here.
Mrs. Edgar Jones. and .baby .of *
Laurinburg, N. C., spent last week
here with Mr. and Mrs. Martin Mc-1
& Queen. H
Mrs. Bensol has returned to South- j
port, N. C., After an extended visit j
here witfi relatives. . M
? Dr. ana Mrs. T. W. Carmichael aad ,
children and &eil McOallum of Row-1
land, N. C., Miss Marion and Roderick i
Carmichael of Washington spent Sun- 1
day here.
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Lake View- * (
Mrs. C. M. Shackleford and children j
of Darlington have been visiting her l
parents Mr. and-Mrs. T. B. Rouse. j (
Mrs. J. Q. Tingen and little Miss's
Margaret of Burlington, N. C., * are ja
spending the week with Mrs. J. T. 11
TownBend. | ]
L. G. Miller and J. T. Hankinslt
spent Monday in Florence. ii
Mrs. J. ?. Hudson and Miss Hud-'?
son left Wednesday for their home at.'c
Kinston, N. C. t
Mr. W. M. Gaddy and Leon and t
Carroll Gaddy are in Hendersonville t
for a few days. jl
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Powell andjt
Miss I.izzie Powell spent last week 1 r
end with friends in Lumberton and j t
Crrum, N. C. Jd
t Misses Randolph and Bagley are a
visiting Mrs. R. F. Elvington. i
Mrs. Emerson Scott and children of t
v Marion spent part of last week with ^
Mrs. Thomas. v i
. Mr. Wade Temple and Misses Chris- t
tine and Alimae Temple are at L
Wrightsville. Beach for some time. t
Miss R&chael Powell is home from t
Richmond, Va. c
Miss Edna Norman is visiting Miss t
Edna Wallace at Johnsonville. e
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Carolina News. s
_' Miss Mary McKlnnon returned ^
" Sunday from a two weeks visit to her e
sister, Mrs. Jim McQueen of Rowland, <
N. C. J
Mrs. Gus Alford of Dillon is spend- *
ing some time with relatives here.
Miss Lola Bennett has recently re- ,
turned from a visit to her uncle, W. r
J. Stone of Raeford, n. Q. t
Miss Margaret McLaurin of Weeley t
is visiting relatives here. p
Rev. and Mrs. Neill Mclnnis and c
little daughters of Kannapolis, N. C. a
are spending several days at the home ^
of his mother, Mrs. C. M. Mclnnis.
Little Miss Lucy Bennett is on a e
visit to her little cousin, Mary Ruth McQueen
of Rowland, N. C.
On Saturday July 17 the Woman's I e
Auxiliary of Carolina church will give r
a picnic on the, grounds to celebrate
the twenty-fiftli anniversary of its ?
organization. There will be approp- j
riate exercises in the morning and a
silver offering will be taken. A real
picnic dinner will be served and evory
one is cordially invited to come.
Miss Agnes Robertson of Rowland, t
spent last week with her sister, MrV
| D. B. Mclnnis.
p Mr. John Norton of Clinton, S. C.,
is spending a few days with his par- h
exits, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Norton. a
Born on July 4th to Mr. and Mrs. o
L. W. Mclnnis, a son. a
Miss Elizabeth Alford of Raleigh, | d
V N. C., spent the week end with her f
sister, Mrs. R. S. Cottingham. ii
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Sellers ' jv
Your correspondent had the pleas-'v
ure of attending the Marion County-a
Interdenominational Sunday School fc
Convention at Nebo on last Sunday, jc
July 11th. Nebo is twenty miles be- r
low the town of Marion. We traveled a
over splendid roads all the way. g
About two miles from Nebo a polite jt
little white boy opened the gate and h
tamed us into the "big pasture." We j
found that the "stock law" is a t
4 burning issue with the people in the a
"big pasture;" they believe in fenc-;t
' ing their farms and turning their t!
stock at large on their magnificent p
pasture lands. They will certainly be y
independent of the boll weevil down
there with their fine fishing grounds h
and excellent pasturage. They can v
J- feed themselves and the balance of li
Marion county. The county is divid- j i:
ed up into small farms, each ma^ ' y
owning and working his farm. Very a
few negroes were seen. They consol- g
idated several small schools and have c
I a fine two story school building, em- g
ploying five teachers. It was difficult |
, to find a seat in their neat little j
v church. Their pastor lives next door
to the church. The people are noted
for their hospitality. They certainly ^
miuw uvw lu juu icri ai uumr. ,
The convention itself was splendid
* with its good speeches and large
number of delegates.
Miss Ruth Sellers has returned
from Tryon, N. C., where she has
been visiting relatives.
Mr. W. D. Sellers and family with
Mr. Ernest Page and family spent
the week end at Cherry Grove,
Beach.
Miss Mattie Price has returned toi
her home at Rocky Mount, N. C. :
Miss Price was the primary' teacher; 1
here last year. 1
MARION MAN IN TROUBLE.
A dispatch from Richmond, Va.,
iays: .
J. B. Coleman, farmer, 4 years
>lri of Marion county, S. C., near
Centenary was arrested here last
light on .a white slave charge, the
illegation being that he,brought Lula
Fames, 18 years old of the same
icighbor hood, to 4 Richmond last
ireek in violation of the Mann act.
rhe case :went over until Jnly 16,
nrhen called today. Coleman and the
?iri were trailed here by her brother,
vbo said -today that he and -ether
nembers of the family were under the
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< } X\iCULUUliU ig uc IIW.I iicu. a. Kuvi
written home by the girl, he said,
obeyed the .information that such
vcs r.ot the oase.
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5IVES VIEWS OX
ROAD QUESTION.
Commissioner Hayes Suggests Plans
for improving Public
Highways. ,
Dditor Dillon Herald:
There ip probably a greater denand
in Dillon county today than
>ver before and not only in Dillon
:ounty but the entire state for good
oads, and after\having served neiry
five years on the Board of County
Commissioners and "having carefully
itudied the road problem from every
mgle that I possibly could, I am
horoughly convinced that under our
present system of working the roa~ds
hat we will never have good roads
n this county. In the first place there
iw O niimlier nf maita ill flip
ounty that have never been built by
he county; the stumps have never
>een taken up, and it is inipossible
o use a road machine on these roads,
rhe people living on these roads pay
heir road tax, as others do and the
noney goes into the county fund and
he result is that no work at all is
lone on these roads. A lot of them
,re mere cart paths. Then a good
lumber of the roads which have been
milt by the county are growing up
vith trees on either side, so that
t will only be a few years before
hose trees overlap the roads. It is
mpossible for the small chain gang
hat the eouunty has to do the work
hat is necessary to be done. And Id
irder to relieve the situation I
hink our road law shbuld be revisd
or amended so as to require five
lays labor in each year from all perons
liable to road duty or in lieu
hereof a sufficient amount.of money
o get five days labor, and this to' be
xpended on the roads from whence
t came. By doing this the bad places
n the roads could be repaired and
- - * x ? -1 At.1.1.
Be roaas Kepi open, x aiso uiiu& ??c
bould have a tax on the hoof and the
vheel. This is just and fair, every
aan ought to he wiping to pay for
ho up keep of the road in proportion
o the use he makes of it. Some people
use the road but very little, while
there make their living on the road
nd contribute very little to its up
:eep. '
I am also in favor of a law allowing
ach township to issue bonds for
;oods roads. That would not be commlsory,
but a privilege if they desird
to do so. If our delegation at the
iext session of the legislature would
ass an act along the line I have sugested
I think it would greatly reieve
the road situation.
Respectfully,
C. P. HAYES.
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Juts Strips of Flesh from Thigh and
Graft them Onto Wife's Foot.
Chicago, July 9. ?With steady
and, nerve, going about his business
s if he were performing the simplest
f operations, Dr. Oslando P. Scott,
well known surgeon of Chicago, toay
cut strip after strip of fle^i
rom his own thigh and grafted them
ato his wife's foot and ankle as he
ested on a portable table at his
rife's bedside.
The entire operation was performed
rithout a singlg^administra^ion of an
nesthetic in th resence 01 a numer
of physician "id nurses. Sobs
ame from diffei--ut parts of the
oom as Dr. Scott, without so much
s a wince of pain, drove the gureon's
knife into his own flesh and
hen speedily grafted the strips upon
is wife's limbs.
A fellow physician stood by him
o dress his wounds. Several times
s Dr. Scott drove the knife into his
highs he turned to the witnesses of
he operation explaining technical
ioints of the operation to them. Many
rere blinded with tears.
Dr. Scott's act of self-sacrifice ahd
teroism was performed to save his
rife from disfigurement and possible
oss of her right'leg. Mrs. Scott was
njured in an automobile accident sixreeks
ago. Her right leg was crushed
nd the flesh stripped from it in long
;asheB. Gangrene set in later, and in
irder to avoid amputation, a skin
grafting operation was decided upon.
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, Services at MethodLst Church.
Main street Methodist church, Dr.
Vatson B. Duncan, pastor. Sunday
:chool at 10 a. m., Mr. W. H. Muler#
superintendent. Preaching at
11 "a. m. and 8:30 p. m. by the pasor.
Morning subject: "The Larger
rhrist." Evening Subject: "The
Peril of the Unemployed." Prayer
service on Wednesday at 8:30 p. in.
Public cordially invited to all services.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. B. S. Chandler
ind children returned from Lowrysville
Monday after a visit of a f<jw
weeks.
MANY MEET AT REEDY CREEK, j
Dillon County Short Course for Club '
A Members Big Success. v
If ever a meeting has been held |
which furnished recreation, informa- 1
tion and pleasure for the farm boys i
and girls of Dillon county, the short i
'course for club members which has \
I just come to a close at Reedy Creek s
1 Springs falls in this class. t
The business men of the county I
i mtrn kind and eenerous enough to t
furnish the groceries and food sup- (
plies for the club members, and this 1
'feature was in ho way a small part c
of the successful meeting, '
The boys and girls were "quartered t
in the. hotel and ji&vilian at the spring* J
'and were under the. supervision of f
Ithe able and efficient county farm y
land home demonstration agents. The!7
j boys and girls are very much indebt- t
ed to, and are due a great deal oi (
appreciation for the excellent .pro- 1
gram and plans furnished by Miss i
Sellers and Mr. Epps. jj
A get-together meeting like this t
will have a great influence upon the f
| lives of these young farmer boys and i
girls, about 65 of whom attended. 1
When a young .generation of men and 1
women, who have been trained as !
these boys and girls were during :i
their stay at the springs, comes into 1
control of the community activities of i
ithe various communities in a county, ;<
(a great effect is bound to be prod'tc-f
ed. j i
Instructions were given the girls in t
I canning, sewing, cooking and many <
practical demonstrations were given \
i by Miss Sellers, Home Demonstration'
Agent of Dillon county, Miss Earl,
Home Demonstration Agent of Marliboro
county and Miss McPherson,
I Home Demonstration Agent of Marion
county. Instructions were given
J the boys along the following lines:
Improving Farm Crops, Field Selecj
tion of Seed Corn, Common Disease;
of Livestock, Care of the Brood Sow
'and Litter, Feeding Hogs. Boys' Agricultural
Club Work, The Value of
a College Education, The Boll Weejvil
Problem and the Cotton Association,
and other Important topics.
The boys and girls were permitted
to indulge in valuable pastime and
forms of recreation to a great extent,
realising that the country boys and
girls need recreation and social contact.
On Friday, the last of the three
days the short course was held, the
' day was de'voted to a meeting of club
J members and grown-ups and the farmers'
wives of the county. A large
! number were present on this day,
probably totaling 400 or 500. Reedy
Creek Springs furnishes a very fine
place for a meeting of this sort, as
there are no'functions to attract the
attention of the club members outside
of the normal'procedure planned
by the authorities in charge, and it
is hoped that this very valuable
| training will be continued, and that
'many more boys and girls will enlist
;as members of the great army of
| junior farmers, and that when they
become grown-up farmers they will
put into practice the object lessons
taught them at such meetings.
| Some of the workers present to assist
in giving instruction to the boys <
were: D. W. Watkins, Assistant Di- 1
rector of Extension Clemson Col- s
lege; A. F. Conradi, professor In En- j
tomology, Clemson College; L. L. I
Baker, Supervising Agent Boys' club;
work, Bishopville; B. O. Williams, ^
Assistant State Boys' Club Agent; *
George E. Prince< Horticulturist,;
Clemson College, S.'E. E\ans, Coun-j
jty Agent of Marlboro county; Colvin
McLaurin, County Agent of Marion j
County; Paul H. Sanders, Associate ^
Editor The Southern Ruralist, Atlan- a
ta, Ga. These men gave most helpful j
and practical talks to the boys. It j
is hoped that every boy and girl who }
enjoyed this valuable short course in L
agriculture and home economics, will j
talk it over with their neighbor boys j
and girls and emphasize the great im- t
portance of such a meeting to the j
county. .
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GRAND Jl'KY FINDS "NO ,
"BILL IX SIMONS CASE. '
I There was no court Monday but 1
court was opened Tuesday morning J
with Judge Edward Mclver on the I
bench. There was no Jury trial, but c
'several plead guilty. c
The grand jury spent a large part t
[of the day investigating the charge 1
of rape against Joe Simons, the young t
telegraph operator. The young lady!
in the case, her parents and all other a
available witnesses for the state were '
| called before the grand jury and care- ?
fully questioned. The young lady was I
not at court Monday morning, but i
Solicitor Spears sent the sheriff to i
bring her to court, where she was I
questioned by the solicitor and the t
grand jury. She said she would be 1
sixteen years old next September and ?
her testimony was conflicting as to 1
her relations with Joe Simons. Her,
parents said they thought she would {
be fourteen years old next September. 1
Records of the Bennettsville graded ?
school were produced showing that t
she was in school ten years ago. 1
i About 7 p. m. Tuesday, the grand t
j- w:n?? <? thic 1
jury oruugui m uu um m ,
case. and Judge Mclver ordered Sim- ?
ons discharged.
His father, sister, and aunt, from
IHchinond, Va., were in the court 1
room during the day Tuesday. t
The young lady and her parents :
were also in the court room part of '
the day. She and her parents left <
| the court room before the grand
I jury's return was made. 1
i It is understood that the solicitor ]
would have nol prossed the Simons s
case if the grand jury had found a <
true bill?Pee Dee Advocate. t
COURT COMMON PLEAS.
P\vo Long Cases Consumed First Hal
of the Week.
Court of Common Pleas convene
Monday with Judge Mclver presic
ng. Stenographer James Kilgo wa
it his post. The first half of the wee
vas taken up with two cases and ther
ire many cases on the calender thn
vill not be reached at this term.
The first case to come up Monda
vas that of W. P. Rose, a contracto
>f Goldsboro, N. C., against the Di!
on Methodist church. Rose had
:ontract to build the first church
rhe trustees paid him all of the cor
ract price except $2600 which the
veld back as a bond under the spec
'ications to guarantee that th$ wor
was done in the proper manner, Ros
laving refrseu tc give bond. Th
Tust--?\'j refused to pay him any pai
>f the $1600, claiming certain d<
'ects in the construction of the built
ng, in that he had failed to watei
?roof the cellar, used brick bats i
:he walls and used wood blocks ir
dead of brick in the pillars. Th
-oof, it was alleged, was 18 ihchc
oVer Yhan the specifications calle
'or. Rose brought suit to recover th
?2600 and the jury gave him $200
without interest. In arguing the cae
)otore the jury Mr,. Muller, represen
ng the'defendant trustees, said th
:burch wanted to pay what it owec
UUt the whole case was merely a mil
understanding as to the amount du
he plaintiff. He said the conclusion
if the Jury would be final and ther
\ ould be no appeal.
The next case was that of Walte
3tackhouse and the Farmers & Mei
hants Bank of Marion against Mik
?armichael. Several years ago Cai
ikaddon & Co., bought timber on th
Harmichael land together with eas<
nents for a railroad, etc. The timb?
was cut in 1908 or 1909. Carskaddo
fc Co. went into bankruptcy in 191!
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\i ine uauKi upi buiv oiamuvuc
>cught the- bankrupt's property, ii
iluding the 2 1-2 miles of railroa
ron in question. The timber wa
>ought under two contracts, one e:
firing November 1914 and^the othe
^pril 1916. The latter contract a
owed 90, days after the expiration c
he 10 year period in which to remov
itructures and fixtures. There wa
10 such provision in the other coi
ract. It is claimed that Stackhoue
nade no attempt to remQve the ra
n the period provided by the term
>f the contract. Both leases havin
ixpired Carmichael sold the rail an
vas delivering it to the purchase
vhen suit was brought.by plaintifl
o recover. On the former trial tb
:ourt directed a verdict in favor c
Jarmichael. On appeal the court hel
hat plaintiff's interest under tta
>0 day term had been forfeited, an
hat under the other contracts ther
vas a like forfeiture if more than
easonable time had expired in whic
o remove the rail, and that title, ur
ler such'circumstances, was in Cai
nichael unless he had waived the foi
eiture. The supremo court sent th
:ase back for a new trial in orde
hat the jury might pass on the que!
ion of reasonable time under one c
be contracts, and upon the questio
)f waiver as to both of the contract
The case went to the jury yesterda
Lffernoon.
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WAR HERO VISITS DILLON'
dajor Chas. C. Tuft Who Fougfi
With French Airmen, Staying
in City.
Major Chas. C. Taft, of Kentucky
s spending a while in the city. Majc
raft represents a Texas Oil conipan
tnd will be here several weeks. H
ias served in two wars and bears th
uarks of a battle-scarred veterai
le brought down 12 German plane
md was himself wounded 12 time:
lis son was killed in action. Th
allowing interview from the Green.1
)oro News will be of interest to th
Dillon folk who have had the,pleas
ire of meeting Major Taft:
"Greensboro during the past wee
las had in its midst one of the wofl
var's heroic knights of the air, Chat
es C. Taft, who served with th
French aviation corps from Octobe
1914, until April, 1918, came to th
ity the first part of the week, afte
ompleting a lecture tour throughou
he south. He is looking over Green:
>oro and Guilford county with a vie1
:o engaging in business here.
When General von Kluck made hi
itrocious thrust on Paris in 1914 Mi
raft went to France to represent a
iviation firm of Los Angeles, Cali
Jpon his arrival in the French cai
tal he found the country in a dirt
ul situation; being an American c
jolemic tendencies he severed relc
ions with his American nrm ana er
isted for service in the French ai
iervice. He was assigned to the 69t
Trench escadrille, October 4, 1914.
He saw the Boche in their mos
;lorious and barbarous days ? thei
leyday. He fought them in the ai
it Verdun, while the French poil
vas putting up one of the most ga
ant and immortal fights in historj
ilso on the Somme during the nllie
ush in 1916 and many other impori
int sectors of the western front.
After America entered the war M;
Taft was transferred to the America
'orces as major of aviation. He cor
inued to serve actively in the ai
ind just 12 days after his transfer t
Jnele Sam's corps he was shot dow
>n the I'icardy front in April, 1915
He says he is officially credited wit
laving brought dowil 12 Germa
planes. During his long and darin
service he was wounded 12 times. H
carries an abundance of silver in hi
inatomy. The medical departmec
| WEEVILS DAMAGE SQUARES.
If J We have received the following'
.letter from County Agent Epps:
I "In the last week's, issue of The;
d Herald I read your piece on the boll |
I- weevil and am afraid that you did |
,s not quite understand me. I did say!
k that it is most too early for the weevil
e to make his appearance but meant
,t that it was too early in this section as
the weevil was not found here last
y year. In the sections where the weer
vils were plentiful .the year before
I- thpv verv often anDear soon after the
a cotton comes up and are found sitting1
i. in the bud. I also see that you have(
i- me quoted as saying that the weevil,
y does not attack the squares. I certain- j
i- il did not mean that for there is where j
k the weevil does the damage. Just as
e soon as the squares begin to appear
e the female weevil punctures these
*t squares and deposits her eggs causing
' the square to die and drop off. If this
1- square is not destroyed within sevr
en days the egg hatches and in twenn
ty one days from the time the egg
l- is laid we have a full grown weevil
e which is ready to puncture more
is squares. As long as there are any
d squares in the field the weevil will
e not bother the bolls and when the'
0;squares get scarce they Jump on the,
>e 'young bolls."
H o
e | Dillon School Stands Ninth.
l.l
i- In the report of the standing of the
e high schools in the state as shown by
is [the official rating of the State High
e! School Inspector, the Dillon school
I takes ninth place. In the 1919 report
t the Dillon high school took 23rd place
r- out of 25 schools, with a rating of
e onlv 18.7 units, and tha Dosition of
r- 9th place with 21.8 units in the 1920
e' report makes a showing which is very
gratifying to the patrons of the school,
irI Following is the report by schools:
n For Session 1918-1919.
1. Name of School Units
e 1. Sumter 23.3
i- 2. Greenville ? 23.9
d 3. Columbia ? 23.3
.s 4. Chester 22.7
c- 5. Marion u 22.5
ir 6. Johnson 22.3
1- 7. Orangeburg 21.8
if 8. Greenwood - 21.5
e 9. Gaffney 21.3
13 10. Clinton 21.2
l- 11. Hartsville - 20..
ie 12. Kingstree 20.5
11 13. Florence ? 20.5
is 14. Darlington 1_ ? 20.2
g 15. Union 20.2
d 16. Camden ? 19.9
!T 17. Clio I 19.9
fs j 18. Rock Hill 19.8
e 19. Bennettsville 1 19.6
if 20. Bishopville 19.5
3 21. Laurens 19.1
e 22. Honea Path 19.1
d 23. Dillon 18.7
e 24. Lancaster 18.7
a 25. Elloree __ 18.1
h For Session 1919-1920
i- Name of School Units
r- 1. Orangeburg 28.
r- 2. Columbia 27.
e 3. Greenville ? 26.7
>r 4. Sumter __ 23.7 j
3- 5. Rock Hill 23.61
if 6. Union ? 23.4
n 7. Chester ? 23.2
9. 8. Clinton __ 22.1
y 9. Dillon 21.8
10. Marion ? ? ? ? ? 21.7
11. Charleston ? ? <? 21.4
12. Camden ; .20.5
13. Clio 20.2 ;
1( 14. Gaffney 20.2 |
15. Darlington 20.1
16. Hartsville 20.
jl7. Greenwood 1-9.9
r 18. Georgetown 19.9
Z l'J. Florence 19.8
,.'20. Bennettsville ? ? ? 19.7
I 21. Elloree 1_ 19.4 ,
e 22. Bishopville 19.3
, 28. Cheraw 19.2
,s 24. Bamberg 19.1
3 25. Laurens 19.
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5"
e put a silver plate in the back of his.
s- head and one in his left hip. Several
shots remain in his hip. He is a
k battled scarred hero and like most1
d men of his type, is not prone to tell
r- about his achievements. However,
e when asked about his decorations,
r, he replied laconically that he had ree
ceivetf about as many as one man was
r entitled to.
it! Nor is he the only member of his,
3- immediate family to render conspic-1
iv uous service to the French. His son,
Lester, a me'e lad of 17 summers,!
Is joined his father in France in 1917.1
r. After an intensive study in the art of
n maneuvering a fighting plane he took j
f. to the air a full pledged fighter amidj
>- the clouds. On April 1, 1917 he was
!- detailed .to contest the supremacy of i
>f the air with a Boche airman around
t- that famous section of Arras. After
i- a heroic fight, he was lowered to the
r ground by a fusillade oi shots from
h his foe.
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! Death continuea to aeai uarsm/
it with the Taft family. During the el- [
ir'der Taft's stay in France his wife,1
r known in the motion picture worid as
u Bertha Morviel, and a small daughter,
I- Margaret, know as "The Lubin Baby"
r, died in this country,
d Mr. Taft is a native of Kentucky,
t- He is a son of General Moses P.
Tuft, U. S. A., retired during the
r. Cleveland administration. He Is the
n grandson of Charles Cole, of Richl
mond, Va., who helped defend the
r Virginia capital against the union
o army.
n He served during the Spanish
5. American war as an officer artillery,
h In 1909 he resigned his commission
n to pursue aviation,
g Major Taft arrived home from ove
ersenG in Juno, 1918, and was disls
charged from the army in January
it 1919."
TOBACCO MARKETS
OPENS TUESDAY. :j
Warehouse Workers i are on the - v
Ground Getting Ready for the
Big Opening.
Tuesday, July 20th, Uafe been fixed
a3 the opening day for the tpbacco
warehouses in Dillon county. ( The ;
other warehouses in the Pee Dee section
will open the samh,day. The
opening is about ten days date, owing }
to the cool spring seasbn and the * j
backwardness of the crop.
The workers connected with the
several warehouses in the county have
arrived and are busy as beavers, get- v
ting things in shape fqr the opening
day. Several loads of lug? have, been
sold on the Dillon market,, and it in
expected that tobacco will begin to
arrlvn in Hi'cr nnanHtloo Kv V>o 1 atini*
utiuc iu uig ^uauitviuo i// buv IMVVU*
part of the week.
There has been a slight increase in
acreage this year and the qualify of
the tobacco will be better. The lone
wet spell last year did considerable
damage to the crop and the weed vu
off several points in quality. The
wet spell of the past few days ha* ' "
not damaged tobacco to any great extent,
and it is claimed that it' haa
been e help in some sections, where
the land was very dry. ^
Warehousemen are non-committal
when you ask them about the prospects
for high prices, but the sentiment
is that prices will be higher
this year. The better grades of tobacco
will sell well, but there is some
doubt about the lower grades selling
as well as in previous years.
The following buyers will be on the
Dillon market this season:
J. M. Edmonds, Danville, Va., Jno.
E. Hughes ft Co., Danville, Va.,
Dibrell Bros. Danville, Va., C. Glenn
Patterson, Kenbridge, Va., R. J.
Reynolds Tobacco Co., Winston-Salem,
N. C., Liggett ft Myers, Durham,
N. C., American Tobacco Co., Rich
mona, va.f uxpori ,L.eai TODacco uo.,.
Richmond,' Va., A. C. Monk, Farmville,
N. C., C%1. J. O. W. Gravely,
New York, C. D. Noel, Rocky Mount*
N. C., J. D. Holcomb, Danville, Vs.,
J. P. Taylor & Co., Henderson, N.d
The force at Watkins Warehouse
is composed of the following gentlemen:
H. J. Thompson, bookkeeper; L.
I?. Armltage and J. L. Britton, floor
book and clip men, of Greenville,
Tenn., J. R. Scott, auctioneer, of
Lexington, N. C., Clyde B. Austin,
buyer for W. Austin & Co., of Greenville,
Tenn., will have headquarters
at the warehouse.
The force at Farmer's Warehouse
is composed of the following gentlemen:
J. J. Winstead of Roxboro*, N.
C., manager; T. 0. Pass, of Roxboro,
bookkeeper; R. I. Featherstone, of
Roxboro, floor bookkeeper; L. H.
Wagstaff, of Roxboro, clip man, and
J. W. Featherstone, of Roxboro, auctioneer.
'
The force at the Liberty Warehouse
will be composed of the following
gentlemen: A. B. Mary, bookkeeper,
Washington, N. C., D. L. Hardy, auctioneer,
P. V. Hardy, sales manager,
and Ed. Rogers, solicitor. ,
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BURNED TO DEATH
UNDER AUTOMOBILE.
Fletcher Hutto Loses Life in Making ,
Repairs on Car.
Norway, July 12.?J. Fletcher Hut
to, one of (he largest rarmers ana
most prominent citizens of Norway
section met a most tragic death. His
brother, Vastine Hutto, who lives
near, brought his automobile into
the yard of Fletcher Hutto to have
him make some minor repairs. Fletcher
Hutto went underneath the car to
examine some of the wii'es and mechanism
and by some means his shirt
sleeves caught fire. He backed out
quickly to extinguish the fire and In
getting out he overturned a can of
gasoline which was sitting on the running
board of the automobile; the
contents of the can ran all over his
back and reaching the sparks on hLs
shirt sleeves instantly covered him
with a blaze.
His brother Vastine, who was sitting
in the automobile, quickly went
to liis assistance and was * badly
burued on his hands and face. Mr.
Hutto was carried into his house aifd
medical assistance summoned, but he
was beyond aid and died about 2
o'clock next morning.
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PROMINENT MERCHANT
KILLED WITH SHOT GUN.
W. W. Russ Came to His Death by
Wounds at tlie Hands of Geo.
Marsh.
Conway Field.
Wm. W. Russ, a prominent business
man of Conway, was killed by
George Marsh with a shot gun today
about 1 o'clock. The shooting occured
just outside of the town limits cm.
the Dog Bluff Road near where botts
of the participants lived.
An inquest was immediately held
by Coroner L. W. Cooper. Two witnesses
besides the doctors were examined.
The wound was made with a
shot gun from probably about ten
feet distance, the greater part of the
load entering the tipper left'breast
severing large blood vessels and earing
away the upper portion of the
lune. resulting in death almost immediately.
The only eye witness was Mr. Jesse '
II Jolly, father-in-law of George
Marsh.
Facts sufficient to hold George
Marsh for homicide were brought out
by the Coroner but the full circumstances
of the deplorable affair are
not known. Marsh is held for trial
and his attorneys are preparing papers
for his enlargement from jail on
bail.