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ESTABLISHED 1894 THE DILLOX HEKAI.D DILLON SOUTH CAROLINA, THTHSDAY, MOKM.\(i. AKil ST 12. 1929. \OL. 26. NO. li
COUNTY NEWS >
AM) HAPPEMNOS.
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NEWSY LETTEKS BY REGULAR
COBB ESI 'ON DEN TS
News Items of Interest t<? Herald v
Headers Ebb and Flow of the i:
Human Tide. t
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Floydale. V
Mrs. J. L. McLaurin and daughter P
are visiting Mrs. McLaurin's mother a
at Maxton. N. C. P
Misses Ruth and Rebecca Rogers n
of Mullins are visiting the Misses Alfords.
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Mr. B. 0. Guthrie and Ben Guthrie, f(
Jr., Mr. and Mrs. 0. B. Pitts and.t'
three children of Burlington, N. C.,;*'
4 spent the week at the home of Mr. f
and Mrs. John Hugh St&ckhouse. jd
The ladies of the Improvement As- S1
sociation met with Mrs. M. J. Rogers 0
last Friday afternoon. After a very a
interesting meeting Mrs. Rogers ser-;
ved cake, cream and watermelon. I
Mrs. W. S. Floyd and baby have s<
returned from W'rightsville Beach w
where Bhe has been for the past twoloi
months. icl
Miss Sallie Bryant of Rowland Itl
fcpent the past week with Miss Inez!1*
Calhoun. : k
Rev. P. K. Crosby assisted by Rev. 111
Danna will begin revival services at
Zion church Thursday night. iFI
Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Taylor entertain- |C
ed the younger set at an ice cream,
supper last Wednesday night. e<
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Fork. '.a
Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Carmichael of '
Norfolk, Va., and Rev. H. C. Carniichael
of Charlotte, spent last week with
their mother, Mrs. Annie Carmichael. ,\'
Miss Anna Calhoun of Columbia is 1
spending a few days at home.
Mr. J. W. Atkinson of Southern
Pines and J. \V. Jr. of Camerson spent
the week end here with relatives.
Mr. Will Rose of Columbia spent
a few days-Just week at the home of .
Mr. J. C. Calhoun. '
Mi?s Emtna Carmichael has re- .
turned home alter a two weeks visit !'
to friends in Muyesville.
Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Rogers and
children of Lynchburg visited Mrs. !;i
Mary Rogers last week.
111
Carolina.
^ Messrs. John Norton and David
W Blakley of Clinton, S. C., are spend- I11
ing a few days at the home of the "
former's parents Mr. and Mrs. J. E.I *'
Norton.
Miss Vietta Alford of Alfordsville
is visiting her cousin, Mrs. R. S. Cot- 111
w 4 titebam. |*J
s Mr. Duncan McLaurin. Jr., and
j family attended the funeral of Mrs.
i McArn of Rowland, who was buried1
\ at the Sutherland cemetery Sunday
afternoon. i -*
Plans have be^n made to begin"
work on the school buildini: this week'!8
A new room is to be added as we will "
have a three teacher school, also n
music class.
Mr. and Mrs. K. L. McDonald and 11
son, Malcolm John accompanied by**1'
Miss Nora Morrison left Monday
morning for Glenn Springs where bthey
will spend some time. '
Mrs. D. B. Mclnnis and little daughter,
Mildred returned Sunday from a ^
few days visit to her parents in Row-!"
[land. e(
Mr. D. J. Henderson who has been
working with Dr. D. M. Douglass ofi"
the Presbyterian College at Clinton. b<
S C ic at hnme until school ODens **
F there in September.
f Misses Belle Morrison and Berta'
Mclnnis left Monday night for Balti-.?'
more where they will be pone for several
davs. i,c
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# Increasing B. & L. Capital. tc,
At n meeting of the directors of 0,
the Dillon Building 4: Loan Associa- g?
tion held a.t the offices of Col. G. G. (,j
^lcLaurin last Friday a motion was
passed calling for a meeting of the f0
stockholders to consider the proposition
to increase the capital of the
Association to S5U0.000. The Association
was organized about four years'
ago and has been very successful. Col.
McLaurin is president and treasurer
of the Association and has given it
close personal attention. Very little ni
of the original stock has chanced t|
hands and the first ond second se- j,
ries are worth considerably more than
par. Committees have b< en appointed
to solicit subscriptions to the new
issue and when the capital is brought vj
up to a half million dollars the As- r(
sociation will be in position to take ;r
care of the applications it has for,
loans for the erection of new houses.
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DILLON' LAND SELLS HIGH. fl
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Clarence Bethea Pays Mr. J. J. Ih
George for ir
ilti 2-3 Acres. fi
The price of Dillon county farming a
lands reached a new high level last , is
li'hpn ni?r.-m?n Betfwa iiaid Mr. b;
J. J. Georpe S12.500.00 for 26 2-2
acres acres of land. The land is known a<
|ffi as the Proctor Place and fronts the v
public road between Dillon and Lit- u
tie Itock. Mr. George purchased the F
place some ten years apo from the
late A. J. C. Cottingham. It was in a
splendid state of cultivation before
f Mr. Georpe pureltased it. and he has
developed it into on* of th?* most pro- ^
ductive farms in the county. Clarence t
Be thea_ the purchaser, is on- of 'he
most enterprising colored fanners j;; ^
the county and owns other lands ^
which he has paid for out oi tin
profits from his crops. ..
A devil weighing 2.'.".") pounds 1 ^
lieved the second lamest ev-r capftir- v
ed. was caupht in tie Gulf of .M-\-j
ico. It carried its captors lour miles
out to sea and the work of landinp i' J
required two days. * ii
iOVIKTS AT GATES OF WARSAW.
iolshevists Tighten the Xet Around
the Polish Capital.
Berlin, Aug. f?.?With the bolshrist
net tightening around Warsaw
n almost a complete semi-circle from
he northwest to the east, the spirit
1' optimism' has given away to a
eneral nervousness owing to the dean
tire of the remaining legations
nd consulates, says a Warsaw disatch
received here late Sunday
ight.
The greater part of the population.
reads is displaying- an admirable
^rtitude in the face of the fact that
tie enemy is almost at the gates of
lie capital. Only in the poorer quarrs
have there been any scenes of
isorder. Each inhabitant of the War-:
aw slums seems tofbe trying to get i
ut of the city and to take his person-1
1 belongings with him.
Streets Jammed.
The streets are jammed with all'
irts of vehicles. Perspring house-1
ives are loading furniture and food ,
n them and when they start, shout
tatteringly to others to get out of
te way. But no one can get out of,
te way, the jam is too thick. Thisi
eeps the cavaicades from moving I
lore than a few yards per hour. j
During the afternoon the main
reets were filled with processions of
atholics as part of a program of
lecial intercession for the city orderi
by the archbishop. The marchers
ian;ed in beautiful harmony a spec1
prayer composed for the occasion, i
?ginning "We beseech Thee. Oh
ord. save Your city." The procession
equentlv passed bands of young
dunteers marching to the front to
rely tunes like "Yip I Addy."
Information from reliable sources i
iys that General Wevgand, the
iw run ft V mill
illing to take command of the PolIt
armies.
Washington, Aug. ft?So critical is
ie world situation growing out of
ie Kusso-Polish war that attention,
was officially stated today, is beg
concentrated upon it to the excltton
of almost every question dom?-s->
p and foreign.
Dispatches received by the depart?nt
gave a more hopeful view of
I* situation at Warsaw.
While th? soviet armies continued
i advance, the defense is apparently!
inp maintained with renewed spirit
. the Polish troops.
The American consulate was re-!
irted to be moving to Graudenz Satrday
morning. If the Poles mo\e the
at of government, the American i
cation will move-also.
Xo Xote Sent.
It was vigorously denied by departent
officials that any note has as
t been sent by this government to
ie allied powers bearing on the Polh
question. This statement was made
i connection with cable reports from
uris to the effect that American note
id been received there. At jhe same
me, Secretary Colby declined to imirt
any information as to whether
not a message might soon be sent;
. this government,
in these dispatches a few nights agoj
llowing the conference of Secretary
Diuy ana unurr-sevrtriary uan* v>nu
ie president, it was definitely stat-l
1 that the time for American action
as close at hand. This appears to be
ie correct view and, it is generally!
Sieved a pronouncement from the
'hite House will soon make the!
merican policy clear to the world. |
Unusual curiosity and speculation;
cist as to what the White House decration
will be. should it be decided
i make one. One view is that the
esident will decline to commit the
nited States to any policy prejudial
to either sid*-* of the controversy.
Another view is that he may recti
mend American participation in a
neral embargo by the allied powers
all ports under the control of the1
iviet forces, including those which
.rntfrlv h?.lr?iif Jri Pnhmri
Either suggestion, however, is pure
leculation.
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Housing Plane in Fayetteville.
Lieut. Behr took the Kantian plane*
,er to Fayetteville Saturday afteroon
where it could be housed until
if weather clears. There is no place
i Dillon in which the plane could
? protected against the elements und
r. Sprunt decided that it would be
*st to send the machine to Fayettelle
where there is ample housing
mm at Camp Pope, the government
nation field.
Since its arrival the plane had
f-en kept at the pretty meadow jnst
f-yond Stafford's Bridge and many
ights were mode over Dillon during
it; week. The meadow makes an ideal
inding field and with a little ditchig
there would be no better landing
eld in the country.
Mr. Sprunt is arranging to put up
hanger at the field and when this
; erected the plane will be brought
ack to Dillon.
Roy Edwards and Elbert Staples
rcotnpanied Lieut. Behr to Fayetteille.
They made'*the trip in 4<> rnintes
. The distance Iroin Dillon <o
ayeltevill** is about ;?5 miles.
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Services at Methodist Church.
Main street Methodist church. T'r.
i'atson B Duncan. P.?stor. Sunday
hoe! at D- a m.. Mr. \V. 1! Mulb r.
ip-rint* nd-nt. Preaching af 11 a
i. and s;Uo p. m. by the pastor,
[' ruing subject: "Paul'" T' ::t Pi
'he Flesh." Evening subject; "A
reut Aim ami a Cr< it ;i:: " Pray* r
i-t \ ici mi Weilne.-da ? :
hoir practice, l'ublu ily :i
ited to all s?*rvic< -.
Miss Ruth All'-n is \ "siting t? lutiv?
l Wake Forest.
i alleges rilij.ng
was accidental
.Marion County Prisoner So Says Con
* fession.
Marion. Aug. C?Archie Turner
one of the men arrested last weelt
charged with tin- killing of Edwii
White, made a confession to Sherifl
John V. Rowell, in which he states
substantially tin- following:
That on Friday afternoon last
spring the day Mr. White was last
seen alive, be (Archie Turner) war
'at the home of .Mark Turner, standing
on the porch with Henry Turner,
and that .Mack Turner's wile was in
the house. That he was playing with
his pistol and that it was accidentally
discharged. Immediately after this
shot he heard some one cry out and,
going out in front of the bouse, he
found that he had shot Mr. White,
whom he did not know was anywhere
around and Mr. White died instantly,
About this time his brother. Mack
Turner, rode up into the yard. In his
excitement he picked up the body of
Mr. White and carried it about 150
yards back of Mack Turner's house
to a pine thicket. He left the body
there while he went home and got
his father's mule and wagon, in which
he took the body nearby to a field between
his father's house and Carry
lake, a small lake adjacent to Little
Pee Dee river. He left the body there
and went home to spend the nigra.
Next morning early he pretended he
was going after a load of straw, put
his plow and wire in the wagon ana
drove down to where he had left the
body. He then took the body and
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carried n aown iu ine lune .win mu i
there alona with the plows and wire.
He then pot a little straw and took it
home. He then came to Marion,
where he remained until 3 o'clock.
About that time he left Marion, went
back to where he had left the body,
put tine it m a small boat and wiring
the plows to the body while it was
in the boat. He then started down
the river with the body. 11" stated that
lie did not reach tin- point in the river
at which he intended sinking tin
body, as he struck a rough place ip
the water of the swollen stream and
his bout turned over, throwing both
himself and the body into the river.
When his boat turned over, lie swain
to shore, where he stood lor a few
minutes, after which lie swam back
and pot bis boat and went back to
Carry lake and then home. When asked
if he had any assistance, he stated
th'dt no one at all had helped him. but
that he did the job all by himself.
Mr. White left his home one Friday
afti-rnoon about three months
apo to assist his brother in the erection
of a tombstone in a churchyard
about one mile away from Mr. Whites
residence. He could be seen walking
down the road about one-half the distance
until he turned a sharp curve.,
He did not show up at the church and
was not heard of again untilfhis body
was found in the river nine weeks
later, the body showing a bullet
wound. It had been weighted down
in the water by plows and other scrap
iron fastened to the body by wires.
Last week six arrests were made, all
parties being white and neighbors of
Mr. White. They were Tom Turner,
Archie Turner, Mack Turner, Henry
Turner, Kinard Cannon and the father
of Kinard Cannon.
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BIO DEMAND FOll
COTTON OBADEBS.
c;iernson uoiit*K'\ jui> ou?i un r
is a big call lor official cotton graders
to serve in the various counties
under the new arrangement of the
Extension Service with the Cotton
Association and the Warehouse Coinmission,
and it is apparent now that
the demand is going to be greater
than the supply of available graders.
This is the opinion of E. C. Seifert.
Extension Specialist in Cotton Grading,
who says that there is a scarcity
ol good graders due to the fact that
men experienced in such work have
entered the field a.- buyers.
Already fourteen counties have
applied to the Extension service for
graders. Seven of the applications
have been filled and the others will
be filled shortly. Five other counties
i.-ve practically completed financial
and other arrangements to ask for
graders, and reports from the cotton
marketing campaign now going on
indicate that over half of the other
Counties will do so. This means thai
there will be a scramble for the
appointment of graders. and counties
are cautioned that applications will
be filled in order of receipt and that
many counties may have to do without
graders unless arrangements uncompleted
and applications made at
once.
In some counties the official grader
idea has taken such strong hold that
several towns in the same county
want a prader each. In Oconee
county, lor example, Westminister.
Seneca, and Walballa each raised
the nt'cessaiy lunds and sent 111 applications
tor praders on the same
day shortly after the county meetings
were held.
As many official prad? rs as pussihie
are heinp ermaped to meet ih
calls, and the suci'-.e of this phase
of tin cooperative marketing* i- a'
ready assured.
< itil ot Thank*.
To -ho., who kindly a-sis'id us
r 'i: f - and d* ath ot out
t.ahy hoy. 11. tuns, we wish to <>!': t
< - ]. !. -hanks and ? nlso wis!
* > ' :;nni". tiio.-- thottf ': :l ones !" !
:.or.,l offeriti; ,
S: relv.
Mr ar. l Mm. !*.< > ! Ifttloti.
\V. M Itrick spent Monday in J.a'
t.i 0:1 t usiliess.
FOllE<'AST SHOWS
.1 I.AIKiK COHV ( IIOI'.
- Estimate of Three billion bushels is
.Made.
Washington, Aupust ft?A thne;
billion bushel corn crop for the third
i titm- in the history of th<- country
was forecast today l?\ the Department
; of .Viniculture on the basis of conditions
existing August 1. Inasmuch as
: August is the critical month for the
crop in the great corn belt of the
; .Middle West, it is uncertain whether
the promise of a crop almost equal to
, the enormous ones of 1012 and 1017
i will be fulfilled. Improvement was
i reported during July in the important
corn States with the exception of Illit
nois, and as a result a crop forecast
,,of 224.000.000 bushels larger than
that r.r^ftirt^rt -Illlv f Was issued.
! Spring wheat was adversely affect-1
,ed during July, principally by rustM
and production forecast of the crop
was reduced 29,000,000 bushels from
a month ago or to a total of 262,000,000
bushels.
Reduction Very Small.
! The preliminary estimate of win-'
:ter wheat production was 15.000.000
I bushels larger than forecast in July.j
i making the combined crop of winter
! and spring wheat only 14,000,000 i
bushels smaller than estimated a
month ago. The total of 795,000,0001
bushels was predicted in today's re-;
port.
There was improvement in the po,-,
tato crop and indications are that the
icrop will exceed 400,000,000 bushels!
lor the fourth time in the country's'
history.
i The tobacco crop which has been,
promising from the start, has shown'
additional improvement and proba-1
bilities are that it will exceed thej
record crop produced in 1918 by about ,
.2iiO.OoO.oou pounds. Total production
is forecast .at 1,544,000,000 pounds. J
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BROTHER KILLS BROTHER.
Terrell Smith Killed by .Icns<? Smith
In Mother's Presence.
Hampton, Aug. : ?Jesse Smith shot;
and killed his brother. Terrel Smith, j
tit v o'clock Sundav morning, about,
three miles west of Hampton, using
a shot gun loaded with bird shot.
Facts have been exceedingly hard to
get. -.is there was no eyewitness to the
first part of the ditficuliv.
According to those who went to thei
scene shortly after the tragedy, it j
iseems that Jesse met Terrell in the
c'.rHen Terrell returned from thej
burn with a bucket of milk in his I
hand. Terrell ran for tin* house but,i
. was shot in the back just as he (
I cleared the corner of the garden next
10 the house. It seems that Jesse followed
and reached the door just as|
iTerrell put down the bucket of milk.
4 The mother of the towo men states
; that Terrell turned around as Jesse
i reached the door and said, "Jesse.
' why did you shoot me?'' that Jesse
did not answer, but pushed the gun
almost into Terrell's lace and fired |
a second time, killing him instantly; I
that Terrell was unarmed and appar-;
ently made no effort to defend him-j
self, except to try to get out ot Jes-;
se's way.
Jesse Smith is about 4 5 years of
age and lives within a few hundred
| yards of where Terrell Smith lived
with their mother on a farm. Terrell
was about 28 or 30 years old.
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ENTIUESCLO.SE Aid ST 19TII.
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Candidates Must l?'ile Pledges by 12
i O'clock Noon Thursday, August
1 Oth.
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I The rules oi ine uemocraiu- i.m?
provide that candidates must file
I their pledges 011 or before 12 o'clock
noon on the day before u campaign
Opens, and as the county campaign1
opens Friday. August 20th. candidates
must file their pledges by 12 o'clock
noon on Thursday. August 10th.
The opening meeting will be held
at Little Lock, and tin- itinerary as
fixed by the executive committee is
as follows: 1
Little Lock. Friday, August 20th;
Oak Grove .Saturday, August ulst;
Minium, Monday. August 23rd; Fork.
Tuesday. August 2 1th. Lak< View.
Wednesday. August 2.".th; Floy da le.
Thursday. August 2t'?th; Latta. Friday.
August 2?th; Dillon Saturday!
28th.
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TI.MK VOW TO PLANT
FAI L FOOD CHOPS.
Irish Potatoes and Turnips Fiisilv
Grown and Product* W ell.
"It is now time to prepare and sow
'tnrnio.x ami to plant the second crop
of 1 ri.-h potatoes," said Commissioner
Harris yesterday. "If the second croji
of Irish potatoes is planted at onein
yood land, well prepared, it will
produce aood results. I suap-st planting
the Lookout Mountain variety. It
o- suitable and especially adapted for
all platitina This variety will not
toak. tuhej> if planted in the spriny.
"The Looi.otit Mountain potato con
planted m ti;e eastern part of the
Mate as at* as Auyiist lv it planted
ill cofxl land They should he plaid?d
atni ma1 lit. d the sain., as sprint:
potaic- ar> plav>d tinci cultivated
lu tin . astern j>ai t ol the stat. tie
Lookout Mountain |?otatiicjt can he
in tie- Lioiiial all winter and due
and lis-d a- ne. .je.i. In tact, this is
' t:,. I>.-t way to b? p th. in throiiirii
' the wilder.
Now 11 is ft pli'.i'ti. . 'a If s.-L.tl- ! at.d
We iiia;. ? \; >. h?m ;.i . on:.a
* > t.t hivti. I d not h'.'k tor any r?>:
letioti it. tin price oi - i crop- for
an or least.
-j It Worth McKinley i- sp> ndinp' tl.?
' ^ c :C in Miiliiu; with fri-ud-.
I.KiHT COMMITTKK OKTS ItKPOKI
Kngineer <iives K*tiinat<* for H
P. I. i i_ 111 Plant at $150/100.00
The committee appointed w\ th<
citizens meeting to look into the mat
ter of selling or improving the ligh
and water plant received the repor
from the engineer last week. Th<
report was made by Mr. Olsen. one o
the h ading engineers of the south wh<
spent a day in Dillon going over tin
plant and making a close inspection
Mr. Olsen estimates that it will cos
Dillon $liiO.OOO.OO to put in a moderi
light and water plant. These figure:
ure based on a CuO ho'rse power plan
consisting of two units which he sayi
will give Dillon an ample supply o
current for the next 20 years. H<
r?r>r>r?iiienH? as additions to the Wat
er plant the putting in of larger wat
er main and the construction of t
resevoir with a capacity of not less
than 250.000 gallons of water. Tht
plant as outlined by Mr. Olsen is mod
ern in every respect. The sentimen
of the committee was, after reading
the report, that Dillon could not af
ford to invest that much in a ligh'
plant, and Mr. Olsen has been askec
to revise his figures and reduce th<
amount to something like $40,000 01
$50,000. The committee also decidec
to take the matter up with prospec
tive purchasers, and if it is found tha
adequate improvements cannot bt
juade with an expenditure of $40,00(
or $50,000 the committee will enter
tain propositions to dispose of tht
plant to private individuals. Tht
committee will be ready to make t
report back to the citizens as soon a;
these matters can be gone into thor
oughly.
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DILLON PLANE VISITS COLUMBIA
Columbia Record.
Columbia was visited by an airplane
bank messenger a few days ago, bui
not until today did Columbians know
thai the strange air visitor carried
under its scowl or in his gasoline
tank, or, somewhere, a half millior
dollars worth of securities.
A few days a go a big strange
looking airplane, a "Farman"with tlx
passengers riding out in front of the
planes and in front of the motor
landed at Columbia's flying field,
and foremost among the occupants o
the air-car was James M. Sprunt
cashier of the Bank of Dillon. Tw<
New Yorkers were in charge of th?
plane. Only a few Columbians saw
the plane at the flying field, though ?
large number saw it over the city ant
wondered at its strange appearance
being of a new type of flying machine
Little did the Columbians who saw
the plane then realize that some
where within its fusilage there was :
fortune tucked away from unseeinj
eyes. The news of the car^o came ti
light today, when Columbians saw ir
the Sunday's picture section of tlx
new York Times^a picture of tlx
plane and its three passengers, chiel
among them. Mr. Sprunt, as they wen
clDOIll IU ltilVf 1 I UILJ 1VUUOCI i inu
Long Island.
Mr. Sprunt and his plane driven
spent a night in Columbia leaving
next day for Dillon. The travelers
stated while here that they had hac
a remarkably successful trip, coin
ing from New York to Columbia, b>
way of Charlotte in a fraction of i
day. No advices have come from Dil
Ion regarding the landing of the plant
there, but is is presumed the half million
dollars worth of securities land
ed safely at the Hank ol Dillon. Mr
Sprunt is quoted as saying just be
fore he "hopped off" from Koosevelt
lield that he had decided not to trust
the securities to railroad transportation.
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The editor is .very much indebted
to .Mr. H. C. Stunton for three largt
watermelons which Mr. .Stanton was
kind enough to bring in Saturday afternoon.
The melons are of the Tom
Watson variety and in point ot flavot
and excellence tln-v fully sustained
the wide reputation which this melon
has. Having been raised in tin- low
country where lroin 11tin* mmo-mur
in I tin- watermelon lias been u favorit?*
fruit we can say with all eandoi
and sincerity, that in our love ot tin
watermelon we have only one equal
? and that is the low country darkey,
.Missionat') I'nioii Mwtinit.
The annual meeting of the Worntips'
Missionary I'nion of I'ee Dec
Association will meet with th*- Cattish
Baptist church August L'tith and >7th
Delegates will be met at Mallory and
Latta if notice is sent to,
Mrs. 1,. K. D. w,
l/.itta, S. C
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NOTICE.
Fursimnt to the rules of the Democratic
party notice is Liven that then
will be a meeting ot the County Democratic
Executive Committee at tin
Court House at 10 o'clock in the for<
noon on Thursday. August 1!?th. foi
tie- purpose oi revising the club rolls'
Any person who ha- b? en denied tlo
right to enroll or any person who hat
any |>roi?-.-t or ?<Mnjna:ni 10 mum ar
to any nth*-r { :.-< n whuso naui?- an
pt-a:> on th?* oltit? roll or who ha? h> :
th-nit i! th? rutin to enroll may ai
lu ff! - .-.i ! i-otuniiii?o and mak<* -uoi
< t'!ii|>la:i.' or j?rot?-.<f.
A 1!. JOIHiAN.
(.' unity Chairman.
Vir-ium: N> w York '< oho-rv fl.si!.:.:
:;.- : !. C it W-l!.-. a WkIi':,
luinisfor. (aims li" was unable to t :.*
i!,.-:ii. M:-?-r ami fovrtv !,a\? :
aj'j- ar? 1 Chits:.-.-io.-.u-h aliv..
-lowly !> 'i-lini-. hWin
a a joiin. !ad> lio ?:s!? - :
I'.:".. !? .at. -! 1:1 lis.- a: > ' ii.?
> 111111 di.-t' '.'Tm ?I.j 1:n-- a \ thr>-?
courteous young men escorted h**r t?
. a i- : '
[' PON/J TELLS HOW
HE MADE MONEY.
Boston Man Discloses Business Methods
in Sjkhh'Ii to the kiwanis
f> Club.
t Boston, Aug. 10?Charles Pouzi,
t who claims to hove jumped from
^ comparative poverty to multiniilliont
aire's estate in a few months through
3 dealings in international postal coo.
pons, told members of the Kiiuauta
. Club today some of the steps in the
t process by which he claims to have
, amassed his fortune. Ponzi, making
s his first appearance as an after-dint
ner speaker since he became one of
j the most talked of men in the counf
try, was a luncheon guest of the club.
? He was invited sometime ago, be.
fore he was compelled to cease pay.
nient in hi? "fiftv n?r .jc
^days" proposition because of the orj
ders issued by the State Bank Com?jmissioner
to the Hanover Trust Co.,
.(yesterday to pay no more of Ponzl's
t checks.
; In opening his remarks, Ponzi r4.
i iterated his claim that he was solteAt
tjand expressed confidence that this
11 would be substantiated by the Fedetj(al
and State investigations now in
[ progress and that he would be able to
I resume business in a few days.
He related how he had hired a
t small office, used his small capital In
> various business schemes, and then.
) with an international reply coupon
. always in front of him on his desk,
? "began to do some thinking." He
> finally obtained financial assistance,
l he said, to develop his idea and spent
5.thousands of dollars in foreign ?or
respondence.
"I found out," he said, "that the
' postal coupons were being sold in
i foreign Countries for the equivalent
of six cents and could be converted
into postage stamps. Then all I hart
? to do was figure how many nicking
t made a million.
rI "I got in touch with men?that's
I as far as.I'll go?who were able K>
secure for me large amounts of con
i pons 111 uttierent. countties. They
.bought them without money and used
-Ithem as collateral io bo redeemed
? later.
>' "When conditions were right I of
, fered to borrow money from the pub,
lie I offered ad per cent in HO days
f and would not promise to redeem
, notes in 4 5, though I thought that
) three weeks was about the right time
;, to bank the money here, send it
r abroad, get the stamps and convert
i! them into cash.
I "I started the Securities Exchange.
, I Company. I was everything from pros-,
.jident to office boy.
*; "I decided that if I redeemed the
-1 stamps in the United States the Fcdi
eral government might decide that it
; came within its jurisdiction, though
> | there was no Federal or State law
ij against it. But the exchange rate was
;, the same in Switzerland and Norwuy
? and some other countries so I rfefjcided
to redeem them there." . ..
?! Some one in the audience asked
,|why the postal authorities had bwn
! unable to find any evidence of such
3] large dealings in reply coupons. Pon
; zi replied that foreign governments
si realized a profit on the issue of these
I'postal certificates "and are not going
- to disclose to other governments how
.many coupons they have issued." ,
ij "And the international postal un
ion is not going to do it," he addtpl.
| Asked if foreign government t>u^l
- not stopped this, he replied: "Yes,.
11**.-v art- stopping?mey nave stopj
ped the sale of coupons lor public
1 use. But that does not stop my bnjsji
iu-.ss. My money in Europe is work
in;: today, even it it is not here." '
In the transactions in coupons', tic
insisted, nobody suffers a loss.
"I buy today." he said, "a dollar's
1; worth of Italian exchange. At the
"l resent rate i get is lire. I would
; v? t live under normal cxc tin age.
Willi 'he Is lire I buy tin interna
i lional reply coupons. These coupons
can l?e .-old for *': in American nion
I ey lb
tiiaintained that no goveruuient
it' * (I iose because transactions between
governments may be delayed
UPtil > xchaiice i> normal and pointed
out that there has be. n delay in the
layment of interest on American
loans to the allies.
J have not found anybody who wilt
have to make it pood." he asserted,
i when somebody wanted to know w ho
.'would huve to stand the loss.
,; o
i Capt. 15. V. Gibson is opening a
I Rescue Home at Kayetteville, N.
und when tie home is completed they
will be in position to take car" o!
many homeless children. This dcw?K
not mean, of course, that we tire dis
[continuing the work in Dillon. We
|will continue our work in town and
county as heretofore. Sincerely <lcsir
int.' tlu* co-operation of the public tu
this tix- Master's wurk for humanity,
' we are.
American Ilecue Workers, Inc.,
Capt. II V. (lihson, in Charjrti.
(j
;' Mr. K. C. Uauks, who will he con
- n>cted with '!) L'illon County Out
" ton Storage Company a- yrad'T. h:tr-.
1 at ri'.e.l in tK <;* and will b? n aif*
to Miter upon his duties win u 'In
Uiii.-ir up. n Mr Hanks i.- t'oiu Alt
<! I I.|;. I w! re e hte- h' hi the
?i ,i>- ( w.'1 a < 'ten ? a
lorn? -:.e past ral \ti..
, 1:: ::k : re of fh" ! ' t ra'! ts: in
: te an<! !. \ : :! p.inv
. :.:ni up wi. ertvt. \f.
' a I ; 1 1 a'i'i'ta t tors :
tp. i'.. war* lioiru
mi 1 . . . * 'en w he . :id? d I It
v. ' , iv 1 - :1- ti, Itilfotr a.'
JLeov a, ...It secure a house.