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$hr 5illn? alii SUBSCRIPTION' - $2.50 Per W. ? c 1 Dillon, S. CM September 10, 1020 i 11 Wo do not like the spirit the chair-L man of the Democratic party in Beau- t fort county showed in refusing a' the a eleventh hour to hold a second pri-' mary in his county, because there]1 were no locaFcandidates running, but i ( we agree with him in the position c he takes that it is not fair to make j1 the^candidates for county offices pay | ? all the election expenses. It hasi^ been the rule since the first primary'c was held to assess the county candi I A data* to meet election expenses. Tne |u eounty committee has no right to levyiE an assessment against a candidate forjf a State or Federal office, and the bur-j den has been carried by the candi- I dates for county offices. The cost of . J holding an election averages about ^ $18 for each precinct, exclusive of the cost of printing the tickets, oaths, I returns, etc. The Australian ballot 8 system wiH impose additional burdens ( In the way of extra expense in the erection of votin* booths. If candi- I dates for State and Federal offices * are required to bear half the expense , in all the counties of the State the cost ot running for a State or Federal , office will be so high that only very w*althv men can afford to run for i these offices. It has been suggested 1 that the State make an appropriation to cover primary election expenses, j but -as the primary is a party organization and not a State or public or ganization in the full seuse and mean j ing of the term it is questionable j j whether the General Assembly would ;S have the right to make a levy for thisj purpose. The situation presents sev- j oral serious phases. It is manifestly s unfair to place the entire burden on ( the shoulders of the candidates for I T county offices, and if the election ex- | penses are divided equally or even!, pro rated the cost of running for i office will be so high that few men!> would care to enter the lists. If the'* C State has no right to make an appro- ^ priation for this purpose there is only one way out of the difficulty?the abolition of the primary system. ARE THESE LAWS ENFORCED? 1 The Lancaster News digs up two dust-covered laws whfch it says are f "clear and understandable but which t have "been completely forgotten." j r Oue of the laws relates to the throw- ; \ ing of glass bottles, nails, scrap, iron 1 and other articles of a like nature j in the public highways, and the oth- j er makes it a misdemeanor for a c child under 12 years of age to drive 1 ? ??kiu v.:?v, C a motor vemcie uu me jmunt m6u-|g ways. The first law is openly and | flagrantly violated, and the second 1 law is so dead in spirit that f probably not a dozen people in Dillon ^ county know that it is on the statuto], books. !c The use of the motor car as a ve-! 1 hicle of transportation is increasing,* every day, and it might be well to t keep these laws before the public.! We are reproducing them for the ben- r efit of our readers, and incidentally g for the information of our peace of- t ficers: s Act No. 377 is as follows: "Be it I enacted by the General Assembly of c South Carolina: That from and after d the passage of this act it shall be a e , misdemeanor for any person to place, p throw or leave any broken glass, d glass bottles, scrap iron, tin cans or pointed nails within any highway in 1: the state of South Carolina, and any c person violating the terms of this act shall be fined not less than ten / dollars nor more than fifty dollars, or J be imprisoned not le^s than ten days 1 nor more than thirty days. Said C ' fines to go to the public school funds I" ?1 the county in which the offense.I was committed." F Act. No. 481* reads, "oection 1. ? G Be it enacted by the General Asseni- G bly of South Carolina: That it shall F be unlawful for the owner of any au- F tomobile or other motor vehicle to J allow any minor under the age of F twelve years to drive or operate such L automobile or other motor vehicle I. upon the public highways of the L Btate. L "Section 2.?That it shall be un- 1 lawful for any minor under the age L of twelve years to- drive or operate ^ any automobile or other motor vehi- A cle upon the public highways of the \ state, whether the same be with the A oT the narents or euardians h or not. " C "Section 3?That any person or F persons allowing or consenting to a S imnor under twelve years driving oriS operating his or their car against the T provisions of Sections 1. of this act,: shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and; npon conviction thereof, shall be fin-j ed in a sum not exceeding one hun-.( died ($100) dollars, or be imprison-j ed upon the county chain gang for a period of not exceeding thirty days. ^ "Section 4?That any minor un'?er the age of twelve years who violates the provisions of Section 2. of this act, shall be guilty of a uiisde- r raeanor, and, upon conviction there- a of, shall be liable to the same penalty a as is provided in Section 3. of this a act." d g The world's highest flagppole stands on the Panama-Pacific International r Exposition grounds. San Francisco. It t reaches 251 feet. i J1PKOVE.MEXT CLlIi OF DILLON The Improvement Club of Dillon, ornied from merging the Civic Iuiuovenient and Pa rent-Teacher Assoiutions, met in the school auditorium Friday afternoon. The above name, a constitution ami >y-laws were adopted and regular neetings will be held the first Friday iternoon in each month, except at he beginning of each quarter when . social meeting will be held in the veiling (Friday) to which the male uenibers will be especially invited. The object of the Improvement Hub is the promotion of a spirit of o-operation and good will to the ^nd hat the club may raise the standard f civic life and advance the educaional interests of our community. All >ersons interested in this object are digible for membership. The work has been divided into lepartments, with the following chair uen in charge: Civic?Mrs. Joe P. Lane, with the ollowing committees: A. C. L. Plot?Mrs. Walker Floyd, Jrs. W. V. Jones, Mrs. A. P. Rogers. Court House Grounds?Mrs D. M. Jichaux, Mrs. W. A. Blizzard, Mrs. Vade Stackhouse. Seaboard Plot?Mrs. B. A. Alford, Jrs. Marvin McLean, Mrs. Flora Wagitaff. School?Mrs. P. B. Sellers with the ollowing committees: School Grounds ? Mrs. Lutie 3ethea, Mrs. John H. Hamer, Mrs. t. L. Moody. School Library?Mrs. S. C. Henslee, Jrs. W. C. Moore, Miss Ruth Allen. Public Health?Mrs. A. J. Evans vith the following committee: On Sanitation?Mrs. T. W. Bethea, Jrs. Bruce Hargrove, Mrs. A. C. iogers. Publicity?Mrs. C. R. Taber. The following committees were ap>ointed to serve for three months: Finance?Mrs. John H. Hamer, Jrs. J. E. Diebler, Mrs. Frank Thompson. Membership?Mrs. Ida Dunbar Jrs. J. D. Hargrove, Mrs. Charlie 5aleeby. Social for October Meeting?Mrs, fohn Hargrove, Mrs. W. C. Tolar, Mrs. C. T. Elliott, Mrs. William Murchi;cn, Mrs. John C. Bethea, Mrs. W. E, Caldwell, Miss Isla MoKenzie. Notice?A picture called "Winthrop lay by Day" will be shown at Everylody's Theatre Thursday and Friday ifternoons, September 23rd and 24th. t represents life at Winthrop College vith its 1,100 students and should >e interesting to every one. The proeeds from sale of tickets will be used or benefit of the school. o ? i ivv riTV I F 4I1S A ith Timmonsville Second and Mill' 11ns Third in Tobacco Sales The largest tobacco crop ever proluced in South Carolina is indicated >y figures for the month of August nade public by the Department of Vgriculture. More tobacco was sold n August of this year than in any >ther August. The price too has been ligher than for any year save one, ind that $cas 1918. The total value >t the South Carolina tobacco sold n August was nearly twelve million lollars, a million more than for the iame month last year. The total number of pounds of to>acco sold in August was 47,203,798, iringing the producers $11,989,116, The average price was 25.39 cents, rhe average August price last yeai vas 24.68 cents, and for 1918, 30.46 :ents. The highest price prior to 1918 Tor August was 21 cents. The August tobacco exceeded the pounds or the same month last year by liree million. There are twenty-nine tobacco narkets in the State, the largest leing at Lake City. Timmonsville is econd and Mullins is third. Kingsree is fourth. Theie are seventyeven warehouses in. the State for toRcoe. The total tobacco business, ounting sales by warehousemen and Ic alers, as well as producers, amountd during August to over live million lounds and over fourteen million iollars. The sales for producers at the totacco markets of the State in Auust were as follows: Pounds. Amount, indrews _ 1,480.680 $ 303,723.83 iynor_ 967,937 277,873.00 Samber 616.000 136.881.78 lonway 2,726.770 687.420.68 Arlington 2,621.171 620.012.07 iillon 1.737.478 425,025.10 'lorence. _ 1.430.110 378,232.42 leorgetown. 401.884 81,005.70 rieelevville. 512,202 73.164.10 lartsville _ 531.114 103.455.62 [emingway_ 1,600.093 435.358.96 ohnsonville 1,460,330 336,001.11 Lingstree _ 3,860.834 8784,780.08 ,ake City 5.425,241 1,514,293.20 ,ake iew 1,197,735 322.606.98 ,amar 1.129,380 273,535.84 .atta 796,103 169,791.44 .oris _ _ _ 2,064,854 552,545.74 .vnchburg _ 661,185 159,605.95 lanning- _ 2,039,560 377,278.35 farion _ _ 1.583.390 410,670.95 loncks Corn. 98,020 14,114.88 lullins 4.431,107 1,342.909.78 iicols 1,484,406 458,819.71 tanta 230,904 62,562.67 'amplico 714,959 192,317.75 umter 632,443 84,813.57 ummerville _ 55,561 8,313.71 'imnionsv'le 4,594,277 1,311,770.86 Total _ _47,203,798 $11,989,116.01 Ol'RT FIXE FOR KJSSIXG WIFE ,'isitor in Spain Made to Suffer From Most Innocent and Natural Offense. A severe reprimand and a warning lot to let the misdemeanor occur gain has just been administered to visitor to Madrid who, when he ssisted his wife into a cab at the loor of his hotel on the Puerta del !ol, kissed her good-by. A policeman on duty close by witlessed the offense and remonstrated, hreateninsr to take th? tran to the >oliee station, whereupon the visitor 1^ * ^ ?traveller in many lands?sniilei and said: "Do your worst. Take m to the station house and we'll se what the punishment is for kissm; one's wife. The policeman led him off to fac his captain, who on hearing the na ture of the charge was even motsevere than the ordinary policeman He informed the offender that igno ranee of the law was no excuse, bu that he had committed a serious of fense against the laws of Madrid which forbids a man to kiss any wo iman while in the streets of the city with or without her consent. He however, let him off with a caution o The stupendous sum of money pah by the public for motion pictur amusements may be imagined whei a picture company can afford to pa; ! $100,000 for the privilege of photo graphing "Babe'' Ruth, the ball play er. CITATION' The State of South Carolina, Coun ty of Dillon, by Joe Cabel Davis, Pre bate Judge: Whereas, K. L. McDonald has mad suit to me to grant unto him letter of administration of the estate an effects of J. T. Easterhng. These are, therefore, to cite an J admonish all and singular the kindre j and creditors of the said J. T. Eastei , | ling, deceased, that they be and at rca* before me, in the Court c i . i : ?? i ' You Are Ur j A Big Met At The Ci MONDAY. SEPTEMB t i ? - >? ? Prominent lb | Be F ! I Plans will be ad ing cotton. The portant. Please ; ! i Waukegan, 111., Daily Si I performances of Sparks Cir crowds, in fact the huge tent circus, without any douht w ever in Waukegan and the 1 was absolutely clean. j jTiie Bia I k one stride ahead of |, ^ r r of the animal? are Jf / .'V represented b> more j C- / ,??, than one pair. SENSATIONAL j * ACTS, I yj "j TbRULING PERF#R-\\ ' MANCES. and a hoard ^ __ of fanny clowns gathered Irom every E-Xsl,-. iA't ! Coming to DILLON Tuesday | SEPT. j Probate to be bold at Dillon 011 Fri e day, September 24th next, after pub 0 lication hereof,, at 10 o'clock in fh< u, forenoon, to show cause, if any whj jt lief aid administration should not bt p granted. Given under my hand this 15th da) e of September, Anno Domini. 1 f*20. JOE CABELL DAVIS, Judge of Probate, t '9-16-21 Dillon oCunty. NOTICE TO HCXTKEKS The State laws require every hun . jter to have a license, and licenses cai be secured at the following places it Dillon County: Dillon, Braddv Wheeler Co.; Hamer, J. L. Bethea: j i Little Rock, H. Iseman & Sons piLatta, R. R. Humphries; Oak Grove M. P. Dunn; Minturn, J. L. Weather ly; Lake iew, S. Horn; Gaddy's Mill y W. A. Lupo. r J. W. McCALL, 9-9-3t Game Warden. CREDITOR'S NOTICE. Having qualified as administrate of the estate of William Mclnnis, de ceased, notice is hereby given that al persons holding claims against the es e tcte are hereby notified to presen s same duly authenticated within th< d time provided by law or this notic* will be plead In bar of their recov d ery. All persons indebted to the sail d estate are hereby notified to make im - mediate payment to the undersigned ?- D. L. Mclnni3, f 9 2 3t. Administrator. ged to Attend Cotton '.ting )urt House er 20ch Speakers Will ^resent lopted for financmeeting is imattend. in, August 15, says: "The cus were witnessed by large was filled to capacity. T he hatever, was one of the best pleasing feature was that it mm 1 .FfJIl rc A TM D I .? ? ^T^^nSS! iCL. XL, t v -r./ N<&3fi STREET t . . '" , PARADE ' I ?'? *'?V VH ol Olitlerhg Splendor 2 '/' ,, - ) NOVEL IDEAS, ^ ? ' ? / ) \\ LRASS BANDS, ' i w \, cages i floats. VV.^ J lj L'WDSOSIE HORStS, * v*/' >n<1 Nuoberlest Mulea! :';T . I Vrbl.'a*5 make Ihe Par-' V-\ Ji ade north coming mll?1 10:30 EACB DAY Tonigi r Helen Clar i Dl J UDt]Jll X x. e Tonight j privileged to hear ] and Joseph Phillips The famous A: 5 tralto and the popi will appear in pe program consists o that America love; Assisting them will 1 heimer, pianist, anc A. Edison's Three Phonograph. School Audi at 8:15 P. FREE TIC] By special arrangement, this i cert. Call, write or telephone of admittance. They will he application. WILLIAMS Ml Note?So great has been the hut few remain. We person today. feft KIND] Fayetteville's Invites You t< Select FALL OUT] i i The New Suits, Hats for Fall Wear are Here i The styles, material never quite as charming a reasonable than they have Great improvements / store. Our selling spac Stocks in all departments Our first floor has bet hardwood fixtures and is and sale of ready to wea * nnA rhilAren pit/ikh}p/v. Second floor is devote sale of dry goods, notiom bed linens, blankets, c Prompt elevator service tt We feel sure you will larged store. If you get know it's right. Come set W. E. Ki, Fayetteville Ag'ts. foi ht *k and LllllpS rv*n__ L/111UU 19 fielen Clark i. V' mencan conixlar tantone * rson. Their i "tke songs 3. be Grace Hof1 Mr. Thomas Millon Dollar torium M. ' KETS is an invitation con: us for free tickets issued in order of IRE COMPANY demand for seats tkat 1 ^ 11 aavisc you iu can in IBH LEY'S Best Store 3 Come and Y^our , FIT NOW Coats, Dress and Winter n Abundance s and colorings were 1 ll .* ~ iiu me fjin.es uie muie been in several years. xave been made in our e has been doubled, enlarged. m fitted up with new devoted to the display r tor women, misses d to the display and silks, dress goods, * f ?. omtorts and quilts. > this department. like the new and en- t 1 it at Kindley's you ^ > ? idley r Gossard Corsets