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JKlvCTOItS MEN OF NERVE A>?ma?ville'.<< Sheriff-elect Said To ..Have Shot Apples Off Brother's .Head. Fiery of face, lean of waist, and .-rewboned, Carlos A. Rector, reform jed moonshiner, who has been elected Jto become sheriff of Greenville county Aaexi January, used to shoot apples off . ibe.top of his brother's head to en& .trrtain his barefoot friends when they vou Id call upon him at his parents' bui way back in the heart of the Blue Ridge mountains. Mountaineers tar miles and miles around marveled Jth* .expert manner in which Carlos ^and his brother Hendrix, handled the in making close-shave shots, vith each other as human targets, writes J. Carter Latimer, a Greenville, 5. C., news writer in the Atlanta Journal. Hendrix was elected m 1912 and was serving the toWrri year of his second term when ? 1 l.lll.J T n 1A . fBC Was SI1UI ttiiu &111CU uu juij -z, IMS, by Jake Gosnell, deputy col. Jecior of internal revenue, as a re aoJt of old political strife. Carlos vas then prevailed upon to make the jcare and he defeated six opponents, ttecluding Captain Sam D. Willis, who was wounded in France, and who was anpainted by Governor Coope r as rtwilff to fill out the unexpired term of the late Hendrix Rector. Both Hendrix and Carlos Rector together with their brother, Jeff, who .Allowed General Pershing into Mex i? tiBfl Ffc&noe and was decorated for .bcavery, werfi born and "raised" in a .tittle log cabin in what is known as "Bark Corner," because for years and .jre&rs it was a liar of moonshiners, sLtili is. The Rector boys, like ~ail others who first saw the, light of <lay in this dismal section, did not think it any harm to make moonshine -Ifeuar. Jt was their belief?and this' <tdccriiit>n still holds with most moun-l toijneers .today?that they had a' iivu-g^cu iigui iv uv as iuc/ ^/icaovu with a scanty crib of corn which they -managed to rai3e on the hillsides. So they distilled "white lightning" to sell a?*) (drink. About twelve years ago Carlos .Sector became intensely interested in a religious "revival'' and was converted into the belief that " *tmakin' liquor" was all wrong?it -rataf._n.ul the strong arm of the law changed him, but the words of a mountain "sky pilot." He eveji wen* out himself and beseeched his fellow-mountaineers to abandon the i axil) and make an honest living. -tkmarxg those who heeded the appeal .. and reformed was his brother, Hen% drix, and from then on they gave .-their hearts to law enforcement. Heufinx Rector was elected magistrate and Carlos served as constable. Then Hendrix moved to Greenville _t-jUid within a short time this "lion .jr.jthe .mountains" became a lion of ootiiics and was elected sheriff, but with out stirring up political t'Snads. because he defeated the scion utl oixe of the oldest and most aggresdire political .families in the state. His spectacular career ended when cVintc r>ancpH hia hie heart to v cease beating twenty miuutes past 12 ' vrioloak, noon, July 4, 1919, at a local garage. Awaiting a second trial iar Lhe alleged murder is Jake GosneU. a "revenuer,"' the jury having .,?*Hed to agree upon a verdict at the J rftmt hearing. Carlos Rector, who was , Uben deputy collector of internal revenue, yielded to the solicitations of extends to run for sheriff, and after - a. strenuous campaign he was nominated to tne highest office in the gift - at the people of . the county. "tNol often does it fall to the lot of v -an old woman of .the mountains to be the mother of two sheriffs of a V.3*eai counjy like Greenville in the sold state of South Carolina" hk an expression of gratitude that poured out from the heart of Mrs. J. W. Rector, who is more than ninety years old and active for her age. /Marios A. Rector, thirty-six years 'ill age, sa'rfi that it was his earnest ambition to some day be elected to the seat of Congress to which his j law brother aspired. Wheu Hcndrix Rector, on a visit to Washington for tlw itrst time, picked out in the capita* what he said he hoped to make Ms seat, he was the subject of "feature" stories in nearly all the Washington papers, and his picture was .prominently displayed. VVhile having been elected by what he said he was proud to term the Icommon people," it is generally ad flniiied by the voters for the opposing /action that Carlos Rector will make a tearless, conscientious and "hell busting" sheriff. o lift ROUT OF COTTON* GINNED -.Preliminary Figures Announced By Census Bureau ^Washington, Oct. 10.?Director ' Sam L. Rogers, of the Bureau of Census, Department of Commerce, announces the preliminary report on -cotton ginned by counties in South -Carolina for the crops of 1920 and 1919. The report was made public tftor the State at 10 a. m., Monday, .October 4, 1920. /Quantities are in running bales, OHinting round as half bales. Linters are not included): 192ft 1919. I Abbeville 1,864 4,397 Aiken 11,595 16,004 AUeadale 5,636 10,206 Anderson 2,894 13,422 /Bamberg 6,993 12,222 tfUnjwell 9,369 15,124 Beaufort 333 Berkeley 1,113 1,605 Calhoun 7,975 12,028 Charleston 27 1,276 s. Oirokee 81 950 Chester 1,196 3,940 ^Chesterfield 3,849 7,012 'wJtMtondon 8,852 14,503 Oolleton 1,582 4,035 Darlington 3,355 10,324 Dillon 4,920 13,160 Dorrhester 2,522 4.386 .RMfcefield 4,207 6,275 Wa^rSrJd 2,01 2,686 ?"lonei?Oe 3,937 10,089 Georgetown 391 273 Greenville 305 4,513 fGr**\mvood .2,419 6,068 (fc_arr jdon 2,905 5.273 Horry 188 625 . Jasper 254 552 i ........ UlM. . _ Kershaw 4,880 8,600 " Lancaster 338 1,665 Laurens ? 3,137 7,204 Lee 6,562 12,988 Lexington ? 5,908 7,476 McCormick ? 857 3.859 Marion 1,570 4,046 ?r O 91 199 .uanuuiu i;,uxu M Newberry 3,349 5,212 Oconee 90 2,594 Orangeburg 21,2.'5 32,494 Pickens 23 1,269 Richland 6,399 6,669 Saluda 3,297 5,954 Spartanburg 950 4,540 Sumter? 7,782 13,294 Union 652 917 Williamsburg 4,106 5,659 York? ? 571 4,128 _ _____ ' The State 171,451 330,971' o FINAL DISCHARGE NOTICE Notice is hereby given that Peter M. Stewart, Admr. of the estate of Don Carmichael, deceased, has made application unto me for final discharge as administrator and that Thursday, November 4th, at 10 a. m.1 in the forenoon has been appointed for the hearing of the said petition.! All persons holding claims against the said estate are requested to file them with the administrator *on or before 10 a. m. in the forenoon on November 4th, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. JOE CABELL DAVIS, Judge of Probate, I 10-1441 Dillon County. I o THREW RADIUM AWAY Negress Didn't Like Odor and Threw' $7,000 Worth in Sewer j There was consternation among the doctors of the Radium Institute at Thomasville, Ga., recently when it das found that $7,000 worth of radium had been thrown into a sewer. The radium was being used in treating a negro woman for cancer at the hospital and was left attached tor a certain length of time. Deciding that she did not like the odor of radium and sow no good in a little thing like that, anyway, the woman, happening to be left alone, cut the string holding it and going to the bath room threw the costly remedy into the sewer. When the attending physicians returned and found the _ radium missing and learned of its disposition excitement reigned supreme. Plumbers were hastily summoned, Hi sewer pipes torn up and vigorous jg search made. After extended search ; M the tiny tube, hardly larger than a 3 needle, was found lodged against the | sewer trap in tne yara or me nospuai. j A young plumber named Sullivan | received the hundred dollars reward offered for the recovery of the radium. ? o Newsy News Notes j Plants with white blossoms have a larger proportion of fragrant species than any others. The Colonial Dames of America has the distinction of being the oldest patriotic society for women in the United States. ', "The nation is being demoralized J* bj cheap, vulgar songs. Publishers ' are trying to make a jazz nation out|a ct the United States. Something S is wrong when dance tunes must be 2 called by suggestive names in order.H to sell them," says Mrs. Marx E.lfl r. /ikoirmon i?i lllllsip of I V/l'CllUUll^l, VUUlt iiiuu VM ....... the Federation of Women's Clubs. ^ Theodore Roosevelt once wrote un- ^ signed articles for a magazine, which many attributed to Dr. Charles W. ?iiot, of Harvard. ? The eligible voters of the United States number 29,000,000 men and [ ] 26,000,000 women. g Raising the price of rooms when r^i it is learned that the guest is from j ? America has become a habit of I f^l French hotel keepers. j ; L^J American Legion men, meeting in ^ Cleveland, Ohio, insured their parade and other doings against rain for nri eix ft,in it rainnd. and the Legion treasury will have a nice new nest i ? i "MacSwiney Free," says the first m line ot a caption in a sensation-loving I 15j Chicago paper, but the second line J [a] follows, "Of Pain in the Head." !!H The big advance in railroad rates!,?. throughout the Canadian Northwest' W is holding in the East thousands of nri immigrant families who are needed in i^J the western territories. To meet theiK] condition several western provinces are paying transportation expenses. ?] | An oil burning locomotive was re- ? icently used in Eng?*nd for the first time. The locomotive consumes only thirty pounds of oil a mile, using 700 I pounds of oil to do the work of a ton [31 I of coal. j ? Spotting tuna fish by airplane, then ? pursuing them with fast boats, is the [< ] latest fishing method off the Califor- .?. man coast. j j? Texas cotton pickers make from ? $10 to $15 a day, due to a shortage [31 of farm labor. ? ffl Ships and cargoes valued at eight - -- j--i? it. 13 billion dollars were suns uurmg mc ^ war. Hundreds of these ships may .?, be salvaged and made fit for service, [ ] A notebook of George Washing- ? ton's, containing notes of his defeat f^i at Fort Necessity and his victory at '? Fort Duquesne, has been discovered ? by the New York Public Library. Its ; authenticity has been confirmed by ffl experts. .?, S 'a v zlzx ?! m poj.ieiut a.te.\\ qotq.w suoiejrj^s }o.\j.nd l3lj jsoiupj qii.w sqiuoj poiuoAej 'puui |Xj -3113 'A'jnqjejuo^ 'dSoijoO s.dutisnhtiv 'IS J? spunoaS eqj ut suojibaeoxs GET OUR DRAC We have a high power, fa: complete power plant in itself Does the work of 6 to 10 men. engine is running. Lever Control Starts and Stops Saw RE, 1 he i If you wish to I political news and al Daily without Sui Daily and Sunday IfllHill mMil Iff IIP HBllIMfliUHII'IfcMI Come on, boy Let's i Phil Dew Where we always get the b We are now going to offer y< raised In Dillon county?the prod are not the cheapest people in La best meat that can be bought. W there every Saturday, as our oth to stay there all the time. All b are not a very good bookkeeper or bookkeeper somewhere, but we c We want to thank you for the kir promise you that we will endear attractive than ever before. Be s before buying your beef. PHI I I III ha LATTA SB9BBSEB9SISSI1IE LONG STAP Dillon, S. C., Our gin is especi long staple cotton, of October we have: the ginnery day anc Atlanta, Ga., and na M. Williams, who w ployee of the Mum operate our gin at i pared to blow your cotton house during gin it out that night store fifty bales of s three bales are put can unload cotton in arrival of your wag not lose time waitir price for ginning an staple is $8.25 per t and twenty-five poi about two bales per We are prepare! and staple cotton j I have a storage prop on cotton seed. , We have latest ery for cleaning st< have any off grade c | can save you more t ning by improving suit your cotton hu of strict low and lov I Carolina Mil isnasssaasfsi i SAW PRICES. I Bt-cutting outfit, forced feed?a for sawing logs to any length. Lever control of blade while SEND FOR ENGINE CATLAOG | Showing Gasoline Engines 2 to 12 H. P. Pore Saw Rigs and ? Drag Saws, all equipped with Bosch High Tension Magneto. Columbia Supply Co. 823 W GERVAIS St. g COLUMBIA, S. C. | 11 kD State :eep posted on the !! il the general news. S g Is iS is iday ...$7.00 g 9.00 jg [g i IB BS^HKSBaaB IS B S 1 . s (*o to g 's Market I est in every ounec we buy. { >u some of the finest steers ever ^ uct of P. A. George's Farm. We g .tta, because we handle the Tery I I? re can only promise to meet you I ^ er business does not permft us H lookkeeping discontinued, as we I S irselves. We might have a Tittle I ~z an't tell just where right now. I [ ldness shown us in the past and I ror to make our business more I [ ure to look for the Dew Market g DEW r . s. C. I [ BSISISISB151SIS15M1 LE COTTON. I . a October 5, 1920. g] f a : [ally equipped to gin ? During the month pj i?vin?ivn/l fn ftnoroto ! ! lixailgcu LU v^/viuvv I night. We sent to S! ve employed Mr. W. g]1 m as for years an em- g] i 1 ly Gin Company, to mj light. We are pre- i staple cotton into a Jzj j | the day, and we will ? | ;. We have room to ffl I eed cotton provided g] in each stall. We g] a few minutes after r^j on, so that you need pj lg on the gin. Our ? d wrapping up long ? >ale of five hundred ? ands. We can gin g] hour. gl d to store both short 9 ifter ginning. We osition to make you ^ ; improved machin- IS orm cotton. If you g] :otton we believe we g :han the cost of gin- m your sample. Con- bj iyer as to the price bj v* middling cotton. * ( I ? s t ling Company EE aisEizirfflfflfflsisi'ii "The Land of C Dillon farmers see) where lands are chea] should investigate the ac Georgia, the famous v We have no land for sai to assist anyone in find tions. Lands in this seel to $45 per acre, acco ments, and ambitious f easy terms at these pric pay for the average lar farm in South Georgia. W. H. L General Passenger Agt. Geoi AUGUSTA, Gl Hyman Su ] ? ] ] | Attention, Mr. Farmer: Now is the time to ph 1 fall use. Put more ir I farm and give your hel 1 around, and you won't 1 .ing help. After the cr< 1 the tractor to work ru: ] lathe mill, shingle mill, ] corn sheller, cord wood We make a specialty of light . corn mills, feed mills and farm i I HYMAN SUPPL The Machinery Hou j WILMINGTON, N. C. 1 MAN OPERATES BOTH TR fUtfrlggl^W^M u4,wfl^ 3P-^?C?*-i. - ?? -tt? ? ' < -? One Man Discs 27 Acres Discinp is rapidly aivl economically Cu done with ti e now T -Traversal f "> Tractor, Model D, ' " "? with an fr. fl-foot tandem di;c . .* cv.'criitsf H'J 27 acres in ten hours. * 1 a 10-foot w< disc harrow he covers oJ acres, and to with a 20-foot peg-tcoth harrow 76 ea acres. The light weight of the Moline- da Universal Traotor, 3,Hid pounds, vc makes it especially adapted for disc- op ing and similar work, as it does not ho pack the soil and uses but little fuel, ch running on lc* than half throttle Ui most of the time. It is light, but at more than enopower to pull two 14-inch plows at high speed, all its ev weight being t uicticn weight. he The Molinc-Universal Tractor attaches directly to the implement and no forms a single, compact rr.it with it th that is controll.J by the operator P< from the scat of the implement, en where he must sit to do good work, sy One man with the Molinc-Universal w< docs as good work as two men with er the average tractor. fc The Moline-Universal is adapted for all classes of farm work. Its high ch JNH MAN or"irATBa <-?l r-i i 1 11111111111! McLAURIN & ' Dillon, \ Opportunity'' dng new homes d and productive ivantages of South nre-grass section, le but will be glad ing suitable loca t /? /TV + 9* :ion sell irom $JLd ^ irding to improvearmers can secure :es. The rent you id will buy. you a EAHY rgia and Florida Rwy. ORGIA V a is aaa?a a a a pply Co. i i I ice your orders for p lachinery on your p p work all the year 5 have trouble keep- 6 :>p is laid by, put nning a saw mill, 69 corn mill, feedmill, g saw. g| : sawmills for farm use, rma nacliinery. V PAMD A NTV m I X VVX'll XXII X l~l ifle of the South 1+1 NEWBERN. N. C. g a? as? a a is a 51 <t ACTOR AND IMPLEMENT a D?.y with the New i IF HSk France, ZJ'/j inches, makes it ideal r c::!.ivatinj, nr.d it is equally well ted for p]-"- ing and harvesting. In dition, it l.as ample power for belt >rk, pt:!!:::*5 a Ci-inch grain separar or 13-inch ensilage cutter with There i3 work on the farm every y in the year for the Moline-Untrsal Tractor. It will do every field eration that can be done with irses and do it better, faster, and eapcr. Ti.'s is why the Molineuivcrsal really replaces horses, and, the same time, by enabling one an to do mr.ch more work than er before possible, solves the farm lo prol/1.-*. Tl.? Ar>t . I /?rtnclriir?trtn of th#? w MoIiwUnivcrsal. Moid D. is e best it is p ,ssil)!e to manufacture. ;rf:ct:d 4-cylim!er overhead-valve cine, dccr'c starting and lighting seem, complete enclosure of all k irking parts. anJ fi 'tcen Hyatt roll- bearings, are a few of the main atures. IVe invite you to examine this mainc a: y:ur earliest of fort unity. I Acror. >\nd :m:'L.r..xtb>rf rHOMPSON, s. c.