The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, October 14, 1920, Image 2
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
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. 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.
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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 _
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The State 171,451 330,971'
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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"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."
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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. ?
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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. .?,
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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
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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
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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
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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. |
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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 [
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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. *
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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
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| 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.
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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
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McLAURIN & '
Dillon,
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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.
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ifle of the South 1+1
NEWBERN. N. C. g
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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.
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Acror. >\nd :m:'L.r..xtb>rf
rHOMPSON,
s. c.