Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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/ ^ =? - ' | ft " ' ?? 1 ? *f It Might Have Happened. =aB*S I si ? X ' v ' ^ * TV 7 'ta ill I 1> -r?9 ?vv^ , - ,rym J ? J A car rolls Tv; ** f . ,JV9 11 it takes ?as to ca^ ? ;^^vyhen business is dub the dillon herald, dellon. south Carolina. Thursday morning. January is. u?i. nbl yo! ^ j j |^lse' ' , | (tiffce jf y ~^HV!!rr;VVVVl?aiaia??????????????????ffi??ffi?????????@a??a?Er ? ? p }j) Established 1894 hove named bank, who, ffl ,-bu: ~n. says that the above |^| * Graphic Pen Picture < To Accrue f A following letter by Dr. m * Co , ^OU8e has been sent to every I c \ I on the route of the proposS , HiShway: ^ yder Florence. Charleston as me resort cities M T?|> Coastal Highway. From burist standpoint, they will FayetteviVore than agricultural lands RaleighVh more than the smaller I. Kirk > As soon as a paved road, | man, sbortl'a break in it. is advertised showman *-w York to Jacksonville, a ;the happief>f high priced cars will line Smith has^s beyond our expectations, thirty statP?P'e of wealth that make an Iadventurot Florida on the railroads, working fdie down with their families puny in [ They have usually had to ered -ill lit. Pu^man accommodations and showVs weeks 5,\ advance. They Th low son,e point in Florida lv t'minri ^hey expect to winter and letters ei)ade hote' reservations. Un. r,~i new order ot things, they | ? IV/e glad to make the trip in n " ^journeys and stop over at ?jU . 1 >ce. Charleston and Beaufort P a^e ooth the going and return trips. ?uu,.'lh our mild climate, good hotels J'Vi'iid some amusements we can exh'^iect a good many of them will stay atrll winter. Florence needs a good hotel by .lunnarv 1?197 Tliov hava fnti* crr.lf w ..... ft.... t links, I am told. It' the golf course n,-s not in perfect order, they can scarcely majce it so t>y the time the good Ji is completed. There is 110 l,,is.jR of the south better suited for afkuail hunting than Florence. Most ^farmers in fifteen miles of the city fi'might, be willing to lease the bird hunting privilege on their farms. A system (> good roads radiate from Florence in every direction. Many of the historic places of interest in the Pee Dee section can be easily reached. Golf and hunting can be I indulged in almost every day during the entire winter. Florence can boast of the best hospitals and best surgeons of any town of it's t J size in the whole country. Just as soon as a thousand foreign cars pdss through Florence every day in winter for six months in the year, the housing problem will be utmost as acute as in Florida. Every hotel will be crowded and every private home willing to rent a room, will be in 11 Charleston is destined to be the premier winter resort of South Carolina. She has already built two splendid hotels?the equal of the best in the country. From colonial times down to the present, she has been one of the historic cities of America. Her water front resorts can be made popular for northern tuorists in winter and for South Carolina citizens in summer. The inland water ways around Charleston should make it a great resort for wealthy yacht owners. But the big development of her water fronts will come from subdividing the land for building lots. People of moderaate means can afford to build a home and put up a pier from iu'%rate 1 small motor heaven s teardrop^, Sarasota and St. mother her firstbofy attract thousands member, ere, 1, dovish a home frontfaithless to you. / placid sheet of wa'"Lovingly, mot Charleston and The message tli just such building not fur publicatioifj-by-the-sea is adsouie reference to ortftper in America. Smith had led a \arUlollywood have I ei'?'d life. He has been ^ig busses to p reporter on the N? \v York bi many he worked under Dana anc They take ?.,v w,..'>pv ran in a press agent lor various shty to visit well ats manager and proprietam land chows, his work in the show bus/ the carrying hini to the Paris expositJQ? to a teacher of Pituuinic shorthand, rf?u>* which lie is an expert; and htud of a^? business college in Norton, Va. As jou compositor he has few equals, r is a man of more tiian usually \jf not esting pcrsonaliiy wiih a fluon/^ Be" gue and a ready pen and justjf ?n ant* to figure in a romance, lie/ comforttunes intimately known as/,ou than not unfitting appellation^ "of There were fewer u. ^v,,, . . Jut winter t?an ' "teeaofort. Nature i^StaTE* _ county a ?" -- low uiiu iMianas. huder of imraigr? building lots and truck aufort county can be made Stateii)' the rch counties of the Tli' States. The best trucking . it has been my privilege to at the < the two counties constituting eastern shore of Virginia. Two Loany8 aK?? 1 nquired of many farmOver on the Eastern shore the price B0?? land. Very little land was for l^/lo at any price and I found the pu;verage price of land about $500.00 Balpr acre? Most of the land is under Otl^tonsive garden cultivation. Thev T.vank as two of the richest counties ^Yn the United States. While all the ? Coastal section Is suitable for trucksil Beaufort and Charleston Jn?JStieB are pre-eminent. If ~ " Ld both counties can be made "niuable acre for acre as the t. i Vi^re of Virginia. Coast\ Carolina has only just ~ develop Only a fraction Capital j8 drained and cultivatSurplus lu,Yp0rtaiion in this section Undivided I better overy year. Tracurreut two cf the principal ralltaxes paid^ie ^uth that can haul Dividends u^ed |0ade<j oars on a single Individta getting easier each year . Ject^ur the (ruck crop of this secTime tl jTlto the densely populated posi* of thft eaBt in which fifteen Ky. OashieA P xNotes | HP^^NCOiinWI ic d true i-iJ e r* nk* as shown by ( ) )f Benefits v sPrunt. g rom Coastal High ,! | I million of our most prosperous fel! low citizens live. Within twentyfour hours. South Carolina. truck crops can he delivered in New York City. Coastwise shipping is also making wonderful growth. Comuntil inn hotwpon tlio rinlrno/lo o?wl steamship lines will almost put Coastal South Carolina on the same freight basis as the Eastern shore of Virginia. The Pee Dee and Coastal South Carolina needs thousands of thrifty farmres from New York. Pennsylvania. Massachusetts and other northern states to help us develop our waste places. Every town along the Coastal Highway needs dozens of smail industries owned and run by thrifty Yankees who know the business and who do not beg a dribble of stock to give a get en horn a job. This is no resort climate. Ours is a section in which to live, raise a family and leave contented homes to posterity. Our three resort cities need so many winter visitors that in order to house them they will double their population. If you believe paving the Coastal Highway will bring about the development described go to see your representatives in the legislature today and demand that they form! im two rouu districts agreed on in j the Charleston meeting. Demand ; that they create two districts the | lirst week the legislature is in ses- j sion. If that is done and contracts | are let in each of the eight coun-j ties crossed, it is possible for the road to be completed in 192G. Wade Stackhouse. I o Sellers. The hospitable home of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Sellers was the scene of 'a lovely party given by Mrs. Sellers 1 to her niece, Miss Celeste Sellers, whose engagement to Mr. Felder H. MvCill of Kingstree has been announced. The home was beautifully decorated with the Xmas colors. A beautifully decorated chair, all in white with bells and cupids was provided for the honor guest. Miss Alma Watson hrouoht in the anj nouncement book, requesting the i honor guest to write her name and J that of her intended, then all pres|ent wrote their names. A contest was then enjoyed. this being advice to the bride. The prizes in the contest and some dainty lingere were presented to the honor guest. The lights were turned off, the many candles lit and delicious refreshments were brought in by a bevy of young girls, each plate bearing a lighted candle. Music was furnished by Miss Elizabeth Ritch at the piano and John C. Sellers on the violin. Among the out of town guests were Mrs. O. It. Edwards, Richmond, V'a^ Mrs. C. W. Wiggins, Columbia, Mrs. J. C). Sellers and daughter, Marietta, N.j . C., Mrs. A. T. Watson, Miss Alma I Watson, Dillon,Mrs. Tracy Fore,! ! Mrs. E. L. Powell and daughter, i 1 MiHH Mvrn T.nltn VI r vvm, min. ll. il 0CIIC1P and daughter. Miss Etta Sue, Missn Cherry and Emma Bass of Lutta. Arc Peculiar? (By J. It. Thorn.) Almost daily you hear the ex| pression "So and so is a good man or a good woman, hut a little peculiar". Can you explain what yau mean by peculiar and whether it is a fault or a blessing? Do you mean they are peculiar because they are not like you and other people? If so are you not paying said peculiar persons a high compliment? If every person thought and acted alike, the world would be so monotonous that you could hardly live. I can't conceive of anything more; tiresome than for every person to lie alike. It is your so called peculiar people that largely give the world its improvements. They called Edison, Davy, Stevenson, Arkwright, Bacon, Fulton, Marconi. Steinmetz, I Pasteur, the Wricht brothers nee-! uliar, but they have advanced human progress and relieved human i suffering to such an extent that the world will forever be indebted to , ; them. When I say a person is pec-: uliar does it not mean that I am in- , capable of entering into that per-! ; son's thoughts? How would you ! like for every person to be like you. for all birds to be buzzards, all trees pine, all crops tobacco, all animals dogs, all clouds black, all streams oceans, all flowers white, all dogs red? Wouldn't like it? Neither would I. Variety in the , animal and plant world attest the I wisdom of God far hevnnd the hn i man mind to comprehend. % o Fire Destroy* Club House. The Club house on the bluff near 1 Slaffords Bridge owned by Messrs. : J. l?. Bridges, .lno. E. riebler and ! Ben Sapp was destroyed by fire Thursday night. It Is thought that fishermen built u fire in />r near ! the building and neglected to put it ' out. in the club house were lots of cooking utensils, dishes and chairs. \ttentiont Community Market. The Community Market will bo 1 closed Saturday, December the > 26th. i^?? fOi Viipuved statl-W JT9 a ^ 1 bad condition. xl>.w ^ M* M from tlie highway qMgl f spots are almost i in pass;. * tt * * * Dwight Davis, secretary <n t?:ii<t ;?n rkfflnlnl n? ? Monday and boarded a yacht k I Florida. 4 t 4 V The yacht Topaz from New York was burned to the water' edge in Georgetown harbor Sunday. The crew of five were rescued by a wkarftnan in a small boat. ? * * * The S year old son of Ansel Cook was found unconscious by the roadside near Columbia and died in a hospital. It is thought the boy was struck by a passing motorist. * * * The committee of seventeen selected to draft a tax revision platform for the next general assembly has submitted its report. The main plank is to resurvey. revalue and equalize property. ? * * James W. Gerard, former ambassador to Germany, has purchased the property of the Florence Land Co., formerly known as the l'ee Dee Gun Club. The price was $ 10,000. Gerald will use it as a hunting preserve. * * * * i Col. O. M. Dantzler, of Orangehlirtr. ninnppr npru n nlnntnr d?*nt of the Southern Dank and I Trust Co., and prominent business man, died Saturday at a Richmond ' hospital. * * The St. John Hotel Columbia formerly known as Wright's, was destroyed by fire Sunday night. A five and ten cent store also suffer I ed damage. The loss is estimatei i at $150,000. * * Her master hadly burned tin schooner Frederick J. Lovatt iron | Maichasterport, Maine, was towec | into Charleston Monday waterlog ged from a fire that almost destroy ed the ship. Robert Quillcn, widely knovvt ' humorist and paragrapher, ant ; editor of the Fountain Inn Tri , hune, startles the folk of Fountaii i... rii-iuiih in him y.iru a monument to Eve. Quillen says "Eve was r distant relative of mine" and "tin lirst lady of the land". Following a dispute over soirn I turkeys Allen Way, prominent farmer of Orangeburg county, shot and killed his wife and shot himsell with the same pistol. Way is in ii dangerous condition. Mrs. Way was prominent in county politics, having twice offered for the legis o Hiiiglinm. Kev. and Mrs. H. 1). Shuler of Little Hock Circuit took tea at the home of Mr. and Mrs. \V. H. Steele Sunday night. Hro. Shuler preached a splendid sermon to the Manning's Chapel congregation. The Bingham school closed the 2 2nd for the Christmas holidays. Little Miss Attelia Gilbert is very sick with flu. Her friends are wishing her a speedy recovery. Miss Louise Steele who teachein the Dothan section is at home for the Christmas holidays. Miss Katie Lee McLeod a student of Winthrop College returned Friday night to spend the holidays with homo folks. Mr. J. L. Norton who spent some time in N. (*.. returned home Friday. Miss Ethel Rogers was a visitor to Olio Thursday. Mr. McNeil of Florence was in town Sunday Miss Mary IJlmer Fair who attended the Bennettsville High School returned Saturday to spend the holidays here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Fair. Willard Steele was a visitor to I-atta Saturday. J. S. Fair and daughters. Misses Annie Ruth and Gladys spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. E. S, Carlisle in Hennettsville. Notice to Readers and Patrons. As Christmas comes on Fridaj The Herald poes out to its reader: this week a day earlier, in order t( | clean up rush work before the holi i days. The mechanical departinen will close down Thursday at. noor ! but the business office will remaii i open till 6 o'clock Thursday even ! inp. The business office will re I main closed Friday and Saturday ihut will be open at the usual houi 1 Monday morning. I-r.tta. Mrs. Mamie Allen has accepted i position with M. H. Alum Depart nient Store at fatta. Miss Boatrlco Blum, daughter o Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Blum, has rc tu.ned home for the Chrlstma Holidays. Miss Blum is a atuden at (loucher College, Baltimore. \ n V 3rices Crm the Event si roved ? J*g V*. ? Saturday. ? ?? iJO ? Train nun thro try will demand an i. W that will bring vvaK'; war-time peak. was annoin ? urday from Baltimore by the d< nt of the Western Maryland , way. ? ft * * An airplane company headed by Ricken backer. war ace. will start ; an airplane service to Florida on , January 1st. The object is to carry freight and relieve the congestion. * ? # * A watchman at the Corn Kxchange Bank of Philadelphia took $4 0,000 of the bank's money and dropped dead in a hired taxi while fleeing to a place of safety. <: * * * Speaker Satterwhite has announced that he will not call a special session of the Texas legislature. The call was signed by ' 50 members and the purpose was to investigate illeged irregularities i:i road contracts. . * . Jacksonville is experiencing an enormous traffic jam as the result ! of a congestion of mail. express, L parcel post and passengers at its . big railroad terminal. Trains arc 1 late and passengers are forced to wait until the congestion can be reI lieved. ? j Government figures issued Monj day place ginnings up to Dec. 3. at i 14,826,452 bales compared with 12,792,29 4 up to the same period last year. Cotton broke 10 point* and steadied itself following the heavy figures South Carolina's 1 crop w;w 901 1 * ? Dows, Iowa, waa the set . t 'in 1 j old time hold up Saturda> when ^ | bandits held up officials of the 1 ! Dows Savings Bank, took between * $10,000 and $20,000 and escaped ! while they held citizens off with I pistol shots. ? Congressman Casque has intro1 dttced a bill for a survey of the inM land waterway from Cape Fear l river to Georgetown. Congressman Casque has also introduced a bill , to form a new federal district out of Chesterfield. Clarenden. Darlington, Dillon. Florence, Horry, Georgetown, Kershaw. Lancaster. Lee, Marion. Marlboro. Sumter and Williamsburg counties to he known as the eastern district. Fork. Miss Carrie Tarte, student of Columbia College is home for the heiidi>s. Mrs .1 C. Wake and onildren of Charlotte, arrivevd here Saturday to spend Xntas with .Mr. and Mrs. J. (). Rogers. Miss Sara Taylor spent last weekend at llamlet. Mrs. Agnes Spivoy of Hemingway is spending some time with Mr. and Mrs. \V. K. Spivey. We Come First Times and Democrat. Cancer is still on the increase as a cause of death in the United States. The highest death rate from this dreaded disease of any state is that of Massachusetts. The lowest of any state is South Carolina. Scientists might try to find the ! reason. CHKISTM.AS IMCTl'KK. r.in j immij > Illi-IIIIM* UIIITM nrjtllllfill iind Timely Picture. "The White Desert." a beautiful land timely picture, will be the . Christinas attraction at this popular ^ ^ theatre. The scenes are laid in the heauti_ i ful snow-capped mountains of ColJorado and the featured players are j j Claire Windsor and l'at O'Malley. j I There will be a continuous perJ formance, beginning at 2:30 p. m. _ i o ,1 10 Through Trains Daily. The Atlantic Coast Line's winter service will he completed by the inauguration of the "Florida East Coast Limited" on January 4th hea twoon New York, Washington, - Palm Peach and Miami. Tho Atlantic Coast Line's 19 f i Pefly Pullman trains into Florida -1 have Pullman berths for 3258 s i passengers besides parlor, elrb t j and coach seats for an additional | thousand passengers. ihed to you Have e With Pi istment. cgjtac> sjjm yglns?; jbfotsct' t i.! - - - ill loKfrfllUt question you equipment, oi ^ , the killed timbiog; Cj Q J 'A away, however, tfn"* heavily i 11 grade aC\ TTi T s,' "bluing" and this the o\\ * vJf eel as no less than S2?> ;tr,? The total loss would have anaiV0! ? ?! to another $20 hud not promh ^ steps been taken to salvage the fire-killed timber at once. o I.atta. Misses Doris Floyd. Nettie- Allen and Kvelyn Stafford eif Coker Collge are at home l'eir the holidays. The folletwing girls arrived homeFriday night from Winthrop College: Misse>s Marv Stae khouse Fe>re. Mary Covington. Inez, and Gertrude Parham and Katherine 1 Rogers. Mr. and Mrs. \V. ('. Parham and 1 family will spend Christmas with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. j W. W. Parham. Miss Anna Margaret Williams of Converse Cedlege is at home with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. (I. R. 1 Williams. Sr. 1 i Luther Edwards of Charleston * | Medical Cedlege is home with his parents. Dr. and Mrs. 11. A Kd1 wards. Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Williams. .Ir <>r Norfolk art1 spending .* ft \v (lays v ith Mr. l.id M.:.. fl If V-'ji liaill?- Ft Carli u? V '<)!. Fugene Watkins and Wycliff Steel? Of W ColIprp are at hom? for "fh?- n? ' Miss Margaret Bethea .1; - -? ' turned home after visiting her brother. T. H. Rethea of Fort Myers. Florida. Miss Mildred Smith, who teaches at Denmark, is in Katta with f riends. Miss Aileen McMillan of the C'oInmhia College faculty is at home with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. S. A. McMillan. Miss Dorothy Rogers, who teaches in Monroe. N*. ('.. is at home with her mother. Mrs. Kate Rogers. The Latta people were very fortunate to hear the Christmas Cantata. "'The Angel and The Star" in the Baptist church Sun,1-,,. . p. Dillon Company Grmles Iligh Major Smith. I* S. A., with headquarters at Reaufort. came over to Dillon last Wednesday and inspected the local military company. Talk to a Herald man Major Smith said the company ranked very high and lie was deliplited with the results of the inspection. Capt. Jack llenagan has Riven quite a lot of h.is time to the compay and has made l every effort to brinp it to its presI cut high state of efficiency. Lnkt* View. The Lake View Masons had a delightful banquet Tuesday night. J. R. Flowers has moved to, M ullins. tliniard Ropers recently purchaaj ed the Will daddy farm. I The high school play at the, school auditorium Monday night was highly enjoyed. Charlie Grantham has sold his Interest in the Grantham mercantile * ~ U1- * m n? ins nroiner. Claud. The many friends of the Lake View college hoys and girls are glad to see them hack home for the! holidays. Mayor Harrelson. having sold his ; grocery business, is going to move hack to his farm near Zion. Women Excel Men in I'aultrj It; islng. Welwyn, Herts. England.?Women, because of their natural tendency to homemaking. are better qualified than men to raise poultry, says Miss Harrison Bell, operator i of the All-Women Chicken and ' Duck fa'-tn. As the name Indicates, all work about the form is done by women who are studying with a view of branching out for themselves os soon a., tb' v have graduated. Poultry raising, in Miss Bell's opinion, is an ideal career for the I out of door woman. . i . I HICK. ^ i H a i oms. ? <?1 51 Hal f Been 1 aIT S .nda in have a * *> ^ rices a ? ^ ffi' r?r B r " E I, [ ( i-? ! > have asked j" :> Be Lowest." '* conSALE. The ?f n,.Ju.Ll' "" "> % 1 It \~I \J .?i ?> to _ Mature >( :^ver dsid i co,:v i ,trfe with ' man. * % * *> tinif* !rurr<d\ ailOt :1C IS Jot ment has .. Matous. OraduiiiWSl ..nsvilie; lands and farms " fa A V. are becoming com Manning, hands of those who ?. n(?ohburn: t ll< Soil. Figures hj Count it st.lleti The table elsewhere in Uized gives the percentage t'igui.ns counties. Marlboro ranks se with 86.6 1-2. Of the 4.036 1. in the county in 1925. 3,49S w operated by tenants, leaving oi ? J 53S operated by owners and tnanag ers. Allendale and Dillon came sec ond and third with SI.4 percent and ~ m>.S percent respectively. Xnie counties show tenancy ratios of 7 5.0 percent and ah.ivt The\ are in addi- I tion to those named above: Dee 7s..'5?. Clarendon t 7 '> 7 <. I uion <70.u<. Lauren- <75.6). Darlington <7i?.2i. and Fairfield (75.0?. Twer t> six counties show higher averages than that for the state as a whole. It i int<* to note that an.ong lie gi<- ankiy% counties practically *ctj_ \he state is repit-scji lriho. [\_Dillon in thAt^,.,. djk along <g itndale in -? uthwestern section, I and Union and aureus in the Pied- I inont keep company with Lee, (Mar- I einion and Darlington in tlte lower 1 section. As a rule, however, the highest percentage of tenancy is found in what is known as the Upper Pine Pelt, running across the state from Allendale and Barnwell to Dillon and .Marlboro. The live highest ranking counties are located wholly within this area. The counties in which there is a relatively small degree of tenancy are all located in the coastal area. Beaufort is first with 211.1 percent and Georgetown second with 24.:; percent, followed by Berkeley i 25.S ' Horry ( M G. s ?. Jasper (.'10.2U). Dorchester (40.00), Colleton (40.3) and Charleston i40.s|. It is rather significant that w ithii: a state which comprises the relatively small area ot approximately 30.405 square miles. the range of farm tenancy should be J from Sl! A neroent i.i 22 -1 tierePtil In two adjoining counties. Dillon and Horry, there is a difference of 14.0 / * points in the tenancy ratio. These J facts indicate clearly the wuie variabilis of the physical, economic and social conditons of the state. Increase* and Decreases. A total of twenty-five counties registered gains in tenancy ratios. The greatest increase occurred in P h'lvlnutnn U' kitnVi ho/l .111 V 1 i n 1 09 ^ as compared to HI.2 percent in 1920, in increase of 9.6 points. Pickens was next with a gain of S.l points. if while Beaufort <7..r?>. Clarendon W 1(7.4). Greenville (6H.? and Barnwell (5.9) followed in the order i named. Here again we have every J section of the state represented ?Pickens and Greenville in thePiedmont. Barnwell and Clarendon in the middle section, and Charleston and Heaufort on the coast. it is interesting to note that the five counties. Greenville, Spartanburp. Cherokee, Pickens and Aiken, which were the only counties in which were the only counties in which occurred increases in the number of farms during the five-year period 1920-1925, also showed an appreciable increase in tenancy ratios. This is in line with 'he conclusons ; of students of the problem, that fen-' ane.y flourishe best in (he more pros- ^ 4 porous agricultural areas. In twenty one counties the percentage of tenancy was less In 1925 than in 1920. The greatest decrease occurred in Edgefield, which show^* | <0.1 percent as compared to .6.2 in 1920. a loss of 6.1 points. Hampton 1 was second with a decrease from fc , 62.3 percent to 56.3 percent., or 6 * points. Other counties which showed , | rather high decreases were McCor; niiok (5.5). Dorchester (5.0), Salu- JM (Continued on Psgc 5) M