1
frll., HgraiD
says ther? la too much
Hj$fcx * th? movies. There is. too much
Pow to torture your wife: "Don't
her what you heard downtown
as the day."
boat all we understand about the
Ian bolsheviks is th&t they usy
are in need of a hair cut.
A picture no anti-dry artist' can
paint is one of dry agents pouring
whiskey down a sewer. They have to
photograph It. '
N
Harding gfcve it out that he was
conferring with the master minds of
the nation, and immediately a lot of,
| men went to see him In. order to get
the reputation of being wise men.
If.. Comptroller Williams announces
that speculation is on the wane and'
that the people are sating their- mon- j
ey. Botne of them are locking the
m eter the flivver has been
? * i
rd issued an edict that
r^-i jqulred railroad would
Seated on Sundays. He can
fh 'ai order to the railroad
Use. ||?t n?t to the flivver ownere.
While American farmers are complaining
(hat too much production
has been their ruin and wheat rots
hi wa/fjiae stations, millions arc
starving in Centrt.l Europe and
China. Surely, there is something
wrong with the system of things
when such conditions are permitted
to existllOY,
LEARN A TRADE.
Lack of apprentices in some of the
' trades are obvious. Some are inclined
to blame this on unions, and
perhaps this is partly the cause, as
unuer the union system apprentices
are limited to the supposed needs
of the industry.
But there is also another reason?
reluctance qf young men to enter the
trad68. Young fellows with a fair education?obtained
free in the public
schools and high school-? don't
take kindly to "trades." 'They want
something sounding better and with
a "better future." 'They don't want
to-be- X- "cog in a wheel??they want
to so into something in which they
.lare the chance to be the driver. j
Youths with neglected educations, j
on the other hand, are mentally un-j
fitted for most trades, and consequently
stand little show to become
Apprentices even if they desired to be. j
There is a lot of humbug driven t
into the minds of young people in this
country. There waa a time when a
young man was regarded as fortunat0
If he hod the chance to learn a trade: \
nowadays a mere trade is looked {
down Upon.
The folly of this attitude is making ,
It more difficult for the boy when!
he becomes a man, and makes it dlf-j
ficult for the industries requiring
apprentices in order to fit them to
take the places of those mechanics
who retire or die.
It is disgusting to see a young fel-.
low, for instance, who when given ]
the opportunity to become a printer's !
apprentice, turn up his nose and say.
he would rather work in a garage,
where he can make more money at;
the start and at the same time drive
an automobile around the block two(
or three times during the day. He |
will get some fun out of driving the j
e.utomobile, probably, but the chances j
are that he will never make a great.
deal more than he did at the start, <
and when he reaches middle life his i
earning powers will begin to decrease.
ana ms taiter a ays win oe spt-m m
poverty.
All boys <vre not fitted for doctors,
lawyer*, school teachers, bankers,
merchants and manufacturers. The
boy who is fitted for either of these
profeeetons and has a desire to improve
his condition in lif? will eventually
reach the top, while on the
other hand the boy who is'not fitted
| for the higher places will drop down
lower and tower until he finds his
level.
If tho world is to continue to move
forward men must be trained for the
tiade? as well as for the professions.
;jjg Tt Is better to be a skilled camenter
than * sorry lawyer or a good bricklayer
lhan a poor doctor.
IFKACK.
When I was a young man, I carried
a chip on my shoulder. I thought
v much of my rights and tny feelings
were tender. *' Thu? I was forever
finding cause to be offended and forever
on tip-toe for a quarrel. But
as I grew older I learned to value
peace of mind. Now I avoid quary,'&rels.
and when I observe partners in
3ja. business who cannot conduct their
affairs without frequent exchange of
hot words and frequent seasons of
ullen silence, or married folk4 who
In iteh*?8 'n a similar manner, I wonder
at their blindness and their folly.
-mM One cannot be happy without peace
w of mind. He cannot enjoy peace of
BS iniad, if h? cannot retain his poise.
And M his environment habitually
d^atnrba Ita equanimity, he is a slave
to It aad his chains are forged by his
g lid commonly held that/one who
V 1 hi* grounu una quarrels to oarW
1 point shows proper spirit- la
ff * astances this may be true, but
g I equently it is not. If or%e who
Si (jberty lives In a land where
nit permitted to mt^i'eas an
jine^Wtofliorder his life to please his
lore 1J t? he may spend his life
aietiAJ9di|iainst the pricks ana come
?.o his end without ever having Known
Jn hour of Joy or security, or he may
gamer n?s belongings and set off to
.mother land where he may be a free
uian and enjoy the blessings of peace.
tYhich shows the greater spirit? One
who remains must be galled Incessantly
by the chains that bind him.
He must live in constant association,
! with a feeling of sullen rebellion, j
! And a Realization of his impotence
must rob hUu of the self-respect that'
is essential to happiness. One who'
| quits the field may seem to run away,
but it is no disgrace to run from slav-j
cry to freedom. To quit a quarrel in|
which there is no possibility of profit'
and make a peace that brings a great
reward is not a shameful thing. It is
a strange conception of pride that
will cut off its nose to spite its face.:
If an employe is efficient and earns
you a profit and yet possesses a mam
ner that is offensive an?j a spirit that
blightg every effort to establish an
atmosphere of fellowship, it is better
to be quiet of him and find another
to take his place. True it may be difficult
to find another who can do the
work so well, but a workman of me-,
diocre ability is of mOre value than
an excellent workman who steals
your peace of mind and thus reduces
your efficienrv
If an employer is overbearing and
ill-mannered, so that one who serves
him for a price must feel that he is
surreuuenng ius self respect as a
part of the bargain, why remain with
him? Finding another place or moving
to another neighborhood will be
an expense and an inconvenience but
if the change brings contentment and
a reeling of security, what matters
the cost .' The world 18 wide and there
are many tasks.
If n partnership brings a profit, but
neither fellowship nor peace, the
pi ice it demands is greater than any
profit it can pay. One who has power
to disturb your equanimity is your
master. You may whip him, but he
will remain your master still. One is
not the master of his own soul except
he can keep his noise.
There are many things in the world
worth fighting for. But^the privilege
of remaining in company with one
'who can, at will, expose the f&w edge
I of your nerves and fill you with fury,
I or sullen rage Is not one of them.
| One cannot change human nature.
I He cannot sweeten the disposition of
quarrelsome folk or bestow good
manners upon boors. But while railroads
run and highways remain open
he can change his environment. If
distance promises peace and he elects
i.u t-BQure an environment that is disagreeable,
he deserves what he gets ,
?Robt. Quillen in Fountain Inn
Tribune. I'
? |i
OUR TOWN GOVERNMENT.
J
Editor Herald:?
There seems some disposition to
change the form of town government
iu Dillon. A petition has been circulated
and generally signed requesting
thut the commissioners of public
works be discontinued and that the '
duties of the commissioners devolve
on the town council. The writer signed
ihis petition which is to be presented
to our delegation in the gen
uDociiiuijr wiiii me unaerstanding
that in place of our commissioners of
public works we are to employ a
city manager. |
If the change implies that we are
to put town finances in the hands of
a town council and in politics I am
opposed to it.
in the coming election we should
elect for a council six of our best and .
most conservative men. Our town'
tax is 33 mills which is more than
any business in town cleared last
year. Our taxes have reached a 11m-'
it and some way should be found to
reduce them. No mayor or town coun-'
oil should incur a large improve-!
ment expense before submitting it to J
the vote of the people. W'e cannot
increase our town income for the
present by raising the asse3ed value,
of our property. We are no.v fully,
as high as the rest of the county. Any;
further increase of taxes will drive
|away every prospective new citizen.
As a town we imperatively need
! hotter lights and water. It is my view,
: that we can more economically buy',
| current than we can produce it. If
jwe can do this we can get much need.'
jed improvements without a new bond
i issue aod without in the least increasing
our present tax. A persist-j
ent effort should be made to buy
lie hf- frnnt pnmn A/vmno nu 1
*3 * w,,i vwiii^awj ui II1U1 T I"
.dual who is competent to render such
j service. If we can only tide over two
to five years I believe the Carolina
Light and Water Company can be induced
at their expense to come to
Dillpn and take over our lights and
sell power at an economical rate.
None of the power companies wish to
buy or take over our water s>stem
and this should remain town property
and under town management.
If any change is made by the legis.
hiture In oar town government I
{think the council should be empowered
to employ a city manager. This
, man should be an electrician and a
good business man. He should be pur
1 under a gooc. ano sufficient bond and
should handle all the flnance8 of the
jtown. Ho should collect all water and
light bills, collect all fixes, fines, 11
censes. street taxes, etc. lie snouia
be resi.onr'ble to the council who
elected him and might come
from any quarter of the globe,
provided he is efficient. When It is
[evident he is not competent to manage
any and all financial afiairt of
the town fire him and select a new
man. It is not reasonable to expect
a mayor at $20 per month an<J a
council serving for patriotism to
give a?iy great attention to the dei
tails of our finances. I believe In
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IMMM
ERALD, DIlAOM, SOUTH CAflOU
central isod local government. On
good man on a fair salary dan d
better than half a dozen men vU
divided authority. The mayor shoal
hold city court and with the coux
cil should determine the policy of
city manager.
' \Vhen they have done -this the
should "hands off" and let our cit
manager work out any and all flnar
cial details. . n
A good road drag and* a mowin
machine will cheaply solve the stree
problem. If we can buy current to
lights and put one man in charge a
nil r fine no-. ?
..uMuvcg * u?-iictc we can run tn
town on one half the present e>
pense.
Wade Stackhouse.
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CHEAPER FERTILIZER
Agricultural Depaitmeut Announce
Revolutionary Discovery.
What may prove to be a revolu
tionary development in the fertilise
industry of the world has been reach
e<l by the Bureau of Soils, Unite<
States Department of Agriculture
which has juBt solved the problem o
extracting ohobphone ucld from phoe
phate rock by heating mixtures o
thi8 mineral sand and coke to smelt
ing temperature in a fuel-fed furn
ace. The new process has been work
ed out on an approximately commer
cial basis -at the department's exper
imental plant at Arlington, Va.
The phosphate used for fertilize
in the United States comes largel;
from the deposits of rock in Florida
There are also large deposits in Ten
nessee and a number of beds in Soutl
Carolina where the rock was first ex
plotted for this purpose. The estab
lished method for producing solu-abh
phosphate has consisted in treatini
the rock with sulphuric acid. In practice,
a quantity of sulphuric equal t<
the quantity of rock is used, and th<
resulting product which is known ai
acid phosphate contains only one hal
the nori>oBtni?? ?1 * *
r^.wutasc ui yuuspnonc acic
contained In the rock from which i
was derived. Commercial acid phos
phate, for instance, made from a 3!
per cent, rock contains only 16 pei
cent, of the phosphoric ac'd. The
elaborate washing and screening pro
cess now used in preparing rock foi
treatment with sulphuric acid ofter
results in the 1obs of two thirds of the
rock, and it was with a %'iew to sav
ing this immense waste of phosphate
that the new process was evolved.
The practical value of the new de
velopment i*8 indicated by the faci
that, in the experimental runs at Ar
lington the departmen chemistt were
able to recover 64 per cent, phos
phoric acid (47 per cent. P. O.) a<
against the 16 per cent, product or
dinerlly obtained by the sulphuric
acid process. By passing ammonia gai
into thl8 phosphoric acid solid am
monium phosphate, a very concen
trated material containing two val
uable fertilizer ingredients, results
This material can stand heavy transportation
and handling charges. It If
also practicable to mix the phosphoric
acid with phosphate rock in suet
proportions as to give a product containing
50 per cent, of soluable phosphoric
acid. This product is similai
ln its properties to ordinary 16 pei
cent, acid phosphate, is convenient tc
handle, and may be used by an intelligent
farmer who has the techni
cal knowledge to reduce the quantl
ty placed upon the soil, and to guarc!
against direct contact with 'seed. II
nleo ~I11 - ' * " ' '
?ou mil inuuiu it iintienai saving ir
Freight to central plants where th<
product may be diluted or mixed witt
other ingredients (or shorter hauls
The difference between a 50 per cenl
product and a 10 per cent product
means an immense saving in th<
freight charges and the release ol
large quantites of rolling stock and
vessel tonnage now engaged in thi
transportation of phosphate anc
phosphate rock.
While the actual cost of the new
process in a large industrial plant 11
difficult to estimate with accuracy, ii
the work thus far done, even on s
small scale. It was found that the fue
consumption was only about 15 pei
cent, of the value of the product
while with the sulphuric-acid procesi
the cost of the acid used seldom rum
below 32 per cent. This factor, to
gether with the reduction of freigh
charges, justifies the assumption tha
the new process will be of the utmos
importance to the fertilizer Industr:
and to the farmer^ who are com
polled to use a constantly lncreaslnl
amount of commercial fertilizer.
?o
PROUD SCION NOW
BEflf.AK IN ROIWF
Rome, Jan. 23?Bareheaded and ii
rags, cold and hungry, Reggio G>u
seppe Del Errant, Prince d'Aci, i
prandee of Spain, who by royal de
cree stands covered in ihe presence o
the rulers of Spain, now extends i
| suppliant hand In the streets of Rom
i begging alms from the passerby,
i Fate In the guise of the recent so
|clal upheaval in Italy, had flung thi
proud scion of the Bourbons out o
I hit. palatial residence at Palmett
i into the unfriendly streets to ask fo
1 a few lire from the nouveaux richei
1 Cowering beneath the portal of
palace, between two marble columni
this royal mendicant may be seer
i white haired, dignified and arrof
mni in nia poverty, wltn extended u[
j turned palm.
"Are you out of work? aome tra\
ellers recently aske^ him.
"No," waa hia laconic reapoae.
"Arn"t you looking for worl
then?" they aaked.
"I have never worked In my life,
,hA aald.
I "You are a profeaaional begga
then?"
I "I am th* Prince d'Aci," he anawei
ed with fire in hla eyes. "I am Prlnc
d'Aci delkt Catena de' Antonla, grai
dee of 8pain!"
| Th? legend la told of two grandee
I of Spain who, wandering across th
open fields, suddenly came upon
fringe of woods before which stoo^
'?t?ute of a beautiful virgin. So mm
ed were they by its beauty that the
I
* v'*** 'at - ~
^ . - 4>- VET" WEaHM,
If A, THVMMT MORNIffO. JAlfUAJ
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e dropped to their knees and prayed
o (hat H might hare life,
h - Their prayer wrought a tnifteele,
d for the statute came to life and.murk
mured to the two grandees: "Corer
a > ourseirsa lip dduslns." < >V
, un uie basts'of this legend a rojrel
y decree was Issued giving the grandees
y 'he privilege of remaining covered In
k- the presence of the King of Spain.
Today the Prince d'Acl, with head
g uncovered, shivers beneath the porit
tale of a Roman palace begging for a
,r few lire.
? It's Easy to Prevent
Colds
Keep the liver and kidneys in perfect
condition. They throw off the
germs and make colds impossible?
e if in perfect condition.
A correct regulator will be found in
- Dr. Hilton's Life
r for the liver and kidneys.
Immediate relief is given in cases of
? constipation, indigestion and bilious'*
nes.
It is pleasant to take, excites a pleastint
sense of warmth in the stomach,
diffusing itself through the system.
Your druggist sells Dr. Hilton's Life
with a "satisfaction or money refunded"
guarantee.
Colds and influenza are successfully
treated by using Murray's Horehound
Mullein and Tar in conjunction with
r Dr. Hilton's Life.
Manufactured by
THK MURRAY DRU? COMPANY,
Columbia, 9. C.
; 1921
! TAX RETURNS
e| To Be Made by
fi School Distrirts
.w?.
* i Returns of personal property, new
buildings, transfers of real estate,
5! poll, road and dog tax are to be made
r at County Auditor's office from
! January 1st and
; February 20,1921
i As required by law. a fifty percent
- penalty will be added to the taxes of
s persons who fall to make their returns
during this time.
Make your return during January
1 und avoid the crowded condition that'
- will prevail during February.
D. S. ALLEN
j County Auditor.
^fcippNl Mom; b*?k without qnootkm
\l if Ktnrrs a*tv* fail* in tb?
. wajJV \l treatment of ITCH. BCZSMA.
WIT hJ) RI NO WORM, TETTER or
/ I| f7 othor Itchlnc skin ilwim
Try a 7% Not bos at ear ihh.
: Sold by Evans Pharmacy
I Rene1
Look
coupons hav
us and we
get your ne
?jjj We offer thi
. The
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CAROLINA
I Z MILLING I .
COMPANY
Dillon, - - - South Carolina
liBT US GRADE YOUR COTTON SEED. WE HAVE SIX HUXdred
dollars invested in most approved grader on the market.
Our charge is 20 cents per bushel. We can grade 26 bushels
per hour and return seed on wagon bringing them.
1
. . e WE
AllE TAKING ORDERS FOR CERTIFIED PORTO RICA
Seed Potatoes. Price $1.75 per five peck crate. You cannot afford
to plant mixed sweet potatoes for sale.
' ' '
WE ARE JUST COMPLETING ONE OF THE BEST CHICKEN
'
feed plants in the South. We wish every one who feeds
chickens to try Sunny South Scratch Feed and Sunny South
Poultry Mash. Feed our mash and double egg production.
I BARGAIN SAliK?CHOICE MILL FEED, 1O0 LB. BACiS, $2.0?^Tlf ? ?
per bag at mill door. Try a bag before supply is exhausted. ^
MIX YOU It OWN FERTILIZER AND SAVE FULLY #10.00 PER ?
ton on your fertilizer bill. Exchange seed for meal. We
will sell you acid phosphate and kainit on time. Let us fig- \
ure a formula and prove the saving to you. ^
Yours to Please,
Carolina Milling
| company j
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w 1UU1 1IU1IU5 |
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up your bonds and if all the E3
e been clipped turn them over to T
will be glad to send them in and ?
w bonds with all coupons attached. j; *
is seryice free. ?
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Bank of Dillon $ 4
, Service and 4 Per Cent |p ^
' $
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