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: * PERSONAL. MENTION R. Harris of Camp Jackson spent Sunday in town . R. M. Jackson of Clio spent Monday In town. Walter Barefoot spent Sunday in Fayetteville. ? Mrs. T. S. Richbourg spent Monday in Florence. Miss Vleve Huggins has gone to her home in Nichols. Sam Kirschbaum of Pittsburg, Pa., la In town this week. A. B. Welch spent the week end in Columbia. W. M. Brick spent Tuesday in Fayetteville on business. W. Murchlson spent Monday in Marion on business. Mr. and Mrn Honrv Pnaonho a < Latta -spent Sunday in town. Miss Ruth Able spent the week end in Clio with Miss Kate Woodley. Mr. and Mrs. A. Blumberg and family spent Sunday in Tatum. L. A. Tatum left Sunday for Washington, D. C. Mrs. John R. Watson is in New York buying her spring line of ready to wear. Miss Isla McKenzie and Rebecca ' Field HenBlee returned home from Florence Monday night. ? ? Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Berry of Hamlet spent Monday in town with relay tives. Miss Nina Alford, Mrs. Elizabeth Johnston and Mrs. Phil Osteen left Saturday for New York. ?a? Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Robinson spent the week end in Favetteville with friends. D. Worth McKinley, who has been in Chadboume, N. C., for some time returned home Sunday night. Miss Fannie Wilkes of Maxton, N. C., returned home Monday after a visit to her sister, Mrs. Dan Dillon. Miss Mary McKenzie, who has been sick for some time, left Monday afternoon for the Charlotte hospital. Messrs. J. R. Regan and John D. Regan, Misses Dot Regan and Fannie Caddy spent Sunday in Lake View. L. D. Lide and A. F. Woods, of the Marion Bar, were in town Monday on professional business. Mr. W. H. Phillips of the Beaufort County Lumber Co., with headquarters at Fairmont, was in the city Monday. Mrs. and Mrs. Maynard Sellers and little son, DuBois, of Pittsfield, Mass. are spending some time with Mr. Sellers mother, Mrs. P. B. Sellers. Mrs. Bruce Sellers left Friday for her home in Birmingham, Ala., after spending several weeks with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Wade Stackhouse. r Mrs. P. B. Sellers who has been spending some time with her son, P. B. Sellers in Birmingham, Ala., returned home Tuesday. Dr. L. F. Johnson, who recently underwent an operation for appendicitis at McLeod's Infirmary, Florence, is reported to be getting along nicely. Government income tax experts will be in Dillon February 19, 21, and a a m ? ?? iur me purpose or assisting people in filling out their income tax returns. Thciy can be found in the grand Jury room at the court house between the hours of 9 a. m. end 5 p. m. during thesc days. The pretty office building being erected by Gibson & Muller on the east side of Railroad avenue is almost completed. Messrs. Gibson & Muller will use the building for law offices. It is being constructed along modern lines end Is the first office building in town to be equipped with steam heat. The street sweeping machine recently purchased by Mayor Hamer was used for the first time last Friday and gave splendid results. The machine is to be used for sweeping the concrete paving on Main street. It lfl bo equipped that it sprinkles -and sweeps the streets at the same time, thus protecting not only the public but the merchandise in Main street stores from dust. A surprise to their friends was the marriage on January 24th of Miss Ruth Monroe and Roy Hamilton. Miss Monroe Is from Rockflsh, N. C.l She is an efficient trained nurse and' is well known in Dillon- Mr. Hamll-| ton was with the 31st Division In France during the late war and is | now connected with the Palmetto i Hardware Co. Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton are making their home at the Blum Apartment House. X ? " The only sale at the court house last Monday was a master's sale *in the case ot J. R. McLaurU against I W. H. L. McLaurin and otners. The home place of the late Laurln Bethea, known as the Hettle Bethea place, fire miles out from Latta on the Buck Swamp road, was sold tor division. It was bid In br Mr*. ki?h? Sutherland (or the mm of $13,480,00. The place contains 100 aeree, 80 of which ar? cleared amd In a hjfh state of cultivation. Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Jackson and! Mrs. J. A. Moore spent Sunday in Red j Springs. ^ I h Judge McRae bed quite a thrilling experience Monday afternoon !g when his horse became frightened < and dashed down Harrison street at j ] a break neck speed. The animal J i turned the corner at Mr. F. M. Niern-h sie's residence and ran over a baby; ] carriage, but fortunately Mrs. Niern- i .sie had just taken the baby out. y Judge McRae turned the horse into t a tree in front of Mrs. Mason's resi- r dence. Judge McRae has owned the ) horse for quite a while and this is ] the first time he has had any trouble with him. o Presbyterian Church Notice. Sunday school 10 a. m.f N. H. ' Sprunt, Superintendent. Divine worship with preaching by the pastor at 1 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Jr. C. E. at 3 p. m. Y. P. S. C. E. at 6:15 p. m. 1 At 11 a. m. the pastor will preach a "special" sermon to parents. He ' requests the presence of all. Strangers and friends welcome to all services. Pews free. o Boquets for Dr. Duncan. Dr. Watson B. Duncan, pastor of the Main street Methodist church, is ] being honored elsewhere as well as ] in Dillon. He has recently had a very ' flattering offer to go on the Chautau- ] qua platform. Of course. Doctor Dun- \ can decided not to accept, as it would take him out of the regular ministry, ] which he considers the greatest work on earth, but the offer is appreciated by him and hia friends generally. , Dr. Duncan is loved and honored , in Dillon. A gentleman who attended . services at the Main street church I last Sunday remarked after the ser-| vice that he had heard the leading | preachers in New York. Washington! and other cities, and he had never j heard a sermon supeiior to the one he i ; heard last Sunday by Doctor Duncan. o Services At Tile Methodist Church. Main Street Methodist Church, Dr. Watson B. Duncan, Pastor. Sunday School at 10 A. M., Mr. W. H. Muller, Supernintendent. Preaching at 11 A. M. and 7:30 P. M. by the Pastor. Morning Subject: "The Vicarious Life". Evening Subject: "The Story Of A Lost Battle." Prayer Services on Wednesday at 4 P. M. Public cordially invited to all services. The Stewards will meet for a few .moments immediately after the mornl n or A -? ' gmiiw. a iuu auvuuauce is urged. - o STOLE FORD SEDAN. John Sellers, a negro driver in the service of W. B. Sanders, ran away Saturday night with Mr. Sanders' I Ford sedan and hag not been heard from since, although Mr. Sanders has made diligent enquiry throughout the Pee Dee section. Sellers had been in Mr. Sanders' employ about a week 1 and appeared to be an honest, ener- 1 getic negro. He left here Saturday 1 night with a passenger for Latta and 1 when he failed to show up Spnday J morning Mr. Sanders became suspicions and began an investigation. He 1 received word that a negro was found dead undet- a wrecked Ford sedan near Mullins, but so far he has not 1 been able to verify the story. Sellers left a wife who is a cook at a local hotel. . " 1 o Tlie Improvement Club Meets. Although Friday afternoon was dreary and a cold with occasional ' showers quite a good number of mem- 1 bers met and gathered around the i large stove in the school auditorium 1 | for the February meeting of the Im- 1 i provement Club. The president, Mrs. 1 jL. Cottingham, called the meeting to order at four o'clock. Following the 1 reading of minutes by Mrs. W. C. 1 I Moore, the secretary, the treasurer, < I Mrs. J. H. Hamer, gave a good re- < port. The chairmen of different de- 1 partments were asked for reports of:'' work done. Those reporting were:' Mrs. Joe P. Lane, chairman of Civics. 1 Mrs. Lane told of different plans of ' her committees for beautifying the 1 court house grounds and some near < unsightly srots by planting flowers. Mrs. Lutie Bethea of the school com- 1 mlttee stated that scenery that bad * been OrdfirPfi for- >?*? -a ' .uunVfllUUl Binge r would soon be installed and that the 1 teachers have planned to give a play. 4 Mrs. L. C. Braddy, chairman of the 1 committee appointed to see whether t Dillon folks were paying more for < their groceries than in other towns 4 stated that prices here were just about the 8pme. Prof. W. D. Roberts made a short c talk in which he spoke of different ? methods of improving the school c grounds. It was decided to hold ? "Clean Up" da^y shortly before the t meeting of the County Federation & which will probably be about April ^ 9 th., I It was found necessary to elect a 1 new vice-president owing to the ill- a ness of Mrs. S. C. Henslee and Mrs. d L. C. Braddy was elected. s The president stated her decision c to add a new department to the club ^ that of a music department. Mrs. J. c R -* ... ..aiouu naa iisKea 10 serve as 1 chairman and it is quite certain that t the club will derive much pleasure b and benofit from this new feature. t After the adjournment of business > Mrs. R. C. Banks, a new member de- 1 lighted the members with a vocal c solo "Absent," followed by the read- [ lng of a paper by Mrs. John Hargrove "What Women Can do to Raise c Public Standards." The author of this i paper is unknown but was one con- 1 sidered to be the best in a number v of papers submitted to the District v Federation, upon the offering of a r prize for the best paper on this subject. s R. B. TABER, a ruoucity Chairman, b o Police in the large cities appear to i find It easier to drive the crooks ont 1 than to capture them. ?fc?' *?? *. i? 8SBfi6i55Wj?iw?*e i rcatatsa?=g=a?gggae= L 1 STACKHOU^E-lUSYNOLDS/ The Olio correspondent of the Pee >ee Advocate says: A marriage coming as a great mrprise to hi8 friends here was that >f Mr. Douglas Stackhouse to Miss fteynolds of Lamar, which took >lace last week at the residence of Or. R. E. Stackhouse in Melrose ffeigths, Columbia. Mr. Stackhouse 8 a law student at the University, *-hile his bride was a member of no juuivi uibb? ui, viui'ora t-oiibre. rhev will make Columbia their lome. Friends here wish them a ong life of happiness together. o Honor Koll Little ltock School. The following is the honor roll of :he Little Rock School for January: 1st Grade?Louise Perry, Prentice Proctor, J. D. Calhoun. 2nd Grade?Irene Driggers, Katheen Hasty. 4th Grade?Ruth Huggins, Elizabeth James. 5th Grade?Hortense James. 6th Grade?Edith Stanton. 7th Grade?Ida Vick Hargrove. o D. A. R. MEETING. One of the largest meetings of the Rebecca Pickens Chapter, D. A. R. has had in some time was held on Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. James M. Sprunt. The chapter is planning to celebrate Washington's birthday with an entertainment held at the home of Mrs. C. L. Wheeler. After the adjournment of business the meeting was turned over over to the chairman, Mrs. C. R. Taber, who read a paper, "Washington, the Soldier." The next number was by Mrs. L. Cottingham, a visitor to the chapter, who gave a delightful sketch of w asnmgton and his mother. "The Star Spangled Banner" sung by John McCormac on the Edison ended the program. Hot chocolate with nabiscos and preserved ginger was served by the hostess and Mesdames L. R. Craig and Annie Bransford. o SAYS McADIK) WILL TAKE OVER .MEXICAN RAILROADS. El Paso, Tex., Feb. 8?Former Secretary of the .Treasury William G. McAdoo is in Mexico for the purpose of taking charge of the reorganization and reconstruction of the National railways of Mexico, according to an announcement today by Lio Antonio Campansuno, who represented the Mexican minister of communication at the convention of the Confederate Mexican Chambers of Commerce, which yesterday closed its session here. o ACREAGE REDUCTION OF COTTON VITAL Says Not to Heed Warning Will Be to Invite Bankruptcy and Disaster. Declaring that the time has come when the truth regarding the cotton situation must be driven home to every farmer in the State, the South Carolina Division of the American Cotton Association has issued abatement appealing to every organization in South Carolina to assist it in its efforts to secure an acreage reduction ln the state this year. Statistics are given which tend to bIiow that on the 1st of next August before a bale of the 19 21 crop is picKea, tbere will be on hand a surplus of over 9,000,000 bales, or almost a one year crop. It is declared that the planting of anything like a normal acreage in cotton this year will be a simple suicidal business policy not alone for farmers but for every business interest in the South. For this reason it is declared that the business and professional men should be active in the movement to secure acreage reduction. "The gravity of the situation confronting the South as regards the planting of another cotton crop and the apprehension on our part that there are thousands of people in our State who do not comprehend just what we are up against impels us to issue this appeal to the farmers, business and professional men of South Carolina," say8 the statement ssued by the South Carolina Division >f the American Cotton Association. 'We feed that, it is our duty to place .he facts squarely before them, as itartling as they are, in order that evsry organized agency in the state nay join with us in our efforts to see ;o it that no farmer in South Caroina plants over one-third of his culivated land in cotton this year. To In u a .v -vucitt.dc win ue 10 invite disaser and financial bankruptcy. An Alarming Feature. "One of the most alarming features >f the present situation is that there ire so many who contend that they :annot meet the requirements of the Lssociation that they plant only onehird of their land in cotton. They teem not to stop to consider that it rould perhaps be better that thoy >lant no cotton at all than to plant t and be forced to sell next fall in i price far below the cost of proluction, which we believe they will urely have to do if over a one-half rop is raised this year. To those rho still have their last year's crop in hand we would say that present ndications are that they would profit ty not planting a bale because a lair-crop this year would mean that hey would get more for their last ear's crop than they would get for ast year's crop and thi8 year's crop ombined If ' over a half crop is ilanted this year. "Now what are the facts about the otton situation? Here they are and re hope every farmer in South Caro-i ina, whlte and colored, who can read rill read them and that somebody rill read them to every one that cantot read: "On August 1, 1920, there was a urplus of Amencan cotton on hand, ccordlng to Hester, of 6,086,000 tales. "*fhe ten year average amount of American cotton on hand August 1 1,200,000 bales. "It Is thus seen that the surplus on J l __ _ _ hadd on las August 1 was alh >st six times larger than the avenge amount on hand at that time. "The probable amount ot surplus cotton on hand on August 1, 1921, is estimated by tliose who are in good position to know, at over 9,000,000 bales or aftnost a one-year crop. "The greatest consumption of every American cotton ever known in one year was 15.U0U.000 bales. Ten year average of consumption of American cotton prior to the great war was 13,000,000 bales. With so many of the foreign mills shut down you I n6uiv j uuiben as 10 now much will be consumed this >ear. "The American crop of 13,000,000 bales lhig year indicates a world supply of all kinds of cotton, including American of 29,000,000 bales. Cotton Curried Over. "The world carry-over including American cotton, may reach a total of 13,000,000 bales. "The world during the first present year is not likely to consume more than 15,000,000 bales. "These are the facts. The figures are startling but we believe they are correct. They were prepared by the cotton acreage reduction committee at Memphis, Tenn., appointed by the great convention of bankers, farmers and merchants held at Memphis. This committee consultted with the best posted cotton in the world. "There is one point which we desire to stress regarding the pledges. They do not require a farmer to cut his acreage 50 per cent. They merely require that he plant only one third of his cultivated land in cotton. If he has not been planting over one third the pledge does not affect him at all. Nevertheless We desire every farmer, whether the pledge affects I him or not, to s'Sn the pledge because | We desire to announce that a definite .number of farmers hnvo mui _ o.oiini. x uxa (announcement followed by a similar announcement from each of the other cotton states will show the world that the south is in earnest this time and will have good effect on the market. "The situation is so serious that we appeal to every farmer, every merchant, every banker, every professional man; to every newspaper, every chamber of commerce and state wide organization to join in the fight. We believe that the other states are . going to reduce. Reports indicate that they certainly will. Whether they , do or not, South Carolina should. If , we reduce and they do not, we will , havQ no cause for regret?indeed we , would then have to congratulate ourselves. But they are going to reduce and we must keep faith with them." . District Court of the United States Eastern District of South Carolina i In Bankruptcy In the Matter of W. C. Parham, Bankrupt. . To the Creditors of the said W. C. ( Parham, in the County of Dillon, and District aforesaid, Bankrupt: ( Notice is hereby given that on the 26th day of January, A. D., 1921, the said W. C. Parham was duly adjudicated bankrupt; and that the first tzi m rn m m rs-i m rm >??> ? ? roi2ii2ii2li2ll2ll2JI2ll?ll?||2| IS IS IS s 1 W I GO< I On F* H ? Such as si ? Acid phospti g We also IS ? cultural Che S ? to name pi ffl ffl 8-4-4, 8-4 *4 other brand: a s i Mrl ai |?| I 1UUUI IS IS ? ffl DBflBMBBBMMBHiM IZIIXIIZJIXJ IZl IXJ tZJ iXi IXJIZJIXJ . <d VJV-JfC W- jjjJj 50w*M* tinlLjL; CflRISM BVSINRI Our Christmas Club is not m little friends deposit money; it is want or should want to deposit I CUMULATE a nice fat sum with You can put in $5 a week; in You can put in $10 a week; in You can put in $20 a week; ir Don't stop then. Put in FIF' week and in 50 weeks accumulate Do this for FIVE YEARS let and see what it will amount to?v Put every one of your family plans: INCREASING Put in lc, 2c, 5c, or 10c the posit lc, 2c, 5c or 10c each wee lc Club pays $12.75 2c Club pays $25.50 EVEN AMOUNT Put in the SAME AMOUNT 25c Club pays $12.50 50c Clubs pays $25.00 $1.00 Club pays $50.00 $20.00 Clubs p The Bank SAFETY, SERVICE Dillon, Son meeting of his .creditors will be held at the office of Gibson & Muller, attorneys at Dillon, S. C., on the 10th da y of February, A. D., 1921 at 12 o'clock noon; at which time the Baid creditors may attend, prove their claims, appoint a trustee, examine j the bankrupt and transact Buch oth-| er DUBiness as may properly come before said meeting. Notice is further nr-* T T i H JM.A> 3D PRI irtilizer M; Nitrate of Soda, 1< late and Kainit. ? represent The Am< mical Company and ice on mixed gooi -0, 8-3-3, and 8-3 s. * K' inn & 1 hor mmmmmfximrximmmn IBiBiBkBiSiSISQDaiiZiiZiQ ' " " Qua? ^ I VS CLUB | SS MEN I erely a convenience to help our I for BIG BUSINESS MEN who I money REGULARLY and AC- I out ever "feeling" it. I 50 weeks you have $250 I 50 weeks you have $500 | k 50 weeks you have $1,000 I TY or a HUNDRED dollars a I $2,500 or $5,000. I the money STAY in our bank I rtay, it's a FORTUNE, in the Club. Read the following I CLUB PLAN I first week. INCREASE your de- I k. In 50 weeks: j 5c Club pays $ 63.7 5 I 10c Club pays $127.50 j r CLUB PLAN 1 each week. In 50 weeks: J $2.00 Club pays $100.00 $5.00 Clubs pays $250.00 i $10.00 Club pays $500.oo j ays $1,000.00 i : of Dillon AND 4 PER CENT th Carolina given that at this meeting the sale of the personal property, fixtures, stock in trade, choses in action, etc., will be considered without further notice to creditors. Claims must be field in the manner and f orm required by the rules of the supreme court. ROBERT J. KIRK, Referee in Bankruptcy Florence, S C., January 29, .1921. m ? a u I CES 1 SI -| IS rterials | si "" IS IZ1 b per cent 51 IS ffi 5 irican Agri- 51 5 will be glad 13 51 ds such as 13 5 1-0 or any * SB m m __ eb si m nnQnn - Iiijuii 5 ffl BB nm mm mm mmmmra ; a3 IS CD fTITi m IB IS IB IB