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ESTABLISHED 1894 THE DILLON HERALD, DILLON SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 17, 1921. VOL. 27. NO. 23.
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A FEARFUL RECORD.
Griffith, Alias Mays, Wanted in W.
. Va.?A Nortorious Criminal.
W. H. Griffith, alias O. B. Mays,
who was arrested in Greenwood last
week on the charge of robbing
stores and the postoffice at Silver
Street proves to be a much wanted
criminal. Mention wag made of the
robberies and the arrest of Griffith
in a recent issue of The Newberry
Herald and News.
On Monday night January 24, the
stores of H. C. Lake, J. C. Berry, J.
P. Blair and company and the depot
at Silver Street were entered and robbed.
The postofflce was in the store
of J. C. Berry. About 11,000 pennies
and some silver coin and a box
of Joe Green cigar8 were about all
that was missed, amounting to about
$15 in all. The robber walked up to
Repp's crossing some eight miles
and boarded the Southern train the
next morning and got off the train
at Greenwood. The baggage master
on the train thought the passenger
a rather suspiciou8 looking fellow
and notified the police at Greenwood
that such a person had gotton off
at that place. He was located by
Policeman C. T. Nelson in a small
store and Nelson covered him- with
his gun and searched him. After relieving
him of three pistols hi8 pris'/
oner drew from his pocket another
| and handed it to the policeman. As
-? i ne rooDeries were in Newberry
county, and thinking this was all
Sheriff Blease was notified and went
to Greenwood and brought the prisoner
to th e Newberry jail.
It is said that in searching the
prisoner some papers were found in
his possession which caused Policeman
Nelson to write to Moundville,
W. Va., to make inquiry about one
O. B. Mays. There being another
prisoner in the penitentiary by that
name and he and Griffith having
been somewhat chummy it was
thought that possibly Griffith had
been located and his picture and a
description were sent to Mr N*?inr?n
Mr. Nelson came to Newberry
with the picture and then Griffith
admitted that his name was Griffith
and that he had been in the penitentiary
at Moundsville, but he denied
the charge that he had killed
a fellow prisoner on making his
escape from the penitentiary.
It has developed that Griffith is
rather a notorious criminal and as
soon as it was found out in West
Virginia that he had been captured
the daily newspapers at Wheeling began
sending telegrams to Newberry
for the details of the capture.
Captain Athey, of the penitentiary
guard, came to Newberry on Wednesday
for the prisoner. Cantain Ath*?v
told of the many crimes of which
Griffith ha8 been guilty. He was serving
a life sentence for murder at the
time of his escape and when faced by
Captain Athey Wednesday afternoon
admitted that he had killed a fellow
prisoner in making his get-away this
last time. He only escaped from
the penitentiary about the first of
JT.' January of this year.
It is said that in making his escape
he undertook to stop the machinery
which runs the electric
lights of the prison so that he might
have the darkness and avoid detection
and that in so doing he aroused
the man who was attending to the
machinery and that he failed to get
the place dark, and when he saw
that he aroused the watchman and
when he saw that he was caught, he
cut the throat of the guard who was
? prisoner and also cut the fingers
cii .mother who was attracted to the
place, and finally stopped the big
engine by cutting a big hole in the 12
inch belt which drove the machine,
and made his escape over the walls
of the prison. He claims that he had
observed the watchmen on the towers
and he selected a place between
two whom he sized up as men who
would not shoot him, though he
made his get-away with only one
seeing him and this one claims he
thought it was an officer. Griffith
had started a fire before making his
! attempt to escape so as to attract
attention. It was reported he burned
one of the buildings but the fire"
was a very small affair.
He was from the mountain section
of West Virginia and was a terror
to all the people of his neighborhood,
in fact wag a sort of czar in
the community, and not only that,
but was considered a really dangerous
and reckless m an. Captain
Athey says when he gets Griffith
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luuuuuvuie prison ne will
have made his last get-away.
He made an effort to break jail a4
Newberry, but was foiled by Sherin
Blease, and it is Baid that he asked
one of the guards to get him a piece
of iron and they both could make
their escape, but he would have a
very difficult task in srettinc nut r.f
the Newberry jail. Sheriff Blease
has had him closely watched and
guarded since he found out what
sort of character he is, and it would
I ^ *be difficult to get out from the sec^
ond story of the Jail any way.
Mr. D. L. Lawson who had been to
Columbia on the Monday of the
robberle8 at Silver-Street picked Griffith
up Just this side of Columbia at
Camp Fornance and drove him in hitcar
to Newberry. Griffith got out
Just Qn the outskirts of the city, and
had something to eat he came
through at the Greelc restaurant and
then went on toward Silver street
Monday afternoon.
Mr. Lawson says that Griffith regretted
all the way up that he wat
was going to Florida, and that he
was intending to go to Jackson
JACK McDUFFIE WRITES
OF AIRPLANE ACCIDENT
Mulling Enterprise.
Last week we carried a news item
of the wreck of an automobile which
came near causing the death of the
pilot. Jack McDuffie, a Marion county
boy. It is gratifying to know that
this daring young avitor, escaped
with his life, .and his injuries were
only slight.
In a letter to his father, Mr.
Emerson McDuffie, he writes the
following and gives a very interesting
description of the wreck on
Lansrlev Field. Vn
"I'm inclosing a picture or two of
my wreck down in Georgia. They
are not very good, however, and
I'm going to make some more if I
ever get time. At present I'm busy
taking over the organization again
and studying courts-martial. They
issued a new book of 680 pages on
it last weefc and we have an examination
on it tomorrow. The wreck
wasn't as bad as it looks, nor as bad
oil pipe burst about 20 miles from
Macon when we were on our way
to Savannah (en route to Charles
1 T v
tt uuiuisiun ami L.angiey) ana
caused me to have to land In a very
soft sandy field. I landed about as
slow as I could?40 miles an hour?
but the wheels and tail-skid dug into
the ground and we wenl ^ver on oui
backs, breaking one "Wing, the center
section struts, propeller, ruddei
and one wheel. After it turned ovei
the oil which was spread all ovei
everything caught on fire, but wc
soon put it out. We had a twelve
volt battery lying loose in the bottom
of the ship and as we went ovei
it came up and cut my upper lip,
but that's all well now. We had tc
ship the plane to a repair depot and
came on by train. JACK.
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OFFICERS CAPTURE STILL.
Near Lake View Saturday night
Deputy Sheriff Charles Lester and
Rural Policeman Jno. McCracken captured
a small still and about 35 gallons
of mash. The mash was aboul
ready to be converted into whiskey.
The still was of the lard can variety
but was so ingeniously constructed
that it was capable of turning out a
fluid of superior quality. The still
vaa being operated by Dave Harrelsen,
a young white man, who waf
caught '"with the goods." Harrelson
is in jail awaiting the February term
of court. The still whs located on the
Temple place near the Mill pond.
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MILLIONAIRE BANKER
SLEEPING PEACEFULLY
New York, Feb. 9?After remaining
in a comatose state for more than
three weeks at Atlantic City suffering
with sleeping sickness George T,
; Lippincott, millionaire banker, showed
no change in his condition to[night.
He apparently is sleeDins
I peacefully, breathing and otherwise
functioning normally.
At regular intervals a nurse arouses
the victim and feeds him. During
these periods of intermittent con'sciouaness
Mr. Lippincott shows absolutely
no signs of recognizing his surroundings.
Those about his bedside
j however, are convinced that he is able
{to hear and that a peculiar paralysis
of certain brain cells controlliirg other
normal functions makes it impos!
sible for him to respond to questions
ior to distinguish who the questioners
' are.
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The Coast Line's new train knowr,
as the "Havanna Special" which pass
| ea Dillon about 9 o'clock in the morn
1 ing, derailed two coaches near Petersburg,
Va., Monday morning. Ne
passengers were hurt. The train has
a fust schedule and makes no stops
for passengers between Richmont
and Savannah.
ville. Possibly making his way tc
Mexico or Cuba.
Captain Athey says that so^- af
ter the escape of Griffith in . uarj
a mysterious murder was committee
on the Ohio River and he is sure now
: that it is the work of Griffith. Some
|one came along and offered a mar
.$1,000 cash for a little yacht he had
'and the man sold it, and then, the
| purchaser asked if he would not lei
his son run down the river with hin
to teach him how to operate the
beat, and he did. Several days af
|ter that the boat was found deywn the
river and the body of the boy was
dragged out of the river and it was
| in the direction which it is supposec
; that Griffith went when he left the
prison. So there may be besides the
two forgery cases and the murdei
i! cases for which he is charged anoth
i'er case of murder lodged against
, jhim. It is a dreadful story of hor
' rible crimes and to think that th<
11 man is only 29 years old and begai
1 his career of crime when quite ?
: I young man.
1 The reward of $1,000 has alread]
" been paid Policeman Nelson.
Griffith was arrested in Green
1 wood by Policeman Nelson Januar]
' 25, t^e policeman believing him t<
" be connected with robberies at Sil
verstreet the night before. This the
1 ory turned out to be correct. Griffith
who was arrested under the nann
"O. B. Mays" admitting the thefts
y Griffith is said to have killed a fel
low convict and to have been impli
- cated in the burning of part of th<
West Virginia state prison, when h<
made his escape the early part o
i January. He was serving a life sen
> tence for killing the chief of polic<
of Braxton, W. Va.
MARION GETS LATCH.
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Given to Town Bearing General's
Name.
i Marion. Feb. 10?A window latch
i front the manor house, "Belle Isle",
the home of Gen. Francos Marion,
'was recently presented to the town ;
of Marion, which bears his name, i
i Frank Hampton Haskel, grandson of i
Gen. Wade Hampton, originally of i
Columbia, now living in Charleston,
i was the donor. i
The latch will be kept at the Mar- i
ion public library. It has been view- t
ed by many of the citizens of the i
' town and will be carefully and lov- I
ingflly preserved as a memoir of the
Ifamous Revolutionary general often
; called the "Swamp Fox" who not
r only frequented this vicinity and gave i
, Marion it8 name but did much to
ward securing the independence of
the American people.
The latch was first proffered Col.
; J. Monroe Johnson of thiB place who
, suggested that the relic be given the
town instead. Mr. Haskel secured it
from the plantation in Berkeley coun.
ty. The house in which Gen. Fran1
cis Marion lived and from which the
latch came is still standing and ini
good condition. It is occupied by de.
scendants of one of the general's
('brothers. He, himself, was never!
married.
| The town of Marion for a long time!
has desired a monument to General
j Marion and effort from time to time
j has been made toward that end. The
> body of the general, however, lies at1
? ; "Belle Isle" in Berkeley county. Ma.
rionite8 have often wished that it
! could be moved here.
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4fuo? jl' ivi i? I'j. niMUI.
It was with sorrowful hearts that i
I the friends and neighbors of Mrs.
Flora Watson learned on the morning
of Thursday, February 3rd, that
. she had passed away during the night.
L While the end was not unexpected,
- her illness having extended over ten
- days, yet the losa was not less bitter
^ to her devoted family and friends
who so untiringly watched beside her
, to the end.
I For sixteen years she had been an
i invalid confined to her bed and chair,
I and while the world to her was en
closed within the four walls of her
J home yet the influence of her bright
t and uncomplaining spirit radiated out
i to a large circle of friends and aci
quaintances who felt that from her
life they derived an inspiration that
could not be measured. Gifted with a
sparkling wit and a humorous mode
or expression, it was a privilege as
' j well as a pleasure to spend an hour
by her bedside or chair. During
(| tne8e long years of suffering and ln.
Ivalidism death visited her home and
j robbed her of a beloved daughter and
' son both in the full flower of woman|
hood and manhood and three years
j previous to her own death, her hus1
band and faithful companion for al|
most forty-five years was taken from
, her. It was with an unfaltering faith
,'and christian fortitude that these be[
reavements were sustained.
From the beginning of her losti
illness she was surrounded by all of!
: hei children and all that tenderest
I love and care could compass was lav'
I ishfid iinnn hor At fho loot t?.o._o
J ? X ? WUV 1UOL llici U W CIS I
.(no dark valley, nothing but a quick I
.|passing shadow which we call death.!
j'The Master lifted her across where it;
! was narrowest and shallowest and i
"She was not for God took her."
"There is no death to those whose
lives are hid with Christ in God.j
i They pass from earth scenes to rest;
'In his own blest abode."
'( The funeral services were held on j
" Thursday afternoon at four o'clock
' and were conducted by her pastor,
5 Rev. W. C. Allen, assisted by Rev.
! S. J. Bethea. The interment was
I made at the cemetery and her grave
covered with the beautiful floral tri;!
butes of sorrowing loved ones and
j1 friends.
Flora Ellen Lane Watson, the
J daughter of Bryant Lane and Henarietta
Lane, .was born near Bethesl
da Methodist church, November 12th,I
r | 1849. She attended the community,
j i schools during her girlhood and her
( education was completed at the Spar(j
tanburg Female college and Metho-i
I dist Denominational College. In 1874;
t'she was united in marriage to Jas.
i|R. Watson by the Rev. Joel I. Alj1
len. Of this union seven children were
.'jborn three of whom preceded her to
j her grave. The surviving children are
3;Rev. Jas. F. Watson, of Atlanta; J.
i Frank Watson, of Winnsboro; A. B.
I Watson of Rowland, N. C., and Mrs.
5 Flora Lipscomb of Dillon.
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r JUSTICE GAGE IS DEAD.
t Chester, Feb. 13?Associate Jus-|
" tice George W. Gage of the South
3 i Carolina Supreme Court, died at his
II home here at 6 o'clock this afternoon
1 after a long illness. Justice Gage is
iro second associate justice of the!
/ South Carolina Supreme Court to die |
in less than one month, Associate,
. Justice Daniel E. Hydrick having
/ t'ied January 15.
>' Justice Gage had been ill for four
-! Weeks With nnoiimnnla VIft moo n 1 .
- ty-five years old. He studied law at
, Vauderbilt University after complet5
ing his academic course at Wafford
. College, Spartanburg, S. C. Before
- his promotion to the circuit bench he
- served in the lower house of the Gent
eral Assembly of South Carolina. He
b was elected to the supreme bench
f seven years ago. He is survived by
- four sons and one daughter. The funft
eral wil*. be held in Chester Tuesday
i morning at 11 o'clock.
ROBBERS BREAK
INTO POSTOFFICE
Attempt to Blow Open Safe at Marion.
Loot Very Small.
Marion, Feb. 10?The new postoffice
building here was entered last
night and an attempt was made to
open the big vault, where the stock
of stamps and other valuables are
usually stored.
The back door of the building was
shattered with a hammer and several
cash drawers were robbed, about fifty
dollars in cash being taken. No
small change was accepted by the rob.
bers, who took only the big money.
A. goodly amount of stamps was left
in a drawer at the general delivery
window, from which some money was
stolen. In the main office, which contains
a big outside safe and a big
vault, a great deal of damage was
done. Upon entering the office this
morning clerks found that not only
had the back door been shattered and
various cash drawers forced open,
but that the vault had been damaged.
Upon the floor was a sledge hammer,
which was found to be the property of
W. W. McEachern, blacksmith, whose
shop was entered during the night, a
medicine dropper, with which the nitro-glycerine
was poured into the
crevices of the vault; a green wood
stopper and the hinge butts and com-J
bination knobs to the vault was also
found. The robbers had broken the
butts from the two big hinges with
the sledge, and had used the same
tool to break off the combination.
Little damage to the safe was done.
So crude were the instruments used
that people belive it to be the
work of amateurs, as it is not believed
that a regular "yegg" would have
failed to have opened the vault at
first.
On the other hand, there seems to
be evidence of the work of a "spot
itrr in mis case, as no less man
three attempts were made to steal
high-powered automobiles during the
night. The garage of Henry Buck was
forced open. Mr. Buck had locked the
switch of his car and it could not
be moved. An attempt was made to
enter the garage of E. T. Hughes but
thi8 attempt failed for some unknown
reason. At the home of H. L. Tilghman,
however, the garage was broken
into, a big Packard six started up and
out into the street where the driver
in his haste choked the engine. So
patient was he, however, that he ran
the batteries down in attempting to
start the engine again. He had simply
mistaken the spark lever for the
gasoline lever and kept the engine
flooded with gasoline. The car was
found in the street before the Tilghman
home, a few blocks from the
postoffice, early today. Postmaster J.
R. Montgomery promptly reported
the matter to government authorities.
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1>KA1N ALCOHOL OFF
THK WCKr/RTk KVlKRt!
Tuscaloosa, Ala., Feb. 9?Thieves:
drained the alcohol off all the pick-j
led snakes in the Museum of Natural;
History at the University of Ala-j
biima today.
Since there were several shelves!
containing jars of snokes the robbers!
secured enough alcohol to carry on a
good sized liquor business.
Chances are that business will nev-1
er be profitable, though, for news of
the theft has caused "hooch hounds" i
In Insn thpir ihirat
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Use Fertilizers Intelligently.
Clemson College, February 16 ?|
"I found one farmer recently who
has been, using 6 percent potash on
his cron, and this on red clay land."
says J. R. Clark, Richland county
agricultural agent. "He had used
last year about 600 pounds per acre
of a mixed fertilizer containing 6
percent potash and had put most of
it under the corn at planting time.
I think I have convinced him that
this does not pay. I am advising all
of my farmers (1) against the use of
fertilizer without first determining
what they need, and what amount
will be best, and (2) not to spend
money for high-priced ingredients
from which they will not get adequate
returns."
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W. H. McXAIRY SUCCEEDS
PROF. ROBERTS.
W. H. McNairy, of Chester has
been elected superintendent of the
Dillon schools to succeed Supt. W. D.
Roberts, who was recently elected
superintendent of the Epworth Orphanage
at Columbia. Mr. McNairy
was elected on his record as a school
man. He has had twenty-two years of
experience, having taught first for
four year8 in the Chester schools, five
years as superintendent of the Marion
schools and 13 years as superintendent
of the Chester schools; the
last time at Chester he succeeded W.
H. Hand, the well known educator
of this state. Mr. McNairy is a graduate
of the University of North Carolina.
Mrs. McNairy, before marriage,
was a Miss Glenn, daughter of Hon.
J. L. Glenn, of Chester.
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N. B. HARGROVE
APPOINTED TRUSTEE.
At a meeting of the creditors of W.
C Parham held at Dillon last Thursday,
N. B. Hargrove, Esq., was appointed
trustee of the bankrupt estate.
Mr. Hargrove qualified immediately
and has taken charge of the
assets of the business. R. J. Kirk,
Esq., referee in bankruptcy, came over
from Florence and attended the
meeting.
MEDICAL MEN PUZZLED
OVER STRANGE CASE.
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Chicago, Feb. 9.?What is death?
Medical men here were frankly
puzzled today over the strange case
of Charles McMahon, who to all in- 1
dications was dead yesterday, but 1
who today is alive and, as he ex- '
pressed it, "better than 40 dead men."
If one is "dead" when the heart |
ceases to beat, the lungs apparently
cease to respond to all known tests j
and the body grows cold, then Mc- .
Mahon "died" on an operating table, ]
where an operation had been per- ,
formed for a complication of organ- !
ic disorders.
A mirror held to the mouth show-l
ed not the slightest moisture. The'j
described symptoms of dissolution ;
appeared one by one. Oxygen was ad-',
ministered many times without ap- ,
parent effect and then suddenly Mc-|j
Mahon heaved a sigh.
Continued work brought McMahon
completely out of the anaesthetic and ;
today he was resting easily in his
rotten, 1 will bring my books into
hospital room.
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IX FAR AWAY BRAZIL.
Itev. \V. B. Sherwood Writes Interestingly
of His Travels in Smith
America.
Itev. W. B. Sherwood, of Little
Itock, who has been working for the
past two years as a missionary in
Brazil, writes the following interesting
letter to The Herald:
Nearly two years ago when I left,
there were lots of folks scattered over
Dillon county that I loved to think
of as friends. Before leaving I had
nnnrorfnl frnnH intontinnu f n urito
I was just going to write about nearly
everything. Since getting here it
has often come to mind, but only to
be put off to some better time. I
have actually written a little two or
three times, but it didn't look right
or sound right. The truth is 1 don't
know how to write for a paper. 1
didn't do it when I was there, and
I discover that travelling two weeks
on the Atlantic Ocean and getting
sick as a dog, even if you do land
in beautiful Brazil, doesn't make a
writer of a fellow. There is one thing
that a sea voyage did for me. It made
me appreciate Christopher Columbus,
those Pilgrim fathers, the early missionaries
and anybody that made a
long voyage not for the love of travelling
but to do good. Maybe they liked
it. I didn't, and don't yet. I'm now
aboard a boat on my way from Rio de
! Janeiro to Bahia and it doesn't get
much better. You don't want anything
to eat and don't want what
you have got. You don't love anybody
and nobody loves you. Nobody
is very nice. I would hardly be writing
this if we had not stopped here
(Ilbeos) to unload dried meat and
take on chocolate beans. In Rev. :
21:1 it says "And the sea is no more." I
I used to wonder what that means, i
11 now believe it means just what it
says and think what a,great blessing
is in store for us. I'm, not joking
about this.
Setting here looking out at the
hills reminds me to tell you something
about this country that I had
to unlearn. I used to think of South
America as a low, flat, gwampy country
with mosquitoes and fever everywhere
and heavy forests with \ines
running up the trees so thick you |
couldn't get through. Yes, and an
abundance of snakes and other "var- i
ments" everywhere. I don't know ;
how I got hold of this idea unless it ]
was because I lived in South Carolina 1
and when 1 went north f found
mountains and so got the idea that ;
I South meant flat. Anyway if you have
any such idea ol* South America you
need to throw it away. It's wrong.
I'm- travelled up and down the coast.
ard from Sao Paulo nearly clear
across Brazil, within 8 miles of the
Bolivian border. That's a trip ot five
days by train and one on a river. In
this I found very little low, marshy
<lund. It is high and rolling, and along
the coast very mountainous. Some
ot the prettiest mountain scenery 1
lever saw is between Rio de Janeiro
jand Sao l'aulo by train. For two
i hours out from Rio one large Amer-:
I ican made engine was pulling and
another pushing, and up and around
iand through mountains we weift. I'm j
! going across the country. After two
I day8 we came to a long run through
i heavy forests where hardly anybody
lived and there were mosquitoes.
This was a river swamp (Parana river).
Having crossed we passed into
a high, rolling country with few
trees, good grass, many cattle, red
soil, which I hear is rich. Another
day's run brings you into another
rivor hnttnm Knt oil oKnui a. I
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; No it's not flat becuuse it's South. |
; It's a high, rich and beautiful counI
try with fewer mosquitoes and snakes
than I was used to in South Carolina.
Upon the whole it is a most delightful
place to live. This is our summer
and nearly every where I've been a
little cover at night has been necessary.
Before leaving home I recall
saying that I judged that it waa very
hot away* from the coast. It's the opposite.
1 t's cooler in the interior.
But I've talked too much and said
tco little, not mentioned my work,
but maybe I'll write again sometime.
My chief work has been keeping in
touch with the native preachers in
the state of Bahia?writing them. I
have been studying the language
some. I am talking in pi Mic a little.
The people aay better than I thin.
They ought to know but I'm afraid
they don't. Upon the whole my work
ha8 been much like a housekeeper's
STRUCK BY SLUMP.
Chicago Divorced Men Pleading for
Reduction in Alimony.
"Judge. I can't p^y it- Business is
otton. I will bring my books into
:ourt, your honor. Nothing but canX'llution
and?"
Spend an hour in a divorce court
ind listen to the woeful chant of the
iliniony club.
It is the most popular song in donestic
relations court today relates
t Chicago dispatch. It is refrain so
filled with minors?as the musicians
iay?that the "miserere" on the sauie
program would seem a jazzy interlude.
The gay young bricklayer, who
found life so exuberant a few months
igo that l>e couldn't possibly stay
married to the wife of his bosom 1b
now dragging his feet into court asking
for an alimony reduction. The
business man whose big profits led
him away from his own hearthside
and into membership of the alimony
club is now trying to make the judge
realize that this is the period of readjustment?or
normalcy.
Chicago judges are turning a wary
? ar to these complaints, their scores
of them, and liave been for months.
Judge Harry A. Lewis was just winding
up thirty divorce cases that had
been on his docket.
"Some bf the cases deserve reductions,
but some of them come in with
the pleas that times are awful and
never will be better," he said 'These
applications are a part of the readjustment
period. We have to watch
them closely, because while some
men are hard hit by conditions we
cannot grant applications that will
work hardships on the wives and
children."
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Fork.
MiSs Sallie Rogers of Free States
is visiting her sister, Mrs. L. K. Be|
ihea.
Mrs. Ruby Fort Carmichael and
little Boyd Fort spent a few days in
Latta and Rowland, N. C. last week.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Rogers of Dillon
spent Sunday here with relatives.
Mrs. N. B. Calhoun and Miss Katie
Calhoun returned Sunday from a vis!
it to Hemingway.
Miss Mellie Edwards is spending
some time in Latta with relatives.
Protracted services started at the
Presbyterian church last Sunday. Dr.
Andrew Smith of Statesville, N. C.
is assisting the pastor, Rev. J. S.
Garner.
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Eclipsed.
"Oh, yes!" said Captain Kidd.
I "Many wicked thingg I did, as I
sailed. I murdered William Moore,
and left him in his gore, full many
miles from the shore, as I sailed. But
he didn't starve to death and with
last expiring breath beg for food. I
shot him twice instead and whacked
him on the head, and left him lying
dead, which was crude. I was a buccaneer,
without mercy, without fear,
but I failed. I thought my record
high, little recked that by and by the
woild would at nie cry?this he wailed?'Bah!
You a buccaneer? People
meet my ghost and jeer; "You should
see a profiteer!" Aye, I failed!"
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I'll TV MILLIONS FOR
FERTILIZER IN lOiSO.
Records of the South Carolina
board of fertilizer control show tags
were sold last year for 1.253,890 tons
of fertilizer, according to H. M.
Stackhouse, secretary of the board.
Estimating that all grades Including
nitrate of soda, blood, acid phosphate,
potash, etc., were sold at an average
cost to the buyers of at least 50
per cent pot- ton. Mr. Staokhouse figures
that South Carolina invested
well over #50,000,000 in fertilizer in
1920.
Civil Service Examinations.
A competitive examination for
clerk carrier will bp held at thp Dillon
postoffjee on March 5, 19 2i, commencing
at 9 o'clock a. m. Applications
for the examination must be
held on the prescribed form which
may bp obtained at the postoffice.
All persons wishing to take this examination
should sectire blanks and
file their applications with the Sec
retary, 5th Civil Service District gy\llanta,
Go.
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More Warrants for McI.au?io.
Two more warrants have been issued
for Thos. B. Mcl^ourin, the defaulting
president of the Mutual
Savings bank. One was sw.--rn out
by J. J>. Hamer and anothei by J.
A. Spears; both charging misappropriation
of ti ist funds Mr. McLaurin
.lias waived preliminary, and
gave $5,000 bond in the llamer case
and $1,000 in the Spears case, for
his appearance at March court. Ho
is now at Dr. Babcock's sar.it;> i .no
in Columbia.?Pee Dee Advoceta?..
C. E. Iiracey of Purvis, N. C., sprnt
Sunday in town.
?the doing of little things that you
can't see after you have done them.
I have been gone from home?Behia?
for near,a month and a half. *
I hope to get there tomorrow when
I'll again set up house keeping?
alone in the loft of a big old barn
of a house with a negro family In
the basement and from henceforth
east my vote against single men coming
as missionaries.
W. B. SHERWOOD.
January 18, 1921. ft
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