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ESTABLISHED 1804 THE DILLON HEKALD, DILLON, ON SOUTH CAROLTNA, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH :), 1921. VOL.27. NO. 25 I
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THE FARM IXMX BANK
The Farm Loan Bank act has been
upheld by the Supreme Court of the
United States.
The farmers can now obtain loans
v 4 at a reasonable rate and tide them
over the hard times in this country.
Possibly the people of Dillon county
do not understand the great advantage
of the Federal Land Bank.
Just as it started to do business in
^ Dillon county, and after loaning
about seventy-five thousand dollars
in Dillon county two years ago, it
was stopped doing business by an action
being brought attacking the constitutionality
of the act creating the
Farm Loan Bank, and The Federal
Loan Bank of Columbia, S. C. ana all
over the United States had to stop
business until this case was determined.
The United States Supreme
Court hus upheld the act and held it
valid and there is nothing now to
prevent the Federal Land Bank from
operating and i* is likely that they
will be in position to make new loans
within thirty or sixty days.
Now, the farmers have never really
understood this Federal Land
Bank very well because since it begun
operating most of the farmers
in this country were in good shape
and did not have to get loans. In
. this crisis however, whenever everything
needs money, the Federal Land
Bank is certainly a blessing.
The main feature of same are as
follows:
Anv irromt of farmers niav form
a local Federal Land Hank Organization
and apply for loans to the
Central liank at Columbia, S. C.
The loans as made two years ago
gave to the farmer the cheapest rate
of interest that they have ever been
abl to scure. He was allowed to keep
the loan for thi fty -six years, if he so
desired, and pay five and one-half
per cent intei'est on the loan annually.
After the fifth year however he
can pay the loan up entirely and settle
it. As long as he keeps the loan
he pays one per cent each year on the
principal. For an illustration:
If a man borrows one thousand
daollars through the Federal Land
Dank, he can pay each year sixty-five
dollars interest on the one thousand
dollars. Fifty-five dollars of this being
interest and ten dollars bing payment
each year on the principal.
At this rate if a farmer should keep
' the loan for thirty-six years, he would
0 pay on the principal only three hundred
and sixty dollars and this would
pay up and satisfy the entire princlprl.
This iB the most wondecful loan
in the world. In other words he would
1 never pay back one thousand dollars
^ principal during the entire thirty-six
years, but would pay only the sum of
three hundred and sixty dollars on
that principal which would satisfy
the principal at the end of the thirty-six
years, paying of course each
year five and one half per ceut interest.
He does not have to keep the loan
for thirty-six years when he does not
desire to do so, but may pay the entire
principal at the end of five years
or any amount on the principal that
he desires to pay any year after the
fifth year for which he is given credit
and he d?.Vu not have to pay interest
011 the part of the principal paid
^ any more.
Now, there is nothing for the farmers
in the country to do but to organize
local Land Hanks and get all
the money they need to carry them
through this crisis. The only man
that will suffer in this crisis is the
man who is not willing to even apply
for a loan from the government.
I have all forms necessary for organizing
and application blanks for
the loans.
joe p. lane.
issues challenge
AS TO KJLL1XOS.
>111 lliflllltl lift.. Ilf.
.' spouse from Calhoun.
^ To the Editor of The State.
In your issue yesterday was an item
of news from Dillon county to the
effect that no murder case was on
the docket of the criminal court be
\ 1 ing l.eld in that bailiwick and a
HI further statement from Solicitor
* Speais thai, Dillon county led the
whole country in the paucity of homicides
In South Carolina, especially
where the toMng of human life is 8('
common as to cause little concert,
and where the ten fence for hog stealing
is usually soviet in our courts
than for man kiltu t (lie record of
Dillon county, is ? mply magnificent
She deserves an I w.ll receive the
congratulations of every lawabidinr
cilriei; in t'nis c< umonwealth besmircVel.
as she i?> l.y such a disgraceful
murder record. Mr. Spears,
doubtless, has the statistics and know
wli.it he is lalking about. Out of curosity.
however, some of us would like
to know a little more about the ncL
tual facts. Calhoun county may wish
" to enter that contest, also. During
the 14 years of her life since she
started housekeeping on her own
hook there has been only one white
murder chse within her limits. Only
recently a young white farmer was
killed in a most atrocious manner by
a negro and soino of that race have
killed each other, as I suspect they
have done In Dillon county, unless
negro "hot suppers" are unknown in
the Pee Dee section. Until further
prooof is forthcoming wo throw down
the gauntlet and challenge the other
counties to beat our record. If we are
left in the shuffle, there will bo no
envy and jealously over the outcome.
T. H. Dreher.
| THIRTY SEVEN IN WRECK.
| First Announcement Made by Coroner
Found to be Incorrect Somt
Bodies Having Been Counted Tw'ic<
?Telegrapher on Ihity TeUls of Crash
of Two Trains.
Porter, Ind. Feb. 28-^A complete
check up by railroad officials and the
coroner of the bodies in the Chesterton
morgue at 9 o'clock tonight revealed
that there were not more that
37 known dead in the Michigan central
and New York Central wrech
last night.
The discrepancy between thie
count and the one of more than 4C
previously announced by Coroner E
O. Seipel was found to be due to th<
multilated condition of some of the
dead. In some cases a body badlj
mangled had been counted as two.
ouiut: seven or etgiu or trie bodies,
however, may never be identified
The wreck left them in such a condition
they could not be recognized,
Only one part of the debris remained
to be searched tomorrow?the twisted
broken hulk of the New York Central
engine which tore through the
'wooden Michigan passenger coach
.with such force that it was hurled
several feet in the soft earth.
This had been partly undermined,
however, and it was thought th-\t all
lot" the bodies had been recovered. To
1 night 41 of tlie dead had been tSken
to the little furniture store morgue
!i:i Chesterton, one mile away, and the
other two had been removed to Michigan
City, Ind.
Only half a dozen of the bodies
; had been taken from t lie Chesterton
morgue thc slow identification probably
being responsible for the failure
ol relatives to call for them. Nc
statement has been made public b>
I the engineer and firemen of the Micli.
I I,.-.. i . ?
( ifc,<iii ?vui i ill n am. Alley I'SC'iipeU soi l
jous Injury and went to Niles, Mich.
, where they related their stor
; ies to operating officials of the road
J The engineer later went to his hotm
iu Jackson, Mich., it was said.
Charles Whitehead telegrapher 111
'the signal tower which regulates the
; passage of the trains over the crossing
where a New York Central train
last night smashed into the side of a
Michigan Central truin, killing more
than 40, tonight for the first time
gave his version of the events preceding
and during the collisionHe
substantiated the statement ot
Joe Cook, operator of the 50 levers in
the towers, that the signals were set
| against the Michigan Central train,
i and exonerated Cook of any blame
for the disaster.
While he had been too unstrung
to <alk connectedly last night, tonight
was back at his job, outwardlj
calm.
"I send and receive all messages
telling when various trainB will arrive,"
he said. "I liuve nothing to dc
with the operation of the signals and
i am not considered in any way responsible
for them.
"Ordinarily a man named I'iering
runs the levers, but he wanted tc
take a night off and hired Joe Cook
who is a substitute operator, to work
for him.
"Because of the mass of switches
detours, and the intersection, both oi
us must be on our toes all the time,
and we were last night. Far down
each track is an appliance which
rings a bell in the tower when a
train hits it. Last night when wt
heard the bell we saw it was the New
York Central. About 30 seconds latei
the Michigan Central bell rang, Jo<_
set the signals against the Michigan
Central and opening the track foi
the New York Central. Wo sat peering
down the New York Central
racks, watching the headlight gradually
grow larger and larger. Wc
hadn't noticed the Michigan Central
"The New York Central engingradually
grew larger and larger ami
finally its outlines were plainly vis
ible. Suddenly I heard Joe shout:
"My God, Charley, the M. C. i:
coming through the block."
"I can still hear that shouted warn
ing. 1 turned quickly to the right ami
there, not 150 l'eet away, was tin
Michigan Central, No. 20, crashing
>lown at 60 miles an hour. It was s<
close I could see the spaces bctweer
the fender bars. Joe jumped for tlu
door and 1 jumped after him.
Sound of Smash.
"We heard a terrific grinding
. mash. There was a hiss of steam, a
brilliant, red glare lighted up tht
ower and our little building shoo!
tl over. The crashing of glass? tlu
iower windows breaking?lingered ir
iy ears and the tower continued ti
ock. We lay against the door fot
a moment and then collapsed to tlu
floor. Later, a few seconds later, ]
uppose, Joe got up and dashed dowr
stairs. I followed him.
"When I reached the ground Joi
was running full speed up the rout
to Chesterton, two miles away. I an
old that he never stopped until h<
reached there although several per
-oils tried to halt him._
"I went down to the wreckage. Tlu
conductor of one of the trains cairn
; up and tried to ask ine something
He could not talk, he waH shaking
I so,, and I guess I couldn't have an
swercd. I don't remember much aftei
that."
Whitehead said that the signal sys
tern was interlocking so both track
could not have been open at the sann
time. Closing the tracks to the Mich
igan Central automatically opened 1
to the N. C. Central and vice versa
he Baid.
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Mr. J. A. Hursey is in South Bos
ton. Va., this week on business.
SWALLOWS SWORDS 1
TO GLT LIBERTY.
? Suspected Safe Crackers I'psct Offic- i
) er's Dream.
i
Sheriff Heise enjoys a goo<l joke
and he made the welkin ring when it
? was discovered that county officers
? had arrested a man who could swal.
low swords, and another who "eats
. fire on a tip that the two men might
i be the safe blowers who cracked the
. safe in Edgefield postoffice last week.
Several days ago a citizen from
the rural district rushed into the
j sheriff's office and said he had slghti
cd two men walking toward Columbus.
One carried a long puckage that
s appeared to be a rifle covered and
, tied. The other carried a grip. The'
r enthusiastic informer suggested that ;
the men might be safe crackers and I
in a short time two county officers]
' wero on their way toward Irmo to in-1
. tercept the suspects. The strangers
were located on the trucks of the Co]
lumbia, Newberry & Laurens railroad
. and were placed under arrest. They j
. were brought to the sheriff's office'
, for investigation and a side show per-] j
lormance followed. i \
One of the prisoners appeared to ,
be about 45 year8 old and he car- j
ried the package supposed to con- (
j tain a rifle. The man with the grip L
'was about 24 years old. The elderly
'prisoner be gan to thank the county .
officers lor bring hi.ni to Columbia {
land the officers exchanged queer .
{glances. The prisoner untied his
I "ugly" bundle and four swords rat- (
tied, Picking up a long one with a v
sharp edge, the prisoner proceeded to (
shove the blade down his thro-at. lie
' pulled it out and added another to
! show that he could swallow two at
tin same time. After swallowing all
'the swords he had on hand, the prisoner
informed the officers that bis
friend was a "fire eater" and both
were on their way to Florence to join
a carnival. The eood natured pris-|
orer said he and his friend went 4
broke and were forced to count cross (
(ities to get to Florence. Two pennies I,
J was the sum total of the wealth of
[ the travelers. j
Friendship sat upon the throne in
tin sheriff's office and i na few nun-'1
^jntes the officers had raised a neat *
sum to present to the men who werel
suspected of being safe blowers. The c,
story leaked out.?The State.
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BIRD SEASON C'I>OSES. r
t
The open season for shooting par-j
tridges closed Monday and will not
reopen until Thanksgiving day in
'November. Many hunters took advan-j
tages of the pretty weather Monday t
and spent the day in the woods and j
j fields. Partridges have been plentiful v
5! this season, and hunters have had ex-!r
.;celleut sport, but the size an'1 num-1,
('ber of the eovies does not Seem to ^
[ diminish and there appeared to be'a
. as many birds at the closing as at (
! the opening of the season. When they f
,'conie from is a question. Old hunters j
J claim that us the season advances c
jthey come out of swamps looking for j,
' food, and as fast as one covey is11
killed out another takes possession of (
.'its feeding ground. Then again birds \
! f 1 > fast at the close of the season, and 0
it takes an expert shot to kill the t
1 lau-ful 1 ?
"uu'wn -?i O num. c
S|x?ite?t Preacher for Yegginan
j Ii
Luniberton Robesonian. p
Things will happen. It was Tues- r
day morning that Chief of Police D. t
M. Ilucker was advised by wire that a
three yeggmen were on the Seaboard t
. train from Charlotte and to be on the e
[ watch for them. The yeggmen had c
blown a safe in Charlotte according a
? to the wire message from the Char- a
lotte officer. Knowing how tricky t
> yeggtnan generally are, Chick Rarker
[ had plenty of officers on the seem- to
lake good care of the'situation. The
train canie in and the officers looked
. the passengors over. Only one in-in
had the appearance of a yeggtnan
and one of the officers nabbed hint,
i This one proved to be a minister and
. had his credentials along to prove it.
r The officer "let go" when lie was
J convinced that hp had arrested a
,1 pi eacher.
,i It was later learned that the yegg
men changed trains at Hamlet, going
towards Raleigh.
J Two Inch,. Smm- Sunday Night.
Perhaps one of the most remark .
able and plienomical snow storms ocJcurring
in the southern section of
I North Crrolina was witnessed at
. Rear Swanip, between Ruio. N. C\,
? and Rennert. N. CV, last Sunday night. I
[j Conductor Vann, running on A. C
, T.. No. 82 reports that there was one
and one half inches of snow in this
>|fpriion wnen n.? passou mrotign < :u iv '
j Sunday morning.
,j It began to snow at about 0:30 p. |
jjtn. and oonttnued to d> so until j
l!about 1:30 a. m. The storm was ae-!
companiod by thunder ami lightning
3 and those living near by say it wo,
\ iolcnt and furious.
The area covered was nearly a *
, mile in width and seemed to bo eon-j*
I fined almost entfrely to the Swamp
r section.
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K. of I*. Meeting Tonight.
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? All members of Dillon T.odge No. (
- 54 K. of P. are urged to attend the
t regular meeting of the lodge tonight |
, at 7:30 p. m. Second Degree work.
C. S. Herring, C. C.
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Camphor is now being made from !
turpentine by a svntbetie process.
[MTTSHUIMiH BANKS
HOLDING BACK DATA, j
\ccusutioii Made by Comptroller ??t j
Currency. Want Salary Figures. t
! >
Washington, Feb. 26?The Pitts>urg
Clearing House Association was Isiccused
by Comptroller of the Cur .1
ency Williams today of having for- ;
tidden its member banks to furnish , t
ata asked for in the national bank t
all issued yesterday by the comp-j
roller. j f
Several items not heretofore given 11
>n the face of the reports were re- 1
LUested in the current call the conip-j
roller explained. These items, he said t
ncluded a statement as to the 2
.mount of money which was being t
cuned on bond and stock collateral t
n New York city, a statement show- 1
ng the aggregate amount of salaries .\
>ajd to the executive officers of v
ianks and the number of such offie- 1
ts and the amount of salaries paid J
ill other employes of the bank and 1
ho number of such o mi tin van >
"The obvious purpose of inclusion I
if tiio clauses apparently found ob- >
returnable in Pittsburg,1' Mr. Wil- .>
ianis said. "was to develop whether j
uoney of depositors in national banks <
s being diverted from its proper I
unction of supplying legitimate bus- i
noss and enterprise earn fancy (
'alea front the need of recklessness of I
peculators at a distance, and wheth-'t
r disproportionate or improper [
.mounts of the earnings ol bank; \
re being expended in salaries to ot
icials. it is difficult to understand
by bank'rs wbo have used such i
liouey discreetlj ami with regard t,J i
lie rights "of their customers and ,
liaivholders, should object t > male
ng this information public." i
FAST THA1X WltKCKS. ,
No. 83, the Atlantic Coast Line's
tain, due at Dillon at D a. in., ,
:ame to grief opposite tho Maple Cot- ,
on Mill Monday morning, when the
tagguge anil express cars left the ,
ails and plowed up about 2U0 yards t
>f track. No nn>. \C:ic mini-oil
rain, which has a fast schedule, was t
licking up speed after leaving Dillon. ,
md was not running very fast when
lie coache8 left the track. The train,
arried only a few passengers. No. j
10, the northbound morning train,
vas sent by way of Marion and Wil-j
nington, and the morning malls did
lot reach town until late in the
ornoon.
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CHST Ol'T of the boat.
After hearing me talk cotton for J
he past three months on the same;'"
ines that "Farmer Bob" wrote in this'*
veck's issue of The Herald, some of
ny friends are giving mo credit for
vriting the article. While I would .
>e proud of it, still I didn't write it 1
ind shouldn't have the credit. I '
hiuk he is right, we should start to,*'
arming for ourselves, and have a*'
ittle as possible to do with the speak- (rs
an*l expert advisers of how to 1
handle our cotton, for we all know
hat The American Cotton Associa- "
ion, The Cotton Corporation and !l
Varehouses never put up the price >
if cotton, but 1 think we could say s
hat Gerniant- put up the price of
otton and the Associations helped to 0
nit in down, for it seems if we had
old as fast as v.pinned, started to ''
laying our accounts, our share crop- 11
ers and ourselves started to buying;
oods, the merchants would have had d
o get in the market for new goods ^
nd of course the mills would have t
o supply them. Then again lnive you ''
\< r hoard of a fannor thai sold liis
otton as fast as ho ginned year in
nd year out that wasn't satisfied,
nd don't you think ht. would have
i) be some kind of u prophet to know a
that years to hold and what years to ,
ell, so it seems thai it would be lots
K tter to make ii and sell it and use 5
1.0 nuuey; and I'll vent urt to say t
hat ninety per cent of the cotton \
torcd in the state belongs to hanks, ,
iorchants and fertilizer dealers, hut .
,one of them stored it. I believe in a
warehousing it to 1< <p ii out of the
/cather but dou't believe 111 storing
t for good, ami we will stop it as ,
con as the warehouses start to sell- ;
ng some cotton to pay storage. Have p
ou over seen a crowd of men or
women going over the stat(. holding (
neetings to advise the banks how to
oan money and run their hanks and
idling the merchants when to buy j
roods and when to sell them and how ,
o do It. still we will listen to what j
hey tell 1 lie farmers, and I believe ,
he farmer ought to run his own busn
ess. ,
Now we ar0 in the pickle and we
will have t'? get out the bos' way we ^
an, and 1 think the best way is to
dant what cotton we can gather be i
ore it turns blue in the fields, and
lon't plant so much that we will ,
inve to depend o'i hands t'iat live in ,
own to pick it; and try .oiling il as
; in for a f .v years, for no ellinr
nouns no buying, no buying no spin- j
pin).', no spinning no usintr, and it ,
v,. don't do any of those, lot's not j1
rot in nuothor boat unless wo have.,
loinotbin-s to dip the water out wilhj
(money) lor thi boat reminds one
?f the steamboat Abo Lineoln told
ibout, that used to ply on iho Missssippi
in the early days. It IkkI a fiv?
cot boiler and a seven foot whistle
ind every time the whistle blew the
MiRine stopped,
J. P. McLaurln,
Feb. 25. 1921 Dillon, S. C.
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The J?pant^0 Empire consists of
260,000 square miles, with a population
of about\\77 OO0.0O0
C'OI NTY M:\VS
Floj d;diy ' I
Mrs. Mack and Miss Brickie,!
eachers of Marion county, spent the
veek end with Mrs. B. A. Alford.
Miss Kuth Hodges of Brownsville <
pent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. ?
I. 11 Stackhouse. i
Mr. S. C. Fay lor and family spent '
Sunday with friend* in Marion coun- 1
y. <
Mr. 11. 11. Floyd, Jr, has returned 1
roni the northern markets where he '
md gone to purchase goods for the
Moyd Co. * t
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. McDonald en- (
ertained on Wednesday, February
!3, a number of their friends at a 1
urkey dinner given in honor of 1
heir son and his wife, Mr. und Mrs.
ercy .ucuonam. i nose wno en joyed '
Ir. and Mrs. McDonald's hospitality (
ifere Mr. and Mrs. J. 11. Stack house,
lev. and Mrs. 1*. K. Crosby, Mr. and
>lrs. H. II. Floyd, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. '
Moyd, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Rogers,
.1 r. and Mrs. J. T. Heaver, Mrs. John '
.. McLaunn, Mrs. Laura McDonald, '
ill*. It. . Oliver, Mi. Murray llaves, '
>Ir. \V. 11. Dreed en and Mr. and Mr?
V. 11. Rogers Then again on the night
d February 23, Mr. and Mrs. Mi
tonald entertained the younger peo
de with a party, lleside the people
>i this place, there \vus ipiiti a nun.>er
from Fork, also lioin L?iil<>i A1
? r iitauy interesting games had been
layed, cake and ambrosia aned.
< ?n I-ridaj niglu Februaiv 2 Mi.
In,. Stnckboust gave a partj <> .
lumber of his lri<mls at the lov? ly
t viii11y home ot' his latin : ai d m<><;.
r. Mr. and Mrs. J. 11. Sttiekhou
I'lie doors ot this h< spn; l>!? ! >: .?
Aiiy. thrown open to about em. bun
lied and fifty guisi. Tin n. .
uiuished bj Messrs. Anons. .Mi L.'yn
mil McKenzie of Rowland, ai-o b\
Messrs. McDonald, Smith and Anions
>i Dillon. The guest danced and play d
parlor ganieB until a late hour.
I'he refreshments consisted of deli
ious ambrosia and cake. This was 1
of the most delightful i artii s of
he season, and each guest departed,'
'Xpressing to the host many thanks 1
? * anni'AAiottnvv .. t
<i up|'tv:\ lllliuii 1VM *1 I1IU>1 aUl*
veiling.
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Calvary.
Our pastor, Rev J. A. Lnngley,;1
reached a most excellent sermon for
is on Sunday last.
Mr. It. Moody of lied Springs, N. 1
2. wus here one day last week in
he interest of his farm. (
There seems to be tnucli sickness ^
?ver this section ai present, an epelemic
of cold and cough of the worst
ype is in most every family.
C. F. Bowen's youngest child of ibout
two years of age is seriously/
il at this writing. This is the only '
ase of pneumonia that the writer is
ware of. 1
The only child of Mr. and Mrs. 1
lullie Marlins i? seriously ill at this
ime.
The farmers of this section has '
nost of their fields clear of stalks r
ut there has been little plowing don* '
et. Guess somebody will get bury '
oon- 1
All members of Hamer Lodge K.
f P. No. 171 are especiallj asked to 1
e present this Friday night. The '
usinesH of this meeting is of a pet
lanent nature so be sure and attend. '
Kvery person in this section is eor- 1
ially invited to bo present at tin
unday school on n< \t Sunday at t? i
liirty o'clock. This of importune*
i> you and the Sunday school.
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I.it tie (lock .News
Mr. and Mrs^.1. Urns.'11 Them;'.-on 1
nd liltl?> soil. Shepherd h:t\e l
<i Andrews, S. Co where Mr. Thotui
on ha purchased half owm i < i; ia
h. tiro insurance firm ot !- \ iv
'oinpony. Mr. Thompson has al
.ays lived li.'iv, When his colleg
ar? ? !* ended, lie entered the nurutile
business wit!: his lather hoi.,
n<l alter being tlm^ ;\. <i lot a
vv years, he went i' to the fir< inttranee
business vvh.'-h he has been
ngr.ged in for five or six years 1I? ,
been active in the eonimunity,
eving served a nutuber terms a
aayor ut the town, ami on the board '
. trustees of the Little Hock School.
The innumerable friends of this
1.arming and interesting family pro- )
oundlv regret their leaving, for
hey will bo sadly missed in ?Very
base of life by every one that has
lie pleasure of knowing them.
Following is the honor roll of Lit1<
lioek School for Februarj:
7th. Grade Howard Berry, Ida
i? k Hargrove.
6th tirade? IJernioe Brltt. ^
fitli. tirade Hortense James.
1th Grade -Mary Uothea, Rutli ]
luggins, Mli/.abetli James, Edna
yroctor. <r
Srd. Grade- \V. F. Stanton.
Viul. Grade- Colic Allen, Irenetriggers,
Charlotte Meadors, Aline:
Sertoli, Alan Schafer. -j
I. uiiuu- -Mil lip AH'tM'IIUI'i 11(11uh
Loe Horry, Louise Borry. Archie
Illsty, Odious Origgers, Prentice,
?ioctor, (.1 radio Hamilton.
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News from Elbeny. .
i(
Miss Aileen Hayes entertained!
juirt a number of hor friends at u.(
>ir!hday party on Saturday afternoon t
'ehruary 2G, 10 21. After the happy
;roup had arrived they were sum- t
noned to tho lawn where many in- \
cresting games were successfully
jlayed, and enjoyed by all. At the d
dose of one of the games Mrs. Hoyt J
< A N 'T STEAL LIQUOR. /
i
Judge Rules it i?, So Crime UecaUM %
Stuff is Already Outlawed. ;
That whiskey can not be stolen, 1
ind hence that no person can be presented
for stealing liquor, was a rulug
ol Judge John I). Humphries in
he case of Lon Terry und 0. M.
ilowell, Atlanta Ga , detectives, inlicted
for stealinK b7 quarts of the
ahisley from Clarence Hart. The
heft charge was nol prossed, but
Tenv was placed on trial under ano:her
indictment charKinK possession
f liquor.
"A man cannot steal something
vhich the law has declared Is no
property", said Judge Humphries.
'Whiskey has been outlawed, dedared
not to be property and to be
ontiaband. It having no property
.i . uiii jrauv :s incapable or belnK
tol*n and tl.is court will nol pross
he indictment as to liquor The court
ivill iiol pross the portion of the bill
harping the theft of the suitcase be ause
the bill fails to assign any vali*
to them, pivlnp them a property
ralue "
Solicitor Doykiu. contended that the
bill \\a.? pood, and the qn<<ti? tt was
raised of what course the court
would have follow* <{ if the liquor had
l>ee|| in the suitcases.
"In that case the tndictm* nt still
w mid not have been good," said
I'Huniphn* s. "The outlawed
li !tu i w ihi hnvi outlaw* t the uiti'i'im
d* t'<>> " any prop*it> value
t would have h d. so far as ihe
law e n< ? *!." .Inc. Hiimj hries
s. y* .1 man . 'eel rail'- but
n?M he;.My.
1
Wat.- n id I.atta ania <d that the
happy - l oijp was v. ant* d in th* dining
room vvlun the cole: scheme
i : W in - : ;lly t ar- >
:nd out. In t !. ? iii? i ot a square
table the birthday cake (1* I'orated
with fifteen pink and gre* n e.indies
i. ade the < ak< v*-rv attractlv* . The
rake beautifully ii <1 was in a mound ,
u troen dotted with small pink tlowiis.
Mi.-s L'essi* Karl Patterson played
a march on the piano while tho
part* march* d to th*' dininp room
where a sweet course was served byMrs.
John C. Allen and Mrs. Hoyt
Watson.
\V. (. l ore and family visited iu
ihis- community Saturday.
Mrs. K. L. Powell and Mrs. J. P.
Williams c>t Dalcho section were vistors
at El berry one day last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank llendrix of
"onwnv ii.iii..i mo. ?
? .HIW iism^ uavis last
veek.
Miss Bessie Earl Patterson of the
Clarion High School faculty visited
CI is. John C. Hayes last Saturday.
diss Patterson having taught at Dal- .
:lio last year is very pleasantly reneinbercd
in this section.
Miss Mae Belle l'arham of Latta
vas a pleasant visitor of our sec
ion one day last week.
John C. Allen is now hauling brick
o a site near his present home. He
xpects in the near future to build a
uodern dwelling house. \v,? are glad
hat Mr. Allen has taken such steps
nd hopo that his in i either.* will tclow
suit.
Miss Myra Powell 01 Balcho spent
In- week end with 1 riends .it Ul
>erry.
Adiiec l\r>* : . ? >?
,.c.? j^.n rtiiu r 101 a j
Mc'l.i ml ?i??'nt IV week end jB
Carolina News
Mrs. N. (' Mri.au; in i.| Wot)ley
pent a few day* Inst week wltb
nT dnughti i. Mi- I. \V. Milium.
The Ladies Betterment Club hold
very interesting tnoeiiiiK at the
eliool tn u .. on . Friday altericon.
M' :i K.i'? it'nnis, a studrtor;
M . 1? aid Cn!le>.r ''pent
tie Hi c k end T homo.
Mrs. \v. J. Stone 1 Kaefdrd Is visI
inir i I'lat i\ i s In i >.
Mis- - I.iuni Me.Murraj Winnie
Vain-: and Chariton John attended
ho T .lelioiMi fill}' : t Dillon Satirdny.
.'
Can linn Schnul < i
.... I
'i - public to be pr? i; ' tho Womnless
Wedding, 01 t !.* marriage of
>li-s Petite France to Mr. U. S Aiucr.
ra on Friday n'aht. M irch the fourth 4
? u'ht
retook Carolina school house Ad "
Mission 15 and 2 5 cents.
Mr. and Mrs. Ja k Mclnnis and
ons ol' Clio spent Sunday at the homo
if his mother. Mrs. C. M. Mclnnis.
Miss Mary McKinuon is \ (siting her
btor, Mi s. Jim MeCJuec u of Rowland.
Miss Marion Fosterling of Dillon m
rcently visited relatives here. ?
Miss Grace and Minn Collier of the j
A'illis school and Miss Mattie Warle
>i' the Wesley school were the guests
)t Miss I,aura McMurray, at the home
>f Mrs. C. M. Melnnls, on la-t Wedtesday
evening. A number of others 1
mine In after rupper and spent a 1
ilorry t \ening together.
Missis. Hubert and Maurioi Car- fl
ol of Dillon spent Sundn> with E
' ill Mclnnls.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Ros0 of Coluin>ia
are visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. C. |
Miss Wilson Moore a student of 1
College is at home for some
Miss Ruby Rotors who has a post- <49
ion at Wilmington, N. G. spent the 39
reek end a homo.
Mrs. I,. J. Fort is spending a few
lays at Rowland with her daughter,
Irs. T. W. Cnrmiehael. JH