Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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? Latta N i Coming and Going Miss Flora Belle McLeod, Miss Agnes Davis and Mack Atkins, from the Elberry section, came through town on horse-back Friday. Mr. J. B. McCutcheon, formerly of this place, but now of Dillon, was in town Friday. . Mr. and Mrs. Carey Kilgore and children, of Bishopvllle, are here spending the week end with Mrs. Edwards. J. F. Easterllng of Temperance was in town Friday. H. C. and W. A. Brigman of Brownsville were In town Saturday. O. D. Fitts, conductor one one of the fast trains of the main line,was on his way to Clio to see his family. W. W. Braddy, who travels, spent the week end with hls family. J. L. Lane from above Mallory, was in town Saturday. Miss Bessie Earl Patterson of the Marion School faculty, and Miss Flora Belle McLeod, of the Dalcho faculty, are spending the week end ! with Miss May Belle Parham. J. S. Fair of Brownsville was in town Saturday. P. E. Harper of Brownsville was in town saiuraay. | J. V. Mitchell of Teniporence was in town Saturday. John C. Bethea and little son Hugh of Dillon were here Saturday. J. A. Ckilloway of Mnllory was in town Saturday. T. W. Weatlierford of Tomperencel was here Saturday. T. W. Fenegan who travels spent the week end with his family. W. B. Stackhouse of Little Rockl was visiting relatives here Saturday.j Hon. E. R. Ellerbe, at present in' the house of representatives at Columbia, is spending the week end with his family. G. S. Jones, a long staple buyer of Hartsville was in town Saturday. Mrs. L. S. Calhoun of Clio was In town Friday. Miss Alice Medlin of Clio was in| town Friday. R. G. Todd, from Allsbrook, Ga., was in town Friday. T. B. Satchell of Florence was in town Friday. Lacey Hayes, of Free State was here Saturday. E. D. Clark of Sellers was in town oaiuruay. N. W. Hood of Dalcho was in town Saturday. H. C. Hayes of Dalcho was in town Saturday. W. K. Fore of Oak Grove was in town Saturday. Miss Thelma Stanton of Dillon High School and who lives in Little Rock spent the week end with Mrs. H. C. Finklea. J. B. Pearce, formerly of this place but now of Marlon County, was in town Saturday. Mrs. H. E. Vaughn and Mrs. L. L. Smith of Mullins were in town Saturday. P. W. Bryant of Temperence was here Saturday. La it it Hammond of Oak Grove was here Saturday. If. T. Hartley of Brownsville was here Saturday. L. T. Sessions, Jr. of Floydale was iiti c oaiui uav. S. E. Lane of Ebenezer was herei Saturday. Mrs. C. F. Kilgus of Bamberg js: visiting her mother, Mrs. Irena Lane I of Ebenezer. Mrs. W. L. Hewitt and her daughter of Marion were visiting friends and relatives in town Saturday. D. G. Manship of Sellers was in town Saturday. Charlie Parham of Mnllary was in town Saturday. Mrs. Ilobert Lane and Mrs. Lacey Lane of Ebenezer were in town Saturday. F. B. Watson of Antioch was hero Saturday. T. E. Berry ofg Ellberry was bore Saturday. i S. II. Calahan. Superintendent of the Light Plant, has returned from a visit to see his parents at Greenville,' S. C. Jas. L. Dew of Tmperence was here; Saturday. Lacey Edwards, formerly of this place, but now of Norfolk, Va., is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Edwards. L. E. Dew of Daleho was here Saturday. H. F. Easterling of Temperence was here Saturday. J. L. Mclnnis of Sellers was here1 Saturday. L. R. Ropers of Dothan was here' Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Rich, Manager Tilghman Lumber Co., Sellers, was here Saturday. D. M. Watson of Antioch was here Saturday. . Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Armstrong loft Sunday for Honea Path to visit Mrs. .Armstrongs parents. Dr. and Mrs. Edwards and Mrs. Scphronia Rethea, spent Sunday in Florence, visiting Delle Rethea, whoj Is in the Florence Infirmary. Mr <%_?l n c-- TT< rt "1? 1 mi < ?uu min. j"J, v* Aiicui vjnarne i and Kitty, ppent Sunday in Dillon # -with relatives. Mrfl. Mary Allen of Dillon spent Sunday with relatives here. Mr. Lide of Marion spent Sunday with relatives here. Mr. E. B. Berry, Jr. and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Bethea. Little Miss June Fass of Dillon visited her aunt, Mrs. Henry Resents b&um, this week. Mrs. Isla Clumpier returned on THE DILLON HERALD. V ews Depa Conducted by W. Ellis Be the; Sunday night from Ninety Six, where she has been visiting her sister, Mrc Kinard. Mrs. Summerlin, mother of W. J. Summerlin,, with her daughter, Mrs. Barnes, arrived Sunday night from Wilson, N. (J. qn account of Mr. Summerlln'8 illnims. P. A. George of bilberry was here Monday. V Treacy E. Fore of O^k Grove was here Monday. J. W. Edgerton has accepted a position with the Southern Wholesale and Distributing Co. of Dillon, where he is ready to accommodate his many friends to low prices. Messrs. Claud beary and Walter Jackson of Rbwland, N. C. spent Sunday in town. L. N. Hatchel of Ellberry was in town Monday. D. S. Rogers of Free State was in town Monday. . G. S. Roberts of Zion was here Monday. G. S. Roberts of Zion wag here Monday. Rowland Roberts of Zion was here I Mnndnv ^ Bert McLaurin of near Floydale was here Monday. Q. B. Satchel of Florence was here Monday. Lattio Fort of Fork was here Monday. 1). G. Burden who works in Row-| land for the A. C. L. spent Monday! j with his family. I Miles Mclnnis of Bingham was here I Monday. ! Walter Willis of Bingham was here | Monday. i W. E. Edwards of Mullins was in town Monday night. i Sain Edwards of Dalclio was in town Monday. E. Vareen of Marion spent Sunday! in Latta as usual. S. H. Husband, cashier of the Ftrst National Bank of Florence, was in town Sunday. Jas. M. Brown of Atlanta, Ga., was in town Sunday. W. H. Lee of Richmond, Va? was! here Sunday. F. C. Norris of Florence was here Monday. R. E. Scogglns, of the Charlotte Marble Works, of Charlotte was in town Monday. Geo. Metz, of Charleston, representing Va-Car. Chemical Co. Fertilizer people, was in town Monday. Hon. B. B. Sellers of Sellers was here Monday. Uicooc r> i - *' -* - - ma uciuuue maiming ana sue Allen spent Sunday in Columbia. Mrs. Walsh Evans, after an extended visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Baker, has returned to her home in Ocean View, Va. M. L. Watson, after visiting his parents here, Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Watson, .has gone to Petersburg, Va. E. M. Parker of Clio was here Tuesday. R. T. Burney, with McN'air and Pearsall, Wilmington, N. C., was here Tuesday. Mr. V. D. Game has gone on an extended visit to his son, Clifford Game, who lives at Jacksonville, Fla. C. P. Wells, who travels and who lives in Bennettsville was here Tues-1 day. Miss Lillian Bethea spent the dayj in Sellers with relatives. -Miss s.Maggie Lockheart spent the day with Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Rogers i Sunday. J. H. Berry of Campbells Bridge! was in town Tuesday. I D. Tuckman was in Dillon Tuesday on business. Murray Hayes of Floydale was in town Tuesday. J. A. Brothers of Wilmington, N. C., war in town on Thursday. | j J. O. Dysart, representing Heath fr Co., of Columbia, cotton brokers, j is here for a few days looking after! ihis interests. George Metz, of Charleston, repre-] senting Va-Carolina Chemical Co. was : here Friday. I T. A. Covington of Rockingham,' |N. C. was in town Friday. W. E. Edwards, a tobacco man of. note, who used to live here, but now of Mullins. was in town Thursday, j E. B. Belllngton, representing a la cigar concern of Atlanta, was in town Friday. W. C. Parham and G. R. Williams spent the day In Sumter. P. C. Dew of Oak Grove was in town Friday. Ex-Sheriff Dane was in town Frilay. C. S. Bethea, sheriff of Dillon county was in town Friday. R. Z. McKay of Ebenezer was in town Friday. Walter Mikel, auditor Swift & Co. Oil Mill, Columbia, was here checking up the boys Thursday. The U. S. Internal Revenue De-j I>artment had u representative herei 611 the 23rd. helping the boys make) income returns. E. L. Powell of Dalcho was in | town Friday. Miss Delle Bethea, a student of Mary Baldwin Seminary, who came home on account of her health, is now at the Florence Infirmary. W. E. Allen of Dalcho was in town Friday. M. D. Coleman of Dalcho was in town Friday. W, J. Turbeville of Floydale was in town Friday. o There are 12,000,000 negroes in the United States. They constitute one-seventh of the working force of < the country. ] DUX/ON, SOUTH CAROLINA* TBI i rtment. News Items of Interest In and Around Latta. The many friends of W. J. Summerlin, who works at Dillon, will be sorry to know that he was at home the past week on account of sickness. The drove of cows appraised some days ago for the W. C. Parharn bankrupt sale, which will be remembered was appraised at $2100.00 were sold today at public auction for $1505.00. Frank Watkins was the auctioneer. Mrs. O. C. Fore is in Columbia at the bedside of her daughter, Mrs. Rowell, who is Bick in Columbia Hospital. Mrs. Summerlin and her daughter. Mrs. Barnes of Wilson, on their arrival here, found W. J. Summerlin so sick that they decided to take him to Richmond for treatment. The wreck of 83 on Monday morning at the cemetery near Dillon caused some delay in traffic, and much inconvenience to the traveling public, but glad to note that no lives were lost. The friends of Miss Mary McAllister, one of our popular teachers, will l,o ,1 ol i rrl, 4 U..n~. ,1?1. -1- - 1 wv uviiBiiicu iu miun umi Dliv iiiia sufficiently recovered to leave Columbia Hospital, and return to her home at Mt. C arm el, S. C. The preachers and laymen of the l'ee Dee Association met in Latta on Tuesday, March 1st, to discuss the raising of the Seventy-Five Million Dollars, covering the several interest of the Baptist church. H. L. Betliea one of our highly esteemed townsmen is in John Hopkins Hospital for treatment, and we trust that the means which are being used will restore him to health. The many friends of Miss Lula Myers will be sory to know that it came necessary for her to have to go to Charleston for treatment, where she now is,, with Dr. Baker. L. Kornblut has just returned from the northern markets where he has been looking after the wants of his many customers. Mr. Kornblut is proprietor of The Latta Dry Goods Co. and he says if his friends will examine k'8 purchases that they will not complain of hard times any further. On Tnesdav nlp-ht nt 7-5n the 8th, J. Walter Daniel, D. D. of the South Carolina Conference, as well as a lecturer of note, and a writer whose fame has gone way beyond the boundary lines of his own state, will lecture in the Methodist church here in Latta by invitation of the Parent-Teachers' and Library Associations. If you fail to both cry and laugh, when you hear him, then you must have a stony heart indeed. Remember the date. J. M. Freeman driver of Route No. 3 just after leaving town Monday morning to deliver mail, when about one mile from town, discover eu a telephone wire entangled in one of his buggy wheels, and as it made some unusual noise, frightened his horse somewhat, and on getting down to get the wire out of the wheel, his horse took fright, and ran away, leaving Mr. Freeman in the road. On his arrival in town without his driver there was some fear that Mr. Freeman was killed, .but the driver soon arrived, and all who saw the horse come in were greatly relieved to find that Mr. Freeman was not hurt. o Social Fventg at Latin. | Mrs. D. G. Burden entertained at dinner in honor of one of her mother's girlhood friends, Mrs. J. F. Bishop, of Wilmington, N. C. Those invited were: Mesdames W. Ellis Bethea, Alberta Berry, A. G. Stafford, ana aiis8 Lillian Bethea. Several who dined with Mrs. Burden say that she is an artist when it comes to high feeding. Miss Beatrice Blum celebrated her twelfth birthday last Friday the 25th, with a party. The guests were met at the door by Mrs. Blum and Mrs. Blumberg of Dillon. After many enjoyable games, the children were taken to the dining room where hot chocolate and cakes were served, followed by candies and fruits. The girls who enjoyed Miss Blum's hospitality were: Misses Catherine Rogers, Mary LeGette, Mary Covington, Rosa Kate Hammond, Elizabeth Bailey, Valinda Watson and Sarah Ilenry. .All present voted the occasion a most enjoyable one. Mrs. J. J. Tolar dcli'ghtfully entertained on Saturday afternoon the 2Gth with progressive rook, with three tables, covered with dainty hand embroidered cloths, with blue bird designs, the numbers of the lnhlr?c hr.intr nnUi?.1 ? T Uv>ntl UIIIUIICU UN IHCII CIOIII. Th o refreshments consisted of chicken salad, pickles, olive^ and choose straws. .The following guests enjoyed Mrs. Tolar's hospitality: Mcsdames Grady Bethca, W. D. Bethea, J. A. 13. Eegette, F. L?. Carpenter, T. C. McGee, O. J. Fonegan, R. J. Dew, Mrs. Ada Edwards and Misses Mary Moore Stoncburher, Sue Allen, Gertrude Manning, Teressa Dew, Annie Covington, Orm>, Bethea and Eva Bennett.. ntSDAY MORNING, MARCH S. 1991. ==M^aseg==a?. i . uMra. D. C. Edwards entertained the I Bridge Club On Wednesday afternoon I1 the 23rd. The living room was deco-[ rated with japonicas. There were I three tables used for the cards. Mrs. E. K. Ellerbe won the prize. At a late . hour refreshments were served, con- j sisting of chicken salad, deviled eggs with coffee. The following members i were present: Mesdames F. L. Car- 1 penter, L. L. Watson, T. C. McOee, j. u. Armstrong, D. B. Sbine and W. D. Bethea. Mr. and Mrs. Houston Manning entertained at dinner on the 24th. An elaborate dinner of several courses i wa6 served, after which amusing I games were indulged in, to the great enjoyment of all present. The follow- I ing guests enjoyed Mr. and Mrs. ' Manning's hospitality: Misses Gertrude Mahaffv, Eloise Linson, Mary | Moore Stoneburner, Annie Covington, Gertrude Manning and Mre. Ada Ed- , wards and Messrs. O. J. Ziegler, R. | T. Fairey and Frank Ellerbe. o HOW TO ARRIVE AT YOUR INCOME TAX. First take your home, Add wife's income, Divide by your eldest son's age, Add telephone number. Subtract your auto license number. Add electric light bill, Divide by number of kilowatts, Multiply by your father's age, Add number of gold fillings in teeth. And your house number, Subtract wife's age (approximate) Divide by the number of aunts you have, Add the number of uncles, Subtract number of daughters, Multiply by number of timeB You have gone up in an airplane, Subtract your best golf score; Add a pinch of salt And then go out and Borrow the money and pay the tax. Lenin has submitted to the Eighth I Congress of Soviets a plan for the complete electrification of Russia in ten years. NOTICE OF SALE. United States District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina. . In the matter of W. C. Parham In Bankruptcy Bankrupt. Uder and by virtue of an order of the aforesaid court I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, in front of the store building formerly occupied by W. C. Parham; all of the personal property belonging to the said estate. The sale will commence at 10 o'clock in the forenoon on Saturday, March 19th, 1921, and continue until all of the said property is disposed of. The said property consist of the following; 51 Bales of cotton, 300 bushels of conr, cotton seed out of five bales of cotton, manure spreader, 2 two horse wagons, 1 one horse wagon, 1 stalk cutter, 1 harrow, 1 reaper and binder, 1 mower, 1 Ford touring car, 1 Ford Roadster, 1 Cadillac touring inuring car, x wnite truck, 1 Defiance truck, 5 sets of plows, 1 four hundred dollar rent note, a lo' of notes and chatted mortgages, all open at cost, all household and kitchen furniture, all stock end bonds, also all of the stopk of goodg consisting of: hardware, dry goods, shoes, wagons, buggies, notions, also seen at the office of N. B. Hargrove. It N. B. HARGROVE, Trustee SK mgles I have a fresh car of Cypres3 Shingles, several grades, and C1700 P/\HAr> la 1 ^ J M.xvu. WUklUll JO TCI / IUW, una SO is the price of these shingles. I havc also a fresh car of No. 1 Cedar Shingles, just from Vancouver, B. C. I invite competition on these. o W. Ellis Bethea. |~LATTA DRY i ... I we wish to an blut returned fn bought the most ready to wear th I1 of Latta. Our piece gooc lected. We alrea* of Silks, Voils an before. Our Millinery | Miss Smith and s I to show her won BESSES ataaEffiafflBgEfflg] ta-s . i >ajB CP C 3 ? 17 7 a rarmers ana *b i EB w Merchants Bank eb /1 EE) S: ? Capital - $100,000,00 ? i Surplus - $128,000.00 ^ 4 | OLDEST - STRONGEST - BEST f Increase Your Farm Profits USE % \ I Fertilizers "True to Name" ?,. L. MUOKE, - - i - Dillon, N. C. W. J. SUMMERLIN, - - Latta, 5. C. Special Representatives \ New Spring J Dresses & Coats I A fffft rfiirnl 1. .?wMVUWljr ItlUlY iUUdl I Prices Pleasingly Low j We are opening up some very at- | tractive spring dresses, . Coats, 1 Skirts, Wait, and childrens dress es, made of the newest materials^I cut in fashion designs, all marked ? ~ at very pleasing prices. Why not i % * 1 Igci yours xoaay I ^ New Spring Ginghams, White Goods, Suit- I ing and Silks at remarkable low prices. I If its best style? in things to wear you want at the I lowest price, come to , B Jones Dry Goods Co. Q R. R. Avenn, ~ " ^ Uillon^ D. Lj. | lOODS COfirOEPUini LATTA. S. C. nounce that our buyer Mr. L. Korn- I om the northern markets, and has 1 beautiful line of Ladies and Misses | at has ever been shown in the town |<T Is department has neither been neg- | dy. received the most beautiful line ? id cotton wash fabrics ever shown I' Department will be in charge of B she hopes to have the pleasure again I derful and tasteful selection of hats. I