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Coming and Going.
Charlie Manning of Clio was here
"Wednesday on business.
T. W. Perry of Columbia w??l
here Wednesday.
W. E. Edwards of Mullins was here,
Thursday.
K. E. Ward of Florence was here
Thursday.
H. T. Hartley of Brownsville was
here Thursday.
Giles Love of Oak Grove wag here
Thursday.
Andrew Hayes of Timmonsvillo
was here Thursday.
J. F. Hudson of Sellers was here:
ThursdaySam
Omohundro of Mullins was
here Thursday.
Jas. A. Galloway of Mallory was
here Thursday. J.
B. McCutcheon of Dillon was
here Thursday.
J. S. and J. G- Hayes of Free
State were here Thursday.
Astor Bond of Dunn, N. C. was
Lere Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. B. C- Stafford were
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utic IUI me wetn enu.
Li. C. Braddy of Dillon was here
Thursday.
J. N. Martin of Marion was hero
Thursday.
Mrs. O. J. Fenegan spent the day,
in Dillon Friday.
D. S. Rogers of Free State was
here Friday.
Li. E. Dev? of Dalcho was here Friday.
John C. Bethea and son, Hugh,
were in town Friday.
Mack Atkins of Elberry was here
Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E- Allen of Dalcho
were here Friday.
A. L. Parham of Mallory was here
Friday.
W. M. Rogers of Temperance waSj
here Friday.
L. N. Hatchel of Elberry was here
Saturday.
M. E. McNair who travels spent
the week end with his family.
J. S. Fair of Oak Grove was here
Qoti! n XT
P. G. Richardson was in Marion
Saturday.
R. B. Bethea of Smithboro was
here Saturday. |
J. G. Ellen of Free State was here
Saturday.
Marion Allen of Free State was
here Saturday.
H- M. Rogers of Brownsville was
heTe Saturday.
R. Z. McKay of Ebenezer was
here Saturday.
Murray Hayes of Floydale was
here Saturday.
Charlie Taylor of Fork was here
Saturday
J. I. Hayes of Free State was here
Saturday.
P. A. George of Elberry was here
Saturday.
E. Vareen of Marion spent Sunday
with friends here.
Miss Lillian Bethea visited relatives
in Dillon the past week.
Maston Galloway of Mallorv w?<*
here Monday.
E. L. Moore of Dillon wag here
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Haselden of
Sellers were here Monday.
T. M. Moody of Temperance was
here MondayJ.
D. Coleman of Elberry was here'
Monday.
Pierce Rogers of Dillon was a visitor
here in town Sunday evening.
G. R. Williams and H. E- Parham
went to Dillon Monday.
Dr. Wade Stackhouse of Dillon
passed though here Monday. .
Joe M. Bass of Sellers was here
Monday.
A. S. Manning, president of The
Liberty National Bank of Columbia,!
was here Wednesday.
Mrs- J. Greenspun and Mrs. Bern-,
hart of Little Rock were nere Thursday
visiting Mrs. L. Komblut.
Mr. and Mrs. S. J- Bethea, Jr.,
have returned from a visit to relatives
In Spartanburg.
P. W. Sessions, after having been
iCk With fill fnr 4
vv.. ???,. u TT cvo v;ui
Thursday.
J. R. Reeves and his daughter,
Miss Annie, of Floydale, were in town
Friday.
Robert Dew of Porter Military
Academy spent theweek end with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Dew
Mrs- Deans Crumpler was visiting
her parents in Columbia during Palmafesta.
Rev. S- J. Bethea on Sunday afterrnoon
filled the pulpit of Rev. Crosby
at Floydale.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Thompson and
little daughter Elizabeth are visiting
Rev. and Mrs. E- C Bailey.
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Dew and children
went to Dillon Monday after
uuvu.
Mrs. L. E. Haaelden and son and
Mrs. Harris of Sellers were here
Monday.
L. B. Haselden of Dillon spent
Sunday with his sister, Mrs. H. A
Edwards.
Miss Hope Manning who has been
spending some tlme with her sister,
Mrs. C. E. Bethea, of Wilmington,
has returned home.
Miss Gussie Bethea has returned
from an extended visit to her sister,
Mrs. T. T. Hamilton at Hickory, N.
C.
Misg Albertine Stalvey after having
spent the Easter holidays at home,
returned to Greensboro Collge Sunday.
Misses Gertrude Manning and Annie
Covington spent the week end in
Charleston, with a view of seeing the
Magnolia Gardens while there
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ews Depa
Conducted by W. Ellis Bethe
Mr. and Mrs. Houston Manning entertained
with ? tea In honor ot Mr
and Mrs. S. J. Bethea, Jr., on Monday
evening.
Mr. and Mrs*. Luther Martin, Mr.
and Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. M. Strickland,
and Mr. Ransom Williams, all of
Mulllns, were at Dr. F. L. Brown's
Sunday night.
Miss Neta B. Krebs wa3 here Fri-,
day in the Interest of the Piedmont
I.yceum Bureau for next season, having
gotten up the guarantee asked
for, the lyceum will come.
Mesdames W. R. Stackhouse and
Joe Meadors of Little Rock attended
the reception given on Saturday af-'
ternoon by Mrs. S. J. Bethea, Sr., in
honor of Mrs. S. J. Bethea, Jr.
Misses Mary Moore Stoneburner,
Teressa Dew, Gertrude Mahaffy, Bettie
Monroe, Mrs. Ada Edwards,
Messrs. O. J. Zeigler, R. T. FMrey,
ana O- J. Bethea, teachers of the Lat-j
ta School, spent Saturday in Dillon.
Rev. Georgg Harmon of Bennettsville
conducted special Easter ser-'
vices for the Knights Templar in the
Methodist church on Sunday evening,
April 3rd. The church was full, including
about fifty Knights Templar
Masons. The preacher was at his best,
and the services were enjoyed.
A party of citizens and some young
folks went to LeGett's Pond for a1
fish fry on Saturday. The following
were those who went: Mr. and Mrs.1
C. S. Bethea, Mr. and Mrs. T. W.1
Henry, Mrs. Fowler, Miss Eva Ben-1
r.ett, Messrs. H. E. Parham and Roily
Edwards.. They reported plenty of
fish and a good time.
Mesdames T. C. McGee, S. J. Bejthea,
Jr., M. E. McNair and Miss Sallie
Bethea went to Sellers Friday afternoon
where they acted as judges
in the preliminary contests for rep|
rtsentatTve^ at Field Day in Marion.
, While there they attended a splendid
meeting of the Ladies Co-operative
Club at the home of Mrs. W. D. Sel-'
lers.
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Social Events in Latta.
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Mrs. S- J. Bethea, Sr., and Miss
Sallie Bethea entertained Saturday
[afternoon April 2nd, in honor of Mrs.!
3. J. Bethea, Jr. Mrs. W. H. Smith
| met the guests at the door, and Mrs.
T. C- McGee introduced the guests to1
the receiving line. All wrote wishes
to the bride. They were then ushered
into the dining room where delicious
block cream and pound cake were'
served by Mesdames J. J. Bethea and
J. F. Rogers.
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Mrs. M. E. McNair entertained on
Thursday afternoon with four tables
of auction bridge. The reception'
rooms were made bright and attractive
with baskets and vases of roses, [
violets and bridai wreath. The card
tables contained covers embroidered
i n unQrlna V* nn ^ *
ucaiis, uiamuiiQS ana
clubs- The number of the table being'
designated by the value of the card
on the unique score cards of spades,'
hearts, clubs, and diamonds were
given, each guest finding her table!
that corresponded with her score
card- Several entertaining rubbers i
were enjoyed, Mrs. D. B. Shine hold-J
ing the highest score was presented!
with a vase containing a beautiful
bunch of Easter roses. The consolation,
bud roses, fell to Mrs. J. C. Manship.
Tea napkins were given and1
refreshments consisting of raisins,
and nut and chicken salad, sandwiches
with iced tea, and pink and white
candies were served. The hostess
was assisted during the afternoon by
Mrs- T. C. McGee. Those present
we?-e: Mesdames E. B. Berry, Jr., E.
R. Ellerbe, D. C. Edwards, Grady Be-,
inea, W. D. Bethea, R. R. Humphries,
F. L. Carpenter, J. J. Tolar, D. B.
Shine, T. C- McGee, E. J. Brown, L.
C. Bass, J. O. Bethea, R. J, Dew, J.
C. Manship, L. L. Watson and Miss
Ormle Bethea.
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| News Items of Interest in and Around
I^atta.
M. B. Speir, General Manager,
Southern Bell Telephone Co. of Charlotte,
N. C-, P. B. Gilreath, manager
Marion group, and R. S. De.rant,
manager Bennettsville Exchange, had
a meeting with the subscriber^ of
the Latta exchange at 2 o'clock Sar
uiday, April 2nd. This meeting was
called by the several representatives
of the Telephone Co. on account ot
a resolution of the Latta subscribers
that they would not use th^; phones
with the present raise in rates. There
were ahout sixty subscriber8 present,
and gave marked attention to the
speech made some length by Mr.
Speir, who did most of the talking
for the company. Nothing, however,
has been done or evdh suggested that
will cause th# subscribers at this
time to begin using the phones at
the present high cost.
j^uu0 uas ^napier i). A. ft. was
entertained by Mrs. Lyl Biggs on the
afternoon of April 1st. In the absence
of the Regent, the meeting was conducted
by Mrs. W. Ellis Bethea. The
living room was made cheerful and
cozy, with open fires and vases of
American Beauty Roses. While the
crowd gathered, Miss Horiense favored
her guests with several selections
on the vlctrola- After a short]
business meeting, Mrs. Frank Watkins
conducted a contest. Slips ofj
paper were handed each guest, and
verses from different poetg describ-1
ing various kinds of trees, and sach,
guest was requested to draw the
tree on the opposite page of the pap-j
er. Mrs. L*. E. Dew then read a paper,
on Mrs. Harding, the first lady of,
the land, who by the was la a R. A.R.'
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After this a paper was read by Misi
Hortense Biggs describing a gun-bar
' rel fence in Washington, D- C., sur
rounding a private residence. Th<
guns were said to be absolete sixt]
i five years ago, and were procured bj
, the present owner's father at a grea
1 bargain. He conceived the idea . oi
Imaking a fence, with the large par
oi the barrel at the bottom, and :
small picket was placed in the top oi
each barrel, making a very attrac
tive fence, but had great trouble witt
| the small boys stealing these picket*
to play Indian with, they looking
somewhat like spears used by In
dians. At a late hour refreshmentwere
served, consisting of sandwich
es, ic^ tea and home made candies.
Ijattu Higli School Base Ball.
We have returned from Lake Citj
where we played two games. We wert
defeatd in both games in scores, bui
we won in something else" that w*ai
far more^ important, and that was
that our boys won the respect anc
esteem of every person in Lake Citj
that they came in contact with
These are some of the sayings thai
came direct to me about our boys
"You have the cleanest set of boys
that we have ever seen." "It must b?
a pleasure to take such a set of boys
011 a trip." "You were defeated ir
scores, but you have won the hearts
of the Lake City people." "Youi
boys fight with that clean spirit .tha1
knows no defeat." "If our boys hac
lost in the first inning like yours
did, they would have stopped, whilt
yours kept ours from making ar.oth
er single score." and many othei
sayings that made me feel proud ol
the boys. Are you proud of yotu
boys? People of Latta, I hate tc
contrast our town with any other ir
tho State esneeiallv when it is tC
oui disfavor, but facts are facts, ant
we can't get around that. Lake Citj
is backing its team. The people ol
the town have just bought its teau
a new outfit which cost about $15C
and in the two games that we played
over there, they took in about
at the gate, and in the two garnet
wc have played here, we took ir
$G.50- Are you proud of your boys^
Your boys have worked and have
paid for everything that they have
gotten so far. I have had to pay oui
about $50 for balls and other things
How much have you given to the
team? People of Latta, I hate to beg
and especially beg for money, and
this is my last appeal that I am going
to make. The Lake City team it
coming over on the 29th of April
They will be here for two days. Wc
will have a few games here before
then. Can't we let the bov8 feel thai
we are behind ihem? O yes, we arc
behind them, but we are; too far be
nina tuem; iei s eaten up anu suu?
them that we are for them. Don'l
wait until we have another game
but just hand Borne representative ol
the school some piece of money with
in the next week.
Prohibition's Progress.
Below is an outline of Dr. Kirk
land's sermon in the Methodis
church Sunday morning, April 3rd:
"Dr. Kirkland's subject last Sun
day was "Encouraging Indications;'
and his text was from one of th<
Psalms. "I had fainted unless I hat
believed to see the goodness of th<
Lord in the land livng " Some of tht
encouraging indications concerning
the Southern Methodist church wer
stated as follows: (1) There was :
net gain in the Sunday Schoolg ii
19 20 of 90,201 members. (2) Tht
Centenary enrolled 3,948 family al
tars, but the Christian Edueatioi
Movement has already enrolled ove
14,000 family altars. (4) There wer
49 8 new men granted license t>
preach last year. (5) There was i
net gain of 190 church buildings. (6
There wa8 a net gain of, 82,66'
church members. (7) There is now i
widespread and definite emphasis oi
religious matters of fundamental im
pcrtance.
Some of the encouraging indica
tions of a more general characte
were also enumerated last year: Th'
Presbyterians of the United State
made a net gain of 43,031 members
the Baptists 129,283, the Methodis
>238,127; the Roman Catholics 127,
'579. The total net gain of the chris
jtian churches in the United State
J was 712,000. The publishing nouse
report an unprecedented business li
the sale of religious books and news
papers which shows that many chris
tian people are reading and think
ing.
The moral tone of the world 1
fine when we consider what we hav
passed through in the last six yeari
The governments of the great na
1 ti/,na that I.. lU. T?T 1 J
I ? " i"?i. ouiiiiou iutj wunu wit
'arc all standing and two years and i
.half have passed since the war end
'ed. Our three million of soliers hav
been demobilized and with compare
tively few exceptions have returnei
to the peaceful andproductive pur
suits of citizenship. These men wh
followed our fla g over seas are i
perpetual guarantee of our stabillt;
in the future.
j Dr. Kirkland read from a Chicag
paper, "In Chicago there is a drunk
ard's saving station, th Washington
lan Home. In its dareer of over fift;
years some 60,000 alcoholics hav
been treated by special physician
and cared for by th^ home. Prohibl
tion is in its imperfect beginnings ?
one year of ^he amendment end?
last month. But the Washlngtonlai
Home has lost its occupation. It hp
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THURSDAY, MORXINO, APRIL 7. :>?:
no patients. The alcoholic, so far as
thiB home knows him, has disappeared."
Then from a New York paper, i
which quoted Thacher Manufacturing
Co., as saying, "The consumption of :
milk bottles in this country lncreas- <
e-J during the first six months of
this year fully 36 per cent. In talking
with a large number of milk
dealers in New York. Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Washington, Chicago, Detroit,
and other places, they have, all <
of them expressed the belief that the
increased consumption of milk and
therefore the increased demand for
milk bottles was caused by prohibis
tion." This indicates not only thg: sale .
of bottles for the manufacturers but |
i 111- Krv/1 Irtt. /\# llttln ohlMran
It 111XV XVI IUC UUU1CO VI innc */**?***?
" and sober fathers and husbands for I
" husbands for American homes. A i
third statement was quoted from I
, Professor Gilbert Murray of Oxford I
f University: "This generation,, the
L generation that has endured the great |
t war ?has been witnesses to the me- .
f morable advances for good and for |
evil in the history of mankind." .
x They are then enumerated: (1) The |
3 conquest of the air; (2) the organiza- i
r'tion of a League of Nations for the I
I preservation of peace; (3) the adop- I
Jtion of prohibition by the United '
./States of America. Of the third he |
says, "In my deliberate judgment
this is an event not merely of pass- |
ing consequence, but a great event, ,
judged by the standard of world his- |
, tory. A nation of one hundred million i
5'white men, the greatest, strongest, I
I richest and in many ways the most
5' pi ogressive nation in the world, has
by absolutely overwhelming majori[
ty decided that alcoholic drink of i
r any sort shall be neither manufactur- I
. ed, nor sold, nor imported, nor con- I
t sumed in its territories."
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J i Shoots Plivsician to Dentil.
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. Leesville, April 3?Dr. J. C. Nich- ,
r olson, practicing physician of this |
community, was possibly fatally shot i
1 at noon today by J. C. Swygert, prom- I
3 inent farmer and citizen of this sec>
tion. Five bullets took effect. Dr.
. Nicholson was rushed to the Baptist
ri hospital in Columbia, where his con[
ddion is said to be serious. The
. J shooting was the climax of ill feeling
, which has existed some time between
i the two men. Dr. Nicholsan was said
> not to have been armed at the time.
[! Two of the bullets entered the
^ right leg and one in the muscle at
j the right side of the back. These
! three are flesh wounds and are not
I of a serious character. Another bull
let entered the abdomen slightly the
I right and a fifth entered the throat,
j | The trouble occurred just in front
i of the store of Sim Oxner. Dr. Nich j
olson is said to have stopped his au>
tomobile to purchase gasoline and
? that as he stepped out of the car,
t the altercation began and Mr.
. Swygerf- opened fire.
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L* I have a fresh car of Cypress
; Shingles, several grades, and
- sizes. Cotton is very low, and so
r is the price of these shingles. I
tj hare also a fresh car of No. 1
, L Cedar Shingles, just from Vant
i a/v?i?*a? t> r* r : 11 Hi;
wuici, o. \^. i iiiviic competition
-I on these.
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W. Ellis Bethea.
I.atta, S. C.
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) L. B. HA8ELDEN
Attorney at Law
J DILLON, 8. 0.
. Joney to Lend on First Mortgage
Real Estate.
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8 Dentist
Office over Peoples Bank.
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J Civil Engineer
: DILLON, S. C.
g JOE P. LANE
g Attomey-at-Iiiiw
Office Next to Bank of Dillon,
Main St. " '
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I DR. R. M. BALLET,
Veterinarian
' Office at Dillon Lire Stock Co'*.
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j Office Phone - - - 235
* Residence Phone - - ?
0 BO. HEIfSLEE, M. D.
ye,' Bar, Noee aad fhioal
7 Spectacle* Fitted.
0 CfBee Honrs 9 to 11 and I ta 4
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Marina. B. C.
1 DR. R. F. DARWIN
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GIBSON A MVLLSR,
Attorieyi
Office over Malcolm Mercantile Co.
DILLON, 8. C.
Practice in State and Federal Courts
FINAL DISCHARGE NOTICE.
Notice is hereb) given that J. H j
Meadors and R. H. Wiggins, admlnis- i
trators of the estate of Ida Boahn,
deceased, has made application unto
me for final discharge as administra- !
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11 o'clock In the forenoon has be.
ip pointed for the hearing of the si>
petition.
All persons holding claims agaj ?
he said estate are requested to
hem with the adminitratore on C
>efore 11 o'clock in the forenoo:
\prll 7th or this notice will be p L
n bar of their recovery. '
JOE CABELL. DAVIS ?
Judge of Probate "
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