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f HtUon ijrralii SUBSCRIPTION - S2.50 Per Yr. Dillon, 8. C., April 21, 1021. Ms , Th? highest tariff we pay nowadays is the railroad tariff. The second hand automobile industry has increased enormously ever since various auto owners decided the upkeep and income didn't mix. v We read that a statistical expert claims the wealth of the United States is 500 billion dollars. The last time we read of our combined wealth It totalled 250 billions. But then, what's the difference. The W. C- T. U. is going to pray against tobacco and hopes to pray nicotine out of business in about 20 year3. By that time a new generation of editors will be on the job and to bacco won't be in such demand. In North Carolina the rule is to require the trustee of a bankrupt estate to publish the names of the debtors to the bankrupt. If this were the general rule there would be fewer bankruptcies. ???????? The Stale Board of Pardons has issued a rule requiring a person seeking a pardon to give notice in a newspaper of general circulation of the date and lime at which the application will bo made. The board has no legal authority to make ibis ruling, but legal authority is not necessary, as it is an unwritten law which enforce* itself. The person who goes before the board without having given the notice shows that he is afraid of public sentiment and has something to conceal, therefore arousing the suspicions of the board before his case is heard- Any unwritten law so just that it enforces itself is a mighty good law. We believe we have found a cure for all the ills from which the industries of the nation are suffering. .The United States Supreme Court holds that absolute authority is vested in a State Railroad Commission to modify or abrogate a contract between a public service corporation and an individual, without regard to the rights of the individual. Mo3t industries are in a sense public cornoratinnn nnrt nnHor lh. phIImit **? - highest law-making body in the land it appears to us that if a corporation is- struggling along under bad contract* made by incompetent executive heads all it has to do to get relief is to go before the Railroad Commission and show that it faces bankruptcy and the Commission will issue an order modifying or abrogating the contracts- This is a wonderful law. It is surprising that big business has not taken advantage of it before now. It is the very thing to put the industries of the nation back on their feet again- Newspapers are half public institutions in the full sense and meaning of the term, and we urge our newspaper brethren who have been unable to make both ends meet f O orf\ Ko for _ * K Do?l??/\o4 i Vw D v nig- nam uau \_y u III III lbsion and ask for an increase in advertising and subscription rates. The telephone people took advantage of the Supreme Court's ruling and got an increase, so why not the newspapers? MUST WE PAY? The Southern Bell Telephone Company has delivered its ultimatum ? it ?ays we must pay. And unless the South Carolina Railroad Commission, in whom it seems is vested supreme authority, sees fit to modify or set aside its former ruling, we must pay the additional tax that has been levied upon all subscribers to the service or permit the company to remove our telephones. That is the situation that confronts 30,000 usenrs of telephones in South Carolina. It is a curious situation. Dillon is one of 16 other towns and cities in the state that have contracts with the telephone company, made in 1913, in which th# company binds itself to give certain service at a certain rate for certain period of time. The consideration for such service is the right the municipality gave the telephone company to erect and maintain poles and polg lines in the business and residence streets of tnt town. The contract was binding on the town as well as tfce several hundred suoscrtbers who signed their names to it, but when the telephone company discovered that it had made a bad trade it presented a brief in which it cited a number of decisions of the United States Supreme Court in which the court held that a contract between a public service corporation and an individual or a group of individuals, in which the terms thereof are agataet public policy, is ' f ' . THE DILLON Rollicking Comedy Truth/9 a Chai I "Nothing But The Truth" Is one cesses. As a novel by Frederick S. Is?ham later as a play it ran more than a se I It is the ingenious, entertaining stj that he ran tell the absolute truth fotj A complete production of "Nothi at the forthcoming Iledpatli Chautai l_?? : I - ii nil and void; and if, in the judgment of the Railroad Commission, such eonl raets are against the public policy, the Railroad Commission lias the right to declare them null an! void! This may sound like imperialism, but anyway it's law. In the face of these decisions by the highest tribunal in the land it would be a waste of time and effort to make a fight in the courts against the inerease in rates. It may be remarked in passing, however, that until the United States Supreme Court reverses itself a contract between a public service corporation and an individual or a group of individuals is nothing more than a I scrap of paper. It is binding on the liiuiviauai, duc not oil the public service corporation. The justice who wrote the decisions based his findings on broad and general principles of public policy, but he erred greviously in his conceptions of right and wrong. The United States Supreme Court having, by its numerous decisions, vested the State Railroad Commission with supreme authority in the set-1 tleinent of disputes between public service corporations and their patrons, it is clear that the fight must be carried on before the commission. The telephone officials have made a showing before the commission in which they proved, or sought to prove, 'that an increase in rates was necesisarv or the company would have to go out of business. Candidly, we belie re the Railroad Commission took snap judgment without going deep enough int^ the affairs of the 1 telephone company. The Southern Bell is a allhaiHlarv !of the American Telephone and Tel'egraph Company, one of the largest land most powerful business organizations in America. The general manager of the Bell Company is authority for the statement that his company pays the American Telephone and Telegraph Company 4 1-2 per con I of its gross earnings. The Amer'ican company owns and operates the ler-tablishments that manufacture the various articles used by the Bell Company in the construction and maintainance of its lines and exchanges. The parent company, we presume, owns all the large office buildi.ings and warehouses in the large cities of the United States, and collects a pro rata share of the rents out or the Bell Company. It is evident that the parent company is a prosperous company, as its president announced a few days ago that it had increased its dividend rate from 8 to 9 per cent. Not many j weeks ago the Armour Company issued its annual statement, and if our i memory serves us right, its officers I were delighted at showing a profit of something like 2 per cent. There hag been a big decline in the price of copper and other metals, working hours have increased and there has been a decrease in the price of unskilled labor. All these things should tend to decrease in!stead of increase rates, and It is evi'dr-nt that if the telephone company .? tuning money under present conditions its losses must have reached a staggering sum during the years of the war. But that is neither here nor there. All these statements will have to bg proved by facts and figures. A state-wide committee has been organised to carry on the fight ara}nst aa increase la rates and this t - R HERALD, D1LLOH, MKJTH CABCLi t ? 11 11 '? "Nothing But The itauqua Feature of the most widely-known comedy suc, It was read by millions of people, and j ason on Broadway. >ry of a young society Idler who wagers one whole dhy. ig But The Truth" will be given here : lqua by a New York company. 'committee will petition the Railroad Commission for a rehearing. If the Commission grants a rehearing the committee feels confident that it can show where the company is not losing money but is actually making good dividends on its investment. Bui tli0 fighi will have to have financial backing. The Southern Bell and its parent, The American Telegraph and Telephone Company, are big corporations that .have ample means to employ the best legal talent in the country; they gather around them the most expert accountants money can employ, and when they make a move their position is well fortified with figures and data which they obtained after the mest careful and exhaustive investigations. The citizen's committee must gather lots of data before it goes before the Commission on a petition for a rehearing, and every business and commercial organization in the state *s asked to take up the movement in its community and secure contributions to be used in a general fighting fund. [The strength of the Telephone Company's position lies in the fact that the amount involved is too small to J warrant an individual fight against j I he increase in rates, but if several j thousand subscribers combine they can form a body l^rje enough and strong enough to get results, o I Attention Ex-Service Men. ' Tho Dillon Post of thp Ampriran Legion has been reorganized. The j Post has secured the entire top floor of the Herald building and will open , Club rooms within a few days. The j out of town ex-service men are cordially invited to join our Post and | enjoy the use of the club rooms free. The American Legion dues are $2.00 per year and this includes the subscription to the American Legion Weekly. The Club feature to be promoted by the American Legion is open to I the citizens of the town and county and has received the financial SupI port of every business man in the I town of Dillon. A secretary will be employed and will glve the Club his entire time. Direct correspondence to either of the undersigned. (Signed) Jack Henegan, Jr., Post Commander. C. S. Stubbs, Adjutant. Summons for I Slate of South Carolina, I County of Dillon, j Court of Common Pleas. George R. Harrelson, Plaintiff, against B. B. Harrelson, Defendant. To the Defendant, B. B. Harrelson: You are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action which is filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Dillon county and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscribers at their office in Dillon, South Carolina, within twenty days afteT the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in this complaint. Dated at Dillon, S. C-, April 14th, |A. D. 1921. GIBSON ft MULLER, Plaintiff's Attorneys. ,To thc Defendant B. B. Harrelson: You will please take notice that >the summons and complaint in the above action were filed in the office ol the Clerk of Court for Dillon County on the 14th day of April, A. iD., 1921. ( GIBSjON ft MULLER, Plaintiff's Attorneys. Attest: Sam McLaurli), Clerk of Court. ?4 11 It f -3*4 DM, THURSDAY MORNING, AFfUL WANT COLUMN WE BUY EGOS FOR CASH AT HIGHEST MARKET PRICKS. SEE MAX FA88 NEXT TO POST OF r>uu * -* 11. LOST ? Sunday Evening Between Buckswamp church and Julius WBailey's home, a black broadcloth ladies coat with velvet top- Liberal reward for return to J. W. Bailey, Lake View, S. C., R. F. D. No. 3?4 14 tf. Insurance of all kinds Including I frost, bowl weevil, insects, storm, etc. may be secured through Bethea-Watson Ins. Co., Latta, S. C.? 4 14 2t. TYPEWRITER RIBBONS ? Stafford's superfine ribbons for Smith and Underwood typewriters. Herald Publishing Co.?3 24 WANTED ? Freeh Country Eggs.? A. B. Jordan.?3 17. TYPEWRITER RIBBONS ? Stafford's superfine ribbons tot Smith and Underwood typewriters. Herald Publishing Co.?3 24 Bethea-Watson Insurance Co., LatIn O n i- - - - - o. v/? is now specializing on Hail Insurance. See the 4 14 2t. NOTICE?I AM AGENT FOR THti Florence Steam Laundry and will receive and deliver all laundries as promptly as possible. Palace Market. TYPEWRITER RIBBONS ? Stafford's superfine ribbons for Smith and Underwood typewriters. Herald Publishing Co.?3 24 WANTED?Everybody to know that 1 now have a lull line of machinery and that I am in a better position to give quick service than I have ever been. All work guaranteed. Electric Shoe Shop over Dilldn Hotel, \V. R. Summerall, Prop.? 1 20 tf. CROP AND CHATTEL MORTGAGES titles to real estate, mortgages real estate, bills of sale, planters contracts, rent liens, clain\ and delivery papers for sale at The Herald office.?3 24. If you want Hail Insurance on your Tobacco, see Bethea-Watson Ins. Co., Latta. They have very attractive piopositions for you. WANTED ?COUNTRY PEOPLE TO TRY OUR 75c. MEALS. PALMETTO CAFE, NEXT TO HERALD OFFICE?.tf. CROP AND CHATTEL MORTGAGES titles to real estate, mortgages real estate, bills of sale, planters contracts, rent liens, claim and delivery papers for sale at The Herald office.?3 24. | MONUMENTS?We are builders and erectors of high grade monuments. All work of the best material and fully guaranteed. Prices reasonable. See us before placing your order. Lumberton Marble Works, J. H. Floyd, Prop., Lumberton, N. C.?2 24 52t. CROP AND CHATTEL MORTGAGES titles to real estate, mortgages real estate, bills of sale, planters contracts, rent liens, claim and delivery papers for sale at The Herald I office.?3 24. | FOR SALE?lOO Bushels of Golden Dent Seed Corn, $2 per bushel in ear. Free from weevils. Best corn for late planting. H. C. Stanton, Dillon, S. C., R. 3?4 7 tf WE PAY CASH for Hens, Friers, Broilers, Geese, Turkeys, Ducks, and Fresh Country Eggs. Quote us your best prices. Lily White Market, Columbia, S. C.? 1 21 2t. STRAYED OR STOLEN?One spotj ted female hound nine months old, answers to the name "Queen." Suitable reward. G. E. Bond, Jr.? 4 21 2tp. CITATION The State of South Carolina, County of Dillon, by Joe Cabell Davis, Probate Judge: Whereas, H. A. Bethea has made suit to m ~ ?n ?ron? ? " " ? ?0 ... B.aiU uuiu mm ieners of administration of the estate and effects of Ben Davis. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and Creditors of the said Ben Davis, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Dillon on Wednesday, April 27th next, after publication hereof, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 1.2 day of April, Anno Domini, 1921. JOE CABELL DAVIS, Judge of- Probate, 4 14 2t. Dillon County. I ORDINANCE. * HE IT RESOLVED that on and after the 1st Day of October A. D., 1921, the tax levy of thirty three (23) mills now and heretofore existing on all real and personal property within the corporate limits of the | Town of Dillon Is hereby reduced to a! levy of twenty (20) mills on all ' Town property. Done and ratified by Council in meeting assembled this 28th day of March. A. D.. 1921. J. H. HAMER, Mayor. Attest:? Jennie C- Watson, Clsrk. mm fN^s AUTO GENERATORS I ; ' See Him At Moore's Garage ( ( I Don't Forget the \ ! City Market When in Need of the Best There is imFresh Meats, Poultry and Eggs> My low price list is still in effect. CITY MARKET, ftwe ? Rollicking Comedy I "NOTHING BUT TUr TDT ITU" I < A A JL1?4 X i\U 1 X A * < A Play based upon 24 hours of ^ veracity on a wager i i Complete production by a New York cast ^ 4th Night * R E D P A T H ? CHAUTAUQUA \ JDST ONE OF 11 BIG ATTRACTIONS s ? i Season Tickets Only $2.50 Plus 5 Ten ?|0 Tax A ? i I CHAUTAUQUA WEEK MAY 4 TO 9 J I Dillon, S. C. I V $ iSTONFWARFi I vii? ?. ??U| c a a ; is Flower Pots, Hanging Baskets 1 * | Food Containers 11 a ; - a c ^ We buy in solid cars tlie best ? gg grade of Obio stoneware, and bave ^ @ a full line of Flower Pots, Hanging gg ^ IS Baskets, Crocks for milk and Bak- a < S inW T D T 123 ^ A/uvvsi j drs, jt reserve jars, ai t; y Pickle Jars, Lard and Meat Jars, ? f! IS Chicken Fountains, Churns, Bowls gg C IS and Pitchers, ^Vater Coolers,* Cus- gg f> ? pidors, etc. IS ? IS Stone jars make the best containers jg J tfl for preserving eggs. Stoneware is m % jS ' 1111 i RR # g recommended by the authorities as g [ I the hest containers for milk and all gg S kinds of food, fruits and vegetables. a ; ? It is low in price and will last a life IB | time. i ^ I - BENNCTT HEDGPfTB COMPANY | 2 IS "The Hardware, Buggy and Wagon. 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