The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, April 21, 1921, Image 4
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Dillon, 8. C., April 21, 1021.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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HERALD, D1LLOH, MKJTH CABCLi
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'? "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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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ORDINANCE.
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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.
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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.
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veracity on a wager i
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Complete production
by a New York cast ^
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CHAUTAUQUA \
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Season Tickets Only $2.50 Plus 5
Ten ?|0 Tax A
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^ 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 <
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A/uvvsi j drs, jt reserve jars, ai t;
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IS Chicken Fountains, Churns, Bowls gg C
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IS Stone jars make the best containers jg J
tfl for preserving eggs. Stoneware is m %
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[ 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
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