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mt- ! % / < f % * i * " * Kr. ' f * -r #. * ________ Watch Label on Your Papei p and Don't Let Subscriptior Expire. 'ESTABLISHED 1804 . ; SLICK NEXGIIO SWINDLER. How He Bamboozled Hock Hill Darkey?Old Trick Cleverly Worked. Rock Hill, July 7?Peter Jones, a well-to-do negro fanner, living about N . two miles from Rock Hill on thej Cherry road, is a victim of a well . planned confidence game, and the' dvQtjs Roads (colored) Baptist church i treasury is minus $240, as a result. A few days ago a negro man, rath- j er well dressed and of a ministerial j nnnparnnri> nioH. iVio g?niialiit<?i?.l of ."lie Cross Roads neighborhood and introduced himself as Rt. Rev. George Washington Moore, of Columbia. He, was welcomed into the home of Peter Jones, treasurer of the church, and for several days administered spiritual needs to the family. Feeling indisposed the second Sunday after his arrival, he remained tit the house while Jones and his family went to worship. On returning Jones was astounded to learn that gold, in large nuggets, had been found on the place by Rev. Moore. He stated that during their absence he strolled around the farm and accidentally discovered the gold, but as it was not his, he would not touch it until their return that night. Moore suggested that they go at once for the treasure, but cautioned that he would have to "conjure the '*Wr>ts" before it could be found, , whereupon the Jones' decided to wait until daylight. Early next morning, after gathering necessary articles, goblets, a Bible, some' vinegar and cotton, picks and spades the party started in search of the hidden treasure led by Moorn who carried an in . strument that he claimed would locate it. The place was found and all . were cautioned to be quiet, and not q word was to be spoken lest the "spell of the spirits' be broken. With everything quiet and sol-j enin, not a sound to be heard except! the turning of the leaves of the Bible,] Itev. Moore assumed a serious expres* sion, mumbling strange and mysteri-| ous words, between weird moans and I words, between weird moans and groans, while he placed the goblets! over the hidden treasure. He then; poured vinegar in each glass, and the negroes stuff cotton in their ears, so that no sound might enter, and placed a large piece of cotton in the] center of the space around which I the glasses were placed. He then poured on a dark liquid which lie stated would "unnouit the spirits.' j and tossed a match into the mystic square. A flash and dense smoke foll'nvdd?all was agreeable with the "sii.-rits." Digging with a vim and soon nuggets of yellow metal, having the appearance and weight of gold were unearthed .With eyes bulging and tongues paralyzed in excitment, nervous hands brought forth the treasure. The Rev. Moore prepared the bullion for shipment by express to the treasury department at Washington. While waiting for an answer fjo in Washington th0 preacher was a much honored guest of the Jones'. The letter came after due tiine was allowed for its return. The amounr du4 the negroes was given. The negrcq* were then inforind that in order, to 'get the money from Washington h> itl^'jst send money to an official in Columbia, and that lie would require a.certuin per cent for lii.s share. Tteasurer Jones having no money of his own, willingly drew from the church treasury $240 for the purpose. The money was placed in a return envelope and mailed in Rock Hill, Moore doing the mailing. Every one concerned was jubliant, and a great feaSt was to be held that night at Jones'. Moore was to be the honor guest- He went to Charlotte to get his fiancee to help enjoy it. The feast was prepared and eaten but Right Rev. Geo. Washington Moore failed to return. The lineal d for envelope came back, filled wit^ scrap paper. This samc scheihe lias been worked in other sections of the county, it is said, supposedly by (he same neg-1 ro, and officers are op tne alert for orfo Rf. Rev, Geo. Washington Moore of a very drak hue, aged about 40 years, and about 5 feet 10 inches in height. 4 o Mr. Timothy Bowen. t ? Mr. Timothy Bowen died at his home near May on the 13th and was buried at Mt. Cavalry on the 14th, Rev. J. A. Langley conducting the funeral services. For many years Mr. Bowen operated a farm for Mr. J. R. . Regan, about Ave miles east of Dillon.i I*ast year he was with Mr. Jno. Hugh |^?^Ptackhouse near Floydale. The first L^Af the year he moved to May where n was operating a farm for S. D. V.ne. Mr. Bowen was a hard work/g, honest, industrious farmer and nad the respect and esteem of all who /knew him. His death wes causeed by _/ a complication of typhoid fever and Bright's disease. Mr. Bowen was about 60 years old, and he leaves a wife and seven children. His funeral was attended by a large number of .friends and acquaintances. For many years he was an active member of Mt. Cavalry church and was for a long time superintendent of the Sunday school, ^ ]$in> THE DILLON HERAJ Saml IjUgs X?>t Wnnltd. If the tobacco planters of South] Carolina are to realize finally the] benefits from their cutting of acreage this year, they must now exert every effort on good curing and carefulculling of their c|pp." says Mr. T.: Denton Young, secretary of the South) Carolina Tobacco Association, speaking for the growers*, for the South Carolina Warehousemen's Association, und for the buyers association. "We arc dependent this year, absolutely, on the old line buyers, because the independent buyers are not able to make the financial arrangements to operate. Th0 buyers have indicated that they will do their best by the growers, and pay ns much money for good tobacco as they can j pussioiy pay. uut tiiey are demand-; ing of the growers that the growers| shall offer only good stuff." Through the various associations, of the different interests of the in-{ dustry, the extension service of thel state has been interested in the situation. and is aiding in spreading infor-l niation regarding it. Over the signa-j ture of Dr. W. W. Long, director. 15,.! 000 letters are being mailed to indt-1 vidual growers in every section of thO| tobacco belt. Important points stressed ii) this! letter are as follows: First: It will be useless waste of time and money to harvest the lower j "plant bed" leaves or inferior lugs." Of course this does not mean that none of the lower leaves are de sirable, but the cheap trashy ieavesi and such leaves as become burnt j would best be left in the field for ua- i nure. as we can not hope for them 1 to bring cost of curing and handling.; Some think that guch grades will not e\en get a "bid" on the warehouse floor. About this we do not know, but' we do know that such goods, if sold.! will only stand out statistically against the farmer and make prices lower next season. Second. We get from good sources that this year it will be absolutely necessary for the farmer to let his tobacco get ripe before gathering. The1, green grades which have t^en selling well in the past are apt to be a drag on the market. These grades have been exported in the past, but the foreign market is in such shape that you cannot depend on it. If the hands or "croppers" pull some green leaves, cull them out from the curi^ before marketing. At the end of the season, after having had them bulked down, market these green leaves from all your curings. Mr. Bright Williamson of Dar-1 lington, president of the South Caro-j lina Tobacco Association, is making, every possible effort to induce the companies to come into the market July lf>. when it opens, with all buyers in all markets and taking alll grades. He is handling this matter through T. H. Carrington, of Wash-! ington, D. C., president of the rutted1. States Tobacco Association. Such an, opening would tend to establish prop-' er prices, Mr. Williamson believes. o Highway Meeting ToninritAv. Every person interested in the Calhoun Highway movement is urged to attend a meeting at the Court House tomorrow (Friday) at 11 o'clock.) The Calhoun Highway is coining by Dillon. It is something that has been handed to Dillon on a silver platter, and the object of the meeting to-i morrow is not to ask for funds or increase taxes, but to meet a scouting party from Atlanta, Birmingham and; other western cities and agree upon' a route out from Dillon to Wilmington. The route has been secured to Dillon, and it is up to the Dilion peo- ( pie to map the route from Dillon to the North Carolina line. There are' several suggested routes. One is bv way of Bake View, another by way of Worth Burns' and the other byj way of Rowland and Fairmont. Dillon is building a good road to the North Carolina line by way of Hauler and Robeson in building a good road by way of Rowland to the state line. A good road is also being built j irom rairmont 10 tup state line by Worth Burns' place. The object of tomorrow's meeting is to meet the scouting party and agree on a route out of Dillon coun[ty. The party will arrive in automobiles tomorrow morning and the ineeting will be held in the court |house promptly at 11 o'clock. Let every person interested in good roads development in the county ?><* present* I Commissioner Adams Resigns. I ? ' At the last meeting of the County I Commissioners Mr. J. C. Adams tonIdered his resignation as gupcrintendjent of the county's affairs. Mr. Adams has been with the county for nearly two years and has done some very efficient work during his administration. He leaves thc employ of the county to go with the Farmers Tobacco Warehouse. Mr. Adams is succeeded by Mr. Geo. Bond who will have charge of the road work and other outside matters. Mr. Bond is a splenuld business man and it is a foregone conclusion that he will give the county a goo<j administration. UtUoi bD, DILLON, SOUTH CAKOLIVA. ' HAltD T1MKS IN SOUTH Congressman Make* Trip ami Itt'pnrt Says He's "Certain that a Largo I'art of the I'cople Are Underfed." a ????? ( Washington, July 1?Returning here 1 today front an inspection trip through North Carolina. South Carolina and i Georgia, Representative Summers. < T? xas, chairman of an agricultural sub-connnittee investigating the cot- ' ton situation, declared in a statement 1 that the poor farmers were having a I hard time getting food for their fain < ilies and stock, and that he was eer- ' tain a large part of the people w<*re 1 underfed. \ "I have talked to farmers, coun-'c try merchants, country bankers, wholesale merchants, city bankers. cotton merchants, exporters, cotton manufacturers and exporters of cot- t ton goods. The condition is about f as 1 expected to find it. The people * are doing their best, with very little I complaining, considering their cir- cumstances. Most of the country banks have practically suspended 1 loaning and merchants are selling ( very little, either on credit or fur ' vusu. i u*- puur tanners are navmg a hard time getting food for their fain- 1 ilies and their animals. I aui certain ' that a large part of the people urr J underfed." Mr. Sunitnerns declined to express 1 an opinion as to remedial measures. ? except to say that agriculture must ' be given emergency relief. "I do not believe that we can ov- ' eiestimate the gravity of the situation which will develop when the new crop conies on the market," lie added, "unless an extraordinary effort is made in advance of that time to strengthen the position of agricul- ( ture. If we can get by this next mar- ' keting period without too many fail- ] ures and too much agricultural distress, the gradual return to normal world conditions will make easier the 1 solution of our agricultural and oth- ' or domestic problems, but if we per- ' ir.it our farmers and country banks '' to fail this fall we may expect years ' of depression and industrial and poli- 1 tical discord." O Fork Mrs. \V. F. McNeil and son Willie, < ar0 visiting relatives at Dublin, N. C. j Miss Lena Taylor of Nichols is the guest of Mrs. Colon Edwards. Mr. and Mrs. E. \V. Fort, Mrs. i | Ruby Fort Cartniehael and Mrs. O. L>. Johnson spent Friday at Rowland. N. C., with Dr. and Mrs. T. W. Carinichael. Mrs. Maxv Adams and baby of Dillon spent a few days last week with i.Mrs. S. A. Owens. Mrs. Boyd Edwards and children of , Marion spent Wednesday with Mrs. Melton Rogers. Miss Ora Rogers, Mrs. J. O. Rogers and Misses Alma and Kathleen Rogers spent the week end at Myrtle Beach. Mr. C. E. Taylor i* visiting relatives at Melrose, \'a. o | Elberry. John ('. Allen has about coinplet.od his handsome residence on the road leading from Elberry to I.atta., There was a dead man found on Traeev E. Fore's Brown's Creek plantation last Friday. The coroner was promptly called and an inquest hold. The verdict was that he came to his death by lightning striking him. The negro proved to be Jnn Fulton : from Latta. ! New* was received het'o Saturday 1 afternoon that Miss Cora Allen of 1 Brownsville was dead. < Mrs. 1). L. Cottingham returned 1 to her home in Savannah last week. < .Miss Thelnm Hayes is visiting M?r. n O. M. Jiainer of Bennettsvillo. She i will visit friends at Tat tint and Clio before returning home. Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Ard of Hemingway were calling on relatives < in this section last Sunday. Mrs. Ard;1 is pleasantly remembered here as 1 Miss Louise Fore. Theo and Calhoun Hayes who won', scholarships to the short courses at 1 Clemson College left here Monday A.1 M. for Clemson. !' Mr. Eugene Williams and mother, Mrs. J. L. Williams of Mallory were J calling on friends here Friday. Miss Etta Sue Sellers of Latta was*1 in this section Monday looking after)' the interests of h"r work. Messrs. P. A. George and R. J.' Dew were hosts to about sixty friends on July 5th at u very enjoyable fish fry at Mill Creek. The guests de- 1 parted late in the afternoon all voting Messrs. Dew and George as wide 1 a wake hosts. The following gentlemen went to Columbia Friday on important busi- ' ness: J. D. Coleman, T. E. Berry,! Tracey E. Fore, C. P. Hodges, John! C. Hayes, H. L. Tillimn and T. L.i Fore. Misses Marie and Vera Newton of' Tatum returned to then' horn,. Sunday afternoon after spending several day.here with relatives. Oak Grove. Messrs. T. E. Fore, T. E. Berry, Jno. Hayes, J. D. Coleman and C. P. Hodges went to Columbia last Friday to represent the citizens living along the route of the Bennettsville and Cheraw railroad from Bennettsville to Sellers In a hearing before the railroad commissioners on the question of discontinuing the road from Brownsville to Sellers. The rail road, \ I it lijri THURSDAY MoiIMMi, .It I.Y -II, 102 Dil.I.O.N KY AXHKI.IST IIOIJ? 1*1 NI: Mi l! I I \<*. Ilrv. I-:. ( . Caldwell O I* ??.*. I??t ^I *t iitu in Hamilton t ir I \. The followiiij; from ill Guardian will be iva<| wnii nt i< >y many Dillon folk: One of tin- at'eatesl i? \ i\;t 1 ie. ; nas ever held in llamnten ? jint ( uinmenced at Varnvilh . S. c . o1 I title 17th and closed on June Phis meetina was conduct* <| 1> K? . .uu v^aiuweti ol IMlion. S. (V. and .Mi >. E. .Manors, cvuiiki listic singer of Chicago conducted tin music. Tin nceting -wan hindered some b\ t!i ' aiii, but in spite of all hittdram*) .< i [. ins a most glorious revival. About ( ine hundred professed conversions. ; "t\ joined the Methodist church, twoj he Baptist, hud on? thc Missionary. Rev. Caldwell is only 23 years old. ind iB now devoting himself to evan:elistic work. It is predicted that lu 1 \ill become on*' of th,. greatest ireachers the country has ever known. \t the close of the meeting Rev. (lob,-*1 Ninith. pastor of th? Varnville church ' iske (i everybody to stand who want- 51 >d Rev. Caldwell and Brother Maness x o come back next year. Everybody I stood up. Brother Maness is a very t 'ine singer with a great deal of ex- 1 Uession. His so'os were especially en- . ioyed by everybody who heard him. This community heartily lecom- ;! nends these two nobl? young men to , ill pastors who tire looking for help ( >: their revival meetings. o ' IMI.I.O.N MAN (TI.\IU;E|) WITH SERIOUS CRIME. W. II. I.. .Mclaiurin Held by X. C. Authorities for Alleged Assault. W. H. L. McEaurin, former Dillon ounty citizen and ex-minister, ts 1 :ield by Charlotte authorities charged i with assault upon several little girls. 1 The grand jury has returned a true i Jill against McEaurin. and he is be- i ing kept in hiding until his ctpse is ] 'ailed for trial. McEaurin disappeared from Dillon county some ten years , ipo after being charged with immoral onduct. He went to Florida and it is said that he repeated th,. offence in that state and served a term in prison. He is prominently connected in the county and th<* news of his third offense has caused considerable comment. He is a man of more than average intelligence and for many years stood high in the South Caro 1 ir:i rnnfi?r..niw. ll? i ? -1 ^v...v uvr. iiv churches hi this section with iihility. Ir is generally conceded that McLaurin is suffering from sum,, deiangoin< lit of tho mind. McLaurin is a native of North Carolina but made his home in this count\ lot' many years. The follow u<g comment on liis case is taken from" Saturday's issue of The Charlotte Observer: A true hill has been n turned against \\\ 11 1.. McLaurin. white, tvho several weeks ago was given a preliminary hearing before the r* i r-order. l>ase<l 011 the statements of a , number of little girls. i!m\. in all. , that be hud taken them out riding , and bad attempted criminal assault. McLaurin was arrested and tvltev,. ic is beini; kept is not known. ;o , cording to statements made by offi inls here. Tli,. criminal docket indicated that McLaurin was indicted ( in the criminal assault charge, and | the findings of the grand jury, a an noil need by the deputy clerk, are ; tluu true hills have been returned. : Pee lie? Park. , On my way to cburcli the other j Sunday we saw on the gate of the ['ark; "Closed on Sunday!" Well, [ took a good long breath and t n-oathod this prayer. "Clod bless the ^ )w npr" who sees something else in ife besides money. "Closed on Sunlay." What ;i powerful sermon that ftus to those who desecrate the Sab- j until and incarcerate themselves. E C. 13. officials claim that thov aro losing ' money on this joint of the road and lhat the amount of freight being shipped in and shipped out does not justify them in operating the road. It was pot definitely derided as to what the rail road commission would do in the matter, but it wasj intimated that an extension would b( granted till the first of January next during which time the people living along the rout,, are expected to ro-operate with the railroad people by giving them all the freight possible to handle over the road- 1 A rail road like any other business ' cannot continue to exist when it does J not from year to year meet expenses < and the continuance of this road in's this section will certainly depend up- : on the patronage of the people livings along its line. , Hev. J. L. Mullinix of thr Browns-:, ville circuit begins a meeting at Beth-!] lehem church next Sunday. The fol-', lowing Sunday, July the thirty first, he will begin a meeting at Bethesda.!, Iii this meeting thc pastor will be assisted by Rev. Mr. Lever a young man recently admitted into the conference and who has hecn teaching in 1 the Carlisle school at .Bamberg. Most of the crops in this section ' are doing nicely. There has been marked improvement in corn and it looks now as if there will be plenty of corn made around here for another year. There is some talk of boll weevil, ' but so far no perceptible damage ha* i been done in this community by this , enemy of cotton. Splendid rains have fallen in the past ten days doing the crops consid- ' etable good. ^ i fa liL I i \k?: vrc?i;ii:s. Tl;? > \v. ; .'athfri'il it: H orn of - I'ru. That sda i \ ( ji " It j* t *. i i - ' . ;i : 11 .111 -1 . 1 i < inai k? (! < r.'I' iiuii:, "but u >: nor,, i? an tiu?. out <?i our whob 1 ainil> of nativ,. sunk* s i?r? positm ?us." John Dlobler. at' authority onlj nakoolopy. < lialb uu?mJ this ~:at<>. \ ii? lit promptly "That i- al! stuff ( tbout criaiti kinds of -nnkes not t us able to kill." replied Mi I?i -f?I Thoy at< all danm-mus, localise i! ?u,. of any kind ever bites in* !'> i yo I't to lie ! ietii ilnu'ii ??.? - : put "All snake* do not kill with their . imgs." remarked Bob Oliver who had , oinod iIn* crowd a fow minute- he- , ore. "When 1 was a boy tin father i. in nie and a gin all colored bo\ down , n n field on the back of ih, planta- j ion to do some plowing. It was along ibout eleven o'clock in the morning i| vhen the sutt was getting iiot. anci as . plowed np and down the rows I , ried to think up sonn excuse to ( tnock off till later in the afternoon. . Ml at once the boy who was plowing ; 11 the opposite row gave a yell ltk? i i Comanche Indian. 1I(. broke into i ?un and began yelling at tin top >! his voice. 'Fer d?- lord's sake, look ' ,vhat a snake.' I looked, and there 1 ust itt front of me between the rows vas the largest and longest sunk,. I ver beliedd. I slopped m> plow and, started toward him, when his snak* -hip seemed to give his bod> a sliglit shako and before 1 realized what was .appening lie was right in front of n not over six or se\,-n feet, with his head and body standing straight up in the air at least four feet high. H? hsii1 :? t'lsii * * - * I can see that sharp tongue <>: ' idarting in and out ??f his mouth tor several inches as he hissed at tin-. It was too much and I backed away. When I had put a sab distance between nit. and that snake I turned round and I b< lievt. I broki tin world's sprinting record across 'hat field. The negro was nowhere in sight. I came to a tail feftct. and it occurred to ine that could take a uood stout rail and kill that snake* By this time m> courage had return ed, and seizing a rail I went back and there stood tin- snake in the satin p sition in which 1 had left him. 11.head and body was four in the air. supported by the lower end of his body, which formed graceful curls mi the ground. H<? was in a belligerent attitude and as 1 approached ' with the rail 1 saw that It" was i i? I in red for a fight. "Again and again. like Basins ?-:' lightning, his tongue darted In and >ut. Perspiration began to p< p > ' ' \et my body in g'vat big drops an--. 1:? thottglit flashed though my iiitid what a fool ! was to com,. In re to do battle wi'U thi- ir.--nsb ; npprdached him cautiously and just ; is his huge body began t" trout ind sway hack and f -rt h foj u:,at 1 Concluded was to be a leap towai i tm> ' came down on him with that r: 1 ; I'he rail broke, but win :i tin b. 11! ...... 1- ...I. :1^.. .1 1 -I I ^ to u > * ni~ aim :\rr*nij? i u * *;* *t * t ii> l'fft I tied a rope around hi , tn?| d rapped him honu H wa? .1 < vhip. and when, my father measured ' ii 111 he turned to nu and ?ni !. 'Klcven feet and seven incite-." The silence that followed 11 ellinp of 1 ths thtillinp sua! sto i vas broken t?y Jno. 1?i? t>'. 1 nan who tell- a pood snake story." \ aid Mr. 1 holder, subjects lti: 1 certain amount of suspicion a i . am known as a truthful man 1 vays hesitate to relate this thrillin \perience. Some years aao wis n theater in Little Pee lv-e was veiy low 1 [ went down to the river to catch 1 ionic fish in a lake 1 had been watch- 1 tip for sonic tunc. The water in the hk< was so low ttisit 1 went around 1 nd took ou? from under stumns and ' ogs with my hand some of ill. finest ed breast you ever saw. 1 was having ' nige sport. It was a pret'y sight to ?ee those great tdg porch almost as arpo as your two hands floundering ' ibout on the bank. 1 came to an old ' dump on the edge of the lake, and 'tinning mv hand under its roots I begun to take otit some extra large . ierch. They wer0 so large that 1 had ( o exercise extreme caution in grip- ] [?lng them with my hands. "Ml at , >nce onL. of the largest water mocca-', dns >ou ever saw stuck his head out o within it few inches of my face. Hell Aas a vicious looking snake, hut I ' took my hand and pushed his head( sontly to one side. Again he swung, i tiis head around to a point where it ' interrupted me in mv work and once." more 1 took my hand and pushed his <. head gently to nn0 side. 1 related | iliis Incident to Mr. W. J. Carter. i "Now look out, John," said Mr. Carter., "no one is pushing you.' Ami 1 ! replied, 'neither was anybody pushing that snake.' " The governor has appointed Mr. i Jno. D. Coleman of Latta a delegate i to the Drainage Conference to be held it St. Paul, Minn., in September. The Dther delegate from the Pee Dee sec- j Hon ts Col. Monroe Johnson of Mar- ^ ion. I ,L \ * t *' i ... .. V ''he Date on the Label is the <>? * >ate Your Paper Will Be topped. _______________________ vol.. S!7. >.<?.. 11. , j Muui< itial \llaii'?. \\'< wish to submit a i< \\ la< ts for 1 rolled* 1 a' ion o! th? |? ople of I > iIon. Win n tin- ju'< > ut c:?> .id mi', id raoi. iik offic, .in in\ -ti'. -.ii ii' i was ; " !i-<l ill a 11 <: !?: rt i t? ?: ! In- ~ o\ i i i. and coutii! iocs t mild with \ hid. ill public 1:11 III- |i til liilia:. Ill MI-W of Cl'MI. Ill coll.; I iocs a hid: \.t. have fo il. i. howtvor, wo ioi c a a d'.iiy to ili< p bin- f t tin y ?o now at*qii:iin"'U mo'o fully with f;ic's, a: <1 '1 - ipphi ' p: vtn-n: il> 'o tftc Jii f. and v\.it : -ruaiou. Vpon takliif. office wt found the I'nblii- Work? Commissi' owim. np' iMUiitl'l . > J " i in i iirn.nl ndebtedness. 1'ractlenlly all o* this epr? sents floating accounts, past t|u,. tlid upoti which on? suit lias been "ii? (1 11 n*l others thr> at?-n? <1. Nothing lits be. added to this indebtedm s -iltci we took offi<". as this department has been making a iitlh above 'uniting ? xpoiisi s. Mr. Lovejoy, by betculoan elforts* K.?s been holding; the old plant together liowi-viT, you n.a> imagine lu conditions that ovist wlini tin unierwriters have cancelh it all insur.nce and refused to p iitstir, until i number of itnptoveim nts I a\e boon made. Confronted w'tl tins. conditions ?e decided to pet ejipert advis?. Wo employed The ICan Kngitn ering Co. n? submit tluir recommendations. Ttds 111s In on doiio. They recommend tin installation ol two burning ?npities, one of t;o?.? notso po\\< r, the other 2f.o horse power with othet equipment that ts mics-ary. They al so recommend ..itain imprnvi mumus :.nil ? \teusioiis of the water and s<wetave system, all ol which will cost a little abov. ^Ta.OuP no Tin- report may be set.n by an\ one -11rt icientlj interest, d to po to th? town i?t lice. Tinte is on* thing which w, think it well to mention ,tus? In r< The entire personnel of tin adminiv trillion was in fa\orot ti .kin; connection will: son., pew. .< r,i .. i> if sncli collltl ho doll". Tu we- investinated and ih" iieart--t ; ppnunh to Jin agreement that could h. r< a< hed was that within two v. ars < id tin.-,, companies would pic hah! ! -in th" co.-trt: tn a o: a ? !'., dam. A111 i t la- coiupl"' i n <*' t hi- r he c< mpaiiv tnuT.t j'os-:h!v cc-iihr C' ti inp to I?; 1 *>ii. hut not w it hi t !r ? ?M four j ? ar- t h, ? t- r Th ; p In .ired "111 it "l; too > runt "o : s> rious cons deration. An "Dm; wi. also Head, to a- i u :ivi * fin ll Dillon Mill.- It: oribr > do t v would be requ red l> luy in .' ; . ooii.On worth o. I'.achitii ; a: : paj ml 'n's 1" r h \V. i < iii. with no fa.ai'i.D .: i" ippl all o! i i c i rt" nt i h. 1 we ' t iit in-* ! Th;- apP"dr? <1 i'.*" ' - ' I'aetorj to us and :. a t- nin Liu ri on. W't \\ ; to u t t h* i*i' i>f Dill*.n th i it i- ou: \\;-!i that oil liorott: lily f. !: alii . r W 1 ' ,. ' lit ."I la K, too < : ' . .*. < V,' * I I in* fact . id Ih '. :t a? ; > '-..ii h? t'.ik' . T: - a* pli* not :tl> i' th? ( : dit on- pi , vn>'i p at In tiin, \ i in. " hen. I; i - t In pi t i i n" nt in- > > on 1.1 petition- ash : p D ! : Vi : on a loin! - - . -tni > i ii ; ? IM'U ' .. : it* l'ubl i<- V> * ' ' ihov. r?Terr?-d i .1 to its': 11 an tp. to <)a , p) jjt . ; ov ('t ,i i<?r in he estimate I .ii" i- tlx- K>..n ?v i: r. _ t ]t is tb ' p'nioi '' ' l'' ii.foriii- xiii ..ii :.a' v'i for i t i. nt ' > i! ' mis :ii! i - x ' ' ic o.v. . iiit-- per K. \V. :'h< J believe h:t; this b< nd issm will lint mid to he Intrden ot lnx:vtii<t us they beieve tin \ can l tor t!:,. plan in nil within ten years, or ix tin tho aim will need any lepluct n.x.'s \\'< art also inform* d that v,? may easonablv figur* on a r< luct n in nsuraneo rates of approximately 'Jo >cr cent from those now of fore* . We wish this clearly understood. AY are rot asking that the*,. bonds u voted. \V( are merely -.ihniittirif he facts, and the tacts present the ilternative: Either vot* th. bonds or :o without lights and \\at< Those who are supposed to know 'tat*, that the plant is liahb m. onie useless any day. The boilers iia\e been condemned, and should one 31 them explode \ou may well imag ine the results. We deplore 'he necessity that makes this statement a duty, but wo ire confronted with facts and theorizing will get us nowhere. We are not responsible for the existing conditions as they w<;r? an inheritance. IV e shall give you an opportunity to ay j-ist what you wish don, in the [ remises, and your declaration will meet with our approval. G. G. McLanrin. Mayor. L. C. Braddy, Jr., Ch'm. Tub. Wks. Commission. July 16ih, 11121, O : O. C. Croxton and family have reurned home after a two weeks stay n the mountains. " O " Mrs. W. B. Guill left Saturday morning to visit relatives in Western <orth Carolina and Virginia. 8he f *as accompanied by her grand-daugh. f r ler, Kva Bridgers. , _ ? 31