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PERSONAL MENTION ? * Smith Hamilton left Sunday night onr a business trip to Fayei,teville. Mrs. Haywood Smith hag gone to her home in Lake City for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Wheeler are at Cleveland Springs, N. C., this week. ^ J. W. Robertson spent the week end at Biitmore, N. c. Mrs. Marie Brunson is the guest of Mrs. Phil Osteen this week Miss Julia Bethea has returned from a visit to friends in Andrews. v Miss Florrie'jane Bethea is visiting friends in Durham. N. C. Mr. T- A. Dillon is in New York for a stay of several days. Dr. J. H. Ellen left Tuesday night on a trip to Washington and other northern points. Miss Mildred Carmichael spent the week end with Miss Hattie Blanche Salmon at Marion, S. C. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hatch returned home Thursday after a visit to relatives at Morehead City. N.^3. Miss May Blizzard of Greenville, S. <3., is visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Bllzzard^his week. Messrs. Victor Baii% and Forney McKenzie of Mulllns spent Tuesday In town. D. W. McKinlev returned hnma Sat urday from a week's visit to friends "year Rowland, N. C. I J. ??? ' Mrs. Phil Osteen and Miss Nina Alford retnrned from New York Sunday. Messrs. I. Blum, Julius Blumberg *nd Walter'Barefoot spent the week end at Myrtle Beach. Sam Elfenbein and Mrs. Morris Fass left Saturday night for Baltimore and New York. ' Mrs. B. A. Harrelson 'of Raeford, N. C., is visiting friends in town this week. Morris Lewis. Melvin Nachman and Bam Kirschbaum motored over to Marion Sunday. Mr. R. C. Harrelson of Richmond, Va., was the guest of Mrs. C. O. Graham Monday and Tuesday. Mrs. Georgia Bethea, Miss Mary Bprunt Bethea and Andrew David are visiting relatives in Columbia. MIbb Blanch Smith of Lake City spent the week end in town with friends. ? Mr. J. A. Weathers of Shelby, N. <3., is visiting his daughter, Mrs. B. G. Doggett. Miss Minnie Hyatt has returned from a visit to friends and relatives at Orange, Va. Misses Reba and BTa'f"Weathers of Bhelby, N. C., are visiting their sls^terr, Mrs. B. Or Doggett. W. H. Wood, S. A. L. agent at this point spent the week end at Wriehts ille Beach. Miss Effie RamBey returned horn* Friday after spending some time with f'lenda at Taunton, Mass.. Miss Angle Oliver of Timraonsville, "S. C.,is spending sometime with her daughter, Mrs. J. W. Edgerton. W. R. Tabor has returned to his home in Greenville, after a visit to his brotherr. Dr. C. R. Tabor. J. B. Gibson has returned from a trip to Philadelphia. While away Mr. Gibson saw some of the grand circuit races. % Miss Mildred "sellers left Wedn# day morning for Manning where she, will rlsit friends a few days before going to Rock Hill where she?will teach this yea% Mrs. ^Susie LeGette of Fairmont, N. C., returned home Sunday after spending some time here with Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Whitfield. W. H. Muller will leave the latter part of the week for Cincinnati, Ohio, where he will attend the annual meeting of the American Bar Association. W. A. Blizzard returned Tuesday from a visit to Slier City, N. C. .He says that section is in a prosperous condition and no cotton planted there either. The first new bale of the season was brought in Tuesday afternoon by Li. R. Stephens and purchased by J. W. Dillon ft Son. The cotton graded good middling and brought 16.75. -* Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Elliott, Misses Edith and Lydia Elliott and John F., J. D. and Dick Elliott have returned from a motor trip through. Western North Carolina. While away they visited relatives at Mr. Elliott's old home. / The East and West circles of the Women'# Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church held their August meeting tn the new church which baa recently been completed. There was a large attendance te enjoy the Interesting program. f \ A THE DILLON HER FIRST OF SERIES GOES TO DILLON. Dillon won 4he first a three game series from Andrews here Monday afternoon, 13 to 3. The features of the game were the pitching of Fagg, who funned 10 men and allowing only 4 scattering hits and the hitting of Alford who secured two triples and two doubles out of five trips to the plate. Hathcock played a good game in left field, making two sensational catches for the visitors. Dillon Ab. R. H. E. Thompson 5 2 2 0 McCutcheon 5 2 2 0 Alford 2 5 2 4 0 Carmichael, C. 5 0 2 0 Edwards 5 0 10 Calhoun 4 0 0 0 Evans, D. 5 2 0 0 C&rmlchael, F. 5 2 3 1 Fagg? 5 3 4 0 44 13 18 I Andrews Ab. R. H. E. Dn .. ' ~ ~ imi iucauM? 1 X Z U Jenkins 4 0 0 0 Bell 4 0 0 0 Dukes 4 12 0 Wooten 4 0 0 0 Hatcock 4 10 0 Hines 4 0 0 0 Lloyd 3 0 0 0 Hughes 3 0 0 0 34 3 4 0 R H E Dillon 002 600 50*?13 18 1 Andrews 000 001 002? 3 4 0 Batteries: Dillon, Fagg and Thompson; Andrews, Hughes and Lloyd, Wooten and Duke. o NINE HELD FOK LARCENY. | As the result of investigations covering a period of several weeks Chief Britt has nine negro men and women lodged iQ the Dillon county jail charged with larceny. The accused not residents of Dillon but are new comers who have moved to Dillon in the last few months. Chief Britt believes that he has uncovered a- series of wholesale thefts which ?*xiena over several glares wun Dillon as the headquarters or distributing point. Bolts of fine dress goods were found in the homes of the women and there is evidence to connect the men and'women. It is believed that the men did the stealing and the women acted as go-betweens in disposing of the stolen goods. About two weeks ago the store of the Jones Dry Goods Co. wa3 entered and merchandise of unknown value stolen. There is no evidence, however, to connect the men and women in the county jail with this robbery. M. Welsh, chief detective of the Seaboard Air Line, was in Dillon last week, but.Mr. Welsh failed to identify any of the stolen property as that of property taken in several recent theft? from Seaboard Air Line warehouses, although one of the men held at the jail insists that the property was stolen from the Seaboard at San ford. The records at Sanford do not show that any thefts have been made from the railroad warehouse at that place recently. Although conclusive evidence Is lacking. Chief Britt feels that he hag discovered clues that they may lead to a well-organized plan of systematic robberies which have been going on all over the country with Dillon as the distributing point. o Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Couch spent the week end 'at Timmonsville. o LATTA NEWS. Rev. S. J. Bethea, a former pastor of Lake City, by special invitation, left here Friday morning for that place, to spend the week end, and while there to attend a big community picnic on Saturday and preach to his former flock twice on Sunday. It will bo remembered that Mr. Bethea served the Methodist church at that place seven years during his thirtyeight yt-arr of preaching the gospel. Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Smith, Miss Louise and M. D. Biggs left here one day during the past week for Hendersonville by motor, where they expect to spend ten days. This makes three trips that Mr. Biggs has made to the mountains this summer at the steering wheel. It is understood that he will bring back Mr. W. W. Braddy's family from Hendersonville, after which he will go back to that place and bring Mr. L. H. Smith and ramuy back to Latta. o Ijatta Schobl Open September 5th The Latta Public Schools will open Monday morning, Sept. 5th at 9 unlock. Everything i8 being placed in readiness for the opening. Parents are urged to obtain entrance cards for their children on Saturday, September 3rd, so as not to delay the enrollment of their children on Monday. These cards may be obtained from the Bank of Latta or from W. L. Caddy's store. A number of improvements are being made in the old building. Slate blackboards are being placed in the three rooms down stairs, the walls and overhead are being painted and calcimtnzed, and a number of new desks are being added. Thig will complete the slate blackboards for all of the rooms of both buidings. Before I he year is over the Parent-Teachers Association hopes to renovate both buildings, both interior and exterior and to add more shrubbery and flow-i ers to the campus. This will give us some very much needed improvements. The Superintendent has succeeded in getting a faculty of experienced and capable teachers to carry on the session's work, and trusts that the parents of the school will give him the same hearty cooperation and support that they have given him during the two years of his superintendency Just passed. Below is given a list of teach|ers and the assignments to grades: ,1st. Orade, Miss Elizabeth Monroe; '2nd, 3rd and 4th Orades, Mrs. Kate ALD. DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA. HIGE FRAUD SCHEME IS UNEARTHED. Hanks, Bond Houses, Brokers and Wealthy Vietinis of Clever Baud. Chicago, Aug. 23?Millions of dollars of worthless notes, stolen bonds, fraudulent deeds of trust and forged certificates of deposit have been flung on the markets of the country, federal agents declared today after investigation of a band alleged to have been headed by Charles W. French and John F. Worthingtoiu Banks, bond houses, investment security brokers and wealthy business men from coast to coast, were declared to have been the victims or dupes of one qf the most gigantic swindles ever unearthed by federal agents. Six million dollars worth of stolen bonds, nearly $3,000,000 in worthless notes and hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of trust deeds and forged certificates of deposit ' have been traced by Department of Justice agents it was said. The revelations resulted from a confession accredited to Alva W. Harshman who was declared to have been a private secretary to French and who surrendered today. He was alleged to have told of a deal negotiated by French for the purchase nf n hnnlf in tho Vfiririln Wont thnt involved the exchange of $800,000. How They Worked It. A Washington. D. C.. man, according to Harshman, Vas to obtain certified checks for $500,000 there. These checks, he said, were to be presented to the bank owners and when the band gained control of the establishment they were to cash ' all certificates of deposit the bank owned. The money, he said, would then be forwarded to the Washington man who would deposit it before the certified checks on the original transaction were cleared and returned. Many other similar deals were also described. In another case, it was asserted, a large amount of stolen securities were placed with a small country bank in return for a certificate of deposit. The deposit slip, it was said, was cashed, and the bank left holding the securities which would be identified and reclaimed when it tried to realize on them. ' It was also revealed that the band was operating in Kansas City. According to John V. Clinnin, acting district attorney, all of the notes issued by the band were disposed of by the securities company of Kansas City. According to the alleged confession made by Harshman, the band made considerable money disposing of real estate mortgagee. Another deal said to have been made In Milwaukee by the band is being investigated by government agents. It waB declared to have netted the swindlers $500,000 It was said that A. E. Strelziln. who was arrested today in Milwaukee, will be questioned regarding this transaction. Worthington was arrested some weeks ago and is being held in $100,000 bonds in connection with moil rr>KK?rinn tnfnlinn ? ? i vui/c* *vo iviaiiu^ niately $6,000,000. French alleged to bo his right hand man, was arrested yesterday. Today C. K. Strobel was taken into custody in Akron, Ohio, and A. E. Strelzln was arrested in Milwaukee. letter fiVun Millionaire. Begging the return of "at least a little of the'nrtlllons?to be exact $2.500,00," alleged to have been obtained frorm him by John W. Worthington, Charles French and their associates, a letter from Z. W. Davis, former president of the Winton Automobile Company, of Cleveland forms the letter intercepted by government officials. It was addressed to French at a Chicago loop hotel, where a suite maintained by French was raided yesterday. Federal officers say they recovered securities valued at $1,000,000 in, the raid. Davis' letter, of si* pages, dated August 5, was a plea'for others who are entirely dependent on him for a livelihood. ' Left without aid from those who obtained his fortune, the Cleveland former {nllllonaire declared h(. would be "forced to the only alternative?suicide." Davis also was a former president of the Diamond Portland Cement Company and the Globe Stove Company. The letter addressed to French said: "Please do not take what I am writing to you as a whine. I am not in the habit of crying after I have lost. If I were the only one to be considered, I would not care. "But there are others who are entirely dependent on me for a livelihood. It Is for that reason that I am now forced to beg you to return at least a little of the 'millons? to be exact $2,500,000?which you and your associates have taken away from me in the last two years. Rogers and Mrs. Kate Reynolds. Mrs. Reynolds is from Sumter. 5th grade, Miss Frances Thompson of Newberry; 6th Grade, Miss Effie Watson, of Thompson, Ga,; 7th Grade. Miss Slngletary of Lake City; High School Latin and History, Miss Myrtle Eptlng of Pomaria, S. C.; English and French, Miss Teressa Dew. of Latta; Smith - Hughes Agriculture and Science, J. O. Bethea, Latta; Mathematics, R. T. Fatrey. The music will be under the direction of Miss Vivian McMillan of Latta. ?o An Appreciation. We wish through your good paper to express our profound gratitude to the kind physicians, friends and neighbors who ministered to us so generousty, and in so many helpful ways, during the last sad hours of our darling mother, Mrs. Louisa Lenoir Ballard. God grant that He who loves us all and gave His life for all, may minister unto each of you in your hour of need, through kind neighbors. Yours in gratitude, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Bass, R. U. Ballard. THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST, 23 NOTICE OF SALE District Court of the United States Eastern District of South Carolina In Bankruptcy. In the Matter of L. F. Ellis, Bankrupt. I : > v Jt mm Jtr Again Cxlra i t^0 Fireetsnc ftrat m&4i of $13.99 on the Stent May 3. Unusual pur through big volume ol the great efficiency c Plant No. 3, maaufa eively 39x3 V4 else, mad Now, the prodnctio Sise 30x3 H tire has b* - c You feel secure on F Because Firestone Go out. Your repair mi he hasn't seen a blw . ? Firestone tire hleto SOUT are 1 MADE If Augusta, Georgi: REDUCT1 This is our 1 prices. A r ULL L FABRIC Plain 30 x 3 $ 9.60 30x3 1-2 11.85 31 x 4 16.50 32x3 1-2 14.50 32x4 19.40 33 x 4 20.35 34 x 4 20.80 32 x 4 1-2 25.90 33 x 4 1-4 25.25 34 x 4 1-2 27.60 35 x 4 1-2 28.90 The above prices art Southern Tires are sub tire. Our stock is all new are made of the very bes We also carry in stocl and FABRICS. Our stock is complete DILLON,S C. n? Phone No. 51 J , 1921. Under and by virtue of an order of Hen. Kobert J. Kirk, referee in bunk ruptcy. the undersigned trustee of j the bankrupt estate of I~ F. Ellis will sell at the store house of the said Ellis, at Mallory. South Carolina, on Tuesday the 6th day of September. Reduces n^e 30*3'/. JLor ?thi low trie* to Plant No. I?rd Non-Skid, price reductlc rha?int power tli.45 to $13.01 [ business, and erer before be if its $7,Off,Off If your dealt ctaring exclu- Size in stock ie this poaeible. aid Non-Skid n of the Extra- price. You a on transferred unusual tire [>rd? That Don't Blow { ires tone Cords. year ? 10,000, rds don't blow miles, and t in will tell you strong. See j prout this past today. Name CorS UrM are being i?U at lowest pri rjl MX3H?S24.M 33*4?*44.3* 34x4 UCDM ' nLiui rHICK' * THE LAND OF L ] (ON IN TIRI atest and greatest r< INE OF S0UTHE1 s. i i Non-Skid i $11.25 32 x 12.80 32 i 17.75 33 x 16.25 34 x 21.50 32 x 22.50 33 x 23.25 34 x 29.00 35 x 30.00 36 x 31.00 33 x 32.25 35 x 37 x GUARANTEE: Cords - 8000 Miles Fabrics - 6000 Miles ; for CASH ONLY, ject to adjustment, the same a: goods, just received from the t obtainable materials, k GOODRICH and UNITED S' and we can fill your order p ers Motors 1121 at eleven o'clock a.- m. to the highest bidders for cash all of the giods. wares uiid,nierchaiyiise, and also one Allen jirtltomobHe of the said L. P. Ellis. EUGENE VAREEN, 8 25 2t. Trustee. mtlRM ! 9 Price f 4*+ *** rsm* zv1022 95 ? i 2. This permits the * : m on this tire from i. No such value has en offered tire users. ' i rr hasn't the Extra- rf ask for our Standtype at the same ill still be getting an mine. j > )ut ' j ' 15JH9 and 20.0M i he tires still going " J. rour Firestone dealer .?? below. -J? csa in cord kH?$34.* ? TIRES Tires COTTON New York, N. Y. i PRICES eduction in Tire RN TIRES. Non-Skid Cords 3 1-2 $26.00 4 33.50 4 34.50 4 35.40 4 1-2 38.00 4 1-2 38.70 4 1-2 39.70 4 1-2 40.90 i 1 4 <f H A 4 I-L 41./U 5 47.10 5 ^ 49.50 5 52.25 \ s any other standard make factory. Southern Tires TATES TIRES. CORDS 'tf romptly. DILLON, S.C. Phone No. 51 ... ^-dfP