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f * ^^ ESMKH2H2H5SaKSS5522SaKSSS555SS^""*-*,? P. Lalta Coming and Uoliig Miss Ella Atkinson spent Tuesday in Florence. C. P. Wells of Bennettsville was a business visitor here Tuesday. H. M. Hodges of Brownsville was here in town part of Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Floyd of Floydale were here Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. D. B. Sellers and daughters of Sellers were shopping here on Tues-! day afternoon. J. F. Easterling of the Temperance flection was here Wednesday in the Interest of prices of tobacco. Tracey E. Fore of the Elberry section of the county was a business visitor early Thursday. J. P. Hodges of Brownsville spent a great part of Thursday here attending to business. J. F. Williams a planter of the Mai-: lory sect-.on was hero selling tobacco Friday. Miss Margaret Carmichael of Dillon is spending some time with her cousin Mrs. W. J. Summerlin. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Bass and little son and Mesdames L. H. Atkinson and Lyl Biggs left Monday forr Rocky River Springs to spend about ten1 days. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Parham and children Bpent Wednesday of last week in Florence. .. Dr. and Mrs. T. C. Major and children spent the week end at Myrtle' Beach. W. N. Bethea of Florence spent Sunday with his parents Mr. iand Mrs. L. S. Bethea. Mrs. Treacy E. Fore and daughter Hazel left on Monday morning for -heville to spend two weeks. are glad to note Mr. and Mrs. ^^fr'ittle son who has been so senoiff*" sick is now convalescing. Dr. H. A. Edwards, his son Luther and S. H. Callahan spent the week end at Myrtle Beach. George L. Brown of Pittsburg, Pa., is at home visiting his parents Dr. .and Mrs. E. L. Brown. J. F. Williams of Charleston spent 'the week end with his parents Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Williams. Fred Parham of Bingham spent the week end with his parents Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Parham. | Rev. Rufus Ford of Marion filled he pulpit at the Baptist church herei ja Sunday morning. E. B. Watson, Jr., and his friend! ?. Cook of Wilmington spent the, mmC end with relatives here. B)a^.James W.?J. Summerlin and Rogers were visiting in the ilii section Thursday afternoon. 'top Norton of Mullins was show rn^lrviri wares to the retail merchants trying to in't**est them in his line Fri. day. j Henry Bowden, manager Union, Seed and Fertilizer Co., cf Wilmington spent Wednesday here in the in-1 terest of his company. D. B. Shine returned by motor from , Faison, N. C.t Wednesday where he! has been on a short visit to his par-; ents. Miss Myrt4e Waters of Wilmington} nao nmiuiK ner siaier Mrs. j. ^U. Manship of Elberry during the past week. F. H. Richardson left Thursday afternoon for Myrtle Beach where he expects to spend a few days taking advantage of the cool breezes. J. L. Medlin formerly of the Clio section, but now of Jacksonville, Fla.. was here Friday morning on his way i to visit lelalives in Marlboro county.' S. B. Spear of Waycross, Ga., is: taking his vacation, being an engineer , on a locomotive, and while doing so is visiting relet!ves in this section. | Mrs. J. <B. Manning and daughter Miss Gertrude have returned from' Ashevllle where they spent several months. Miss Eva Ellerbe of the Hif^i School faculty of Columbia is spending some time during her vacation with relatives here. R. H. Manning and family of the Sellers section are spending some time with Mrs1 Manning's father, Mr. A. G. Stafford. J- F. McDonald returned from Richmond on Friday morning where ns spent several days replenishing hie SVOCk Of gOOdS. getting rZirfv tnr hi* fall trade. Miss Etta Sellers left here on Monday morning for Asheville, Waynesville and other cool places in the mountains of western North Carolina to be away about a couple of weeks. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Brown. Miss Corinne Robinson. Major Coleman and Miss Bessie Hayes left about 4 o clock Friday irorning to ^pend the day gt Myrtle Beach. Rev. and Mrs. E. C. Bailey and family have returned from their summer home near Hendersonville where they have been for the past month or more. Misses Sarah Williams, Jean Hughes and Martha VanLandingham of Lancaster were visiting Mr. and Mrs. Power Rogers of the Dothan section during the pest week. On Sunday morning August the 14th five autog loaded mostly with young- people from this place went to Reedy Cregek Baptist church and organized a B. Y. P. U. at that church Dinner was served on the grounds. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Bethea and children went to Myrtle Beach on Friday. Mrs. Bethea and Mrs. H. A. Edwards will keep house at the Beach for a couple of weeks. Dr. Edwards and Mr. Bethea will go as often as duties at home will permit. VBK DflLIXM News Depar Conducted by W. Ellis Bethe: J. D. Coleman of Eibclry was here Oi. business i'rtUay. Miss Jimmie Carmichael of Hamer is visiting her her sister, Mrs. H. H. Bass. Miss Katherlne Bethea visited Miss Leila Coleman during the past week at Elberry. E. L. Powell of the Dalcho section was here looking after tobacco Tues day. ' Dr. and Mrs. F. L. Carpenter and their son LaFon spent the week end at Wrigbtaville Beach. A. M. tlogers of Dillon was among those who were in the city Tuesday afternoon. Dr. <\ S. Evans of Clio passed through here Wednesday on his way to Fldrenae. On Tuesday Magistrate E. C. Allen visited his nephew E. W. Allen near Clio. H. T. Hartley of Brownsville was among those who were here on business early Wednesday morning. L. L. Watson, mayor of Latta, knd Mrs. Watson spent the week end at Myrtle" Beach. Q \ U7otd/vn 4..~* a > I u. iu. IIUIDUI1 HOB JU61 iciuuieu from a visit to his daughter Mrs. C. M. Staley at Staley, N. C. Henry Berr? of Marion was on a visit to his brother in law C. G. Bass on Monday. "Lea" Burnett who travels out of Wilmington was here pushing his line on Tuesday. j Thomas Stanton of Clio passed through here Wednesday on his way jto the Columbia hospital where his; | son Rufus is seriously sick- \ S. A. McMillan has just returned from Baltimore where he has been for 'several dayg purchasing the fall and winter needs of his customers. ' Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Bethea and son William of Wilmington are visiting Mr. Bethea's parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. Ellis Bethea, also Mrs. Bethea's mother, Mrs. Clara Manning. I Miss Sallie Smith who for the past several seasons have had charge of the ladie3 hat department.at the Latta Dry Goods store has already arrived from Baltimore and i8 ready to [serve her many friends in this sec o The Methodist Sunday school and congregation at the hour was smaller ithan seldom seen even during the 'summer months, caused by so many of -itg members being awaf at the several nearby beaches and mountain resorts. The condition of * the roads will justify going to a beach fifty or sixty miles away and returning late the same d?y. While Sunday would seem to be the only day one could spare from his business, yet we believe that one would have more real pleasure to close up business for a day and take one of the six days of the week for such trip. Miss Christine Benrv entertained on Friday afternoon with a Tacky Party on her spacious lawn in honor of the junior iupworth League. There were twenty five who attended this pleasant occasion. Games of many different kinds were indulged in for about an hour, after which refreshments consisting of peanuts, chewing gum and candies were served. A prize was awarded to the one who could make the best animal out of gum. Margaret Bethea and Joseph Williams were pronounced the tackiest couple. o The friends and relatives of Mrs. B. C. Boney will be grieved to learn of her death on the 18th at Wallace, N. C. where she lived. She had a longi hard fight between life and death in' which she suffered a great deal, and, the end was not a surprise to her lov-l ed ones, who watched by her bedside. | I She was a Miss Bethea before her| marriage, she being the oldest child of George J. Bethea and Mrs. Flora M. Bethea, and was fifty one years old at the time of her death. She leaves two children: Mrs. C. M. Miller and Norwood Boney who-both live at Wallace. She leaves the following brothers: EL C. Bethea, P. M., at Latta, H. L. and C. C. of Latta, R. B. of Floydale and George J. of Tatum, S.j C. She leaves one sister, Mrs. Janie Gaddy of Latta. o Our town and community were greatly shocked and grieved on August the 11th, when one of our noblust christian characters, Mrs. Louisa Lenoir Ballard met with such a horrible death. She was about her Mas-; ter's business when she was struck by the train. Always conscientious and j Icyal to her church, she leaves ug in i example that we might well emulate. I She was born at Hagood, Sumter j county, July 17th, 1840, the daughter! of Isaac and Sarah Moore Lenoir. Her I kind disposition was displayed even | when a child in her home. She married John R. Ballard ?nd was the mother of eight children, two of whom survive her, Mrs. Luther CJ Bass, Latta, and Richard M. Ballard, j Lumberton, N. C. She had been a | faithful member of the church for |about fifty five years. Her pastor, Dr. jKirkland accompanied the bereaved ,family to Providence Springs where she was hurled In the old family cemetery, and was attended by many of iher old friends In Sumter county. | Rev. W. C. Allen of Dillon assisted Dr. rKirkland in performring the last sad rites. She is survived by one sister, Mrs. C. W. Sanders, Hagood, S. C., three brothers, W. D. Lenoir, Hagood. 8. C., Polk Lenoir, Providence, S. C. I and Isaac Lenoir, Texas. ' I'll 1 ? I f x tment. L I , a ' X. _ ~ ... MORE RARE THAN DIAMONDS Only Fifty Pieoes of "Rom Ebony" In Existence, and Tltoy Aro Con Idorod Priceless. A gem so rare that a diamond senna common In comparisoft. Bounds -like an overstatement, doesn't it? . There Is snch a substance, however ?It is "rose ebony." Only about fifty pieces et "rose ebony" are In existence today, and, as Its composition Is known to anly one person Its production Is limited to such an Extent that It Is doubtful If there will ever be more than a few hundred pieces at most Mrs. Sarah Sewell Jones halds the secret of the exquisite gem?a Jetblack substance, nearly as hard as a diamond, yet composed of a substance of which rose petals are the base. Mrs. Jones from childhood has been deeply Interested In sculpture and she early developed remarkable/talent The Idea of using rose pltals as the basis for a substance with which to work appenled to her as soon as she conceived It. What a wonderful thing It would be, she thought. If -she could preserve the benuty of the gardener's fairest flower so thnt it would live for centuries (instead of merely a few days. Numerous mechanical obstacles confronted her in working out the formula, but she Anally fouqd how her object could he attained. Using several other Ingredients?the character of which, of course,'she keeps secret?she works the rose petals Into a plautlc composition which she molds to suit her fancy. Then the piece Is pul aside to harden. Every day Mrs. Jones goes over the mold, working on It so thnt It will retain Its original lines throughout the hardening process. At the end of three weeks the gem la hnrd ns flint?nnd then Mrs. Jonea puts on the finishing touches with het chisel. / The carving is unlike anything elsa in the world. In some Inexplicable manner It seems to retain all the fresh beauty of the rose, to which is added the artistry of the maker. Rose ebony will never be a drag on the market. The process ?has been known to Mrs. Jones for eight years? and In all that time only fifty or so gems have been made. Even if Mrs. Jones were to devote all her time to tha work she couldn't possibly make mora than six a month?which would only mean a few hundred In the course of her lifetime.?Vernon I. Lucas In tha Seattle Post-Intelllgencer. City's "Hitch-Up" Unlike Farm's. City ways of hitching up a team of horses to a wagon differ from the old-fashioned system in the country, remarked a former farmer as h? watched a teamster "hook up" his nogs after he had delivered the new liberty flagpole In City Hall park the other day, uccordlng to the New York Sun. The city teamster backed his horses ! to the wagon tongue and hitched up the traces. Then he attached the chuins to the neck yoke aud snapped up his 11 nea. "Now that's all wrong," said the former farmer. "When I was a kid, I was taught to hitch up in front first so, If the team started to run, they could not pull the wagon except with the neck chains. But the first tiling of all to do was to get the lines In order so you cauld control the team in case of emergency." The former farmer could not resist asking the teamster why he hitched up thut way. "Well," replied the teamster, "everybody has their way of doing things. This Is the city way." Not Even a Drink. Two stenographers went out walking the other night with a very parsimonious young lawyer. Now, they had given him many Informal dinners and supposed that he intended to do something fine to show his appreciation for their favors. But he economically walked them around one block after another and finally after almost two hours' walking started them home. Then the most lndepend?br%t rtna oahM otan/1 la 1 - ,,A"? 1 rle," she said solemnly, "don't you suppose we're going to even have a drink this evening?" Cooly the young man replied, "Why, certainly you are. Ther?/* wh^re I'm taking you now?round p: t my mother's home. She has a well of tlie best water In this state."?Exchange. , Conserving Wild Game. Increased bounties on ferocious animals and destructive btrds, and protective measures with a view to conserving the bear, which is looming very scarce In many parts of British Columbia, feature new game regulations which have recently been announced. Trapping of bear is now prohibited and only three bears may now be shot In a season. Bounty for p ant hers baa 4>een Increased to (40, timber wolves (29, cssws 20 cents, magpies 20 cents, and big-barn and snow owls, $1 each. P ' 4 J - ? OtLCT A, THURSDAY MORHIHG, AVI High and Low' Joints of Land. The difference between the highest and lowest paints of land In the United States Is 14.777 feet, according to the United States geological survey, Department of the Interior. Mount Whitney, the highest point. Is 14,501 feet above sea level, and In I Death valley there Is a depression that lies 276 feet below sea level. These two points, which are both in California, are less than 00 miles apart. This difference In height Is small, however, compared with the difference In the height and depth of land in Asia. Mount Everest rises 29,002 feet above sea level, whereas the shores of the Dead sea He 1,299 . feet below sea level, a total difference. In height of 30.292 feet. Mount Everest has never been climbed. The greatest depth yet found in any ocean Is 32,068 feet, the depth at a point about 40 miles north of the -teland of Mindanao, In the Philippines. The bottom of the sea at this point Is therefore more than 11 % miles below the summit of Mount Everest. Close to Terrible Death. Buried alive, a young workman In Chateaudun, France had a remarkable escape after being 10 hours In a weiL He was fitting a pump In a well <10 feet deep when the sides gave way and he was buried 30 feet from the surface. A fellow workman, seeing that alone lie could do nothing, at? once Informed the mayor of the hamlet, who in turn telephoned the sub-prefect of Chateaudun. The latter at once dispatched to the scene the only troops at hand, a tank corps detachment, and then telephoned to Versailles for a detachment of military engineers to sent by motor car. Sixteen hours later Tlilon was rescued alive, having been protected by the props, which were lixed transversely In the well to prevent the sides fall-' Ing In while It was In coursei of construction. He was. however, very bndly bruised, and In such an exhausted state that he was at once taken to the nearest hospital. New African Cathedral. Twenty years ago the London Missionary Society entered the Luapula valley and occupied the area around Kazenihe's?a country where Livingstone began his pathfindlng. There the L. M. S. has labored effectively until tliey have about forty out-schools and 5,000 adherents. Recently h new brick church lias been erected at? Mberesht, and Dan -Crawford, who Is known among the natives as Kwnna Nkonga?"the Gatherer of the Peoples" ?was Invited to consecrate the building. Many Europenns came. Including government officials and high churchmen. and King Kazembc with all his retinue. Mr? Crawford opened the Gothic door with a great Ivory key carved from an ftl'*phunt's tusk from Ihe local mar;d e The key was afterwards presented to Mr. Crawford iu a ctxket of local mahogany. uinmi At WE ARE C DILLON . We h? chmery a bought th date mac. w p invit iour plants erate four or eight g] guarantees vice at c staple cott and we guar: without heir ^iVe huy price on seed allows, and " THE SOU Di ISLANDERS IN WEIRD DANCE Trav?lar*? Graphic Description of Barbaric Ceremony Witnessed lit ths South S?as. On one of the Gilbert islands I saw a ."bateta" (dance) of unforgettable splendor. In the afternoon natives were busy making "wreaths and necklaces of white flowers of the jnale papaya tree. In deep pink oval, motherof-pearl and lavender the sun s<t beside the pttlms. On the lagoon beech was kindled a great Are. Presently the mellow union and huge stars, rising through the fuutostic coconut and more fantastic pandanuR. cast (he black shadows of the trees athwart the white sands. Over the rustle Of the palm fronds, the soft fall cf feet In the dust of the dim pathways, and the murmur* of flower-crowned men and women, on their way to the dance, came the voice of the surf on the outer reef. A chant and a clapping atose from 30 to 40 persons, men and women? not one standing?who sat" crosslegged on the coral, writes Andrew Karrell In Asia Magazine. Members of the ballet, four and Ave deep, made three sides of a rectangle; oa the open side were the spectators. All of the men, and some of the women, were nude to the waist Necklaces of white coconut leaf, long and manypointed. bung down upon the breastsg greeneries were twisted In the pierced lobes of their ears, and from under white coconut and chaplets of flowers gleamed their white eyeballs and whiter teeth. ~ , In the forefront of the ballet sat ? woman?a Mlcronoslan Aphrodite? covered from her waist down with a fine dancing mat. Sire was the prin cipal, and only she and two men did not heat hand against hand and against breast. One of these?a great, bearded. Arablike fellow?was the leader of the chorus. He gave calls, accompanied by a sweep of the raised arm. At the ^cond or third call the second tpan, a broad-bodied Bacchus, opened the sqng in a tenor, and the others Joined, chanting und beating, the women's voices high and nnsal, the men's round and full. The chants weae altogether monotonous repetitions of a few words. Coconut-oiled bodies gleamed under the fire. Hands, feet, arms and trunks of the three principals kept exquisite time to the beat, beat of the choiais.' My ears were filled with the tumult, my eyelids were heavy with drowsiness. I sat in a hypnotic daze; I awoke with a start, to find the singers silent and their bodies 'languid. A brief pause-^-a settling back of the wearied singers?and ugaln the leader gave the call and the sweep of the upraised arm. \ o O. P. Tanner of Marlon was a pleasant visitor to our town Wednesday. \ ng! Gin? tention Farmer: JINKING COTTON AND LITTLE ROC] ive jjust put in i .t liotli dinnprip e latest and mos kinery on tke e you to call and . We are equipp< gins if tke custon ins wken crowde 5 you getting pro: lur plant. We on as well as skoi antee that your cottp ig graded as "gin cut.1 or exchange for your 1 will be as higlv as t we solicit your busin< THERN COTTON C DILLON OIL MILL v ? lion; South Carolina Miss Rache^^wl^TIaf Cheraw is spending the week wiVh her parents Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Powell. ' Mrs. C. L. Norman left Saturday * Eight for her home in Chicago. Mis* Lucy Crisp spent last week with Mrs. D. K.' Ford. Miss Grace Goodyear has returned heme after several days stay in Columbia with Mrs. T/ E. Grimes. G. B. Stackhouse of Mullins was r here Monday. ^ y Mr. and Mrs. T. (1. Grimes of Cck lumbla arrived Tuesday for a few days stay with Mr. and Mrs. W. , N. Goodyear. Miss Clarice Baxley of Columbia 1s visiting Mrs. W. E. Splvey*?* L. W. Temple spent the week end at Wrlghtsvil^ Beach. Mr. Jno. C. Bethea has retimed from a week's stay in the mountains of Tennessee. Mrs. Bethea and son, U*? ok n.iv a. nuBu v/miiuua, wno accompanied him on the trip, will remain there several weeks. ^Jno. Hargrove has returned from Charleston where he went to aee Mrs. Hargrove who is at a hospital. Mrs. Hargrove is recovering from an operation for appendicitis and will return home in about three weeks. News was received in town yesterday afternoon to the effect that Mr. E. B. McEachern was not doing so well. Sunday morning he was cheerful, but since then his condition has become worse. He will likely be in " the hospital from ten days to two weeks. . o News and Courier. This time last August the Front Porch campaign was in full blast and the country was being supplied with daily guarantees of overflowing prospr perity if only it would turn the Democrats out and put the Republicans in charge. Doesn't it make you laugh to think about it? _ % FOR SALE ? Second Hand Gin, displaced by cleaner and huller outfit, but too good to discard. Brush nearly new. Extra saws. Cut 16 bales in a day last fall. Makes good turn out, unusually clean seed. It ia Wpll nroaorroH *7 C\ wl r.wMva fV?, v oun run W IIIkle, one of the best ever made. ' Used for our own crops. Call or address Prop. Red Bluff Farms, Box 109, Clio, S: C.?8 35 2t. Slnngl es I still have several grades, dnd a big stock of Cedar Shingles, Including the best grade. Those needing shingles will do well to ^ see me before buying. W. Ellis Bethea. - - 'Latta, s. o. * ling!! AT OUR K GINS. iew rrias. We . it up-tomarket. I I inspect id to op~ 1 is ligkt, I d. Tkis I mpt ser- 11 1 gin long , rt staple, n will sell * seed. Our lie market t * . ess. / j n h )IL CO.