The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, August 25, 1921, Image 8
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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O. P. Tanner of Marlon was a pleasant
visitor to our town Wednesday.
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tention Farmer:
JINKING COTTON
AND LITTLE ROC]
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.t liotli dinnprip
e latest and mos
kinery on tke
e you to call and
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gins if tke custon
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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<
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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. .
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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?
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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.
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