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' m Latta S. V. Lane of Dillon was a visitor In our town Saturday afternoon. D. S. Stackhouse of Dillon Route 3 was here Tuesday on business. W. E. Edwards of Mullins was here on business Tuesday afternoon. Born to Mr. and Mrs. It. J. Dew; twinR- a hnv and a pirl W. H. Hymen, a mechanic of Florence spent the day here Wednesday on business. Joe M. Bass, magistrate of Sellers was among those here on business Wednesday. Mrs. D. O. Mansbip and children of Elberry spent a part of the day here Wednesday. Gary McKenzie and little son of Florence spent Sunday with his cousin Dr. T. J. Allen. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Smith spent the week end with Mrs. Smith's parents a*. Murrells Inlet. Miss Carrie Belle McLeod of Dillon called at the home of her cousin Mrs. T. J. Allen Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Cochran of Sumter county is Tisiting her neice Mrs. T. B. Reynolds of the school faculty. W. M. Rogers a progressive planter of the Temperance section paid our town a business call Monday. Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Smith and Grady Bethea were in Dillon Monday morning. J. S. Fair of Oak Grove was among iuubc wuu were in iowii oil ouBiiiess Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Moore of Dillon were among the Visitors in our littlte city on Sunday afternoon. W. W. Braddy who travels spent the week een^ with his family who lives here. M. E. McNa.tr, Auditor A. C. L. spent the day with his family here Wednesday. J. H. McArn of Rowland was here in the Interest of the light plant of that place Wednesday. P. A. George and Eugene Berry of the Elberry section were here on business Thursday. W. S. Floyd of the Floydale Mercantile Co. was here on business Thursday. H. T. Hartley of Brownsville was here in the' interest of the fleecy staple Thursday. Mesdames L?. E. Haselden and Harris of Sellers were shopping in town Thursday afternoon. / MIsb Eunice Allen of the Free State section spent the afternoon here Thursday. Miss Lula Hoffmeyer of Florence is Tisiting her cousin Mrs. H. A. Edwards. Tnonh 1 o- J u.vvuucig ICU OHIUI Qit; IU epend the Jewish New Year with his H^cther in Savannah. W. H. Stalvey left Sunday to spend g couple of days with relatives in Mullins. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Bethea and children also Mrs. J. B. Luckey went to Marlon on Sunday afternoon and I called on relatives at that place. A. L. and Vernon Parham two ex-1 tensive planters of the Mallory sec-' tion were selling cotton here Tkurs-j day. Rev. Tom McCall of the First Bap-1 list church of Bennetttsville filled the1 pulpit at the Baptist church here on Sunday evening to a large congregation. Mr. and Mrs. George J. Bethea of Tatum spent Sunday with Mr. Bethea's mother, Mrs. Flora M. Bethea,1 who hurt herself by a fall from the steps some days ago. Mrs. P. W. Olive and two daughters Misses Mary and Sarah of Wade, N. C., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. E. "Williams at Mallory and Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Williams of this place. Mrs. Flora M. Bethea, an aged lady of our town, fell down the steps Thursday and broke her wrist and received several bruises about the head. Her family physician was Immediate11 roll /./I " ? ? -- .j ana aner an examination pronounced her injuries not serious. Lieut. Yancey LeGette who has been stationed at Camp Knox is at home visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. B. LeGett on a furlough before leaving for the Philipine Islands where he will army duty for some time. The regular meeting of the Civic League was held with Mrs. D. G. Burden at her home on Main street. Miss Lillian Bethea was elected delegate to represent the League at Lake View at the County Federation of Womens Clubs, which convenes in that prosperous little city on October 15th. P. W. Sessions, Sr., who has been on an extended visit to his brother here, L T. Sessions, has gone to Sumter to spend a few days with his daughter, Mrs. Dwyer, after which he with Mr. and Mrs. Daliel Oliver of Florence will go by motor to Safety Harbor, Fla., where Mr. and Mrs. Oliver will spend the winter. It being where Mr. Sessions lives, and is about 800 miles. Mr. Sessions Is 76 years old, yet hale and hearty, and does not mind such a trip at all, but looks on It with pleasant anticipations. Mrs. W. D. Bethea entertained at Bridge on Tuesday afternoon In honor of her sisters Mrs. J. B. Luckey and Mrs. S. H. Callahan. The lower floor was artistically decorated for the occasion with golden rod and candles. On entering the guests were received by Mrs. Bethea and served delialous fruit pnnch. and at a late hour a salad course was served. Numerous robbers were enjoyed and Mrs. D. C. d wards received the prise for highset ssere, after, which the gueeta departed. There were about twenty who THE DELLOIV 1 News Depai Conducted by W. Ellis Bethc enjoyed Mrs. Bethea's hospitality. Those from out of town were Mrs. Frank Thompson and Mrs. James Spruut, both of Dillon. The regular meeting of the Pee Dee Chapter U. D. C. was held with a full attendance at the Library on Thursday afternoon the 29th. The following officers for the new year were elected: President, Mrs. T. C. McGee; Vice-President, Mrs. E. L. Powell; Secretary, Mrs. N. E. George; I Cor. Secretary, Mrs. E. A. Gaddy; (Treasurer. Mrs. Isla Crumnler: His torian, Mrs. W. Ellis Bethea; Registrar. Mrs. Walter E. Bethea. Mrs. Jno. J. Allen was elected delegate to the annual meeting at St. Louis November 8th. Mrs. Frank Watkins, alternate. Mrs. W. Ellis Bethea was elected delegate to Lake View to the County Federation of Clubs October 15th. A resolution was passed that each member pay $1.00 to the scholarship fund for a worthy girl from this district. The Chapter will be entertained in October at the home nf T. M. Bethea, by Mrs. Bethea and Mrs. C. W. Foxworth. o Reflections of the Presbyterian Manse When a fellow runs up against profound ignorance, superstitition and prejudice, nothing but the dynamite of "regeneration" will "bust" that rock. Truth can take care of itself and grow; but if you want errer to stay alive you had better preach it all the time. If the premise of your proposition is correct then logic will not force you to hang your head. "Dog-gone" is no curse word, if the dog is gone; but if you have the dog in you, then silence is gold. And you had better stop talking about J dogs until your dog is gone. Rllizarris aro hnm white hut ?>1n? how soon their feathers begin to turn. It is so with people! They start out from infancy apparently innocent but if they were not born buwards what made them get black? If the doctrine of total deDravity were not true huts would be palaces and the desert blossom like a rose. Some people are quick on trigger and are ready to line up for a controversy on almost any subject. To such we would say that we had better be sure of our ground before we start lest, like Seneca's wax bird, we come tumbling to the ground. A hypocrite Is a fellow that tells a Presbyterian how he despises a Baptist and then tells the Baptist how he despises the Presbyterian; then gives both Baptist and Presbyterian a ton-j gue lashing in the presence of a Methodist. This holds good of all denominations. This thing of religious hate is of the devil and the only place for it is in hell! Oh, ye hypocrite! Let's learn to be fair and open and above board! I tell you why the Lord, I think allows hypocrites in his blood bought churches. It is to keep fools On the outside! For a man who cannot find enough pious people iDside to associate with is either a fool or a jackass, because he knows that "one hundred dollars per acre land" can be bought for the taxes, where no church is located. A fellow boasted that he had not given a cent to support Christianity in twelve months; but he told a friend in secret that the courts and lawyers had cost him fifteen hundred dollars that year. Which is cheapest ? best? Don't you fret about an innocent man being hung; there are no innocent people that I have met. If we had all had real Justice, we had not only been bung, but in hell; for we have all sinned with an high hand ever since we got into this world; and J wc have not gone out of that business yet. It only goes to prove that there 1 is a place to rectify the wrongs of | this life. f Have you quit trying? If you have you are a failure right now! But if you continue to try, it makes no mat!ter how bad things are, you .vre a | success. For no man is a failure until he quits. Don't blame the newspaper for j things you read that are d'stasteful. ; The business of a paper is to Rive inews and inform the people. If he is fair he will publish it, if it is readable, reserving the rght to editorialize it. E. C. B. o I JFK SPENT UNDER "BIG TENT." There is no circus of the present regime that has catered to the amusement going people of the United I States much longer than that of the Sparks Three Ring Circus which comes to Dillon, on Monday, October j 1 Oth. It will be the 34th annual tour of thiR aggregation which has steadily (grown from a small two car affair, to the magnitude ef the three ring class [and this year finds it more complete fin extraordinary features than ever I before. ) Probably one of the show's strongest features in Miss Flora Bedlni re!puted to be the most daring and accomplished rider in this, or any other country. There's a reason?Miss Bedlni comes of a family of noted riders, in fact her family were all riders of repute even before the Bparks Clrl cus was In existence. When but a lit, tic girl she was brought to this country by her father who at that time I was one of the featured riders with .Rlngling Brothers. The Sparks Cirsus is coming to ^ Dill on on thslr own trains of donbls 9KRALD, DILLON, BODM CAROLD j! tment. . a | length cars and will pitch their tents at the usual grounds. Two performances will be given daily in the spacious tent which has a seating capacity of 10,000. The street parade which is one mile in length will pass through the principal Btreets of the city at 10:30 A. M. and will be a kaleidoscopic procession of glitter and color, all cages being open to view. o The cynical Bachelor observes that most marriages are prompted by a fear that some other fellow may get the girl. o THICK PLANTING OF COTTON. Another Method of Outdoing Boll Weevil Suggested. The Birmingham News. The United States government maintains an experiment station of the Department of ' Agriculture at Stoneville, in Coahoama County, In the Mississippi Delta, the chief work of that station being to cope with the boll weevil problem, and to develop a long staple cotton best adapted to that soil. July 21 the station had * field day rally at Stoneville?a couple of thousand planters from various sections of the Delta being present ? and a evolutionary discovery was divulged happen! cities! MilwnnlrAA " - 1TACIJ Ml.WAUKEE, WIS.?An unusually strong man who has not exhlblted his strength in any professional .ine of entertainment is Peter Lechner. carpenter of this city. Mr. Lechner is not of unusual build. He is twenty-eight years old. Some of the evidences of bis strength are shown by the following feats: Driving ? 60-penuy spike through a one ami one-half inch plank with his hare hand. Pressing his hands together, hut not linked, in front of his body, and and having eight men on each arm straining futllely to pry them apurt. Lying on hard cement, with handkerchief over face, and 'JOO-pound man with shoes on standing on his face. I PA?NM.tnM. OPA 1 ? vuiijuiK puunus one-nail ran# | without setting it down. I New Pai Tha Appearance difference b an old one. traded in c the owner w tiling dittere A new top, Gibbes paini looks like th( We speciali: and trimmir are provided shop equiprr this high cla you. ' "Every Jc GIBBES MA< CoLl Dli Packard - Pi ia, nnruDAi, morning, ootoc 1 ? 1 11 to them. It was. simply, that by planting cotton very thickly the boll weevil is outdone and a hanu^ome yield per acre obtained, despite heavy j infestation. The dispatch about the, meeting contained the following: And then came the thick-spaced ( cotton and there was no doubt, Judging from their actions, that this was the star attraction, the loadstone which made these planters brave the long ride through the rain. This cotton was chopped 'out so as to stand two Btalks to the hill, 12 inches apart. This would be equivalent to one stalk every six inches, or 24,892 stalks to the acre. If it averaged five bolls to the stalk, then assuming 60 bolls to the pound, the yield would be 2,224 pounds of seed cotton to the acre. Several of the plats, on ordinary sandy land, unfertilized land, averaged that many bolls, and that, too, in fields alive with boll weevils. The economic importance of this rliBrnvprv r?n n hurrilv ho ovopooMnioh td. This amazing find ranks with Whitney's invention of the cotton gin. It will do more to lift, the Mississippi farmer out of poverty and make him a prosperous citizen than any scientific discovery of the age. Beyond a doubt it will make the Delta the wealthiest farming country in America. It has already restored the confidence of the Delta planter, and has pointed the sure road to beat the boll weevil. Simple? Yes, it is simple, but it has taken over 100 years to discover the secret, the amazingly simple fact that the greatest factor in growing cotton over which the farmer has control, the greatest crop producer yet discovered is thick spaced cotton. There was hardly a row, scarcely a talk of this cotton which was not examined with the most minute care ? the visiting planters. Beside this jotton was a crop spaced and treated ike the ordinary Delta crop, and it was a good crop, too. But when the if iin Become Famous Bending a 60-pennj spike with bare hands. Lifting 482-pound barrel of wet clay. Lying en the floor with 600 nounds on chest, then lnvltlog: four men each weighing more than 200 pounds to get n his chest In addition to the 600 pounds weight; then, with the 1,400 pounds ?n his chest, carrying on a conversation. Driving a nail In a board with bare hand, and breaking It off with his teeth by bendlug nail to and fro. Rending twelve GO-penny spikes in 1 minute B5 seconds, head to point Teuring in two a pack of cards In front of body, overhead, behind back, between knees with hands behind him; and tearing three packs at oDe time In two in front of his body. Holding a 100-pound weight in one hand and writing his name on wall with long pencil with the same hand. Tearing hole out of the center of a pack of cards in two minutes and three seconds, whereas the record of Snntlovv io o llttlo nrne ..t u xinv u?ci oc*ru in in uic>)? Lechnex's rules for living nre simple. He eliminates meat from his meals, preferring fruit, nuts and vegetables. He drinks two to three quarts of milk a day, in addition to spring water. He has never smoked or drank Intoxicating beverages. intAdds More n It Costs is the conspicuous etween a new car and Hf i * lviost used cars are m new ones because ants to look at someint. new seat covers, a t job, and any old car e latest factory made. ze on fine painting tg. Expert workmen with all modern paint tent. The low cost of Lss work will surprise >b is Guaranteed" CBINERY COMPANY JMBIA, S. C. iTRlBUTORS iige - and Durant Cars - - - * ? KER ?, lttl. visitors began to count the blooms on the rows of this crop and compsre them with the thick ' cotton, there was no comparison. In nearly every Instance the thick cotton had three times as many blooms as the wide spaced cotton. That settled it. The man who came to scoff caved In. Here was indubitable proof that throughout long weary years he had been cutting down 'his crop by thinning It out. In response to his question, the directors told him that for several years the thick cotton had yielded more than double the widespread crop, and that now there was not the least doubt that through all these years the farmer had been making a terrible mistake in spacing his cotton so widely. Thick cotton kept the maturity. "And I Bpeak with the utmost confidence, gentlemen," said the director, "when I say to you that if you will plant Express cotton in rows three and a half feet wide; and leave it thick like this cotton you see here you can beat the boll weevil." , The director then explained that after experimentation covering several years and embracing 650 varieties of cotton, the "Express 350" is the best long staple yet proven out for the Delta or rich bottom land. If what Director' Walker says is true?and according to the dispatches to the Memphis Commercial Appeal, he proved his case by plots of thick planted cotton and the thinly planted, wide-spread in order to fight boll weevil as is thought the proper thing now, farmers have been pursuing the wrong tactics in fighting tho weevil. His idea is to plant a quick growing, quick fruiting cotton and plant it thick, so that there will not t<j enough 'weevils to puncture all the squares. And it rather looks as though there might be something to his argument, at least, It seems those ploants up in in the Delta have taken the argument and demonstration at par value.s o PROGRAM OF DILLON COUNTY FEDERATION. The Dillon County Federation of Womens' Clubs will hold its fall meeting at Lake View, Saturday, October 15th at the High School building. The meeting will be called to order at 10=30 A. M. 10:20?Devotional Exercises, Rev. W. H. Simpson.' Music?Lake View Chorus Club. Address of Welcome, Mrs. R. T. Ren f row. Reaponse.Mrs.'Pierce Rogers. Business session. 11:30?Address?Work .. ? ? w? %M? u wa vu Federation, Mrs. S. O. Plowden. Columbia, S. C., Li "The Sparks Circus which s the highest and heat on the road who attended the performance praise for the organization."?r i 1 PRESENTING ON Oh | PROGRAM AND FC fk IN ALL CIRC! WkNOT MANY, E WORLDS 6 1P%,. ARE ST>* CO MING 7 DILLOI ONE DAY ONLY 2--Pcrformance?-2 Monday, Oct 400 Hundred People STREET PARA 2-Herde of 20-Funny < # - ... V ^ V 12:00?Address.?Influence of Books*. Dr. EL N. Snyder.^ 1:0 0?Lunch. Afternoon Semio* 3.00 P. BC. Music?Federation Sons. 2:15?Recreation in the Home and School, Miss Florence Lynes. 3:20?Value of Music in the Home, School, and Community, Mrs. M. C. Woods. /' Business session. Mrs. R. S. Rogers, Cor .Sec. o DE DRY DROUT. Do sun hit Bhine, but nebber mine Ah go right-on er workin' Keeps up de fight bote day en night Dare ain't no good in shirkin. Ah hear dem say day after day f De cloud got er silver lining. En den ah pray fer clouds, but nay Dc sun keeps* right on shinln. De oats been dead fum roots ter head Now d'e corn ent got no life iGwine put ole Ned back In de shed En pend mo on my wife. >. Fer de white folks figger dey want er nigger Ter cook en scrub de flo. En now dls nagger puts down dis fig<ger Ah ain't gwine fahm no more. * > En dem boll weevil done played de devilEn cotton git so low, AhU be a man en tek er stan Ah ain't gwihe fahm no mo. ?i. c. r. IF YOUR AMERICAN PRODUCTS Export and Import Corporation stock is for sale we can handle it for you at 70 per cent of its face value. We think this stock is val liable ad an investment and advise yen to keep it but if you must seir we will be glad to hear from you. Manning & Shine, Latta, S. C. f 10 6 2t. Cypress Shingles. 1 have just received a large shipment of No. 1 Cypress shingles at prices which prevailed before the war. I alsa carry a stock of Cedar Shin?;les. If yon will see me beore buying I will save yon money. W. Ellis Bethea, Imttm. 0. O. ked Sparks Circus. bowed here yesterday is one o? , and everyone of the thousands s had nothing hut words o? The State. Columbia, S. C. IE STUPENDOUS I >R THE FIRST TIME J US HISTORY IUTALLTHE ^ IREATEST JlS nic lRS ' *> ifjnV?^LHa 1 I w\ 10 I 200 H*orf?? I ,DE 10:30 A. M. U Elepkantf-2 I Clowns?20