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cable from her son from a hospital
at hartford, England. 1t said:
81 am living. Who says different ?"
The Government still insists that
Lieut.. Hodes was killed In action, and
at his home few days ago he dis
played the certificate, signed by Gen.
Pershing. which is sent to the parents
Of all soldiers killed in action, and
also some letters asking his mother
to collect on her sons insurance. Mrs.
Flaum is going to frame the certificate
which tells of her brave sons death.
Lieut.. Hodes, who is 26 years old,
has been In the army since 1908, en-
listing when he was a little over 15
years old. He was assigned to the
Fifty-fourth Coast Artillery Company,
and in 1909 went to the Philippines,
where he stayed until 1911. After
being honorably discharged from the
regular army he Joined the Fourteenth
Infantry of the National Guard and
became a FIRST lieutenant In that or
ganization. During the trouble with
Mexico he was transferred to the
Twenty-eighth Regular Infantry and
commanded Company @.
At Spartanburg Lieut.. Hodes won
the championship In a bayonet COM
petition. He was transferred to Com
pany X OF the 1O6th Infantry and went
overseas with that organization. While
fighting with this company he was
wounded September l at Vierstraate
Ridge, just north OF KENNEL Hill.
Hal Hodes. the heutenant's brother,
served four years IN the navy from
1907 until 1911.
Lieut.. Hodes was graduated from
the University or California IN 1915,
and before he went overseas with the
Twenty-seventh was employed by the
United States Radiator Company. He
is now doing business for himself as
a heating engineer.
"The charge that l walked OF with
the keys to London was the only APP
proach to dark spot on my army
record, and 1t all came about because
was looking out for the welfare Of
the Lord Mayor OF London"
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luggage packed by a hotel porter, he
went back to the Continent
The Lieutenant did not receive i'm
mediate orders to return to the
Twenty-seventh Division, and when
they finally did reach him the organ
ization had sailed for home. He was
then assigned to the Graves Regis
tration Department OF the S. o. s. and
was kept travelling In France con-
tinually, registering the graves Of
Americas dead. 1t was necessary to
travel light and much Of his baggage
was left behind.
When Lieut.. Hodes started for home
last April he had only his trunk
locker. In some way he had lost track
OF his bedding roll and a box contain
ing some personal effects. Meanwhile
the Army Intelligence officials were in
vestigating every soldier who was
present at the Lord Mayors dinner
in an attempt to locate the key. Mel
win ]. McKenna, one of the ;nvestiga-
tors, found Lieut.. Hodes and asked
about the key.
Eyes, 1 have the key" said the
Lieutenant 10 the startled intelligence
AAAeAiAs ~ 10 40 AAJ bNAAAhB AOlis
that and you will have the key"
On its last trip to Boston the Presi-
dent Grant brought the bedding roll
and box bearing the name of Lieut..
Hodes. They were taken to Camp
Devens at Aver. Mass. When an in
telligence officer arrived to search the
baggage roll he found the Lord
Mayors key and an odd looking key
much smaller in size.
ST was always interested in the Old
Curiosity shop that Dickens speaks
Of" explained the army officer. land
1 bought the key there"
Before the dinner was given by the
Lord Mayor Lieut., Hodes was report
ed killed in action by the War Depart
ment on September last. His
mother. Mrs. Regina Flaum, wired to
Washington and TO her sons company
commander for confirmation of the Of
ficial telegram. Then she receiverd o
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CHILDREN OFTEN are NATURAL MECHANICS
Many Ancient Theories of Learning
and of Child Psychology Shat
tered by Novel Experiment

Only in this way can we secure those
capable Of specializing upon this prob
lem.
This would imply a salary sched-
ule adequate to attract them. To do
this it would be sufficient merely to
put such teachers on the same salary
schedule as that now used for teach
ers OF the ungraded (backward)
classes"
A plan for extending the Terman
classes into the secondary schools al
ready is under consideration. At
present a Terman child is graduated
with his unusual training and back
ground to be once more swallowed up
in the average as he pursues his edu-
cation further. 1t is possible that IN
the near future a single class may be
opened at one of the high schools to
which all children leaving the Terman
classes in the public schools may be
sent to continue their special work.
The separation Of the exceptional
child implies, as William E. Grady
District Superintendent Of Schools
points out. a profound alteration in
the present public school system OF
grading.
Glasses Incorrectly Formed.
"One of the most striking advances
in school administration during the
past decade" he says, has been the
abandonment Of the naive point Of
view that in terms OF intellectual
emotional and volitional capacity all
pupils are pretty much alike. Unfor-
tunately, classes made up OF the most
heterogeneous mental and physical
types are still the rule rather than
the exception.
The grouping of pupils In the
average school flies in the face of eX-
perience. The billiards and the preco-
cious, the pre-adolescent, have been
harnessed together in fierce scholastic
competition to the detriment of pupils
and teachers alike"
Superintendent Ettinger, in urging
the separation OF pupils into average,
subnormal and precocious, makes an
appeal to common sense.
"Regrouped in this way" says he,
"if handled by skilful teachers they
are happy and contented because they
are working within the normal limits
Of ability. Moreover. as a result OF
such grouping the teacher is allowed
to adjust the course Of study to the
needs Of the pupils and so can DO
really effective work"
In the future It seems our geniuses
are to get as much early attention as,
say our delinquents or the extremely
stupid. Poets will no longer sing OF
flowers born to blush unseen. In New
York at least II will be only a stub
born Milton who can go mute and
inglorious" to the grave, provided OF
course he's the real thing and can
show a high I. Q.
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Mystery of the Lord Mayor of Londons KEYS

~ ECAUsE he ordered a bluejacket
~ to return the key to the Man
sion House, the residence of the
Lord Mayor OF London, Lieut.. Ira 1.
Hodes. a former officer of the 1O6th
Infantry OF the Twenty-seventh Divi-
sion. has won the title of "the man
who walked off with the keys to Lon
DON"
1T all happened because 1 was
solicitous about the Lord Mayors well
fare. 1 was afraid that If he did not
have the key he would be unable to
shut the front door of the Mansion
House at night and go peacefully to
bed" That was his explanation.
Since the Lord Mayor OF London
gave a dinner to 500 American wound
ed Of the hartford Hospital at the
Mansion House last fall the key to
his residence had been missing. Ad-
miral Sims gave orders for every
man in the fleet and for everything on
shipboard to be searched and the
Army Intelligence set its agents to
work, but the key was not recovered
until a few days ago when Lieut..
Hodess bedding roll was opened at
Camp Devens. Two keys were found
carefully wrapped in the middle of
the roll.
While the search was in progress
and when the keys, were discovered Il
was assumed that they were the
keys to London" and that they had
been presented to Gen. Pershing on
the occasion of his visit TO the city
symbolical Of the fact that he had
been given the freedom of London,
How these keys came into the pos
session Of Lieut.. Hodes puzzled army
officers both here and abroad. When
the Lieutenant was found he readily
explained what had been regarded as
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one OF the strangest episodes Of the
war.
The Lord Mayor OF London rose to
his feet and drank a toast to his
guests.
America and England have drawn
even closer to one another because
of the war" said the Lord Mayor.
The people Of the countries can trust
one another so well that navies are
really unnecessary to guard one
another's interests"
Lieut. Hodes. who was the senior
officer present at the dinner. respond
ed to the toast. When he was leaving
the banquet hall Lieut.. Hodes noticed
an American bluejacket stuffing a
heavy object into his blouse.
What have you there?" asked the
army officer.
"A key, sir" replied the souvenir
hunting ''gob," reddening.
1t proved to be the ancient, hand
forged key to the front door of the
Mansion House. A Prussian artificer
is said to have forged the key in his
little workshop more than 700 years
ago. 1t weighs two pounds and is
Opout louterch iHShcS III IenBln.
Lieut. Hodes ordered the sailor 10
return the key at once. Fearing pun
ishment. the bluejacket was reluctant
to obey.
Either return the key at once or
leave it at, my hotel. and / will see
that 1t is returned was the officers
ultimatum.
That evening when the Lieutenant
returned to the Savoy he found the
key waiting for him. The next day
lac was taken down with infiuenAs. and
all thoughts Of returning the key "a
the Lord Mayor vanished. A civilian
doctor was called In and then word
of his illness was sent to the army
headquarters in London. An army
doctor found him too sick to be moved
and recommended that the civilian
doctor continue caring for the patient
Lieut.. Hodes remained In bed for ten
days. On the eleventh day he was
ordered to France for duty and, his
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be once more removed to the blessed
average where he had once reigned
| a king.
Even the smart things these smart
children say are not too abnormally
wise to be funny. What" a small
child was asked, "have a snake, q cow
and a sparrow in common" "A
snake" she replied, "squirts poison. 4
COW squirts milk and a sparrow. why.
| sparrow, it sQuirts music"
One thoughtful little boy. asked to
define philanthropy" hesitated and
then sid: "I think it's Sickness An
other prudent child made a recent and
timely distinction. Revolution" he
said, "is when you have a fight, but
evolution goes on forever"
For a superintendent child a dis
tinguished parentage or environment
apparently are not necessities. The
| Terman children at Public School Ga
are the sons and daughters of the
butcher, the baker and the candlestick
| maker in a typical East Side neigh
borhood. Here, says Miss Irwin, just
as good genius grows as on the West
| Side Of town.
There Is a rare doctor or an artist
father among them, but these are
practically lost among the post Office
clerk, the tailor. the dairy store keep
er, the diamond polisher, the grocer,
the letter carrier. &C,
One child. speaking recently of his
father, a shoemaker, inadvertently ex-
posed the illiteracy of that gentleman
He Makes said the boy. "all the
jokes in the funny column in the Jew
ish paper. A man comes from the
paper every night and listens what my
papa says, because my papa can't
! write"
All to Get Test.
This fall every child who enters
| grade Al at Public School "a will be
given the Terman test. Thus. Miss
Irwin will weed out both the feeble
| minded and the exceptional at the
very beginning Of their careers. So far
only those children are examined in
grades "A to 8B who are recommended
as the "smartest" by the teacher or
their classmates. Sometimes a whole
class of sixty will not yield a single
/. Q. as high as 120.
Six Terman groups will be opened in
the city's school this September. 1t
is the expectation OF Superintendent
Ettinger that the segregation of the
precocious child will in time be as gen.
eral in New York as the present segre-
CATION OF the feeble-minded.
An obstacle in the way Of immediate
rapid expansion is the lack OF quail
fed teachers for this work.
ITO provide teachers of proper
calibre for undertaking the teaching of
these gifted children" says Mr.. Marks,
special training and a higher stand
ard of education should be required
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OeoNsTRATNe NEW seeHGe 5ecTRf TIE Of

face, and beside her black browed
boy with white teeth who is a high
]. Q. and has a very original mind"
and then there's the very smartest
boys in the class, with large blue eyes
and dimples. Only one In this group
of twenty wears glasses.
A bright boy. says Miss Irwin. II
he has enough to do to keep him busy,
is seldom naughty. In the Terman
class it is possible to relax discipline,
and the consequent lack of stiff con-
straints lends them fine air of ami
nation. Apparently life is pleasant
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and exciting for the superintendent.
Is the precocious child a prig? Not,
1t seems. IL he's caught early and
placed in a crowd where everybody is
as smart as himself or nearly so.
It's difficult for any one in a Ter
man class to feel unique or specially
important. Conceit is taboo, as one
little boy learned to his grief. Coming
from nowhere, this child found his
way one day last year into the prin-
c!pals Office and asked:
Have you room here for a very
bright boy?"
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at depends" said Mr.. Marks. DO
you know one?"
Eyes. sir, do"
rs he a friend of yours?"
'Yes--that is. no. sir. You see, it's
me. SIR"
They tested this little boy, found
the requisite I. G., and as it looked
like a case of genius will out, put
him into the Terman class. But here
the other high 1. Q.'s found him far
too set on himself. and proceeded to
make his life miserable. So in few
weeks out he came and begged to
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II these children are freaks their
looks certainly belle them A very
normal. IL somewhat amusing. sight is
the youngest set, age to 8, Justify sing
ing the "Marseillaise" with an almost
Partisan accent. The traditionally
pretty little red-haired girl is here.
She has what the teacher calls a lot
OF poise." Next to her is the fat boy
who is the "son of a butcher the same
shape" and has a beautiful DISPOSE
ton"
Then there is the small daughter of
a rabbi, with a grave pink and white
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-02-20
Items ofCounfyDeWs
Reps OF our neigbboring OiIiaaes ds CLEANED each
week BY our special staff OF correspondents
FOREST HILL

Born 10 Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Ray
craft, baby girl, February ~.
DR.. and Mrs. Pringle of Alma
were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Moody Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. h. n. Post and child
rem called on relatives in Alma Sun
day.
Bert Gilbert was called to Mime
sofa Monday by the death of his
brother in-law, Norris Musser, who
passed away following an operation
at Rochester, MINI.
Mrs Archie Failing spent We'd
nesday and Thursday with relatives
in Shepherd.
The L. A. S. will meet with Mrs.
James Michael Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. 5. T. Richardson entertained
her sister, Mrs. NJ. NJ Bauer, and
niece, Mrs. Arthur Spore, Of Alma
Thursday and Friday
Mesdames Woodmansee, Ward,
Converse and Acker called on d
Hamilton Saturday.
Wanigas at Brunner's.-64-t
Smoke the best, Wanigas.-64-t
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Smoke the best. vanigas.-e4-tf
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IMpoNANT ANNOUNCEMENT
Dainty lunt~sl gotten up at any
hour II is spe1fsaty at the Euro
pean Cafe.-77-tf-d
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soc quality Mems Part Wool DRESS HOSE
dark gray, all sizes, ,22N|
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$500 value, Mems VNeck style SWEAT
practically tact al ali wool spesiat@4S.o
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1919-07-17
To Preach on Gambling.

BY reference to the church an
nouncements it will be seen that at
II a. m. On next Sunday at the Main
street Methodist church, DR.. Duncan
is to preach on 'The Gambling
Evil.' 1t is generally understood that
DR.. Duncan is to have, something to
say about gambling on horse racing.
He has expressed the hope that
those who are interested will hear
the sermon, rather than hear about
1t.
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Discharged Soldiers.

Jas. Leroy Plexico Dillon.
Wander Bethea, (coD Latta.
Henry w. Bethea, col. Little Rock
Lee Ford, col, Fork.
Enoch w. Jackson, Dillon.
Geo. Britt, col, Dillon.
General Green, col Latta.
Vance Carmichael, Dillon.
Grady Page, col. Dillon.
Clayton L. Blizzard, Berry.
Sam Kirschbaum, Dillon.
Lift Bethea. col. Latta.
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Mr.. A. B. White who is with the
Moore Auto Sales Co., spent the week
end in Sumter with his family.
Misss Angie Oliver of Timmonsville
is visiting her hister, Mrs. J. w. Ed
gerton.
Mrs. w. ]. Kelly of Kenly, N. C. has
been visiting her brother, Mr.. w. A.
Blizzard this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Boyd Welch left Sun
day for Winston-Salem in their new
Hudson speedster.
Miss Lea Witcover of Marion left
Tuesday morning for Darlington af-
ter spending some time with Mrs.
Max Fass.
Mrs. Ada H. Curtis, Mrs. S. c.
Henslee and Rebecca Field and Mrs.
C. L. Wheeler are spending some
time at Myrtle Beach.
Mrs. B. G. Doggett, Mrs. Don Mar
tin, Mrs. Latte Moody and children
spent last week end at Myrtle Beach.
o.
Messrs. Roy Edwards and David
Byers spent Sunday at Myrtle Beach.
Albert Allen is spending some time
with his aunt, Mrs. w. J. Allen, in
Spartanburg this week.
Mrs. Alvo Martin and children,
Rebecca and Walker, of Winston-Sa-
lem, are spending a few days with
Mrs. T. L. Manning near town.
The Misses Hodges of Brownsville
are visiting Miss Bessie Stackhouse
this week. Miss Stackhouse entertain
ed Friday evening by giving a pic mic
at Pee Dee Park in honor of the
house guests.
Miss Ellen White returned home
Tuesday night from Columbia where
she has been spending some time.
Mr.. j. W. Edgerton and family of
Timmonsville have moved to Dillon.
Mr.. Edgerton has accepted a posi-
ton as salesman with L. Cottingham
Co.
DR.. and Mrs. B. M. Badger and Mr..
Henry Buck Of Marion came over
Friday and spent the day with Mr.,
and Mrs. Isaac Ingram.
Lieut.. R. L. Lane who has been
at an army hospital since his return
from overseas is at home on a 3OI
day furlough. Lieut.. Lanes health has
greatly improved and he hopes to re-
ceive his discharge in the near future.
Mr.. and c. o. Frazier and children
and Mr.. and Mrs. ]. C.. Jackson and
family Of Florence wont down to Myr-
tie Beach last week and spent several
days. The party made the trip by au-
to.
Rev. and Mrs. J. I. Allen have Is
sued invitations to the marriage oil
thoh uauSHtcT, MISS belle MchenZle
to Mr. Charles Percy Hodges, Jr.
The happy event will take place on
the afternoon Of July oath at 4:30I
at the First Baptist church.
Mr.. I. Blum who has been at al
Fayetteville hospital for the past
three months recovering from pistol
shot wounds inflicted by Mr.. D. H.
Fass returned home Saturday. Mr..
Blum's leg was badly shattered by the
bullets and he will have to use crutch-
es for two or three months.
L. N. Nancey& Co., live stock deal
ers Of Sumter, have purchased the R.
B. Taylor property on East Main St.,
on which they will erect buildings for
a large live stock, buggy and wagon
business. The new concern will erect
a building on the corner of Main
street and Fourth avenue which they
will use this year as their principal
of business. Mr.. Nance and his fam
lily have arrived in Dillon and are
boarding for the present. Mr.. Nance
is formerly of Troy, N. c., but has
been in the live stock business at
Sumter for the past five years.
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FOR SALE-MY HOUSE AND LOT
for less money than you can build
the house for today. Terms and
price reasonable. Address Chas. H.
Burroughs, Box 1852, Goldsboro, N.
C.-7-10-5tp-327.
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- TO BUY A GOOD FARM
situated on public highway in dis
trict where there is a good school.
Address P.O. 206, Dillon.-7-10-2t
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FOR SALE-FINE FARM OF 1161a
acres. Apply at once, j. L. Waller,
Conway, S. C. Route l, Box &C..
7-10-4tp.
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BUSINESS LOCALS.
2 HOUR KODAK FINISHING

IL HOUR KODAK FINISHING
All rolls developed 1Oc; packs zoe.
up; prints 1-2c, 4c. sc; enlarg-
ing 35c. up. Specialitsts-we do
nothing but kodak finishing. All
work guaranteed to please. East
man Kodaks, Films, Supplies. Co.
lumbia Photo Finishing Co., I'LL
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1919-07-17

CORN - WE OFFER $2.O5 FOR
sound corn in shuck delivered our
mill. We pay market price for all
kinds of grain-corn, wheat, oats
rye, peas etc. Carolina Milling
Company, Dillon, S. C..
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J.E. Sizemore made a business trip
to Columbia the past week.
w. C. Jackson of Rowland was
visitor in town Friday.
Brown McCormac of Rowland =. was
among the visitors in town FridSy.
R. NJ. Thompson of Hamer spent
last Friday in tho city.
Mrs. ]. w. Rowland is spending a
while in Augusta, Ga.
Mr.. R. S. Moore of Fork was in
town Tuesday.
Mrs. John Tolar of Latta was in
town Monday shopping.
o.
Misses Annie and Mae Carmichael
are visiting friends and relatives here.
Miss Mary Hutchinson returned
from trip to New York this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. c. Brady are IN
Baltimore for the week.
Lawrence Bethea of Fork was in
town Saturday.
Miss Margaret Melvin left Tuesday
night for Atlanta.
Miss Ada Guthrie is visiting Mrs
Merritt Allen this week.
Horace Pierce is in Columbia on
business.
Miss Florence Fass is al home again
after an extended trip to New York.
Maxcy Adams is spending some
time in Glenn Springs.
Mr.. C. E. Peck is spending few
days at Wrightsville.
Mrs. John Tolar was the guest OF
Mrs. w. C. Tolar this week.
Mrs. Jack Watson and Mrs. John
Diebler left for Atlanta Tuesday night
to visit friends.
Mrs. M. G.. Bethea and daughter,
Miss Hettie Bethea spent Wednesday
in Fayetteville shopping.
Mr.. Max Fass returned Monday
night from few days at Wrights-
vile Beach.
Miss Marion Eastdrling has return
ed from a visit to Miss Emma Kate
McInnis at. Carolina.
Miss Blanche Martin has returned
from Richmond and was married yes
terday, July 18th.
Miss Sudie Jackson and Sallie and
D. C. Jackson spent the week end at
Hamer visiting relatives.
Messrs. John Hargrove and A. P.
Bethea spent the week end at Myrtle
Beach
Mr.. w. J. Carter and daughter,
Miss Mary, left Monday morning for
an extended trip in North Carolina.
Mrs. Bessie Rawls Of Lykesland, n,
c., is visiting her mother, Mrs. Char
ity Lane.
Miss Margaret Elliott left Tues
day morning for McColl where she
will attend a house party.
-
Quite number of the Dillon peo-
pie attended the play called, "The
Hickory Nuts Bill Afford, Dillon
boy played a prominent part in the
play.
Mrs. j. L. Watson and Miss Mar
garet Melvin spent the day in Fay
etteville last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Davidson and
Miss Sue Davidson of Atlanta are
the attractive guests Of Mrs. ]. A.
Moore.
Mrs. E. W. Mather of Columbia is
spending some time with her mother,
Mrs. S. P. Melvin.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. w. Murchison and
family left Tuesday morning for Muir
rels Inlet.
NE
e
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1919-07-17

80 head of fine well broke fat
sound horses and mares will bd sold
at auction in Dillon, S. c., next Fri
day, July IS. Come everybody for
bargains. Christman & Musgrove
from Bristol, Tenn.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1919-07-17

Mr.. A. B. White who is with the
Moore Auto Sales Co., spent the week
end in Sumter with his family.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1919-07-17

Misss Angie Oliver of Timmonsville
is visiting her hister, Mrs. j. w. Ed
gerton.