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The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1920-12-09
TNo.SWoRD MEN or JAPAN
with Their Dlsbanding. Comparatively
Few Years Ago. the Secret Of
sladsmaklna Disappeared

Az late as 1868 there were some
100000 crossword men ID Japan. high
~ trained lighters attached to the
mobiles Of Tie land In bands ranging
from two or three, to ain entire army,
When the revolution came the work
Of the crossword men was done, the
nation was made into q solid unit and
the strength Of the blade carriers was
needed AZ pIow and bench
With this dlsbanding. IN exchange
explains, the trade Of the swordmaker
was also lost to the vast number fol.
lowing IT, and with them, as tile years
passed. died the secrets OF the var
rior tools swords can be obtained IN
Japan today whose blades are 50 keen
they can cut through a veil or a sofa
cushion, and also can be driven
through Il bar Of iron. provided the
wleder mas the strength Others have
blades covered with a beautiful and
intricate trRcery that disappears and
reappears at odd times, and no one
can solve the 'why" Of IT One mo.
ment the blade Is as smooth and UNI
marked as q mirror and the next the
design leaps out before the eye of the
startled beholder and can even be felt
by sensitive fingers. YET other blades
are colOred red, blue, silver or gold,
and while seemingly an alloy q chem
lcai analysis shows nothing but steel,
Yet others are coated with poison
that Is unseen. but beyond all other
pOlsons deadly. In large part. Il con.
slsts Of decayed human blood.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1920-12-09
Marriage PROMOTES LONG life.

Marriage according TO Doctor
Schwartz Of Berlin. Is the most inn
parrant factor Of longevity. OF every
Pm persons who reach the age Of forty
years, te5 are married and "a unmar-
ried. At sIxh the proportions are -
10 = al n years. n to ii; and at
ninety years, q 10 8. Fifty centenari-
M had all been married.
Il ron want jeweirv Of the right
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1920-12-09

Mr. Ice paatn. ne Mernhis. caro-
VIII TN1nrsdav Ylight MI d visit of sew
eral davs to horHfoils. He has bear
IN M eunlnv be the American Rail
wav F'xpress Co.. for the past several
months
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1920-12-09

Are You Going To
Keep Posted
During This Reconstruction Period?
MORE THAN EVER BEFORE YOU WILL NEED TO KEEP UP
WITH THE IMPORTANT EVENTS THAT TRANSPIRE
DURING The RECONSTRUCTION YEAR 1921
i Every subscriber whose subscription has ex-
/ PRED will receive statement this week IN
\ less remittance is received in Is days all past
Il due subscriptions will be discontinued
\ The Leader has remained at $50 inside and
H $500 year outside the county this year not
/ withstanding the fact that newsprint paper is
4 three times as high this year as last. The only
i way we can keep the subscription price down
to $3.50 and 200 is to collect subscriptions in
advance and discontinue at time of expiration
\ The Leader is running from 10 to II pages
/ every week and makes an earnest effort to print
the news Of the county, as well as State and ma
tiona news that is of interest to the citizens of
/ the county. Back in the old days when most
weekly papers sold for dollar ayear they were
not appreciated because generally they were
small four>page publications filled with cheap
stuff and carried but little news of interest. If
they had column and half Of Mrs. So and So
spent Sunday with Miss So and So they thought
they were getting by; but the modern weekly
Of today with from 10 to II and sometimes 10
pages, every page carrying good interesting and
helpful matter of one kind or another, has
large circulation, the subscribers pay promptly
and the publisher is encouraged and able to give
paper worth the. price. which he could not do
when the rate was Sl.OO year. A paper to
meet the needs of the day must have general
countrywide circulation which The Leader has.
and to have this circulation must give the kind
Of matter that is of interest to the public.
a 4 !. -
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-03-25
COUNTY FAIR ASSURED
Stock Has Been Subscribed and Work
Will Begin on Buildings at
Once.

Over $11,500.00 has has subscrib-
ed to the capital stock of the County
Fair Association, and it is practically
certain that Dillon county will have
a fair next fall. Books of subscrip-
ton will be formally opened April 16
and when the legal requirements have
been complied with application will
be made to the secretary Of state for
a charter.
The buildings will be erected at the
race track, where additional land has
been purchased. Work on the build
ings will begin as soon as the ma
terial can be purchased, and it is
hoped to have everything in shape
for the opening which will be held
some time in the early fall.
The stock is widely scattered, the
object being to interest every Sec
tion of the county in the enterprise.
Judge Davis, who has charge of the
subscription list, says he has few
more shares which he will dispose
of to anyone living outside Of town.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-03-25
Lake View.

Miss Christine Temple is home for
enza epidemic in the community in
which she was teaching.
DR.. and Mrs. Rufus Ford spent
Saturday and Sunday in town DR..
Ford preached at the Baptist church
Sunday morning and night.
Mr.. Richard Flowers left Monday
for Florence where he will spend a
few days.
Mr.. Bum Floyd was in town several
days the past week on business.
Messrs. J. l.. Bridgers, Earl Be-
thea and X. NJ. Biggs of Dillon were
in town the past week.
The county demonstrators were at
the school Friday to interest the boys
in raising corn and pigs and thereby
being eligible for the corn and pig
clubs.
Mr.. D. L. McCormac spent the day
in Marion Saturday.
Rev. Mr.. Leslie has visiting him
two of his little grand children from
Sumter.
Mr.. Allen Hayes spent the past
week end with his brother in Horny
county.
Quite an error was made last week
in Mr.. Bart Flowers marriage write
up. Instead Of Mr.. Flowers marrying
Miss Belle Horne as was stated he
married Miss Belle Booth. We are
all prone to make mistakes and this
was truly one.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-03-25
GIRLS GLEE CLUB.

A unique program is the term that
can be applied to the work of the
Coker College Glee Club (26 girls)
who appear here Friday night, April
End, at the High School. 1t will not
only contain some of the classics and
semi-classics. but humorous as well.
In addition a group of "Old S uth-
ern Melodies" have been added, for
10 southern program is complete
without. it.
AS far as possible a program that
will please all classes has been ar
ranged. The Miserere from Verdi's
II'Trovatore, together with Victor
Herbert's italian Street Scene' from
Naughty Marietta will be two of the
outstanding numbers. AS to the later,
why m matter whether you care for
classical music or not, you will not
faild 10 appreciate this number, by
far the most alluring and pretentious
aria of all the modern operate music.
When the concert is yer you will
feel that to have heard that one num-
ber was worth the entire program.
Mention can not be made of course TO
all the numbers, for space W uld not
permit Suffice to say that musical
will move you then the gr up of Old
treasures are in store for everyone,
both young and old. If nothing else
Southern Melodies accompanied by
banjos, guitars and mandolins will
stir your heart, carrying you back to
the days of ng ago.
Besides the work of the girls, why
three soloists will each give group
of numbers. Miss McMicken (soprano)
Miss Eadie (violinist) and Mr.. Lam
bdin (baritone) will endeavor to make
their numbers suited to all lovers OF
music. In other words the entire
program will be different from the
usual sterotyped glee club program,
both in musical setting as well as
staging.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-03-25
BOIL WEEVIL IN DILLON.

There was being exhibited on the
streets Tuesday aftefnon a genuine
boil weevil.' Or at least everybody
who saw it said it was boil weevil.
The weevil came from Mr.. j. H.
McLaurin's farm in the upper part of
the county. One of the colored' ten
ants found it on his boys leg. Some
one got book which contained pic
lures of the boil weevil in its differ
ent stages of development and the
insect had a striking resemblance to
the pictures. 1t had the same num-
ber of legs, the same shape body and
the same kind of boring apparatus.
Warnings have been sent out by boil
weevil experts, however, advising the
people not to get excited over every
strange looking insect found on the
farm. When a section is threatened
there are many false alarms before
the real weevil comes along. The
specimen will be sent to Clemson
College.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-03-25
COUNTY NEWS
AND HAPPENINGS
News Items of Interest to Herald
Readers Ebh and Flow OF the
Human Tide.
skenper.

The Baptist pastor of this place
preached a very interesting sermon to
a large congregation.
Miss Mamma Ray went to Lake View
Saturday.
Miss Eta Bryant was in Lake View
Saturday :,
Messrs. Dause Legette and Oswell
Britt of near Fairmont were here
Saturday afternt on
Mr.. and Mrs. Zack Edwards and
Misses Carry and Inez Tart OF FORK
spent Sunday afternoon at the home
of Mr.. R. F. Bryant.
Mr.. j. R. Rozier was in Floydale
a few days ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Rogers and
children of Lake View spent Sunday
with Mrs. Rogers parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. R. F. Bryant
Mr.. Make Bryant is very Ill at
this writing. We are wishing him
speedy recovery.
Mr.. Talmage Mcqueen Of Fork
was pleasant caller here Sunday af-
tern on.
The protracted meeting at the
church has been postponed for few
weeks.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-03-25
RETURNED AFTER
FIFTY YEARS.
Baltimore Man and Wife Each Be-
lieved Other Was Dead.

Baltimore, March ga husband
and wife sparated for fifty years
living under the same roof for five
years, each believing the other was
dead, were. reunited a few days ago
when Cardinal Gibbons, Bishop Cor
rigan and Mrs. Raj Parr jointly SUI
pervised a festival for the inmates OF
the Little Sisters of the Poor.
The couple are Mr.. and Mrs. Bar
ney McGahan. Mr.. McGahan is sew
enty-eight years old and Mrs. MEGA
han eighty-six, and although both
are bedridden, each ate heartily OF
the special feast arranged for the
inmates.
Mr.. and Mrs. McGahan were re-
united not far from the place where
they courted and married fifty-five
years ago. They were separated when
Mr.. McGahan who had Joined the
Navy, lost trace of his wife.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-03-25
LOW RATE OF INTEREST.
County Borrows $SO,O0O.OO at One
and One Half Per Cent. Interest.
Merchants & Planters Bank Makes
Loan.

Marion Star.
The County # Marion has arrang-
ed to borrow $4,000 for 1920 pur-
poses, from the Merchants & Planters
Bank, of Mullins, at the extremeniy
low rate of l 1-2 per cent interest.
Each year the County borrows m n
ey for current expense, and the bids
are made by various banks in sealed
envelopes which are opened at meet
ing of the County Board of Commls-
sioners and the C unity Treasurer.
The bids for 1920, according TO
Treasurer Dan j. Martin, were:
Merchants & Planters Bank, Null
lins 12 per cent.
First National Bank, Mullins,
. 1-2 per cent.
Marion National Bank, Marion,
per cent.
Farmers G. Merchants Bank, Mar
ion, per cent.
Planters Bank, Marion, 8 per cent.
The bids of the Merchants & Plan
ters Bank. being the lowest, was &C
cepted. and the county's banking ac-
unit will be done with that bank
during the year.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-03-25
JUNIUS L. LILIES
NOT A CANDIDATE
Will Not Stand for Reelection as
Lieutenant Governor.

Because of increased business re-
sponsibilities, Junius I Lilies, or
Orangeburg, Lieutenant Governor of
S nth Carolina, will not make the race
for reelection in the primaries next
summer.
George Warren, of Hampton, soli-
citor of the Fourteenth Judicial Cir
cult, might be candidate to succeed
Mr.. Lilies, but various circumstances
prevented him from making a defin-
ite announcement at this time.
Am ng others mentioned recently,
should Mr.. Lilies decide not to run for
reelection, are Wilson G. Harvey a
banker of Charleston, and w. P. Con-
yers of Greenville, member of the
board of pard MS.
Among the others recently men
toned as positive candidates for the
second executive office Of the State
are: ]. Howard Moore, Senat from
Abbeville county, and John F. Will
.liams, Senator from Aiken county,
but neither of these two legislators
have signified their determination.
Walter L Mishoe, representative
fri m Horny county, made a tentative
announcement for Lieutenant Cover
nor recently. but he had not decided
if he positively would be in the race,
although urged to do so by many of
his fellow members in the H use of
Representatives.
Mr.. Lilies is a former Dillon coun-
ty man having been raised at Little
Rock. For the past 10 years he has
been living at Orangeburg where he
is associated with his brother, Eph-
riam Lilies, in the insurance bushes &.
Mr.. Lilies had been on several occa-
sions prominently mentioned as a
candidate governor.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-03-25
"sTRANGE LIGHT S IN THE sky

There was much alarm in certain
quarters Monday night over the
strange lights" seen in the northern
sky. The lights were seen between 9
and 10 o'clock and there were many
persons who thought the end of time
had come. 1t was the northern
lights or aurora borealis which is
often seen in polar regions but is
rarely visible in southern ATTITUDES.
1t has been about 80 years since the
lights have been strong enough to
create excitement in this section.
Those who saw it say it was beauti-
full display. 1t had three distinct
beams or rays which shot way up in
to the heavens. Accompanying the
lights was an electrical disturbance
which interrupted telegraph service
in many northern points to the ex-
tent that telegraph and telephone in
struments were put out of commits
sion for an hour.
commission for an hour.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-03-25
LEAP YEAR PARTY.

Misses Eula and Beulah Brady
entertained their friends with de-
lightful leap year party on Thursday
evening. A unique feature was the
girls bringing the y;ung men to the
party where they were welcomed by
the hostesses. Several games of pro-
gressive rook were played and the
highest score being made by Miss Mil
dred Sellers, she was presented with
a lovely guest towel. Marriage pro-
posals written by the girls with an
swers by the men afforded much mer-
riment. A delicious salad C urse, ice
cream, cake, coffee and mints were
served and attractive favors of wish
bones were given. Those present were
Misses Marie Smith, Edith Elliott
Marie Jackson, Sarah and Mary Be
thea, Margaret Melvin, Mildred Sell
lers, Jane Gibson Sadie Belle and
Annie Coppage. Messrs. Roy Ed
wards, Dave Byers, Sam Williams
Will Wheeler, Jno. C. Brthea, Schu-
bert McCutche n, Pierce Bethea, Pal
mer Bethea, Frank David, Thad Ham
er, Ben Edwards, DR. Darwin and DR..
Johnnie Halsford
Misses Allie and Leila Brady and
Mrs. j. NJ. Sprunt assisted in enter
tanning.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-03-25
COUNTY FAIR SUBSCRIBERS.

There was another very enthu-
siastic meeting Of the Fair Associa-
tion on\last Friday afternoon and II
enthusiasm amounts to anything we
will have a good fair next fall. The
people are subscribing literally to
the stock. In fact the stock would
have been subscribed had we not dis
couraged subscriptions for large
amounts. 1t Is our purpose to get sub
scriptions from as many people as
possible. Just as soon as we get all
of the stock subscribed there will
be call meeting of the stockholders
for the purpose Of electing officers,
This meeting will be held on April
18th.
The following is a list of the
stockholders that have been report
ed to the secretary. Please send in
your subscriptions as promptly as
possible:
w. B. Stackhouse, A. P. Bethea, j
B. Gibson, ]. w. Bryant. j. D. Man
ming, E. T Elliott, E. C. Rogers, ].
H. Virgins, F. L. Bethea, T. B.
Thompson. L. B. Rogers, j. N. Har-
grove, J. F. Thompson, ]. R. Regan,
DR.. J H. David, S. V. Lane, A. V.
Bethea. J. F. Graham. R. S. Rogers,
T. L. Manning, M. S. Britt, j. H.
McLaurin, j. w. Hamer, J. Mcqueen,
y. C. Davis. A. B. Gibson, Houston
Manning, Morris Fass, P. L. Bethea,
]. C. Bethea, E. L. Moore, Earl Be-
thea, A. B. Jordan, A. H. Webster,
DR.. R. F. Darwin, Jno. w. Mckay
R. M. Oliver, VIM. David, Roy Ed
wards Max Fass, I. Blum. Ky. Horse
and Mule Co., L. T. Nance, L. B.
Rogers, Russell Thompson, ]. H.
Meadors, Walter Stanton Daniel
Mccall, R. w. Lester, R. ]. Dew, S.
w. Grantham & Sons, DR.. c. R. Dav-
is, E. L. Moore, L. Cottingham, w. H
Smith, NJ. NJ. Sellers, L. A. Manning,
Jr., D. B. Shine, W. D. Bethea, Jno. R
Watson, o. w. Jackson. VIM. Brick,
C. L. Wheeler, ]. M. Carmichael, L.
B. Fort, G. H. Bell, w. V. Jones,
w. A. Blizzard, w. D. Buie, w. E,
Lester, N. N. Schofield. J.'C. Adams,
C. L. Moody, Phil Osteen, A. c. Rog-
ers, J. H Manning, w. j. Adams. W.
G.. Lucas, H. NJ. Rogers, L. G. Miller
J. D. Hargrove, A. H. Daniels.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-03-25
TO DRILL ONE WELL
IF TAKES LIFE TIME
President of Marlboro Oil Company
Replies to Mr.. Summers and
Mr.. Taber.

To the Editor of the State
Whether Intentionally, or not, a
gross injustice was done me pers n
ally and also the Marlboro Oil De-
veloping company, of which l am pres
ident, by an article authored by A. C.
Summers and Stephen Taber which
appeared in Tuesdays State.
l have no desire to enter into
newspaper contr versy with anyone
and wouldn't even make this reply
had there not been a reflection on my
personal integrity.
AS to Mr.. Summers contribution,
he stated that the sample Of. crude oil
submitted him for analysis was not
acc mpanied by proof of its source.
Now the facts surrounding the entire
incident are as follows: The sample
from which Mr.. Summers made his
analysis was mailed him Gan affida-
Wit as to its source twas mailed him
today and few days following I
personally took a sample to him for
further investigation. He did not
analyze this second specimen, stating
that he would merely be duplicating
his work as the one sent him by mail
and which he had already analyzed
was evidently the same.
1 don't believe Mr.. Summers meant
to create the impression that he
doubted the truth Cf verbal state
ments made by him to me at the time
concerning where the oil came from,
but whatever his intentions were,
that is what he has done and need
less to say I feel that I have been
treated unfairly in that I was not
given an opportunity to show as 1
&c uld have by hundreds of witnesses
that the samples came from my farm
at Five Forks, the place that we pro-
pose drilling.
AS to what Mr.. Taber has to say,
this is the second time his story has
appeared and he has done everything
in his power to discourage the prop
sition from the beginning, having
gone so far as to write the insurance
commissioner letter attempting to
prevent our operating at all.
He honored me with a visit and l.
was pleased to entertain him in my
h me, and as I recall, paid his ex-
penses from Columbia. 1 also listen
ed respectfully to what he had to say,
but being cognizant of the fact that
the greatest oil fields in the country
had been developed against the judge
ment of really celebrated biologists,
especially in the uthwest, decided
his opinion though honest was prob
ably not worth as much as he thought.
No Mr.. South Carolina Citizens. I
am pleased to invite any of y u who
wish to investigate me to pay visit
to my home community, and seek
your information from any reputable
citizen, and you may also 6, further
and seek them about this oil COM
pany that I am president of and all
about the personnel Of the company.
I want to say further that am
going to drill. at least rne well on
this place if it takes life time and
il no other man, woman or child puts
up one cent to help me out
c H. Jackson,
President Marlboro Oil Co.
March 18.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-03-25
Work of the Dillon County Public
Health Nurse.

For the past week Miss Caro- Nc
Leod has been inspecting the chill
dren in the Dillon sch oil and the
teachers, as well as children have
shown great interest in the work.
Prof. Roberts has given his hearty
cooperation and Miss Mcleod has
been especially impressed with the
splendid behavior of the boys. The
examination room adjoins the super
intendent's office. Each child is
weighed and measured, eyes, teeth
and hearing examined, record is
kept by the nurse and tag contain
ing this record is given to each child
FIR its parents to see.
If there are defects, the parents
should take the child to a physician
for further examination or diagnosis
and these defects remedied before
they become m re serious.
Miss Mcleod has done this medi-
cal inspection in all but three of the
schools in Dillon unity (about 1000
children } and she will finish these
within the next few weeks.
VI oiIlI WI II NuHlO' "
estimated or appreciated to- highly.
1t proves the truth of the proverb,
"An ounce of prevention is worth a
pound of cure" for surely the time
TO prevent disease is before our
bodies are racked with pain or burn
ing with fever, when it may be o
late TO cure.
During the recent outbreak Of in
! fluenza the public health nurse rem
dered valuable assistance TO the
sick as well as instructing others how
10 care for the sick and keep fr III
spreading the disease.
All who are interested in the work
will be glad TO know that there is to
be another public health nurse in TIE
unity. supported by the Dillon and
Latta Red Cross Chapters. She will
be located in Latta and the county
will be divided between the two nur-
ses. each being responsible for her
part thus making the work more
effective and IN rough.
The county delegation appropriate
/ ed $500 for the salary Of one nurse
Miss MeLcOd) and expenses of trans
p rtatiOn. etc, will have 10 be sup
plemented by Red Cross funds also.
Mrs. L. COttingham.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-03-25

for the Brownsville circuit will be
held at New Holly April the third and
fourth.
j. Burke Berry of Latta attended
services at Oak Grove last Sunday.
Mrs. Annie Bransford of Dillon, at
tendance officer for this county, Wis
tied the Oak Grove school last week.
NJ. A. Horner of the Tilghman Lum-
Der Co., went to Florida on business
one day last week.
S. L. Smith, w. NJ. Meggs and j..
S. Fair were in Dillon last Saturday
on business.
Mrs. Clarence Fore of Latta at
tended services at Oak Grove last
Sunday.
J. S. Fair has been appointed vi
tai Statistics officer for Kirby town
ship by DR.. ]. A. Hayne, OF Column
bia
The farmers of this section are
busily preparing the land for plant
ing and this week will doubtless see
the beginning of corn planting.
We are glad to note that there has
been a change made in our county
government law and that Mr., J. G.
Adams of Dillon has been put in
full charge Of the roads and other
things pertaining 10 the welfare of
the county, and the people generally
expect to see every section of the
county receive an equal share of
work under his administration.