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The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-07-29

let's, buttermilk and fried apples - a
combination a king could relish.
Chickens were selling at 40 cents a
pound when we arriveds but there
was a sharp advance before we LETT.
The return journey was very pleas
ant. We came back by jackson Springs
where we found Mr.. and. Mrs. w. c..
Tolar and Master Carson Tolar who
had come up for the week end. Anoth-
er Dillonite we were glad to see at
the Springs was Mr.. John SQuires
who had come up to spend a week.
The trip home was uneventful.
There had been very little rain be-
yond Hamlet, but from Hamlet on to
Dillon there were evidences OF heavy
rains all the way. Cotton fields
were full of grass and farmers look
ed blue and dispirited. The roads all
the way from Hamlet were in bad con-
dition and our progress was very slow.
But even IL the Dillon roads were a
contrast to the fine clay and gravel
roads over which we had been rid
Ing through North Carolina the near
er home we got the easier they rode.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-07-29
THE EDITOR TAKES
A WEEK OFF.

1t has been long time since the
editor took week off'-that is
whole week In which he did not have
to worry about an issue of the paper
and it is scarcely necessary to say
that he enjoyed the seven days like
q man who had been released from
prison after years of solitary confine-
ment. A man does not know how deep
he gets into the ruts until he gets
away from his office and mingles with
strange people. He moves into another
world where customs are so entirely
different that q week Is not long
enough for him to get adjusted to his
new surroundings.
Sunday morning. July 18th, we
left via automobile for trip through
the hills and mountains OF western
North Carolina. The morning air was
cool and bracing and the crops along
the roadside, Just emerging from their
dew bath after a night Of refreshing
slumber, presented an unusually pref
ty picture. The only thing that mar
red the pleasure Of the early morning
ride was the condition Of the roads.
They were full Of holes and bumps
as d result of the washing rains that
had fallen for the past several days.
and the real pleasure OF automobile
riding did not begin until we had
passed Hamlet, N. c., where we found
q delightful piece of road six miles
long that connected Hamlet and
Rockingham. 1t was easy to drive an
automobile over this piece Of high
way at the rate of 40 miles an hour
and one is hardly out of Hamlet be-
fore they are entering the corporate
limits OF Rockingham.
The first stop was made at jack
son Springs where We found a large
crowd of pleasure seekers. Among
the Dillonites at the Springs were Mr..
and Mrs. Lawrence Manning and Miss
Annie Manning. Congressman Stoll
and Mrs. Stoll and the children were
also at the Springs. Mrs. Manning
had been at the Springs about two
weeks and Mr.. Manning had come UP
the day before. Congressman Stoll
was there taking the water for his
health and resting after completing
his duties in Washington for the
session just closed. The roads from
Rockingham to Jackson Springs are
in fairly good condition, but they
are not up to standard. They have
been neglected for the past year or
two and the sand and clay mixture is
giving away.
Monday morning at 9 o'clock we
turned our faces westward, with
Greensboro, N. c. as our objective
where we proposed to stop for din
ner. The road map says it is 70 miles
from Jackson Springs to Greensboro,
but after a man who has been raised
in a. flat country steers seven pas
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-07-29

fallen the roads were comparatively
dry. They are well crowned and the
natural drainage on both sides takes
the water off almost as quickly as II
falls.
But here is where 1t saps the nerve
force in the man who comes from the
low country. The curves are sharp
and the grades are steep. Cars fly by
you at the rate of 40. or SO. miles an
hour, never pausing at turn. You
keep your eyes glued to the road in
front of you, ever on the alert fol
something around the curve and as
you start down a mountain side and
look at steep hill on the other side
you wonder If you will be able
to make it. But when you get
down to the bottom, the. hill on the
opposite side does not look quite SO
steep and the car begins to climb II
without a flutter, but as you near the
top there just IN front Of you is anoth-
er- steep hill with a sharp curve In
the middle and you begin to wonder
what lies beyond the thick clump OF
dogwood and hickory, but 10! as your
car takes the turn there reaches out
before you like a silver cord another
stretch of beautiful road and as you
press down on the accellerator your
car bounds forward like a spirited an
imal unleashed.
Every faculty Is on the alert and
the nerves are at high tension. AS
you reach the top Of a hill you look
way out across the valleys at a beau.
tiful sky line some 10 or Is miles dis
tant, and then again you look down
a preeipice that seems to 60 to the
very bowels Of the earth and you
shudder as you imagine what would
happen If your steering gear failed
to work or front wheel should fly
off. The roads are not without their
dangers, even when the car Is in the
hands of experienced drivers. AS we
were winding down a mountain side
over a piece Of treacherous road we
turned a sharp and dangerous curve
and there just few feet in front of
us blocking the roadway was a cal
turned upside down. Three minutes
earlier and we would have witnessed
the accident They were putting the
young man in another car to rush
him to the nearest town. His skull
was crushed and evidently he was
breathing his last. 1t was another
case of reckless driving in danger
ops place.
From Jackson Springs to Greens
boro the country is wild and thinl!
settled. What few towns we passed
were small, the streets were rough
and uneven. They are not laid ou
with the symmetry one sees in the low
country. Their main source of reve
nue. is from small manufacturing
plants. The people do not seem to bt
alert and active. Men sit it groups il
front of the stores, evidently discus
sing the topics of the day. and wheI
customer drifts towards the doc
the proprietor or clerk looks up ant
nonchalently asks What will yol
have?" These conditions, Of course
seemed to exist only in the yer.
small towns
AS one approaches Greensboro tn
country becomes more level and driv
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-07-29

senger automobile ever the hills and
mountains and around the sharp
curves and down the steep grades be-
tween the Springs and Greensboro he
feels like it is ten times seventy. The
roads are good. They are built Of sand
and clay and gravel and about seven
miles out Of Greensboro each way you
have the tarvia road, but man who
is not used to them burns nerve force
faster than a Ford consumes gasoline
and at the end of the journey the honk
of an automobile horn will give you
the jim-jams.
There is very little level country
between Hamlet and Greensboro. Out
through Pinehurst and Southern
Pines the country gets flatter, but
still it looks high and rolling to a
low-country-man. Here on every hand
one sees evidences Of Yankee thrift
and ingenuity. For mile after mile
there is nothing but sand. 1t Is almost
a desert. Here and there are bunch
es of stunted pines. The only shrub
berry one sees is down at the foot OF
the hills where sickly looking water
courses trail off toward the ocean. For
farming purposes the land Is value
less. It will not grow cow peas and a
millionaire would starve to death on
It trying to raise chufas. But the yam
kee has touched 1t with magic wand.
At Pinehurst he built magnificent
hotel and laid out parks and other
pleasure resorts. And then MS
friends came down and built beautl-
full bungalows. Walks were laid out
and then landscape gardeners took the
unsightly hillside pine and surround
1t with pretty shrubbery mace
beautiful promenades which wind In
and around the hotel and the pretty
cottages and bungalows which flank
it on every side. But the Yankee aid
not stop here. He went down into
thu bottom Of the water courses and
dug up clay which he mixed with
sand and ! built highways which
stretch acr3ss the sand hills in every
direction like streaks of gold. And
then he took over the poor sandy land
and planted Shem in peach trees,there-
by creating in this wilderness an In
dustry which has proved highly prof
liable. The Yankee deserves credit
for these achievements. He has done
his work we'll in the barren sandhills
OF North Carolina, but he had un-
limited means with which to do 1t
Given the same financial assistance
the natives of that section would have
done Just as well or probably better
When one leaves the vicinity oi
Pinehurst where on every hano
are evidences of wealth being wise
ly spent the country on to Greens
boro is uninteresting from an agricul'
tural point of view. Before one reach
es Jackson Springs the cotton fields
begin to fade away and a few miles
beyond Pinehurst they have disap
peared altogether and tobacco, wheat
and corn take their place along the
roadside. The country becomes rough
er and one soon leaves the sandhills
and the red clay begins to loom up
The good roads do not give out, how,
ever. From the sand and clay road
you enter upon the gravel road ano
even though a heavy rain had JUS
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-07-29

ing a car becomes more of a pleas
ure. The clearings are larger, the
lands are richer, cultivation is bet
ter and the. sun shines brighter. You
seem to emerge from a wilderness in
to thickly populated country with
pretty farm houses surrounded by
broad acres of wheat, tobacco and
corn, with here and there a, herd OF
well-bred cattle or bunch of sheep
grazing in beautiful meadow. From
Greensboro to Reidsville, distance OF
some 80 miles, the topography OF
the country does not vary. The
lands are gently rolling and seem, to
be in a fine state of cultivation. One
of the prettiest stretches of road we
passed over was between these two
cities. The road was straight and 1t
was quite a pleasure to drive over 1t
after our rather strenuous experience
with the hilly and winding roads south
of Greensboro.
It Is remarkable what great
change so short a distance can make
in the industrial life Of two sections.
1t is only 1873 miles from Dillon to
Reidsville. Agriculture is one Of the
two leading industries Of that sec
tion Of North Carolina-the other is
manufacturing. Reidsville, we believe,
stands second to Winston-Salem In
the manufacture Of tobacco 1t used
to be a town of millionaire tobacco
manufacturers, but the men who
made big fortunes in the tobacco man
|ufaeturing industry have either died
or moved away and at the present
time Reidsville lays claim to only one
millionaire.
The pleasantest part Of long au-
tomobile trip is when you are nearing
the end of your journey. Our destina-
ton was Leaksville, N. c., Is miles
west of Reidsville, and 4:30 O'Clock
Monday afternoon we crawled out OF
the car tired, dusty and hungry.
Leaksville Is an old town with quaint
customs. Historians say it is the third
Oldest town in the state. Everybody
is kin to everybody else and the 1000
population of which 1t boasts Is made
lid of cousins and uncles and aunts.
Adjoining the town of Leaksville is
the city of Spray which claims a pop
lation of $1,000 and then short dis
tance further on is the town of Drap-
er which claims population of 1000
Spray and Draper are modern towns
The former is about 20 years old. The
three towns merge into each other
and the afternoon paper is called the
"Tri-City Gazette" Spray and Drap-
er are manufacturing towns. In the
two towns are between 8 and 10, big
cotton mills and woolen mill. There
are several finishing mills which turn
the raw cotton into ginghams, BED
spreads, underwear hosiery, etc
The most of these mills are owned
by the heirs of Marshall, the grea'
Chicago merchant. They supply the
big stores in Chicago, New York anc
other cities which are operated b!
trustees as provided in Marsha
Fields will. The mills are managed by
local business men. 1t Is great man
ufacturing center and the pay rol
runs into thousands of dollars ever!
week.
This is a country of yellow-leg pull
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-07-29

FORD CARS - Just. received. two
loads Of Ford touring, cars with
self-starters. L. F. Britt. Dillon, s.
CO 29 1t.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-07-29

Mrs. WIS. Campbell is undergoing;
treatment at the Highsmith. Infirm--
ary in Fayetteville. N. C. g..
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-07-29

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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-14
Mrs. Croker Says
 She's Not Actress

Palm Beach, Fla, April ,13.-Mrs Richard Croker today defended her self against various insinuations which have cropped out in connec- tion with the suit for accounting brought by Croker's children.
 "All of the startling things which I have seen printed about my career are false" she said q hardly know anything about Broadway. l am not an actress; l have never been on any stage except that when I was go- ing to a school of expression 1 very frequently appeared at lectures and little entertainments, where l told Indian stories.
 Until my husband took away his power of attorney from his son, l thought his children were fond ot me. They were always writing me. 1t was Dear Bula,' and How are you getting along?'
 q have tried to be a good wife, and 1 know that I have taken good care of MT. Croker, because his health shows it. I have not spent much of his money. We live quletly and have only one servant"
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it's temples would speedily fall into decay Hamlet says it is "the dread of something after death" that par alyzes the human heart and fills the minds of the men with deepest con cern.
 What an awful responsibility, therefore, do those religious leaders assume who loosen and undermine the foundations of the Christian faith. We would not fetter the mind of any man but proof of the most convlncing character, and not specu lation, should be abduced beIore Chrlslian.ty is sent to the scrap heap along with the rengions ol the past.
 The great Blsnop, Hoss, whose cru luton was as genuine as his spirit was dauntless, after listening to q logomachy of speculation in an ec- clesiastlcal assembly closed great defense of Christian doctrine with the following dramatic quotations: "Ihey have taken away my Lord, and 1 know not where they nave lald Him."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-14
CREEL AND SHOOT.

Nr. Greet, in answering Senator Rec dSmoot, ghbly calls the senator a liar,
 MT. Shoot previously had stated that MT. Greet was guilty of some thing close akin the criminal in dls- posing of the official Bulletin and winding up the affairs of the com mittee on the pubic nformat.on.
 MT. Greet states that the only thing about the Official Bulletin that was disposed of was the maihng list which was open to anyone. He charges that Shoot more than any one else helped confuse the affairs of the committee on public lnfor- mation when he interrupted the or derly process of Its liquidation by taking over all records and throwing out everybody that knew anything about the departments affairs.
 MT. Greet chief press agent for Uncle Sam was guilty of some practises. There are many things for which he can be criticized But on the whole the conduct of his de- partment, like the conduct of most other departments now the object of Republican criticism, was good. Greet was the chef American pro- pagandlst, and though we started late, we showed the nations of Europe things they never dreamed of about propaganda. We learned the lesson so well that propaganda still is our principal pursuit and pro- fession. Propaganda, as conducted by Mir. Greet, did its part to help win the war.
 It would be we'll when his critics proceed to lash MT. Creel that they remember thiS
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-14

eaius until supt. Asa Mitchell hand. ed up suitcase to Deputy United States Commissioner Prince and the latter asked: ,,
 "How much am Isoffered?'
 "That's it." said the young man who accompanied Hortense and her mother, Mrs. Edward r. Smlthson' and the girl carried the bidding along until the suitcase was knocked down to her at s9.75. She carried her purchase into far corner, opened it. drew forth a package of letters stuffed them into a case she had brought with her, and threw the s9.75 case to the floor.
 "Oh. there really isn't anything to saw" Mrs. Smithson said, except that that I wrote every one of those let ters. I am not going to say to whom I wrote them except that he desert ed his ship and-it's all over'
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'Dardanella' Author Got Only $1OO
 for His Rights

New York, April 13.-An action was brought in the Supreme court by Felix Bernard as one of the com posers of the popular song "Darda- nella" against Mccarthy & Fischer Inc, it's publishers.
 Bernard, now in vaudeville, accord ing to Frederick E. Goldsmith, his lawyer, sold his rights for $100 or representation of J. D. Mittenthal general manager for the song pub fishers, that the tune was a ''fizzle, ,; while his co-composer, Johnny Black later is said to have received $50,00J in royalties.
 Bernard charges the publishers with "intent to deceive and defraud" and asks that he be given share of
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Romeo of 36, Weeds
 Juliet Who's 63

Sudbury, Pa., April 13.-Mrs. Jim Cameron Packer. 63 years old, widow of the Sudbury millionaire. who died in 1919, in telegram to friends here, announces her marriage to David Ireland, 36-year-old clerk, in New York
 Mrs. Ireland removed from Sun bury to Chestnut Hill a few weeks after the death of her first husband and her breaking of his will, where by she came into possession of more than $500,000, twice the amount left her in the will.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-14

the city's affairs. He knows the bus mess of every department and has a fund of valuable information at his finger tips. He is one the most valuable assets the city has. Few are so fortunate as to have public servant for so long a period. MT. Lee has been with the city so long that many people have come to take him for granted It is that way of ten with service and those who serve faithfully and efficiently.
 His work in the past and his value to the city government ought to be appreciated.
 MT. Greet admitting that he is a proficient liar, says MT. Shoot is one too. The wrangle might de- velop into a professional jealousls affair.
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SIXTEEN YEARS SERVICE.

Will Lee, city clerk since 1905
 yesterday began his siXtieth year in that office. MT. Lee began serving when H. King White was mayor. He has served under several mayors since that time-good and bad, and has been aldermen by the score, like wise good and bad, come and go. Mir. Lee is thoroughly conversant with
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Congress May End ], Session on June ,

Washington, April 13-After a conference today with Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, Representative Mondell of Wyoming the republican leader in the house, said he believed congress would adjourn June 5. All appropriations would be ready for approval by May 15, he said, and other important pending legislation will be disposed of by June 1.
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effort to dissuade him but were forc- ed to turn back when the father De- gan throwing rocks at them.
 Reaching a peach orchard on 1he mountain top, Kanny placed the ay- namite on the ground, lighted the fuse and threw himself upon the eE- plosive. The report shook the noun tain side.
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Girl Buys Back Her Letters From
 Navy DeserteE

New York, April 13.-Hortense Smithson, IT. of Passaic, N. j one of scores of persons attracted to the barge office by annual sale of the effects of deceased, deserting and ab" sent sailors of the United States na- w and merchant marine, paid little attention to the mad chase for bar
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Blows Himself to
 Bits With Dynamite

Charlottesville, Va. April 13.-Car- rying twelve sticks of dynamite to the top of mountain near here, Grover c. Kanny committed suicide by blowing his body to bits.
 Kanny had been grieving over the death of his wife He told his eight children that he proposed to end his life. He procured the dynamite ana started for the mountain top His children attempted to follow in an
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the royalties and that the firm be restrained from disposing of any more of the mechanical rights.
 MT. Goldsmith says that Mr. Der hard was "up against it" when he took the S100. In the papers it is as- serted 1,00o,000 copies of "Dardanel- la" have been sold.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-14
STOCK DIVIDEND.

New Yor, April 13.-A stock divi dend of fifty per cent on the capi- tai stock of the Union Bag and Pa per company was declared today by the board Of directors. Distribution will be made next month it is under stood.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-14

We now have with us MT Geo. Stringfellow as service manager to handle repairs on Willy-Kn. ght and Overland Automobiles. Owens Moto: Sales Co, 119 East Second avenue
 Phone 1t73. 4-2-12t
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TAYLOR & O. Phones 1932-l059

We can paint a sign for r,. will get you business. Bu+ ,'a W. '9a unless you say so. How a' we we soa Pine Bluff Sign Go. 101 Con1ou aoout M phone 254. c. F. Brunop Guls anJ Sl,ss. T Hartig. ana ?. ]
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Table cloths, napkin, .seo, :, low ca@es, towels, bed <nroa, Ts' pl bed and table linen waebodG GIead al ed for six cents a pound s'.a a t't Excelsior Laundry company "Aiyis, 11,sE
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FOR SALE

For delivery August 1st .;
 bungalow; one year old 2SI SSIz-Issp 18th Ave. '"' "2l Ne,
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-04-02
TO
SPEAK AT NORMAL

The convocation of county
Superintendents, which will be
held in Richmond on May 5, 6,
and I, promises to be the largest
and best of its kind ever held.
Albert J.Beveridge, of Indianapo-
lis former Senator from Indiana
will be secured to speak on the
question of salaries. He is said
to have. great message and
will be able to assist the county
superintendent in meeting the
salary proposition during the
coming year. DIR. Ernest Burn
ham will be here during the en-
tire time as will w. H. Stout
Each Of these men will be able to
bring real messages to the super
intendents Of the Eastern Dis
trict.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-04-02
QUESTION OF
HOUSING STUDENTS
Is Being Studied At Nashville By
President Coates-"Health
Week For Normal

President Coates. of Eastern
Normal, is in Nashville and the
South this week studying the
question of housing students. 1t
will be only a short time until
the present capacity of the cam
pus and town will be overrun
and it is the desire of the Nor
NAL school to take care Of every
student that comes to Richmond
to enter school. Two new dorm
ltories will be erected ON the
campus during the coming
months, but even with the added
rooms these buildings will not
give the school enough rooms.
He is also studying the cafeteria
question. 1t may be necessary
to install a cafeteria during the
summer, and if so President
Coates will have a working
knowledge Of the plan.