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The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1921-12-01
UNIQUE EXPLANATION
Boil Weevil in Package Brings Sill
ent Message.

The State.
Numbers OF explanations and ex-
cuses for failure on the part of va
rious Sunday schools and individuals
to contribute to the annual work day
of Epworth orphanage have been re-
ceived at the orphanage according to
w. D. Roberts. superintendent. How
ever. the prize winning explanation
came suddenly in the shape of small
package from the lower part of the
state, which, when opened. proved to
be boil weevil.
Mr.. Roberts says the orphanage is
joining with the other church orphan
ages Of the state in asking for a
Thanksgiving offering.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1921-12-01
GAME SHIPMENTS
MUST BE LABELLED
Florence Times.

Florence Times.
The Bureau of Bilogical Survey,
United States Department of AgIicul-
ture, calls attention to the fact that
under Federal Law all packages in
which wild ducks. geese ant other
migratory game birds are transport
ed must have the name of the ship
per and of the consignee and an ac-
curate statement Of the numbers and
kinds of birds contained therein
clearly and conspicucusly marked on
the outside thereof. Sportsmen ship
ping game birds without proper
markings are liable to gecution in
the Federal court and lie birds ito
seizure and condemnation. u
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1921-12-01
SEURoPE HAND TO MOUTH"
Government Representatives Think
t6T Cotton Prospects Good.

The following is from the week
ly News Letter" issued by the Unit
ed States department of agriculture
/ at Washington,
Economic conditions in Europe,
outside of Russia are gradually i'm
sowing according to William R.
ifoQws and William Il. Pryor, Of
>au of Markets and Crop Es-
/. Blumnd States Department
his family In Becently returned
this trip through
Mrs. w. H. t studying general
are visiting IS on the prospective
. American product.
Miss Rualt's representative re-
iting her, consumption of Ameri-
AZ eoIton may expected to show
a considerable increase. perhaps 10
to 13 per cent over that of last year.
Visits were made to England.
France. Switzerland. Belgium. Hol-
land, Norway, Sweden. Denmark
Germany, Poland, the free city of
Danzig, Czechoslovakia, Austria, It
ally, and Egypt. In addition. Mr..
Meadows also visited Palestine. At
all the cotton marketing and manu-
1acIur1QR CenLeTS COHIeTeuCeS WciS
held with government officials, cot
ton men, bankers, and others, and
much valuable information concern
ing conditions affecting American
cotton was secured. The recent adj
sSance in the price of cotton, they
~ has greatly relieved the cotton
'slNA chants, spinners and bankers of
ope as well as similar lines of
'aoistry in this country. Accord
het the best information obtain
~ he cotton manufacturing
ana Depegins the new season with a
"a OK Alate, there being no large
pNls, of cotton or cotton goods
ep by manufacturers in any Euro
o0sin country. In the judgment of
departments representatives,
pe must of necessity follow a
pNS d-to-mouth" policy in purchas-
y its supplies of raw cotton, and
lerican holders should adopt a
tadual marketing policy to conform
20 Europe's requirements.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1921-12-01
THE BAD SIDE OF GOOD Ro,Ds

| GOOD things have their bad sides,'
remarked an observant Dillonite
land now that we have built a top.
soil road almost through the county
the speed fiends are showing up in
alarming numbers. 1t is dangerous
enough to drive over the hard sur.
face roads on an ordinary week day
but persons who go out for a little
spin on a holiday or Sunday posi-
lively take their lives in their, own
hands. Last Thursday the road be-
tween Latta and Little Rock via Dill
lon was full Of automobiles. and II
took good driving and a quick eye
to avoid the speed fiend. Dillon
county has built a good road but il
the road is to serve the purpose for
which 1t was built the county will
have to patrol 1t with speed cops un-
til enough speed fiends and road
hogs have been run in to break up the
dangerous driving"
What this citizen says is true. Ev-
cry person who drove out on the
hard surface road last Thursday or
Friday will testify to the fact that
something must he done to curb the
reckless driver. If the speed fiend
killed or injured only himself there
would be no complaint. The sooner
the county gets rid of that class of
automobile drivers the better off will
be the sane people who have sense
enough to know that the automobile
Is a dangerous machine. But the
trouble is the speed fiend usually in
juries or kills some innocent per-
son. A party of automobilists out on
the Little Rock road last Thursday
evening saws car coming from to-
ward Dillon at dangerous rate of
speed. The car turned the curve at
Mr.. ]. S. Thompson's residence and
passed a party of small children
playing by the roadside without a
pause in its wild dash down the road.
Other automobilists saw the car COM
ing and gave it a clear road. Just
in front of Mr.. Thompsdn's home a
drove of~fine hogs were crossing the
road. The driver of the wild car saw
them in ample time to bring his car
to stop, but he did not pause. He
dashed into the hogs, scattering them
right and left, and when he had
passed two fine porkers lay dead in
the middle of the road. Putting more
speed to his car the driver dashed
on down the road with such speed
that one could not read the number
on his car.
The law is too easy on persons of
this type. Too often when they are
caught they are let off with a light
fine. Road sentences should be the
punishment. Little did it matter to
the driver of that car whether it
were children or hogs.
Now that we have good road
through the county, the next step is
to curb the speed 'fiend. He is in the
minority, and as the majority pay
the taxes that build and maintain
good roads they deserve the protec-
ton of the law. If such practices are
allowed to continue sane and con-
siderate citizens will have no use for
good roads. They would prefer the
bad road, because they would at
least feel safe when they go out for
a little pleasure ride.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1921-12-01
Squirrel Drinks White Lightning and
Goes "Nutty."

Washington, Ca, Nov. 20 : The
story of the rabbit that mustered up
enough nerve to spit in a bulldogs
icace found counterpart in Wilkes
ounty this week. In the local case
was a squirrel that went "nutty"
a result Of feeding on "mash"
,om which white lightning is made.
Parties from the neighboring city
o Danburg in this county who were
itWashington attending the Novem-
be term of Wilkes superior court
tbs week, told this story and voueh
70 its truthfulness. A few days ago
seeral nimrods with guns and dogs
wet squirrel hunting in the northern
enc Of this county near the forks Of
Brod and Savannah rivers. They
foun several of the festive game all
of wh ch conducted themselves as well
-eised squirrels will do when men
guns and dogs camp on their
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1921-12-01
MAIL PACKAGES EARLY

Postmaster Carmichael has re-
ceived letter from Postmaster Gen
eral Hayes in which he is urged to
impress upon the patrons of the Dill
lon offices the Importance of mailing
packages early. The Postmaster Gen
era1 says the public does not realize
what a stupendous job it is to be
santa claus to 100j000,00O people
and that is just what the postoffice
dc partmen{ g the holidays.
The posmd eral urges the peo-
pie to wra tges securely land
address tho ,lain letters. He
says much 1T ID lost trying tc read
fancy writit E use OF small en-
velopes so dIIrIITBn during the holi-
days is disc cv-ged. The automatic
canceling ma-iaes will not take
them and theN have to be cancelled
by hard, thus causing much loss
of time. Because of their tendency to
slip out of packages the smaller let
ters are very often lost. The Post
master General says the public can
be of great assistance in handling the
big volume of holiday mail If they
will wrap their packages securely,
write the address plainly and mail
them early. He asks the cooperation
of every citizen in the effort to make
a new record in the handling of the
mail this year.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1921-12-01
''s,APoLIO

y, ,Sds countless uses in the
day men. keScleans cutlery.
avenue .1ued asproelain. china,
flames. The insuraypoleum, oil
and the loss is heaVs;le. marble.
The fire originated Ac. 49,
Ferry's Paint and autom
and this building WIS comp On
ed. In the building were seve.
dred dollars worth of paints
tools and these were total loss,
only $500 insurance. There were q
eral automobiles in the "a.
Ing repainted and thes.f
lost. Mr.. w. A. Meare.{ pA504a 4
which he had purchaseNM -
ago. A negro, name unN -
an Oakland sedan; Mr.. G. Ta
erllost Studebaker; Mr.. s. w. VII
liams lost two Spats. In addition to
automobiles and paints there were
Automobile parts, recently purchased,
destroyed by the flames. Mr.. Perry,
the owner Of the paint shop and ga
rage, is on hunting trip in G ,-'' -
town. ~
The galvanized iron buildiny
the rear Of the Dillon Machine
was total loss. This building
belonged to Mr.. Wheeler. In
building was stored quantity
shingles. wire and hardware value,
at $4,000, the property of the DilloI
Hardware Co. There was no insur!,
ance on this property.
Mr.. Wheeler was the individual
owner Of both buildings and 1t is
said that they were the only build
ings owned by him on which he car
ried no insurance. His individual
loss will be about $1,000. while the
loss of the Dillon Hardware Co. will
amount to about $4,000.
The fire department. responded
promptly and did good work, but the
flames had gained such headway that
nothing could be done to save the
burning buildings. The firemen con-
centrated their efforts on the adjoin-
ing buildings and saved these from
destruction.
Mr.. w. A. Meares, who conducts
a grocery in the building next to the
Perry garage. was damaged by water
to the extent Of several hundred dol
lars --'-~.-
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1921-12-01

Dear Editor:-Please allow me
space to say word about what Mrs.
w. c. Cathcart told Herald man
in the Herald of Nov. IT, headed
Family in Destitute Circumstances
What want to say is that there was
some mistake. In the first place 1t
stated there was children, all girls,
age 13 to T. There is 4 children but
the youngest one is a boy aged s. n
was stated that the family was de-
pendent and the neighbors brought In
enough to sustain life. Here is what
the father says: We have had plehty
-. cat and I bought il with my OWL
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1921-12-01
Campaign for Economy Home.

Columbia, Nov. 28-J. Pope Mat
thews, president Of the Palmetto Ma
tional Bank Of Columbia. has accept
ed the chairmanship of the campaign
committee of the Economy Home at
SSs Creek, 8. G. Mr.. Matthews will
1n] by committee of well
~ Carolinians, the per-
Until =, ssx:s. !:
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1921-12-01

Quite number of the young folks
enjoyed a 'possuR hunt Thursday
night. -.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. F. Edwards and
family spent Thankss VtrrN> IN Mar
ion.
Mr.. Manton Afford o.
Thanksgiving at heme.
Miss Mary Proctor and n
Oliver Tatum Of FayettevjI NJ
quitely married at the hoI
bride at $3.50 o'clock SUNDAY
by the Rev. D. Mcintyre.
Mr.. Mack Mcqueen spent Thanks
giving with his grandparents In Dill.
lon.
Mr.. Jess McEachern visited jam
McCormac during the Thanksgivif
holidays.
Mr.. D. M. Weatherly of Latta a
Miss Annie Weatherly of the Fl
school faculty spent ThanksgiY
here with. their parents. |N>,M
Mrs. N. J. McRimHoro1
spent Friday with MpSASo
Miss Jane Evans,
throp College, TommltI
Davidson and Vernon
Wofford spent Thanksg
Messrs. Robert Lee, D
er and Morrison Cottine
itors in this communists -
ternoon and attended VS. o1AN
hunt that night.
Miss nellie Good of thd Ico N
faculty spent Sunday
Miss Miss All1n,onnt. such low
in Bennettsville TIL Y.v ~
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan CT
lily spent Thanksgivingll w q y
Miss Kathleen Cotti
the past week in Clio. "A NJ
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1921-12-01
Carolina.

Mrs. w. ]. Stone of +
returned home Monday
days visit to relatives
Miss Johnnie johnson
has recently visited her
e. G. Webster.
The Woman's Auxilis
Home Mission Week by
gether in an all Ay 4
Tuesday. The monthly
tain Missions" was the
gram followed by lunt
hour. In the afternod
Temple Building" vii
ladies of the Auxilia
session was devoted
meeting when plans
for the purpose of s.;
much needed repai
church. 1t wal
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1921-12-01
Minturn.

Quite a number of the young folks
enjoyed a 'possun9 hunt Thursday
night.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-07-15
TALL CEDARS OF LEBANON BEACH
DAY

The annual Beach Day of the Tall
Cedars of Lebanon will be held July
30th. Forests from Delaware, Penn
sylvania, New York, Maryland and
New Jersey are expected to attend,
bringing a total Of 10000 people to
Wildwood. Many Forests will bring
their own bands, and handsome prizes
will be given for the best. Chairman
Mayor Warren D. Ham, of the local
Forest, will preside over a meeting
at the Hotel Brighton tonight which
discusses the final plans for welcom-
ing the visiting Forests.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-07-15
ALFRED TAYLOR
Director of Streets and Public
Improvements, Parks and
Public Property

with we'll known advertising agencies
and the American Press Association
for a number of years. He is a gradu-
ate of Girard College, Philadelphia,
and a member of the Wildwood City
Band and Holly Beach Fire Company.
Mr.. Smith is married and has two
children. They reside at 4616 Pacific
avenue.
Ralph L. CARL
Rfr. CARL was born and teised al
Hancock's Bridge, just outside of Sa-
lem, this state. He came to Wildwood
for many years during the summer
and of late has been residing here all
the year, though he always considered
it his home, even when he was away
during a part of the winter. He came
here first as a boy to assist at the
Casino, then owned by his uncles,
James Butcher and Benjamin c. Har-
ris, of Salem. Later, with Carl Har-
his, son of the latter, he conducted
the Casino Baths and a few years ago
they built the New Casino Baths which
they still conduct. He is of one of the
staid old Salem County families, his
parents being among the most highly
respected in that community.
Mr.. CARL is unmarried.
Alfred Taylor
Mr.. Taylor is a Cape May County
boy. He was born at Burleigh, the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Taylor, far
mers. About thirty years ago he came
to Anglesea to fish with John Taylor,
now his brother-in-law. Later he
married Miss Emma Ludlam, daughter
of Capt. and Mrs. Stillwell Ludlam, of
Court House, and they went to Avalon
where Mr.. Taylor was a member of
the life saving crew for sometime.
Some twenty years ago they returned
to Anglesea where he was engaged in
pound fishing with John Taylor and
later formed the Ocean Fish Co. with
the late Wilbur E. Young. In this he
was quite successful and is now con
sidered well-to-do. A number of years
ago he was also with Mr.. Young, Mr..
Taylor and others in the coal and ice
business. About sixteen years ago
they built a house on Maple avenue
where they lived until they sold to
R. P. Fitzpatrick. They now reside
on East Magnolia avenue
Mr.. Taylor has three sisters, Mrs.
John Taylor and Mrs. Clara Smith, OF
this city, and Mrs. Elizabeth Norton,
of Court House.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-07-15

Entire New Ticket Carries
For Nearly Every One of
New Men in Each Ward
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-07-15
Women's Vote a Big
Factor in Turning Tables
on the Old Guard

yea when politics seemed to have
been uppermost in the minds of our
city officials rather than the interests
of our community.
At the organization meeting in May,
1920, after William c. Hendee, oliver
Bright and Frank E. Smith had been
elected Commissioners, Mr.. Hendee
was selected for mayor, Mr.. Bright be-
ing Tired UP with him for his selection
and ex Mayor Smith voted yes 20 his
selection.
Shortly after this things began to
happenl Mayor Hendee vas accused
of allowing too much outside in1u-
ence to govern him and Mr.. Bright
switched his support to Mr.. Smith, and
it is generally understood that Bright
and Smith were lined up against Hen
dee ever since. This caused conflict
in practically every matter of vital in
terest that came before them, resulting
in many lawsuits and countersuits
and making the taxpayers the goat"
After a year of this "see-saw" ac-
ton the people decided that they had
had enough and asked for the recall
of the incumbents that others could be
put in their place who could take the
interest of the city at heart rather
than their own personal political gain.
Accordingly on Tuesday the recall
election was held and the citizens
arose in their might and expressed
their opinions by the ballot, making
a clean sweep with big majorities.
Ex-Mayor Smith, who was chosen
street commissioner a year ago, re-
signed after the recall petitions were
filed so that he might run for the
Office of mayor.
The public spirited citizens had
looked around for suitable candidates
to take their places, men who were
not connected politically in any way
and who had the interests of the city
at heart and they finally decided upon
w. COPYRIGHT Smith for mayor, Ralph
L. CARL for finance commissioner, and
Alfred Taylor for street commissioner.
These men, every for a long time
refused to accept, for they well knew
the big task that is before them. But
they finally consented, and after a
hard campaign, combating lies and
many other unfair mean used by the
opponents, the new ticket came
through with flying colors.
AS will be seen by the above figures,
ex-Mayor Smith carried but one ward,
his own ward, the third, and that by
only 29 votes. Mr.. Bright lost every
ward, while Mayor Hendee's vote was
almost nil.
The newly elected commissioners
were sworn in on Wednesday morning
at nine o'clock by City Solicitor Jona-
than Hand. They will meet for a con-
ference on Friday afternoon, but the
first regular meeting will be held on
Tuesday next.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-07-15
W. COPYRIGHT Smiths plurality, 359
FOR FINANCE COMMISSIONER
Ralph L. CARL
1000
FOR STREET COMMISSIONER
TaylOr's plurality, sol.
Election Boards


First Ward-John Grace, John T.
Wilson, Gus He'll and John Graham.
Second Ward-J. Charles Each, B.
C. Ingersoll, Jr., Willard Housman and
Harry eKating.
Third Ward-Charles l.. Nickerson,
Fred Metz, Stanley Roberts and Joseph
Dennison.
The City of Wildwood now has three
new City Commissioners, every one a
successful and prominent man, not one
ever having been in politics, and it
looks now as though our city should
o at a rapid pace for sometime to
come, and hundreds of citizens see the
dawn of a new day for Wildwood.
By the will of the people, the wom-
ems vote had considerable to do with
it, on Tuesday three new men were
selected to look after city affairs and
they are already on the job,
For sometime the City Of wildwood
has been the laughing-stock Of the
public ct large. especially the past
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-07-15
W. COPYRIGHT Smith

Mr.. Smith came to Wildwood to live
permanently in the spring of 1918,
when he was chosen managing secre-
tary Of the Wildwood Board Of Trade.
He had been coming to Wildwood for
a number of years before that during
the summer, but felt that he would
like to make it his permanent home
and left a good position on the adver-
Using staff of the Philadelphia Even
ing Bulletin to come here at a much
less salary. He Is one of the best
known newspaper men in this section
Of the country, having been connected
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-07-15
PRICE 2 CENTS
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW
MAYOR
To the Citizens of wildwood:

To the Citizens of wildwood:
Please accept my thanks for the con-
fidence reposed in me at the recall
election and 1 shall endeavor to do
everything within my power to be hon.
orable and fair to the community
and Individual, bearing in mind that
justice is the first consideration of a
municipal officer. There are so many
things to be done in the city that it
will take considerable time, effort and
work to right the many things that
need correction, but I and my coll
leagues will try our best to do the
right thing, at the right time in the
right manner. We ask for the sup
port and cooperation of everybody
and shall be fair and honorable to
everyone and intend to uphold the
ordinances of the city and statutes of
the state, and take this means of noti-
flying offenders that they shall be
prosecuted to the full extent of the
law, when the occasion arises, apply
ing mercy and justice when it is com-
patible with the situation.
Respectfully yours,
w. COURTRIGHT SMITH.
The following are some of the con-
gratulations that have been received
from the various sections:
Wildwood Title and Trust Company
Wildwood, N. j.
I congratulate you upon the splen-
did vote of confidence you have re-
ceived from the people of wildwood.
trust nothing may transpire to cause
you any regret.
Sincerely yours,
HEBER CRANE.
Real Estate League of New Jersey,
Vineland, N. ].
Sincere congratulations
With a non-prejudiced, non-political
business administration, the City of
Wildwood's future progress is assured.
Sincerely yours,
JOHN A. ACKLEY.
New York City
Well, Mayor Court" Smith, con-
CALCULATIONS by the ton, not for you
personally, but Wildwood is most for
tunate and should cheer itself all over
in thus deciding for you.
The big news of your wonderful
election reached me at % and of
course I am most happy that what
little I did in your behalf was far from
in vain.
A new epoch it sure seems for Wild
wood; in fact it has quite turned me
about some with such real inspiration
now for doing a few real things down
there now that the trend of general
business is finally improving.
Very sorry 1 could not cast a per-
sonal vote for you, but l have been so
busy on some longer distant business
that I have not been able to spare even
a day down your way. But I'll sue
coed sooner or later in what 1 have
formulated for Wildwood.
Cordially,
H. K. READ.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-07-15

Congratulations have also been re-
ceived from the Associated Press and
various Philadelphia newspapers and
from as far west as Pittsburgh
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-07-15

Scissors, cutlery, lawn mowers, etc.,
sharpened SHARP. We repair every
thing. Singley's Repair Shop, West
18th avenue Both phones. If
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-07-15
WHDWOODHAS THREE NEW commissioners
NOWFORB BUSINESS, N%OTPOLITICS

Mayor Hendee and Com
missioner Bright Recalled
by Big Vote
Evening journal., 1921-10-05
CITY DEMOCRATS
T0DISCUSS DEAL

Saturday, October 22, has been
definitely fixed as date for a meeting
OF the Democratic State Committee
at which It is planned to name a
member OF the Democratic National
Committee to succeed Josiah o. VOL
cott Official notices Of the meeting
will he issued this week by Henry
r. lsaacs. State chairman. Accord
ing to present plans the meeting will
be held in the Hotel Richardson.
Dover.
AT a meeting OF the Democratic
City Committee tomorrow night at
Democratic headquarters. 612 French
street, it is expected that a resolution
approving the appointment of Chan
cellor Wolcott to the bench and
commencing him for accepting it will
be presented. This resolution, If
presented, is expected to meet with
bitter opposition. II is in marked
contrast with a resolution which was
voted down by the committee on
September % by vote of ten to
six, and which condemned the res
ignation OF Mr.. Wolcott as senator
in order to become chancellor.