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B \ "*^| . _ city or town from making it The bilJ to do awa~ on Sundav. [day limit after delivefySSSS^iC ^ J* I J|| Jr If .A .IT 1 I I 'n Mr. Williams?To amend section of deeds or instrumeut^^fiUB HF. . /*\ x Jf U M^W I A/ I IP I ,J '-W9 of the criminal code of South be recorded t<7 Hw?; WAV CM'K Carolina. 1002. relating to the crime notices to subsequent credit* i f 7^ /^> n'~ of bigamy and changing: the punish- purchasers for valuable eoniA 1t*?-nt thereof. tio.n without notice was pnssuw ESTABLISHED IN IMS. . DILLON. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 4, 1909. heating tind swindling anil J The following hills passed tl //. ^ /ta XI. \ he punishment thereof. reading and were ordered sent o// N>>^T> ^fl jt?M* ^.\ --Tn ?->-> - - > JfaM COUNTY ELECTION | | WITHIN SIXTY DAYS. WjSlBrYeyori have Completed their Work and will Report to the Commissioners this Week. Official Calculations do not Reduce Marion's Area. Division Line Remains as it was. Save a Few Minor Changes. No Alteration in Line around Latta. It is probable that the report of Mr. T. A. Dillon and Dr. J. C. Mace, commissioners for the new - - and old county respectively, will I- be made to the governor this week: The surveyors have completed their work and are ready to report w iuc uiuiuiissiuucis. winic uy official figures have yet been given out, it is authoritativelvknown that Marion contains mor? than 900 square miles. Heretofore this has been the point of contention ' with the opponents of the New County movement. It has been stated time and again that Marion contained less than 900 square miles and that it would be impossible ever to form a new county out of the upper portion of the old county. Some who have aggres ively resisted the movement to form the new county have even f - . in times past admitted that if the I new county advocates could comI ply with the legal requirements that they would no longer resist > the movement. Since it has become known that the constitution? al requirements can be complied with it is said that the new county has won many converts in the territory proposed to be cut off and T, that many persons in the old county now look upon the movement with indifference. ?. The governor has 60 days in which to order the election after the report of the commissioners is laid 'oefore him. Thus if the commi^ioners. make their report this week the election no doubt will be held some time in March or about the first of April. All the data covering: the amount of taxable ^-pl^pperty and the number of inhabits "Jts has already been prepared andx^ there will be little delay after the Report of the surveyors *s placecTih ' hands of the commissioners. The survey settles for all time to ^come the question of area. It - it had shown that Marion contained less than 900 square miles the new countv movement woibld have been abandoned; but nAw since it is shown lhat the advljocates of the movement tan com!ply with the constitution in eveify particular interest in the moveunent is becoming: intense and cclnverts to the cause are being: secured every day. It was the/ purpose of the New Countv peopjle to tjet the election before Jan. / 1st. in order that the county could be created by the general assembly now in session, * V\nf 4-Via oil rt'rpir ma a Kadltr r1#la rrorl I/Ui liMA ? vj VlAVItJ \4Vin/VU . "on account of unfavorable circumJy stances and it was impossible to get *n earlier repo> t from the surveyors. Had the election been J held last year the New County " would have been created at this meeting of the general assembly and the nufcfcinery would have been in full operation by the middle of the year. As it is we shall have to w&it until the next session " of the legislature before the county can be created. Tbert' will be n6 material change it the division line as oritorv igvntfly a?n. There has been a & tot *jarU,?le*8 talk about what the. k tv governoi would do and what he wottldn*' do with the present line, * '. but thatdocs not amount to a row of pint. The governor has noth% ing whatever to .do with the shape ' of the baindarv lines. His duty is to se that the constitutional provisions have been complied with in regard to area, taxable 'propert, and population and if it ia show, that those repuirements have ben met, he will order t'ue oAootiorreeardlaaa of the itunu of the lin?. I >. Thei are now over 2000 voters f f ' registesd in the new count territory ad a safe estimate places fa the tod vote in the election at " \ 1800. It will be necessary for BT ' the N?r County to jpet two-thirds of thivote in order to win, whidh mesnsomething over 1200 votes. Hlj# this jfiumber are registered SkKso well united on the Nei^ Cofcnt^ (as witness the vote in last primary) that 600 voters in Dillon mean 600 vote* for the New County. But the New County means more to the people of the upper section of Marion than it means to the cititen* of Dillon. Here we have direct 'phone and railroad connection with the court house and can attend court and return home the same day. But nnf en tittfU ^ ! ?? *vfc niiu kiiv i?i IU^I miu uvea 5 or 10 miles from the railroad. If he is summoned to jury duty he must spend the entire week at the court house even though his personal affairs suffer. If the court house were at Dillon any citizen in the new county could attend court here every day in the week and return home every night for supper. This is one of the many benefits the farmer would Jerive from a court house at Dillon, but this convenience alone ' is worth fighting for. ' V ? y | Civic League Notes I The Civic League met on Thursday afternoon with quite a number of members present. It will be a pleasure to lovers of flowers to know that the league will give i a chrysanthemum show in the fall, and it is hoped that all the ladies of Dillon will take pride in raising fine chrysanthemums for this show Other towns have flower shows, and there is no reason why Dillon should not do as well, or better than others. The Ladies will give an oyster supper about the 12th, of this month, and wiil endeavor to give an entertainment of some kind each month. News Froom Free State. Miss Alice Medlin of Clio, spent laat week with Mrs. M. A. Ellen. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Ferguson, of Monroe N. C., are down here for a few days visit to relatives. They will live at Temperance this year. Mrs- W. C. Easterling of Dillon visited relatives in this section last week. After three days stay with her parents, Mr and Mrs. D. E. Allen, Mrs. W. L. Tillman was called to the bed side of her husband at Bennettsville this morning. Mrs. T. J. Cottingham of Lake City spent last Tuesday and Wednesday with her sister, Mrs. Oscar Fineiran. Mrs. E. C. Moore, who has been visiting relatives in Bennettsville, returned home a few days ago. Mrs. Hortenae Bass and Miss Annie Allen of Latta spent last Thursday with the family of Mr. W. B. Allen. Cor. Lost?From Wm. Hamer's oiace near Little Rock, bay horse about 5 years old, scar on left hip and one hjnd foot white. Last seen comix&tftoward Dillon Monday evening:. Reward for information. Thos. Malloy, Dillon. | Dots from Sandy Corner j Cold mornings of late are causing good fires and they are well attended in this section. A. C. M oody of this section spent Saturday and Sunday last with his parents of Pleasant Hill section. Rev. A. E. C. Pittman attended the Union Meeting at Antioch Church last week. It was a cold time for a union. W. L. Stephens spent last Sunday with Mr. B. A. Moody and family of this place. Miss Maude Rogers of Page's Mill visited friends here. John Harrelson of this place lost a fine mule Thursday night. Mrs. Adeline McKenzie of Pork is in this place visiting relatives. C. M. C. W. A ? *1 FOR S 4 L R?White Wy#*-. dottes, eggs, l5 for $1.00. ^ , guaranteed to hatch. W. E. Hall, Dillon. S. C. DILLON'S DEVELOPMENT SOMETHING WONDERFUL A Writer in the Lumberton Robesonian Marvels a t Dillon's Growth. Twenty Years ago the Abiding place of the Fox and the Thistle. The Past an Earnest of the future. Correspondent of The Robesonian. For the first time during: the t ...... new ycai 1 uuu uijccu ^1VU16 yuu some of the dots around the progressive town of Dillon, where 20 years or little more ago the ranlc thistle nodded in the breeze and the wild fox held undisputed sway o"er their environs. To give the reader some little idea of the progress, growth and development raide, we find at our side (and ,will quote therefrom, if the reader please) a little prospectus handed us by one of the members of the Chamber of Commerce of what Dillon has accomplished up to date, and we think the showing creditable; and especially so when we consider that in that time we have had to face two financial panics of such formidable proportions: "Dillon, the pearl of the Pee Dee, midway between Washington and Tampa, 53 miles south of Fayaetteville, N. C., 31 miles north of Florence, S. C., on the main line of the A. C. L. Kailroad ''nr.. ^ ? %v (tic piv.iuu ui i^iuuii ao a town to live in, as a town to do business in, as a town to invest in. We invite you to come, now, and prosper with us. Dillon has a population of two thousand, a suburban population of fifteen hundred, a live chamber of commerce?two building and loan associations?two prosperous banks capitalized at $100,000?the the best high school system in the State, three chtirche?, Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian?good water, health, good climate, plentiful labor, cheap building material, fine hunting in season, fine fishing the year round, two wholesale groceries?Western Union Telegraph Co.?Bell Telephone system, electric light plant owned by the city, opera house, Ladies Piifin T AinrtiA o AA-f An frv n caa/1 vi v xv uvj a w iuu v.witva owu oil mill, two large cotton mills, marble works, bottling works, dairies, four sales stables, three livery stables, concrete works, novelty works, a $30,000 hotel, an ice factory, a broom factory, a weekly newspaper, 12 miles of street 70 to 100 feet wide, some of the finest homes in the State, only $5,000 bonded indebtedness, only 6 mills municipal cax levy." This represents what has come to Dillon during an existence of a little more than twenty years through the efforts of live, ener getic business men. And we will add that Dillon needs a steam laundry, soap factory, paper factory, a furniture factory, buggy and wagon factory, sash and blind iactory, sanitarium, a Daitery, ana many other factories. We are backed by one of the finest farming sections, where can be found the highest improved lands in tlfe State, not even excepting Marlboro county, famed the world over for having carried off the prize for the greatest yield of corn to the acre, the fastest horse in the Pee Dee section, etc. We guess you have heard of all these good things about Marlboro, though. A Mighty Pig. The Dillon Herald says, in substance, that a Mr. C. H. Stanton killed a two-year-old pig a few days ago that weighed 503 pounds, being possibly the largest hog ever killed in Marion County. Well, Edgefield usually has something to beat everybody, so here it is: Mr. Parks, Cashier of the Bank of Parksville, killed a pig 2 years and 1 month old that net tod 535 pounds, carefully weighed by parties who would testify upon oath to the facts were it necessary. The Parks are good "livers," and without consulting Pat, I take the liberty of asking you to our tlhion meeting to help eat some of Bro. Pat's pig. Come.? Edgefield News. ^nFo* Sals?Settings of genuine! Kin duck eggs. $3.00 per ddaei W. T. Bethea. Tax Returns. The Auditor's office will be open for taking: tax returns from January 1st. to February 20th. 1909. The law requires a tax on all notes, mortgages and moneys, also an income tax on gioss income of $2,500 00 and upVvtrds. There shall be capitation tax of 50 cents on all dogs, the proceeds to be expended for school purposes. Dcgs not returned for taxation shall not be held to be property in any of the courts in this state. A 11 1 ' mi uiaics uciwccu me age Ol ? I and 60 years, except Confederate soldiers or those persons incapable of earning a suppopt by being: maimed or from any other cause are liable to poll tax. All property must be assessed at "its true value in money" which is construed to mean "the sum at which the said property under ordinary circumstances would sell for cash." Don't ask that your property be taken from the books the same as last year. All property must be listed on proper blanks and sworn to. Township and number of district given. The Auditor or his deputy will be at the following places at the dates mentioned to take tax returns. Mullins, Tuesday and Thursday Jan 12th and 14th Nichols. Wednesday Jan. ^th. Zion, Friday Jan. 15th. Pages Mills, Saturday Jan. 16. Fork! Monday Jan- 18th. Pee Dee Junction, Tuesday Jan, 119th. Sellers, Wednesday Jan. 20th. Dillon, Friday and Saturday i Jan. 22nd and 23rd. Hamer, Monday Jan. 25th. Friendship, Wednesday Jan. 27th. Nebo, Thursday Jan. 28th. Old Ark, Friday Jan. 29th. Arial, Monday Feb. 1st. Little Rock, Wednesday Feb. 3. Judson, Thursday Feb. 4th. Centervillt, Friday Feb. 5th. Bingham, Saturday Feb. 6th. Fore, Monday Feb. 8th. Bermuda, Thursday Feb. 11th. Gaddy, Friday Feb. 12th. It is hoped that all will meet the Auditor promptly and make their returns and thereby avoid the 50 per cent, penalty. Respectfully, F. T. McLELLAN, Cr?:;ntv AnHitr?r 12-14t 2-20-09. TAX COLLECTOR'S NOTICE County Trkasurer'sOffice, Marion, S. C.. Sept. 23, 1908. The books for the collection of State, County and Road Tax will be open from Oct. 15, 1908, to Dec. 31, 1908, those who prefer to do so can pay in January, 1909, with 1 pe> cent, additional; those who prefer oavinc in Fehrusirv. 1909, can do so with 2 pei cent, additional; those who prefer paying; in March, 1909, to the 15th of said month, can do so by paying an addition of 7 per cent. (After said date the books will close.) Road Tax can be paid during the fall but if those liable prefer doing so, they can pay the road ax during January, February and March, 1909, for the year 1909. The Commutation tax is $2.00 for 1909. ? Taxpayers owning property or paying taxes for others will please ask for a tax receipt in each township or Special School District in which he or they may own property. This is very important as there are so many School Districts. Tnose who do not wish to rom<? to the office can write me (not later than December 25th) and I will furnish them the amount due and they can remit me by check, money order, or registered letter. If stamps are sent please do not send any above two (2) cents as I cannot use them. Please do not send me cash without registering: same, as it is liabs to be lost; if sent otherwise it mu be at sender's risk. THE IlBVY IS AS FOLLOWS: Qtofa T?? -11 wrvwfcv a. cm. J/"i 111 Ilia Constitutional School Tax 3 mills Road and Bridge1 1 1-4 mills Salaries 2 mills Poor House, Poor, etc. 11-4 mills General Levy ^ 13 X mills r.sjllifrolina, 1902'. VJeci*! school) per-1 be up and growun 3 mills I erajre valid. - /. 8 mills I fori Mr. E. MjU /' 7 mills * K 7 mills 7 mills A J''' ' PIVtHilM" ~ ';is S"'"> Oak Grove " '' _ Ruck Sw'p " " be Creat Union " " t i Pages Mill " " 3 mi? f" Millers * " 3 mill'sf Hamer '' 2 mills Dalcho 4 1 4 4 2 mills Nichols 4 4 4 4 3 mills , Todd's 4 4 4 4 3 mills i Centenary 4 4 4 4 2 mills .Little Rock4 4 4 4 3 mill* |PlVtHill5644 44 3 mills i Olivet 4 4 4 4 3 mills New Holly* 4 4 4 3 mills Bingham 4 4 4 4 2 mills Kentyre 4 4 4 4 2 mills Bermuda 4 4 4 4 2 1-2 mills Palmer 44 "21-2 mills Br't's Neck" 4 4 3 mills Eulonia 3 mills ! Nebo 3 mills 1 T i o uur o N E: A r We take this means the very liberal patrc on us during the year \Y e assure you that eiated, and we hope bv fair prices, and hones continuance of the sarr Wishing you a happ year, we bey to remnii I Yours Vei Evans P A. J. Evans (pUr DR Can be found at STORE, everything n< Mr. A. A. Dunca Company and Dr. C. lJUJUUgii uur SLOCK 01 D R I and everythieg not fresh has been throwi placed with new dn bought a handsome Ii j tain and everybody , which will entitle the Watch for them. All our prescript! Registered Pharmacisi lute safety. Dr. B. M. Badger Main Street, Railroad Prescriptions fUle delivered to any part i I,Bransons 4 *!'*?? w i n?* rimsp : pt ??i Mr. Suikler's !?i!l to resolute collect on siiiti distribution of bodies tor M'ir:ilil;i* ; :i j ed. Mr (Mis' bill to K. 11. 30!) ot the code >ii hi \. ?7? l!)u"2, r the tune *2. .-<> as :?> make a verdict >f la- jury ami an order ? 'lie coux that the eonnty whore rendered, a ''at upon the real < -ta'e the p Po.? gainst vi.< !> it is re: . 1, citizen t? ??ndit ton 11. . til. 11? ? > except Con feu in day- ; < visit do not pay after wlnm - ... v as those excused by la J. L> MUNTC ?i ' icu County ? : '!i t,!' , , , ??? ? i.-'n-il NOT ICa. The office of County Supti iutendent of Education will be op>cn every Saturday and first Monday. JOE P. LANE Supt.'of Ed. F r tends j /v ? of thanking yon for ?nage bestowed upjust closed. IO I at it was highly appre' caurti-ous treatment, ? r< t dealing, to merit a ie. i! y and prosperous new n, r. ^ 1 I Ml l*\ , harmacy Rufrn Edwards I - 1 I?L .1, rov. ofliwod ' ? *Eiroport'x wessioi VJ ^ O , , BRUNSON'S DRUG ew. >r n of the Greer Drug Z S. Brown have gone;* sur ? .. ? ,Wj. <,+ or. J <3 S I \ absolutely pure and 1 aside has been reigs. We have also i. ^novation Soda Foun- L will be sent a ticket ' im to a free drink? ions are put up by a 1 t, thus i nsuing abso s oia stand, Corner Avenue. I d day or night and "i of town. | Drag Staff