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f DtfCon Jferatd. I,'' = - . _ - -^5S?==?S-??-.. . ? ESTABLISHED IN 1895. DILLON. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1909. VOL. 14, NO. 13. FATAL ACCIDENT ON LUMBER ROAI Mr. James Carmichael am David Lewis Killed v Near Mullins. 1 TRAIN RUNS INTO HANI) CAI p* r v* Crash in Darkntss Ends Two Lives am Causes Injury to Three Other Persons. Mullins, April 23.?A pall o gloom rests over Mullins today am ine activities ot trie Business lit< are practically at a standstill. A least five homes, though two o the.m are those of negroes and hum ble ones, are saddened and a young bride of only two weeks ii a widow. Last night about 1< o'clock news reached the city o the awful wreck of the logginj crew employed by the Mullins Lumber Company, Messrs. H. O and S. H. Schoolfield, proprietors The physicians of the towr were hastily summoned and telegram; were sent to Marion for others The news soon spread and man) citizens hastened to the scene tt render such aid as they could. Tin accident happened about two mile: - northeast- of -mA ............... w . ?Mini4o uuu nao waus ed by a misunderstanding: of orders The mill keeps a crew of about si> men in the woods and these usual ly are the last of the working- force to leave for the night, when they return on the hand car. The en gine usually makes three loads o( logs from the woods each day, but owing to an unavoidable delay, the third trip was after dark. Th? woods crew under Foreman A. C. Smith waited for the engine anc finally decided that it was so late the engineer had abandoned hit last trip and set out for town. Or the hand car were six men. Mr. James Carmicbael and Mr. A. C, Smith and David Lewis, Waltei James, Delaware Murry and Jim Spain, colored. Mr. Carmichae! was sitting on the front of the car, The road being very bad at that section and the hour late the hor?/t? who were at the crank were working: hard and the car rapidly moving along. The engine, in charge of Engineer Rhodes, was backing down for the woods with 18 empty flats when it likewise was endeavoring to make up lost time. There was no light on the hand car, neither was there one on the cars as the engine was backing. It was dark and the noise of the hand car made it impossible for the men to notice the danger until it was upon them. Of the six men only one, Jim Spain, escaped unhurt, and his escape was nothing short of a miracle. Spain said that he jumped just as the cars came together, the flat car striking his ? foot. As quickly as possible he ran over to where his comrades lay buried under the wreckage. The first one he reached was * James Carmichael. He picked him up in his arms and saw that he was dead. He was crushed ond manorln/1 fAar#nil.. Y? WMV. AWMAA.MI1/. 1*11 . V^rtl " michael's neck, arms and legs were broken and he was otherwise disfigured. He then went to Mr, Smith, who had a broken leg and was internally injured. Dave p 3 Lewis, colored, was crushed inter a? aally and had an arm broken i Lewis died soon after the accident Walter James, colored, had a hrok " " ~ ' ' en leg and other injuries. Delaware Murray, also colored, receiv ed some painful, if not fatal, injuries in the side and arm. Every thing possible was done for th< >y survivors. The Messrs School field personally attended to theii needs. Much sympathy is express ed for these gentleraen as the> seem to regret the accident so much Their wives have also ministered to the wants of the sufferers al day and are raui^i affected. I To just what extent Mr. Smith ' is injured is not known. Physicians have been with him con1 stantly since the accident and have done all in their power to relieve J his suffering'. Mr. Carmiehael was buried this aftern?-?on at 3 o'clock at Miller's * cemetery. Just two weeks ago yesterday , 1 Mr. Carmiehael was married to Miss Sadie Oliver of Marion, and to the young bride the tenderest symyathies of the community go out. She has not lacked for attention and condolence, for hundreds of friends have mingled their 2 tears with hers over the sad fate which befell the noble young man to whom stie had plighted her faith and love just two weeks ago to the ! 1 day. She returned to her former s home in Marion this afternoon, accompan ed by her father, sister and ^ brother Mr. Carmiehael was a * very popular young man, which ' was manifested by the large con' course of friends who attended the 1 mnerai. wmcn was perhaps the largest assemblage ever gathered for a like occasion in this section. ( ] Rev. J. B. Carpenter will lect- , ure on Sunday School work in the j Latta Presbyterian church on next Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. How it Works. < When politiciuiiB look their horns < The tag of War is oil for sure. . No device that': known to man, Whether or not tis false or true. 1 Bnt is lagged into the fight for place, ' The whipperius with ettgaruesK, < Leave uo tuft or stone nntnrned , Solely to feather their own nest. Little the champions ever care t For h,m, the man thev advocate, ( TU.. ? 1 >? ' - mc pii'iu uiiiy u pmce tor sell, < ' They feel themselves his running mate. I i Sordid grows the hniuan heart ! When steeped in modern politics, Selfish, deceptive, unfeeling thing, J ' Who cleverly truth and falsehood mix. 1 M. Don't forget that Salmon Novetly Works is prepared to do all ^ 1 kinds of gin work. , I ' Unclaimed Letters. i ; List of letters remaining in the , Post-Office at Dillon S. C. un called for to be sent to the Dead ; Letter office, Wash, D. C., May, : 3rd-1909. . B. . 1. Mr. Lessie. Bakr, 2. Miss. Fannie. Bakor, I 3. Mr. W. Baker, s 4. Mr. J. P. Bethea, 1 5. Mirs, M. J. Breedem, ! 6. Miss. M. D. Breeden. ! 7. Mr. Evander. Briman, ; 8. J. P. Bowen, i 9. Mrs. Belle. Campbell, . 10. Mr. B. J. Campbell, '11. J. A. Cousar, i : , D. ; 12. Mr. Ned. Dunmore, G- i > 13. Miss. Lane. Graham, ^ H. 14. P. H. Hudson, i 15. Rancy. McLeod, 1 16. Miss. Famiey. Mcduel, M. t I 17. Mrs. E. McCraney, .1 . 18. Mrs. L. J. McEachern, i 19. Mr. M. J. Miller, t 20. Mr. John. Miles, < , 21. Mr. John. Miles, ^ 1 . S' i 22. Mr. Eddie. Stackhouse, . 23. Mr. J. L. Stackhouse, . 24. Mr. B- Stackhouse, / ' , 25. Square Deal Mere C?, ( T. . 26. Mr. Jerry. Townsend, < . Letters returned to writers from < . Dead Letter Office. . 27. Willie. Blilthea,, { ; 28. Lizzie. McAUum, . 29. Ward. Lane. r When calling for these letters * . persons must say they are adr vertised, giving date of list and ! i number of letter. I Dillon, S. C. T. G. Husbands, I Marion County, Postmaster. 7 f % THE RAILROAD IS COMING. Mr. Bonsai was in Dillon last Thursday and He Assured the Committee on Right-of-Way that He would Bring the New Railroad to Dillon. Work Commenced Monday. Can Finish in 90 Days. Mr. W. R. Bonsai, promoter of the North & South Carolina Railroad, while in conference with the committee or. rtjjht-of-way at Dillon last Thursday, stated that he naa aeciaea to bring his road on to Dillon. Mr. Bonsai has the choice of three routes, but he has not as yet given out which one he will take. One route comes by way of (lallavon, another route comes by way of Judson and the third route runs between the two first named. The committee on right-of-way have turned the options they secured from property holders over to Mr. Bonsai and the selection of the route he will take is lefr entirely with him. The location of the depot at Dillon is as yet undetermined. Messrs. J. W. Dillon & Son have affered a site free of charge below the Methodist church. The site offered by the Messrs. Dillon is 150 feet wide and 900 feet long. ( rminoil Uoe oIca * h/vuu\.i 1 imo uiou l au LV. U <1 J III" Df-way down Seventh avenue, 1 jiving the railroad the exclusive jse of the avenue for tracks and ! operating purposes. Another ?treet right-of-way has also been granted down Second avenue from ; i point near the Dillon Cotton Mills to Main street. The object >f the railroad for wanting this ! second named right-of-way is to istablish a siding and warehouse >n the block opposite E. T. El- ( iott's stables for the handling of reight in car load lots. i Mr. Bonsai said that work would 5e started on the extension from )lio to Dillon Monday morning. The road should be completed vithin 90 days. Since the above was written it is i earned on good authority that Mr. i Bonsai has selected the route hv vav of Gallavon and Little Rock. 1 A force of hands was put to work i it Clio Monday and another force 1 lumbering 125 men was brought n Tuesday. , Maple Dots. Supt. of Education Joe P. Lane 1 vas in this section one day last veek. Mrs. Clarence Fore of Latta vis- i ted her father, J. H. Berrv last veek. ( Max Fass of Dillon was in this lection last Friday. "Simon" attended the dedica- I ion of the new Baptist church at L,atta Sunday. ( W. C. Wallace will represent \ he Pleasant Grove church at the southern Baptist Convention vhich convenes at Louisville Ky., j n May. Mrs. S. J. Bailey visited her sis:er, Mrs. Harvey Jackson, Sunlay* ?? Mrs. H. J. Jackson and son, H. j., visited relatives in Latta Sun-1 lay. i W. H. Breeden of Dillon was ' n this section one day last week. Mr. Charlie Norton is confined ( :o his bed with paralysis. J. B. Berry visited in Latta , Sunday. Simon. ^ItlP The Dilllon Herald $1.50 a year PETITIONS ARE IN GOVERNOR'S HANDS Petitions Playing for an A mendment to the New County Lines have beei Filed with the Governor Matter Now Under Consid eration and Governor wil Appoint a Day for Hear ing Arguments for and A gainst Granting of Amend ments. All the petitions askin.tr for ai amendment to the New Countj lines around Latta have been filet with the governor. There was nc trouble in securing: more thai enough signatures to the petition: and as soon as they were returnee to Commissioner Dillon he lost nc time in placing them in the hand: of the governor. When accepting the petitions Ciov. Ansel said lit would appoint a day as soon as lit could conveniently do so in whicV those opposed to and those favor ing the amendments could appeal before him and state their reason: for opposing or favorin the pro posed amendments. 1 lowever, uj tn tllic tinio tindil-.n-U.... U I. ?.Y, viiiii 11 in v ii?7Uim^ Iitir* UVCII IIL.lIk from the governor and it is under stood that the delay has been eaus ed by the re-checking of the sur veyor's held n nes which the gov crnor is having done to avoid tin possibility of any error that migh exist in the surveyor's calculations This does not mean that Gov. An sel suspects that any errors exis in the surveyor's work, but tin governor is a careful, thorougl and painstaking man and one o his principles is to satisfy himsel that a thing is right before he takes any action on it. When Mr. Dillon presented tin petitions to Gov. Ansel he was ac eompanied to Columbia by Ma/01 Allen, of Latta, who stated to tin governor that the Latta peopk wanted to come into the New Coun ty and that they favored the pro posed amendment. The granting of the amendmeni is not a statutory provision, but is optional with the governor and as there is no opposition to the proposed change in Latta nor in tin territory of the proposed New County there is every reason tc hf?1if?W tV?at if \iri11 trrinl../! Free State News. j Mr. and Mrs. Z. A. Ellen, ol Dillon, spent last Wednesday with their aunt, Mrs. M. A. Ellen. Mr. M.J. Fenegan of Clio, was visiting in this section Saturday and Sunday. M iss Ada Hays is on an extend ed visit to her sister, Mrs. D. A, Dunaway, of Augusta, Ga. Mr. A. C. Ray is at Jacksor Springs on business. Mr. D. L. Cottingham of Florence spent Saturday with his sister, Mrs. Oscar Fenegan. The second quarterly meeting, en Rev. C. M. Peeler's work, will be held at New Holly next Saturday. Mrs. Julia Rowland has gone tc Rowland for a fet\ weeks stay. Cor. Rev. J. R. Carpenter of Richmond, Va., will lecture on Sunday School work in the Dillon P res by ivi mil Viiuivu uii iiual r i iuiiy unci noon at 4 o'clock and also at 80' clock in the evening of the saint day. He will also talk to the Sun day Schools of the town, on Sundaj afternoon at 4 o'clock. ' He wil also fill the pulpit at the Presbv terian church both morning ant night on Sunday. Forgotten Philosophy. ISE "There is never mighty moil- r, ' arch. * Clad in raiment rich and tine. Hut his lite was shaped and _ molded , , No By a mother s love divine; r Sure she built his future kinj,rj dom, As his baby locks she curled, For the hand that rocks the cradle Is the hand that rules the world.'' ? "There is never ship o' cotn. merce. Sailing o'er the vasty main. Hut its earjjfo or its ballast, Is the farmer's jjolden jjrain Should the farmer cease his labors, wil Every sail would then be furled, drc I For the hand that swings the ^.;1 ; cradle, . ; Is the hand that feeds the world'1 1C tor > And the man who feeds the fur- jns II naee, , .1 That iiuilro tin. wn , V<?V " IH-VIO lIlVWOdUL J roll, HitWhile the- bosses who control wh J them, pct > Are the ones who get the gold. M- L sUl The Last of the Spring Poetry. the 1 (I'rt.m The Ulta Ncwk.i a 1' All things are lovely now, 'l,s Did you ever expect to see " Dillon and Latta vow, "u ^ A friendship "eternallc." ^ Thev have done the deed, co' And eiasped each others hand, Now they have forever freed, 1,1 From the bottling plan. t*cl This is better, to be sure, Ju' Than run a greater risk. t Depending on the Woodbury cure, an' Or any other legal twist. i Jlu But since the tleci is done, t"( ^ And all things seem so bright, 1 Old Marion is the one, ^ll> ^ Who ask us is it ritfht? They say we led her on, . To help us make the liffht, tor And as soon as they bej^an, ol Then Latta took a fright. cS* 4 She be^an looking at the j>oard, And then she bejfan to tremble, r There *s danger upon my word, We musttfet out if we ' dissemble." * She saw the crooked line there, And Woodbury the "octopus," *er Her tentacles taking" her where ^ei She would not be worth a "cuss." ^>,( ^ So' jfooil bye to the ham bone, -'lu^ The bays, and swamps and all, For we will be forever jrone, Before the coming fall. Cai J ed. r Dillonites Aoroad. ' (Conway Field.) Dai Mr. R. L. Sherwood of Little ^ol Rock is in Con way on a visit to his Wn I brother E. 1. Sherwood. Chi \ Fru | Mr. O. C. Hayes and son Jack- j son of Little Rock were in Conway " ^ the latter part of the week, passi , , . ner 1 ing through on a business trip through the country. * Misses Pearle Norton of Mullins, p;st Pearle Stackhouse of Latta and ton Ethel Bethea of Dillon who were the here last week to attend the Ep- ' . worth Conference remained over jn until Saturday the guests of Miss file { Mabel Norton. tor Mr. J. W. King, president of the rca Conway Hardware Company, and a prominent traveling salesman of a,K Dillon was in town several days sta last week on business. Mr. King at ' was accompanied by Mrs. King ' who visited relatives and friends *'r here. tna ' The Dillon baptist Church at the usual Wednesday night service car ordained four more deacons. Broth- . ers C. llenslee, S. W. Jackson, W. S. Ivey and M. A. Stubbs. aI r Owing to the late arrival of Revs. R. Ford of Marion and W. C. Allen , I _ ! of Latta the order of exercises was l" *1 somewhat interrupted. The pas- ^ ; I tor was assisted by the above - named ministers and Rev. J. I. r Allen. The Board of Deacons \ 1 consist of those just ordained and at 1 - Brothers J. H. David, J. W King, ant 1 H. 0. Webber, W. A. Blizzard and bet W. C. Tolar. wo VERE PUNISHMENT OR CRIME OF PERJURY. rth Carolina Judge Unearths Old Judgment in Ashe County, Wherein the Defendant was Pilloried and His Ears Entirely Severed from His Head. An Interesting Document. Vw people of this ilav and time 1 believe that less than a hund years a.vjo the savajje spirit *ned fiercely in the breast of Antflo-Saxon. However, hisy hands down to us numerous tances of savajje cruelty in ieh the courts of the land inted horrible punishment for at arc regarded nowadays as ty crimes, Iless than a hundred irsago cultured New England rned witches and heretics at the ke. Cruel as this may seem . sUioiKWv t* \ e.-.- ...11.. ~c . . V^. / iHtll ILilM Ul nan who was pilloriu<l and had i ears severed from his body in ike county not more than a ndred years ago. "While holding court in Ashe nnty last week, Judge James L. .'bh unearthed an old judgment a criminal ease, wherein the fendant was convicted of per y, the sentence inflicted upon : poor wretch being horrible d barbarous. The date of the lament is March 13th, 1809, ; sitting of the court being one ndred years ago the 13th of >[ month. "The punishment, as executed, rrible as it may seem, is set th in the judgment, a true copy which follows and is an inter ing document. State ol' North Carolina,/ March, 1809. 'At a Superior Court of Law, fun and held for the county of he, at the court house, in Jefson, on the second Monday, ng the l.Uh of March. ;sent: The lion. Francis Locke, ?e. State vs. rter Whittington. udgment?Perjury. Jury charg'Jas. Dixon, Chas. Sherrar, niel Moxley, Josiah Connelly, Ling Edwards, Alex Latham, a. Powers, Andrew Sherrar, ris Crider, Thus. Tirey, Chas. inch, Jesse Reeves, jurors, ury lit id the defendant, CarWhittington, guilty in man and form as charged in the of indictment. 'David Earnest and Elijah ;ep deliver up Carter Whitting, he is ordered into custody of sheriff. 'Reasons in arrest of judgment the case of Carter Whittington dby Wm. McGomery, his atnev, alter solemn argument, sons are overruled by the court. Judgment?Fined 10 pounds 1 the said Carter Whittington nd in the pillory for one hour, the expiration of which time h his ears be cut off and en:ly severed from his head and t his ears so cut off be nailed he pillory and thereto remain il the setting of the sun, and t the sheriff of this county rv this judgment imiuediatelv j execution and that the said tcr Whittinffton be confined il the fine and fees are paid )aniel Dixon and Morris Baker, i., securitys. Jolicitor's fees of 1 pound and hillincs Daid bv defendant " " r J "k* N Vhen you get your printing done home you save express charges 1 nine times out of ten get a ter quality of printing than you uld get elsewhere. jS