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r isTABLISHED IN 1895. DILLON. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. MAY 6. 1909. VOL 14, NO. 14.
il MORE ABOUT
J WOODBURY ELECTION.
Capt Sellers Makes Characterise
Reply to Mr. John?
son and Throws More
Light on the Woodbury
I J D '?i t U 1 P?
- ? ana onnon s necK elections.
The Controversy
is Making Woodbury and
Britton's Neck a Place in
' History.
To the Editor of the News
i and Courier:
When a witness goes on the
stand and tells the plain unvarnished
truth so that the case on
, the opposite side is totally ruined
1 the only and best last thing for the
poor little lawyer is to tangle the
witness or the case is gone and the
k fee is unearned. It is a trick of
the trade. A favorite mode of
doing this is putting in the mouth
of the witness statements he has
never made. Force of habit, no
doubt, has caused Mr. Johnson is
his letter to your pap^r of April
22nd., to attempt the shifty methods
of a 2x4 lawyer in a public discussion
of a public matter. He
cooly puts in my mouth a communication
from Dillon published in
your paper Feb. 27th. last, and
i bases his whole argument on a
premisejthat is palpably absurd and
ridiculous. I am responsible only
for what appears in this discussion
over my own signature and I am
suie the News and Courier will
bear me out in the assertion that I
had nothing whatever to do with
*' the communication from Dillon of
Feb- 27th. I never read it, heard
of it, inspired it nor saw it till I
read it in the News and Courier
the morning of its publication.
The fact is when I read Mr. Johnson's
first article in which he rather
pompously proposed to "correct
some errors" in reference to the
New County I saw very plainly
that he as well as the correspondent
from ^)illon of Feb. 27th. were
awav nff" au trv tSo trim in. I
wardness of the famous Britton's
Neck and Woodbury petitions of
13 years ago that I wrote my first
letter in reply to Mr. Johnson's
"correction of errors." I was hon.
estly endeavoring to lead them
both into the light in a matter in
which they were both bungling the
plain facts of history. I have heard
of no kick coming from il. Dillon
man so he must accept my version
of the Britton's Neck and Woodbury
petition as being correct, but
my friend Mr. Johnson continues
to kick worse than a bronco and
t will not "see the light," though I
am fortified by the files of the News
K and Courier and the Marion Star
of 1896. Mr. Johnson's whole argument
is based first on the as
sumption and then the bald asser*
B tion that I was the author of the
communication from Dillon Feb.
I '27th. This major premise being
K now effectually disposed of and
eliminated what becomes of his
minor premise and conclusion?the
whole thing falls to the ground
B "flat, stale and unprofitable."
; Again I reiterate: "We have not
been and are not now discussing
H^srhat may or may not have hapB^
pened in Woodbury township 13
B years ago in reference to the at
tempt of the Marion politicians to
W kick that township off in*o Horry,
1 but we are discussing the Britton's
I Neck and Woodbury petitions,"
r f the same petition that was discuss[
edinthe N. & C. in 1896- the
[ same petition which the Marion
B Star defended and championed for
s the Britton's Neck and Woodbury
people when it said in its issue of
Nov. 4th, 1896 (not Dec. 20, as
B Mr. Johnson has it.) "If the
people ask it as they have in this
f particular, to which we are oppo
sea, tne governor is Douna unaer'
ftii'iiii ; Imii*- i lil'n >V -rfufciiia Wn-nv ^
the statutes to grant their petition.'' anc
The idea The Star intended the a
outside public to believe was that WC1
and
this petition of Britton's Neck and ^
Woodbury (naming both townships)
was a spontaneous and vol- fou
untary thing on the part of the dn(j
people of both townships, that they
were just going to Horry anyhow scjj
in spite of the adverse opposition pja;
of the Marion Star. Could lan- a_g
guage be any plainer in reference
to both Britton's Neck and Wood- pos
bury than this: "If the people
ask it, as they have done in this peo
particular," and who of all men as ,
know better that there was a peti- so ,
tion from both townships to j
than Jas. D. Montgomery, see
Luther Clark, and Mark Stack- aft(
house, the owners and editors of
the Marion Star. And yet in the a v
face of this positive corroboration ??K)
of my positive assertion that the my
first attempt to disrupt Marion
county was a petition purporting jng
to com 3 from citizens of Brittons j
Neck and Woodbury townships,
Mr. Johnson has the temerity to CQU
?u.y is tmiy supporxeu Dy my ipse ^a
dixit. Let us see: On one side
there is the positive assertion in anc
the communication to the News s
and Courier as early as Oct. 1895 jjn
(possibly by Capt. D. W. McLaur- ^
in) that the townships of Brittons eve
Neck and Woodbury were prepar- ^at
ing to be cut off into Horry. vQt
Then comes J as. D. Montgomery, j
Luther Clark and Mark Stack- ?rje
house in the Marion Star defend- gor]
ing the action of those people and ^
saying they had done so. So in
this particular add to this my pos- Q
itive assertion and we have five
vvc
to tl-:e lone one ipse dixit of Mr.
Johnson. On which side, my j
friend, do you think is the pre- ^rc
ponderance of the testimony as
you lawyers express it? It is not
considered good practice for a lawyer
to go on the stand at any cra
time, but where he is the lone
witness in his own case as in this are
instance it is fatal to his contention
in this discussion. It is true, are
Mr. Johnson mildy threatens to
give us the negative testimony of wQi
200 citizens of Brittons Neck but
me:
this would be mere negative testimony.
No doubt there are thousands
who could truthfully say the
same thing but what would it a
mount to in the face of positive i
assertion of five men who had ! .
heard about and discussed the pe- \
tition that was then in the hands the
of the governor? I am willing: to be i
concede that my friend, Mr. John- cou
son, was perfectly honest in his ^
conviction that the first petition ?ea
did not include Brittons Neck township,
and that when he went to the pjn
famous meeting: down there if he ^
had been allowed to make his Arc
tnPPrVt Ka \ifA1l1rl 'jcenrn/1 U/vpa ?1 ~1
HVMIU ?0??U4V*Va IUU3W Ml*
people that the petition only in- ^
eluded Woodbury township, and aftt
even now he believes it, though
I am gradually leading him into tur]
the light and he will come around her
alright yet. My friend has never Lat
yet been taken into the inner cir- h
cle of every petition at the Court Wr
House. He is known to be a little
too straight-laced for the ordinary ^
wire puller. He was brought up . ^
on the shorter catechism and has old Ip (
fashioned notions about right and
wrong, honesty and rascality, and
Mr. Johnson was the last man to
/whom these Past Masters in the
political arts and sciences at Mar- ^
ion would have confessed their Hr'
ed i
real p"n>oses and schemes in get- ^ay
ting up that petition from Brit- to
tons Neck and Woodbury. The and
petition was said to have been P
numerously signed bv the citizens N
of both Brittons Neck and Wood- son
bury, but whose names they were taand
who put them on that petition V
no one knows. The scheme was old
to get up this numerously signed afe
petition, put it into the hands of cier
~ , ? son
the governor, have an election or- y
dered, keep everything quiet, get len
up no excitement or discussion, sev
I when the day of election came i
;w henchmen in those townships
e to go out and vote "yes," v
I some fine morning that fall f
people of Britton's Neck and I
odbury would have awoke and t
nd themselves living in Horry [
I the New Cotinty would have r
n dead forever! A grand c
erne truly, but the "best laid t
ns of mice and men oft' gang- 1
lee." Unfortunately the whole f
erne was predicted on the sup- t
ed stupidity and indifference of ;
Brittons Neck and Woodbury ^
pie and the new county people a
well, but the people were not e
stupid as they were supposed s
>e. That petition has been s
n and handled and some day t
;r the new county is formed
Tnhnenn rrto^r Ko (o ?tUU
. J v.*44WVU ***** jr IJV lavuicu Willi (
iew of a copy (the original 1
3t lost" "disappeared") when ]
hard-headed Scotch friend wdl t
re to admit "seeing is believ- j
, )l .
1
Ay friend is again "away off" ]
en he says "no man in the ^
intv knows better, than you t
t no political meetings are ever <
d in Woodbury Township," ]
1 "that you have never made i
peech in Woodbury Township." ,
til the political revolution of
>0 mass meetings were held in
:ry Township at which candies
of the party addressed the
ers and we then had 18. Your j
i partner and our lamented (
:nd. the late J. Monroe John- i
i, always insisted when he was {
tirman that such meetings be n
d in every Township. One ang
the first stump speeches I (
x made was at Old Ark in
odbury Township when the
i Dr. Thos. R. Bass and I ad- j
ssed the voters. The people of
?odbury Township in those days re
courted by the party because
y voted solidly for the Demo- i
tic party and were a unit for ^
ite supremacy. Now since they
no longer needed to keep the ^
rroes from riding over us, they g
kicked off by the Marion pol- t
ians into Horry. A faithful dog
uld be entitled to better treatrit.
Jno. C. Sellers
J
Doings on R. R. No. 3. I 1
i r
Ve are very much elated over *
new railroad, and hope soon to ,
able to ride down to the new 1
rt house on the new railroad, t
Ve have heen having very good '
sons and the prospect for oats v
pery good. Considerable prog- c
> is being made at cotton chop- ^
g.
Ve are glad to report that Capt.
:h Sinclair who has been very t
: is improving. j
Irs. B. T. Rogers is up again
:r several weeks sickness.
(J
frs. Daniel Cottingham has re-,
tied home after a week stay with ^
daughter, Mrs. J. L. Dew at y
ta. {
!rs. J. B. Ammons and son, c
ight, visited her daughter, Mrs. c
A. McDonald at Hebron Sun&
fiss Margaret Smith is spendsome
time at the home of Mr. I
C. Sherwood. t
llifton Stanton and sister Miss |
nche spent Saturday with relass
near Clio.
Ve have iton good authority that *
, u. M. Proctor of Hamercall- c
near Sinclair's cross roads Sunlast,
in fact Mr. Proctor seems s
have a standing appointment
meets his engagements very .
mptly. J
frs. J. W. Bridges is spending
le time with relatives near Lat- ;
iTe were sorry to give up our
rural carrier Mr. Allen, but
pleased to have such an effi- s
it and obliging one in the perof
Mr. Fenegan.
Ve will long remember Mr. Al- *
who served us so faithfully for
eral years. X.Y.Z.
Accident on Work Train.
Capt- Guy, in charge ot' th
vork train which is engaged i
illing in the trestle over Littl
Jee Dee. was seriously and pre
>ably fatally injured by the breal
ng of a heavy draw chain Frida
norning. The train was dh
harging a load of dirt at the tre;
le when the accident occurrec
The scraper which drags the dii
rom the flat cars is attached t
he engine by a heavy iron chair
Vhen all is in readiness the ei
line is detached from the flat cat
md moves slowly torward, tigh
:ning the chain and putting th
craper in motion. Capt. Guy wa
tanding near the chain at a poit
>etween the scraoer and the er
pne when without warning th
:hain snapped and one of the heav
inks struck him in the abdotner
t was a terrific blow and he fe
o the ground helpless. The ii
ured man was brought to tow
mmediatelv and the local Co*:
L>ine surgeon, Dr. B. M. Badge
vas summoned- Suffering ii
ensely he was taken to Higl
imiths hospital at Faycttevil
Faiday night. Ilis injuries ai
nternal and it will be several da]
,-et before he is out of danger.
Cxpt- Guy Die*.
News was received in Dill<
Monday to the effect that Cap
luy died at Highsmith's Hospit;
Monday aftern<x>n. The phvsiciai
ntnrtninarl 1..- :
.IIIVI UIIIIV.VI IllllV. IIU(;t' Mil 111
r jm the first. From the time 1
vas injured up until his deal
^apt. Cluy suffered intensely ar
vas unable to take any nourisl
nent. Death was produced I
lemmorhages in the abdomin
ravity. The deceased was aboi
19 years old and unmarried. F
vas raised near Fay~ttevi11e whei
lis parents still live. Althoug
ic had been in Dillon but a sho
vhile Capt. Guy had made a nun
>er of friends who are shockc
md grieved at his sudden ar
ragic taking off.
m
Change of Trustees.
Dr. W. Stackhouse and A. I
lordan have been appointed tru
ees of the Dillon graded "school
o succeed Messrs. R. P. Stack
louse and J. W. King who?
erms expired the first of Ma;
The other member of the board
dr. A. J. C. Cottingham who lit
jccii i eappoinieu ior anomer tern
rhe school has greatly prosper?
inder the administration of th
Id board and is in splendid coi
lition financially and otherwise.
Maple Dots.
Mrs. Manthie Calder died Moi
lay night (April the 26). She ws
riven to heart trouble and whi
itting up with a sick neighbc
Monday night died instantl]
she was about seventy five yeai
>ld and leaves several sons an
laughters to mourn her loss.
She was buried at the Hulc
graveyard Wednesday morning.
Mr. Charlie Norton died la;
?riday evening. He had been pa
ially pafalyzied for several year!
>ut had only been confined to h
>ed a week when he died. H
ras about fifty years old an
eaves a widow to mourn his los:
de was buried at Pleasant (?rov
emetery Saturday.
Rev. W W. Tucker was in th
ection one day last week.
Mr. J. D. Dove who is resi<
ng at Rockfish, N. C., visited h
amily Saturday and , Sunday.
Mr. C. T. Ja kson of Dillc
risited in this section Sunday.
Simon.
FDR SALE?Registered Ber
ihire boar one year old. In tl
>ink of condition. Apply to M
>le Dairy.
?
The Dilllon Herald $1.50 aye
WASHINGTON LETTER
ie
n ?
ic News From Our Busy Capit
The Republican party hi
undertaken to recast the tar
v schedules, and it shonld do som
"* thing positive to redeem its pie
ges and to meet obvious pub)
expectations. The weakness
1 the Senate bill as it stands to-d;
? is that it represents no sufficient
1" definite change from the Dingh
l" programme, and with this pr
s gramme the countrv has expres
ed dissatisfaction in unmistakab
10 language. The Senate bill shou
LS offer some evidences of a ration
adjustment to present conditio!
which can be grasjxid and accep
ie ed by the public.
y
1.
^ Announcement is made that
1 the State Department prepai
n tions are in progress for a cor
st plete readjustment of our tra
r' relations with the nations of t
1_ world, to follow the enac
....... 1
I IllVllt VH 14IV. Lett 111 Jitw.
view of the introduction of t
rc maximum, minimum i>olicv in
>s our tariff law, many treaties a
arrangements covering trade 1
lations will of necessity be abi
gated and new ones must
negotiated. At present the
>n nited States has trade agreemei
with France, Germany, Ita
al Spain, Portugal and Hollar
is and it will be necessary, on I
m new law, to give notice to tin
ie governments that the pres<
th agreements must t>e terminat
?d and new ones arranged The
h- greement with France can be
>y brogated by either partv at a
al time without notice, but tin
at with Italy, Spain, Portugal, a
1P vr,.n?.-.a ,.* ...
. W IHMUUIVJ ItilllllC 1IUL1V.L Ul UUC yi
re from either government, and tl
fh notice will he server by this gc
it eminent immediately on t
n- passage of the new tariff la
;d The agreement with Germany
id the one arranged by Preside
Roosevelt on June 1st, 1907. L
der this agreement it will be r
cessary for this government
give Germany six months' n<
ice before another arrangeme
s" can be effected.
Is
The selection of President Tj
. of the famous North Shore
Massachusetts for his official sui
ls mer home, this year, surpris
no one who is familiar with t
,(j natural beauties and attractio
of this peerless summer resc
1_ section of our country. Not on
men and women of distinction
literature and society, sundry ai
bassadors, ministers and th?
| families, but many illustrious
| mericans have made their sunnn
homes upon the North Shoi
Henry W. Longfellow, Jam
*s Russell Lowell, Rev. Dr. Edwa
^ Everett Hale, Richard Hen
^ Dana jr., and Daniel Webst
rs have all found an abiding place
id this loveliest of summer retreal
and Charles Sumner, visiting t
11 Manchester neighborhood for t
first time, pronounced it mc
^ beautiful than Biarritz, the sui
, mer home of Napoleon 111.
1?
is
e
d A number of army officers, i
s* eluding: those attached to the Arn
c War College and some of the ge
eral staff on duty at the War C
ls partment, about the first of ne
, month will start on a ride over tl
j battlefields of the campaign
General Grant in 1864, fro
n Fredericksburg:, througfh thewil
erness, to Petersburg: and Ric
mond. The expedition ii one
those made every year as a pa
k of the course at the War Colleg
h* to enable officers to pursue th<
a- studies in the art of war by folio
ing up the military operations
past conflicts. After the comp!
ar uon of the ride in Virginia, t
1 officers
will be taken over the
ground covered bv the campaign
resulting in the battle of Antictam.
al
id Recruiting officers of the navy
iff estimate that there will be about
e- 25.000 enlistments into the naval
d- service during the approaching
lie fiscal year. Upon enlistment a
man is furnished a complete outiy
fit of clothing, etc., ard for the
next fiscal year the sum of $1,291,000
is available for the outfits of
?~ .all enlisted men and apprentice
s* seamen.
Undoubtedly the advice of Sen^
ator Aldrieh to Congress to praco|
tic economy will be assumed by
ns each statesman to apply to all ex
,l~ penditnres?not affecting his own
constituents.
at Senator Elihu Root, in his open"a"
ing address to the members of the
n* third annual meeting of the Amerce
ican Society of International Law,
in Washington, recently, expressed
the opinion that disputes involving
the rights of nations can be
^ie settled with justice and equity far
to better through an international
nt* court of arb:tration than through
re" the fine hand of diplomacy. Senro~
ator Root made a strong plea for
be the recognition of a jicrmanent
^-T" international tribunal, composed
of men whose judgmenis would
*y? be guided solely by judicial rea1C*'
soiling, justice and equity, and
'^e not by narrow and biased local or
*se ,
national prejudice.
jnt
ed
* i? i-.-i?' - - - ?
a 11 uu.r> iciiKcu oui at tne War
? . Department that the order to call
ny
a halt on the sale of discarded
. army rifles was issued that the
United States might have a reI
serve supply of arm for volunteers
in case of war, and not because
the rifles were being sold to
South American revolutionists.
is ?- - - ?? ??
|nt The patrons of the Dillon Gran"
ded school who have children to
lc~ enter the first grade next fall are
to requested to send their children
3t -
into school ot. next Monday, May
nt 10th, and allow the children to attend
school until the close of this
term. This enables the class to
lft be organized, and the children to
of become acquainted with the regun
lations of the school, so that when
ed they come back in the fall they
he feel more at ease, and are ready
ns to take up their work at once.
>rt Miss Nell Sprunt will have
ily charge <>t this class for the three
in weeks, and will give same Kindern
garten work. No books will be
;ir needed.
A
Lf Etrrly Closing.
es We, the undersigned merchants
rd of Dillon, do hereby agree to close
Mr ntir <itr?rr?c (t\f ?K.. -c
.j ?. .ui 11 iv. ucnciii ui our
er employes, beginning May 1st, endin
ing September 1st, at 7 P. M.
ts, I. I. Fass,
he Gaitley-Tolar Co.,
he Wm. Brick,
>re G. C. lohnson,
n- Dillon Hdw. Co.,
E. L. Moore & Co.,
L. C. Braddy Co.,
W. H. Dunbar,
n- Dillon Cash Store,
ny So. Loan & Trust Co.,
n. Uf \M ?? ^
yv . i . mercer ?x uo.,
>e- The Stubbs Co., provided al i
xt agree to close,
he Mrs. Barnes,
of L. Cottingham,
'in Wheeler Hdw. Co.,
d- Morris Fass, ,
h- J. W. Dillon & Son Co.
of
rt The special services at Pee Dee
:e, church will begin Thursday night,
iir May 6th., at 8 o'clock, followed by
w_ services as follows: Friday at 11
, a. m., Friday nigfrt 8 p. m., Sat-V
? urday 11 a. m. The Sacraraentof
lc" the Lord's supper will be admit)he
istered on the Sabbath.
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