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ESTABLISHED IN 1895. DILLON. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1909. VOL. ISSNOTZT'
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'ROUND UPPER MARION
IN HORSELESS CARS.
A Jolly Party as Guests of
for. R. P. Stackhouse
jpent Day Inspecting
Crops of Upper Marion.
Automobiling Through
Garden Spot of the State.
Record Breaking Crop*
of Cotton and Com.
Right here in upi>er Marion almost
midway between the two PetDees
is the garden sjx>t of South
Carolina. When it is remembered
that South Carolina lays just claim
to some of the richest soil in the
cotton belt this may be taken at
first glance as a rather broad and
unwarranted assertion, but if
there be anyone who thinks the
writer exaggerates on the fertility
of upper Marion lands let them
tnVp ;i flfiv tl"w* t
crop is matured and see for them
selves.
Strangers traveling through this
section marvel at the richness of
the lands and one of the first
questions they ask is "What
makes these lands more feitile
than those of adjacent territory?"
It is because they lie on a ridge
that begins somewhere uear the
Horry line and ends in Marlboro
county, passing through what is
known as the famous Hebron
section. The crest of this ridge is
the highest point between the Pee
Dees; it has a deep clay sub-soil
nun uuiiiT) in in y
and in wet seasons it sheds water
, like a duck's back. In other
sections less favored by the laws
of nature drouths and torrential
rairfs have almost completely
annihilated crops, while in the
memory of the oldest inhabitant
this section has never suffered a
crop disaster.
It was through this section that
a party, as guests of Mr. R. P.
Stackhoiise, toured in automobiles
last Thursday. In the party
were Judge R. C). Purdy and Mr.
ih Charles Rowland, of Sumter,
. and Messrs. C. T. O'Ferral, J. S.
Thompson and A. B. Jordan.
Led by a big Reo driven by Mr.
O'Ferral and followed by a Buick
r*u,, t :
I uauaici wiiu Vyimut'ui jiiriiiui;
LeGette at the throttle the party
left the A. C. L. station at 11.30
and the first stop was made at
the Col. Stackhouse plantation
now owned by Dr. Stackhouse
and worked by Mr. L. Hubbard,
one of the best farmers id Marion
county. Mr. Hubbard was not
at home, having gone to Campbell's
Bridge to attend a fish-fry Dr.
Stackhouse was giving to the
managers of his several plantations.
The party alighted, however,
and spent several minutes
looking over the plantation. Dr.
Stackhouse has an excellent crop
on this place and will make nearly
a bale to the acre. Thirty years
ago, it was recalled by Mr. R. P.
Stackhouse, Col. Stackhouse made
ever 700 pounds of lint cotton to
' the acre which is rather extraorI
* dinary considering the fact that
| cotton culture at that time was in
a crude state of development.
t aLAND lords and barons.
^Continuing the journey westWard
toward Bennettsville a ride
T of a few minutes brought the
party into a zone of big landed
j estates where the proprietors are
"lords ofall they survey." Inthis
> circle dwell the lords and barons
L ' of the soil. Stretching out foi
mile after mile and broken only
here and there by thin strips ol
fet pine forest forming beautiful and
P.' picturesque sky lines are magnificent
fields of cotton and corn burjn
geoned and bending with the
' wealth of the soil. Add to the
scene a number of beautiful country
homes equipped with all the
conveniences necessary to comfort- J
able living and you have comple- I
ted the picture of an ideal country i
community. In this section which I
, seems to have been doubly blessed 1
by a kind providence, dwell such <
i substantial farmers as O. C. Hayes, I
T. L. Manning, L. Manning, VV. 1
F. Stanton, and W. T. Huggins, i
the last two managing plantations <
for Mr A. J. C. Cottingham and ?
Mrs. Josephine Stackhouse, while 1
further on live E. A. McCormack, 1
P. L. Bethea and others whose 1
names are not recalled at this mo- <
ment. 1
Excessive rains had fallen dur- 1
ing the early morning and as the 1
roads were muddy .and choppy a '
short stop was made at Mr. Hug- 1
gins' place to attach mud chains !
to the automobiles. Here it was 1
discovered that Mr. Huggins had 1
a very sick mule and while Mr. 1
()'h*erral adjusted the mud chains 1
the other members of the party 1
gathered round the sick animal '
and in their zeal to display a pro- '
found knowledge of veterinary 1
diseases, each suggested a remedy '
either of which, no doubt, would '
have produced fatal results the
moment it was applied- Finally
Mr. Stackhouse suggested that a
quart of raw turpentine be applied
to the stomach, and the animal ,
freeil to take the violent exercise
which must neccessarily follow. *
It was agreed that Mr. Stack- ^
house's remedy seemed to possess ,
more viture than the others, but j
none of the party could be induced
to linger and see the effect.
^
The next objective was the t
plantation of Mr. Rod Jackson's to t
inspect a field of corn, reputed to t
be of such luxuriant growth as tc t
excite the envy and wonder of all .
who saw it. En route to Mr. (
Jackson's the party passed manv t
fine fields of cotton, among which t
was the plantation of Mr. J. L. ,
Bennett. Mr. Bennett lives at ^
Clio and his plantation is managed j
by Mr. W. B. Horton, a most ex- t
cedent gentleman and a splendid '
fanner, The crops on Mr. Ben- ]
nett's place were looking fine and j
will compare with any that were (
seen on the journey. Arriving ^
at Mr. Jackson's the party was ^
shown through the field of magnifi- (
cent com of which they had heard ,
such wondrous reports and at a |
first glance there was unanimnity ]
of opinion that the estimates on j
1 its yield had not been exasperated.
Like other great men who do big j
things quietly Mr. Jackson's car- ^
dinal virtue is modesty and al- ,
though he estimated the yieM at ,
50 bushels per acre a bit of calcu- '
ation with pencil and paper proved
that the yield will not fall short of i
76 bushels. With more tavorablp i
seasons the yield would have exceeded
that amount. Mr. Jackson
is one of the best farmers in ,
the county and has cotton that
will produce more than a bale to .
the acre. He is progressive in
his ideas and has given his fellow ,
farmers a splendid example of the
value of rotation. He has recently
purchased a handsome
Buick automobile which will greatly
shorten the distance between his
home and the neighboring markets.
There had been low3ring clouds
. all the morning and at this junc
1UIV a uva? V lam IU1VXU UlC par.
ty to abandon the automobiles
[ and seek shelter in Mr. Jackson's
. piazza where they spent a pleast
half an hour. As the party re
turned to their automobiles, t3ie
jovial face of Jimpiie LeGette,
driver of the Buick machine, was
[ seen to emerge trom the hoase
[ wreathed in smiles. Questioned
. as to his absence during the rain
. Jimme nonchalantly replied that
. he "didn't know where this thing
. would end'' and automobiles were
. too uncertain in rainy weather to
i refuse invitations to dinner.
A heavy rain had fallen and on
the return journey the swiftly
moving machines ploughed
through mud and water like naptha
launches splitting the surface
jf a placid lake. Driven by the
throbbing engines they sped onward,
down by the W. K. Allen
plantation, through (iallavon,
tnvned by Mr. J. C. Cottingham,
md on to the plantations of Miss
Lottie Stackhouse and Mr. Cade
Sherwood, the objective being Mr.
R.. P. Stackhouse's magnificent
country seat two miles west of
Dillon where a sumptuous repast
iwaited the party. All through
this section the crops are in ex:ellent
condition and the yield
this vcar will be far above the
average. In fact all this section
Forms part of the circle owned by
the "lords and barons of the soil"
referred to in a previous paragraph.
Through here are found
immense plantations, each in itself
a kingdom of its own, ruled
jver by sovereigns more independent
in wordl y irossessions
than were the feudal lords at~t he
time of the crusades.
FORDING A QUAGMIRE.
The only rival of tht modern
mtomobile when it comes to fordng
quagmires and bogs is the ox.
rhis fact was illustrated in the
successful crossing of a swamp
lividinc" the nlniitntiiinc r?f
Lottie Stack house and Mr. Cade
Sherwood's. Here a stretch of
bottomless mud more than a liunlred
feet long was encountered
md the way the powerful Keo
Allowed by the brave little Buick
:ore through it was enough to put
:he proverbial ox to shame. As
he party approached this morass
hey were stopped by the whiz/
tnd burr ol another automobile
Iriven by young Mr. Britt as it
ore it< way through mud that
ouched the differentials of the
nachine. The party alighted and
vatehed the big Reo as it plunged
nto the mire and fought ^ its way
lirough with the energy of a
Turkish warrior scaling a palisade,
further up the hill the road had
been freshly worked and the big
:?r came to grief the first time by
blunging into a deep hole that had
been covered by a thin layer of
iirt. This occasioned only a fe v
minutes delay, however, and soon
.he party was gliding over the
highway again with the speed of
:he wind.
By this time the dinner hour
lad long since passed and the
party had to forego the pleasure
if visiting the large plantations in
this vicinity owned by Messrs. j.
W. Hamer, Sam Britt, R. P.
Hamer, J. H. Hamer, E. R.
Hamer, N. A. Berry. L. O.
Braddy, Brooks Hamer, D. McLaurin
and others. However,
any description of the wonderful
fertility of the lands surrounding
Little Rock would only be to re
peat oft' told tales of agricultural
successes that read like a page
from "Arabian Nights."
THE CASTLE; OF LORD
RUDOLPH.
Swiftly the cars sped through
the historic town of Little Rock
and out again into the open country.
Crossing Roper's Mill they
mounted the hillside as grace
tuny as swallows fly and then the
magnificent country home of Mr.
R. P. Stackhouse, resting majestically
on the crest of a hill with gently
sloping sides, hove in sight.
Arrived at their destination the
party alighted and after a refreshing
toilet were ushered intc
the dining room where they did
full justice to a most delightful
dinner. There is no more beautiful
or better appointed home ir
Marion county than Mr. Stackhouse's.
The land uoon which it
rests and the broad acres surrounding
it have been handed down
through an unbroken line of an
ccstry tor a period covering more 1
than a century. The present v
beautiful structure with its broad h
verandas and stately halls was re- b
modelled from the home where o
Mr. Stackhouse's father and a
grandfather lived and died. Here li
the present master, a most sue- s
cessful buisness man and farmer, ii
like the knightly Cedrie in Sir >
Waltet Scott's charming "l?ran- /v
hoe," live s the life of a quiety d
country gentleman, entertaining p
with hands wide open and healt
responding to the pleasures of t
evei y moment. s
A part ot the afternoon /was f
>pent inspecting the crops on Mr. a
Stackhouse's plantation and A hose v
of his neighbor, Mr. J. S. Tfionip- f
son. Men who own such valu- 1"
able lands must of neecessky be I
good farmers and the crons on '1
t vv*i i fine eL/?juwl
to none that were seen on\the s
journey through the garden spbv. J
of Marion county. Both have a
large fields of cotton that will s
produce more than a bale to the
acre.
(IKEATKR THAN JULIl'S
CEASAR.
i
This feeble attempt at descrip- a
tion of a trip through such fine ^
farming lands would not be com- c
plete without a word about the j
distinguished visitors who accom- (
panied tlie party. Judge Puriy .,
is a Virginian by birth Ltit he has j.
lived in this state so lonir that he I
easily passes for a real South
Carolina gentleman. He is one j
of the most successful practition- j
ers at the Sumter Bar, and how- c
ever incongruous it may seem, he t
is also one of the most successful a
business men of the Game Cock a
county. When Julius Ceasar re- s
luctantlv pushed aside the crown v
he was proclaimed the greatest e
man of his day but Judge Purdy's r
friends hold him in higher regard v
than did Ccasar's, in that after a
serving one term on the Bench s
with marked distinction Judge a
Purdy voluntarily retired and
positively refused a second term. v
H e is easy and graceful of man- f
ner, charming in personality, and v
best of all a sincere Christian and ^
a gentleman. p
THE MORGAN OF SUMTER *
V
From the telegrapher's chair to
the banker's office is a long jump
in less than half a score of years,
but this feat of financial acrobatism
has been accomplished by Mr. C
Charles Rowland. It was fi
while Mr. Rowland was working t
for the railroad that he took a C
"flyer" into several business ven- r
turcs. He was successful from t
the first, and then fearful lest he t
should soon own the railroad his t
employers advised him that he t
had better leave off the outside ii
business and look after their aff- c
airs more closely. Mr. Rowland's r,
rejoinder was that he was making t
three times as much on the outside
and he "guess he'd better
quit." It was not long before he
had established himself at the j
head of one of Sumter's banks. ]
Other successes followed in rapid i
succession and suddenly the rail- J
road people woke up and found ^
out what they had lost. He was (
uuvi ^vi aiiuiuui ^aniuu will1. LUC v
railroad with a large increase in i
salary and plenty of time thrown
in on the side to look after outside
investments, but Mr. Rowland
had got a taste of freedom
: and he declined He has ac- t
quired a lot of land and is at the '
> head of the Sumter Telephone Co.,
1 the only enterprise of the kind in
[ the south. His company reaches
out for trade all over the
i world and in addition to equipping
the city of Sidney, Austrailia
t with 'phones they have sold their ,
product in Japan and the Philip- 1
i pines. Their latest triumph is a
contract from the government for
l
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)
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00 0 'phones. Mr. Rowlant
/as born in North Carolina bu
lis successes down here hav<
een so great that people seem t<
verlook this- The only thinj
gains* his record is that he onct
ivecf in Marion, but this has beet
0 Jong ago that only the oldes
[habitants remember it. He is :
frvial gentleman, bubbling ovei
/ith wit, and the pleasure of th<
lay was greatly augumented by hi
1 resenee
It would be a pleasure to eon
inue this article but ?itne ant
pace will not permit. More ha:
?ecn told already than was origin
illy intended. One regret is tha
ye could not stop at all the fm<
arms seen along the journey, bu
lad we done so the trip wouh
i ive extended into a weplr
There was real pleasure it)^-<fnter
aining and being ejueftained b;
uch delightfjjP^gentlemen a
ntlgy MrrrfCv and Mr. Kowlant
nd the hope is they will not wai
o long to come again.
A 1 . 1J . JUI VUlll
BLAZING MAT CAUSES TUMULT.
Atlanta, Ga, August 3.?A lit
ipon the roof garden of the hat ?
i pretty girl traveller at th
Jnion Station this afternoor
railed out two tire eon.patties,
tose cart, a score of willing" atrial
;ur fireman, delayed a fast trai
md destroyed about 530 worth c
inery upon the peach basket afore
laid.
The young women, en rout" t
S'ew York, rushed into the static
or a bite to eat. In paving lit
rheck, she swung the eonfectio
Co close to the cigar lighter. I
m instant, the orchard, whic
idorned it was a mass of ver
melly flames. A dark skinnc
vaitcr turned in a fire alarm an
very available male guest tr*ed t
escue the affair, thereby con
'incing the wearer, who knev
ught of the conflagration, tha
he had blundered into an insan<
sylunt.
The train was held a few min
ites until the victim recoverei
rom an attack of near-hysterics
irhen she graciously permitted i
o proceed, giving: vent to a fey
ersonal opinions of cigar lighter;
n genetal, and this one in partic
ilar,
?
He Plants Corn Alone.
Rock Hill, Aug. 2.? Mr. 1. M
'herry, who owns the largest am
inest farm in York county, ex
ending from Rock Hill to thi
'atawba river, a distance of fivi
niles, has not planted a oit of cot
on this year, but his whole plan
ation in corn, and it is probabl;
he finest crop in the State. Jus
hink of five miles ot corn. H
s a city farmer with a head ful
>f brains, and makes a pile c
noney out of his farming opera
ions.
Brownie's Fine Record.
In the summer races of the Pe
Dee Circuit now about to clos
Jrownie, the handsome little ba
nare owned by Mr. J. B. Gibson
i a s made a n enviable record
rhis was Brownie's first seasoi
jut she took to racing ' like a duel
o water'' and made a record tha
;urpasses the most sanguine ex
jectations of her owner. In lays
she has been entered in <
*aces and has trotted 19 heats
she has been driven 116 mile
icross tKe country from meet t
neet and has traveled 74 miles oi
:he train. She has never won les
:han second money and her tota
winnings for the 28 days are $247
50. She has increased her speei
it every race and took a mark c
L.fWK. in September she wi
start on the Virginia-Carolina Cii
:uit and will trot for purses wort
(2,500. This is a fine record fo
i horse that less than a year ag
was looked upon as a pretty fai
buggy animal.
The'Dillon Herald $ 1.50 a yea
idfrL,.aaU >.-a..
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i HOUSE ALMOST WRECKED
li BUT INMATES ESCAPE.
?
-Lightning Played Remarkable
Pranks With Residence
t of S. D. Jordan. No one
i Seriously Hurt.
r
A very severe thunder storm,
accompanied by a heavy downpour
s of rain, passed over Diilon at midnight
Thursday nijrht. The 1 i>^htTil
n?r ctnn'L- til.. 1 \t nm ?.r \ I . L? T\
mil ^ oil 11 v ix vil v.- 11' I 1IV '^1 il lit 1 ' >
. Jordan in the northeastern part of
town, and while none of the
s family, consisting of Mr. Jordan,'
- wife, twj daughters atnf'niece,
t were seriously injuixt,' thev were
^ all fearfully sl^akf-n up. The bolt
struck the^eftinuu-v of one room.
1 demolished it. tore a great hole in
^ jj*r~foof, through the ceiling into
f a closet. There it seemed to di.
vide, one fork going t<? the right,
v the other to the left lretwecn the
plastering" and front wcatherlxrards
ing, the bolt passing to the left
3 traversing the hall, doing no damt
age save to the mirror of a hat rack,
and passing into the adjoining
room, where a heavy washstand
was thrown forward against a t'i
hie. The full force of tin- explosion
expended itself on the front
windows, tin. sash of which, the
e screen, the frame work and weath,?
orhourdiii'. arontwl ?i?.l v
" | - WV.W?
c us though a bomb had exploded
at that sp?u. ' >ne piece of 'imber
' was driven across the room into
il the plastering of the opposite wall
t- with such force that it was withn
drawn with c< nsiderable difficulty,
jf Mrs. Jordan was asleep in a bed
within a few incite* of the window,
land while terribly shocked she was
able to give the alarm to Mr. Jor0
dan that the house was on tire, a
n tierce blaze springing up the side
,r of the window. A pitehe: of water
in tile- room enabled them to
1 extinguish the llames before they
n could make any headway. The
h freakish fluid p'aved queer pranks,
v All around, the silvered back of
j the hall mirror shows the most
. beautiful fern like traceries. A
c metal handle of an umbrella was
? blown off and melted and the screen
- window in its metal parts showed
v the same effect of the great heat.
t The escape of the family was
simple miraculous.
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Mr. John fiiruon Dies Suddenly.
] Mr. John Ilinson died suddenly
at his hotre in east Dillon Sunt
day afternoon at 4 o'clock. The
; cause of Mr. Hinson's death was
s Iffcart disease from which he had
. suffered for several years. It was
while sitting on the piazza that
Mr. Ilinson was taken ill and in
a few moments he was suffering
great agony. Dr. Badger, who
. I was making a call at a house near
1 j by, administered stimulants and
- did everything he eon Id t?? relieve
e his sufferings, but the attack was
b so severe that death ensued in a
- few minutes.
Mr- Hinson was born in Marly
boro county and in early life he
t followed the profession of a princ
ter. Abandoning this profession
1 he engaged in various other vo'f
cations, the latter part of his life
i- being devoted to the saw mill business.
He was a brave confederate
soldier and served with great
|distinction during the four year's
^ conflict.
e
e He was twice married and by
y his first marriage there were born
, to him several sons by whom he
is survived. His second marriage
? was without issue. He is sur^
vived by his second wife, who was
- a Mrs. Sanders.
K Monday the remains were taken
k to Maxton where they were interred
by the graves of his ancestors.
u The deceased was 67 years of age.
As this is the season for many
I social events and much visiting
1 The Herald wants its correspon^
dents to send in newsy letters
^ every week. The most interestU
| ing feature of the newspaper is
. , the news furnished by its corre^,
spendents from the various secr
tions and we want our correspon,o
I dents to co-operate with us in the
jr'effort to cover the territory in
which The Herald circulates,
: thoroughly. A fright, newsy
letter every week wul do much
r. toward attaining this end. CJ