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pya. -?-? <t - - % '" r? Ttr"~-? --'r *JJ| W^.l< VlVyVJ1*1'''1 t- ?^"*V **" -?T T. ,'hf- "3'^"'"' '"V^ ^fr? Oitton Kera(d. __ tSTABLISHLD IN 1895. DILLON. SQUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. AUGUST 26, 1909. VOL 15, NO. 30 HOW PEOPLE LIVE *ri AWAY FROM HOME. ha aj? Random Thoughts on A Week's Stay at A Summer fit Resort. Studying the ^ Foibles and Fancies of the a f Human Family an Inter- ^ esting Pastime. pn i)0l It was Gladstone, we believe, who said that "the best of ree- . . , r it i reation was a ehan^e ok occupation" The author of this bit o: nhilruJAnli if ? ?-?* * KMIIV/UWKII jr ?a^ *111 lllVJChMtm ^ worker who crowded three lives np into one and experience must have W taught him that diversion and not ^ rest brought relaxation to the over-strained mental tissues of ^ T1 the busy man. The man who erg lives under a mental strain do?s f not find peace and happiness in Jet idleness. When the August month , lci\ approaches he sits in his office and sighs for the seashore or the LV mountains where the music of the ^ lapping waves or the sighing of , lcc< the pines drives away business ^ cares and close communion with nature hrinw?; neaiv nnrl haruii- ^ ? -?o- ?rr* ness and contentment to the weary mind. Thrusting business aside he journeys to his W2 fovorite resort but ere he has . nc spent a day among .unfamiliar scenes and still more unfamiliar C? SIl faces the picture fades and his wish is that he were at home again wrestling with the old prob- ^ lems that had brought furrows to ^ his face and tinged his hair with S\Y gray. He is unhappy because he i is idle and then an innate someyo thing impels him to seek diver- ^ sions because they bring forget- ^ fulness and very shortly he will be found on the lake rowing, al- ' though he has not'picked up an oar since he was a boy, or he will take long jaunts into the hi*.Is and , . . , . . f cal mountains n^vpr nf?mmainincr nf " ~ ~ ' " * ^ pb the discomfort he suffers from the ; rays of a broiling, mid-day ?un. It is the impulse to do something: out of the ordinary that is the essence of all joy at the watering: places. Creating: diversions for ne yourself you help others to enjoy rCJ themselves until finally your fee- jn ble beginning: resolves itself into an a continuous round of enjoyment us that begins with the morning: meal ^a, and ends with the mid-nig:ht hour, pjj Add to this the meeting: of new an, acquaintances, tne renewal 01 old s^( friendships, the tales of adventure pQ recounted by a loquacious guest, the jokes of the budding humorist, jje the misfortunes of the unfortunate, the growls of the grouchy, ill-tempered dyspeptic and you have the s]u sum total of a day's incidents at k the average watering place. It was at Jackson Springs, one of North Carolina's famous resorts, tjjt that the editor of The Herald re- pj cently spent a week. Jackson fori Springs is situated in the fo<)t- an) hills of Moore county and is reach- Gf ed by traveling over the A. C. L. railroad to Hope Mills, thence to sv, Aberdeen by the Rockfish & Aber- refi deen railroad where you take the ^ir Ashboro & Aberdeen railroad an, which carries you to the Springs. cal H~re you find a large hotel with fa8 about 200 rooms, equipped with ^ir , Jill modern conveniences, and <*0, " dotting the hills for a radius of a <jie mile are a number of pretty cot- he tages filled to overflowing during the summer months. The wa origin of Jackson Springs as a art summer resort is not so very old, but the discovery of the spring itself dates back to the time when ' the country was a wiide: ness and jtx the painted Indian warrior went cjj, there to quench his thrist and the pie skin-clad rquaw used its rocks 10 m. - grind her meal and rinsed away the pa] bosks with its never-ceasing wa- bei rThe rock upon which the inf was bolted is still there?a (bo im and silent relic of a departed m :e whose wild and romantic life <x s for generations fired the im- ni ination of writers in prose and al etry. The waters are cool and b< ar and light and if you drink bi elv of the bubblipg spring you 01 & an exhiliration like unto a a] aught of ale. Its analysis shows ei rood per centage of magnesia th lich gives it great virtue as a ri lie for diseases of the stomach, fa xluced by over-eating and im- w rtcct digestion. The water is b< ry light and persons who drink y< in laree quantities do not feel th y ill effects afterwards. Anoth- pi peculiar virtue it possesses is si it the first dav you drink it you T rspire as freely as though you w ;re in the sweating roon. at a lc irkish bath. The Spring is the tl :>st popular place at the resort, tl le hotel guests and the cotta- A rs seem to think the chief ob- w :t of their stay at the Springs is cj drink as much water as the sc vs of nature will allow and ery now and then one is unfor- tc tiate enough to stumble over bi e braggart who seems to take tl en delight in boasting that he pi ank as many as five or ten dip- s< rs full without stopping. And ir ;re is the stout old lady dressed Pi sombre black who has journeyhundreds of miles to take the ^ iters in the hope they will cure r of chronic indigestion. She ai rners you where there is no pos- w >le avenue of escape and pours ** t her tioubles as fluently as a s* onograoh record reels off a popir vaudeville air. If some one es not come to your rescue vou sc oon at her feet and then sym- pi thizing friends rush in and bear rr u off to some place of safety, h; J 1 " :r quciot nas nrescriDea a course si very light diet and she is sim- m / starving to death, but maybe in the next meal hour she sits at ci ur left and when she sends in di r second order for grreasy gridle is Ices with maple syrup you sim- ^ y gasp in astonishment and then d: irvel at the idiosyncracies of sc man nature. je THE DYSPEPTIC. a' as Another character that one SI ver fails to find at the summer cc iort is the confirmed dyspeptic, si general appearance he is small d wiry of stature with the ual stoop from the small of his cc ck to the crown of his head, aj s complexion is pale and sallow m r? Kic fnnHtroc orn r\r?? V*o u 11 io tvniut vo ui w U1 j auu liaiu, OJ :>wing deep furrows at every of int where the skin is exposed. y< s hobby is nervousness, and as b< spins out a tale of woes his SI nds shake and tremble like a th in afflicted with palsy. His flj imoers at night are disturbed "< the mos* horrible dreams and ai i most refreshing: sleep is grained th len he dozes in a rocker after th ; noon-day meal. Nothing: aj lases him., When the sun is m ght the grlare affects his eyes m i if the day is cloudy his case at melancholia suffers a relapse, ai spite his failings you learn to ai npathize with him until you pi ich the dining: room and watch ri n devour hugre hunks of meat w i then abuse the waiter be- e< isc the extras are not brougrht in y< t enougrh. His physician sent jii n to the Springs also and re- ta nmended a course of very light sc it. After a stay of two weeks ot returns home and tells his b< ends there is no virtue spring A ter and that summer resorts at ; humbugs, anyway. w ON DRESS PARADE. * Pi w*. ? ~ a iiv v.wuiu ut iiu CUUUUUUU8 XX] ind of enjoyment without a at max and the height of the days' th tasures is reached at about 7p. a , when the ladies go on dress th rade. They have been slum- fa ring all the afternoon refreshI themselves for the crowning ^ or when all the finery that t t ? % . :.?i ; others and sisters and aunts and nisins have been burning midight oil over for the past severweeks must be shown to the ;st advantage, and at 7 o'clock a irst of music from the Italian chestra is the signal for their jpearance. They come from ^erywherc. Some fly down from le heavens like angels and others se up out of the ground like .iries. The collect in the hallays and the lobbys and their ?auty dazzles you. You rub )ur eves and look again and now ley are promenading on the iazzas. They do not sit; they mply walk and walk and walk, he chairs are reserved for the eak-kneed men who lounge and ok and ogle and "rubber" until le vision dulls their senses and ley fall back into a state of coma, iter a while some bewitching oman leans over gracefully (they m't bend very far) and whispers >mething in the ear ot a semijnscious man. The words seem > electiify him. He springs from is chair and catching her arm ley stroll over to the dancing avilioti Then others follow and >on the music starts and the dancig begins. Here there is more romenading and the dancing: sts until a very late hour when le crowd disperses and the eepy and exhausted husbands re dragged back to the hotel here they swear like sailors as \ey prick their fingers unpinning lirtwaists. THE MERRY WIDOW. The social life of a summer re>rt is not complete without the resence of a widow. Every sumicr resort of pretensions must ive a widow or its popularity iffers. And as rule the sumier resort widow is a most charmig person. She has a most graous smile for everybody and she resses so magnificently that sne always the centre of attraction, fhen she sweeps down the verani with the majesty of a queen :attering smjles among her subcts interest in cards lags at once id the professional player is just > apt to le?td a duce as an ace. he is popular with everybody and >ntributes no little to the pleaire of the guests. "ONLY NICE PEOPLE." A petite French maid dressed in inventional black keeps your >artments as neat as a pin. She akes friends with your wife at ice and can tell you the history every person who has occupied >ur apartments since she has ien in the employ of the hotel, he is loquacious and knows someling about everything She will itter you by telling you that only nice people" occupy your partments and casually remarks lat Mrs. Newrich, who occupied lese apartments only a short time fo, must be a very wealthy woan as she was so liberal with her oney. And then there is the ite-bellum darkey who sweeps id dusts and calls you "honey" id "child." She too has a very easant recollection of Mrs. Newch and opens her big white eyes ith an expression of well-feign1 astonishment when she tells >u that her former patron "wuz st kivered wid dimonds." She kes a keen interest in your perinal welfare and makes a vigoris protest if you attemot to rkf ifore eight in the morning, rising you make a hasty toilet id rush down to the Springs here you gorge yourself on wa* x until you swell up like a pouter geon. Your torso becomes so mnded that if the hotel were . the foot instead of at the top of te incline you could cast yourilf upon the ground and roll down ic hill into your seat at the breakat table without extra exertion. HE IRREPRESSIBLE DRUMMER. ?. t 1 here is no escape from the drummer. Drop him down in a St. Regis drawing room or pitch him into the middle of the Sahara and he is as much at ease as if he were discussing politics with fellow travelers in the lobby of a village inn. He leaves the main | line of railroad and rides 16 extra miles to spend the night at Jackson Springs. He arrives on the evening train and leaves early next morning. Perhaps you have never seen him before but he boldly approaches you and blandly asks "What's your line?" This enquiry opens the way for a conversation and before he is half through telling you how many big orders he got last week from mer chants who did not want to buy you arc on familiar terms with him. He may have a wife and half a dozen children at home but he is fond of the ladies and plays the role of a gay Lothario to such charming perfection that scarcely an hour elapses after his arrival before he knows everybody at the Springs and is introducing you to guests you may have known a week. He is everywhere and only those who die and go to heaven ever escape him There is nothing like a week at a popular summer resort. It revolutionizes one's life and vou do things there you would not dream of doing at home. When you ar?* not walking or rowing orN bowling or eating or talking or dancing von are playing "set-back." "Set-back is the popular game at the Springs and the best players are the church deacons and stew ards and elders. They play from morning till night and then rush in to the ainmg room and gulp down a hasty supper and rush back to the tables and resume the game until bedtime. They retire and their dreams are disturbed by vissions of aces and duces and jacks and tens that flit back and forth across their closed eye-lids. If you are suffering from ennui or nervousness or over-work go to the Springs. If vou survive the week of strenuous life you will return home a reconstructed man. A Corpse Excursion Ticket. "It may be economical; it is certainly ridiculous," said Senator Tillman of a proposition lie opposed. "It reminds me of Calhoun White. "Calhoun White stuck his head in through the ticket window of Salters Depot railroad station and said: ''Boss, gimme two round trip tickets to Society Hill; one fur myself and one for a corpse.' '' I never heard of nobody buying excursion tickets for corpses,' said the agent. 'What's the meaning of this?' 'Well boss,' Calhoun White replied, "my brother Webster died yesterday and I want to take the corpse up to Society Hill and let the family review the remains, and then I'll bring him back to Salters Depot here and bury him. That'l be a big sight cheaper than for the whole family to traipse all the way from Society Hill and all the way back again." A GENUINE SNAKE STORY. Here on the eve of the dispen1 sary election and two weeks since the dispensaries were closed comes a genuine snake story that is vouched for by the contents of a quart bottle. Sunday Mr. S. T. Clowney, of the section, killed a moccasin and on cutting it open young snakes ran here, there and yonder. After diligent work by himself and others, ,vho witnessed the killing, there were caught? now hold your breath ?62 small snakes 12 to 18 inches long. It is not known whether any escaped. | These snakes have been on exhibition here the past tew days, being securely bottled. A LOOK AHEAD. ] It lias been announced that Thomas A. Edison has perfected his long: promised storage elec- 1 trie battery, and that it meets the most sanguine expectations of its inventor. In the near future, it is promised, a revolution will be accomplished in the application of physical energy to achieve the ends of physical endeavor. If the prediction is verified, a single farmhand of 1925 will find it an easy task to plow, disk, harrow, and plant 40 acres of corn from rise to set of a single day's sun, and during the crop season 1 he will be able to cultivate 200 ' acres planted to that cereal, with less draft on his physical constitution than 10 acres tax him now. 1 When that day comes, if those roseate expectations are justified, the husbandman will devote his hillsides to meadow, pasture, orcnarci, and torcst, and cultivate the level parts of his farm after the teachings of Campbell, and in accord with the idea of the intensive system. The mule will become an extinct animal, and the horse will be bred for pleasure and for sport only. Farm life will be delightful. A storage battery in the cellar will provide light and heat, and in the intense warm months of summer it will be put in requisition to cool the torrid atmosphere. Hay will be cured within I 1 r. _ _ * t ai; nuur aner tne grass is cut oy electricity and stored in the barn ere the sun goes down that day, a sweeter and a wholcsomer provender for domestic live stock. This invention will force the construction of good country roads and thus $800,000,000 annually will be saved to the farmers in the single item of carrying their products from the farm to the railroad station. Then when we contemplate that other promise of Luther Burbank that by intelligent plant propagation Mississipp* may become a wheat belt and Illinois a cotton belt, the possibilities of the future are so vast and stupenduous as to stagger the most riotous imagination. Will history decree Edison greater Napoleon.? LIMBERNECK. This is the season when limhor . ( neck makes its appearance, and letters pour in on us, asking what causes it and what will cure it. Limberneck is caused by maggots which gather in a solid ball in the chicken's craw, causing death unless removed. The maggots are gathered by the fowls from dead carcasses, or decaying vegetable matter, and must be either killed or removed from the craw be fore the fowl gets relief. Ten drcps of turpentine three times a day will usually effect a cure. Do not forget to clean up the premises, burying all dead fowls or animals and sprinkle lime over yards. Fowls that run out in the fields and orchard never have limberneck, because they gather all the bugs J and worms thev want and do not trouble themselves with decaying matter. When a fowl dies, its body is often conveniently pitched over the yard fence, where the other fowls can get to it. This is wrong. As soon as one dies, bury it and there will be less sickness among the others. Marriages. The following were married by Rev. Hugh Harrelson at his home near Haraer: On August 15th., Miss Annie Scott to Mr. John Miller, both ot < Robeson county. On the 22nd. instant Miss Annie Grantham to Mr. J. M. 1 Murray, both of Robeson county. 1 The Dillon Herald Si.50 a ysar. ' RACING SEASON CLOSES WEDNESDAY. Last Meet of the Pee Dee Circuit will be Held at Dillon on the 31st. Driving Association Preparing for Great Event. Looking for Big Crowd of Visitors. The l'ec Dee Circuit which has furnished so much amusement for the lovers of fast horse flesh in this section of the State closes next Tuesday with a jjreat meet at Dillon. There has been some finp fininir t Vio uuv kjta wnw V^HV-UII uui 111^; ^ the several weeks just passed. Some of the best horses in the South have competed for the purses offered by the several associations and the pacing: and trotting records in this state have been lowered on more than one occasion for the first time in many years. Dillon was the first town to venture into horse racing: and the construction of the track here which in the beginning: was looked upon as a hazardous undertaking has turned out to be a most profitable experiment. In addition to paying the stockholders a fairly good dividend it has advertised the town far and wide and has brought visitors to town who might never have come here. Dillon has had some ot the best racing on the ' "ireuit and has more low records to its credit than any other town in the Pee Dee where races have been held. Every effort will be made, however, to have still better races next Tuesday and there is every promise that visitors to Dillon that day will have an opportunity to see some exceptionally tine sport. The track is in excellent condition and if the condition of the weather remains unchanged the horses will be at their best. The races begin promptly at 1.30 o'clock. ? - DEATH OF CAPT. MNCLAIR On Tuesday morning Aug. 10 1909 at 6 o'clock the spirit of A. C. Sinclair took its flight to the Clod who gave it. Mr. Sinclair's parents were from Scotland And came to this country in 1820. He was married just after the war to a daughter of Alexander Blue, Mary Ann by name, to whom were born live children. One son A. G. Sinclair, is in business at Bennettsvillc, A. C. Sinclair is in Rowland, N. C., merchandizing, one daughter married D. M. Watson, of Rowland, and D. C. Sinclair and Miss Mary E. Sinclair reside on the farm at Sinclair's x Roads. Mr. Sinclair was until about 10 years ago a member of the Presbyterian Church but he took an active part in helping to build Oakland M. E. Church and he then connected himself with that church of which he was a consistent member when he died. On July 12th. 1902 he married the i second time, Miss H. J. Hargrove 1 who survives him. Shp is a laughter of the late Stephen Har- 4 frove Esqr., who was well and 4 Favorably known in his communi- ^ ty. No issue from this marriage* J Capt. Sinclair served in the Confederate war and was promoted 1 from ranks December 1862. Was wounded at Petersbuig ir. 1864 ind was the surviving commander if Fairlee's old company of Orrs rifles. He spent his life in rural pursuits and always took active interest in religious as well as secular matters that had a tendency to build up his community. He lied at the age of 73 yean- beloved and respected by all who knew him. David S. Allen. The Dillon Herald $1.50 a year. J