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, ESTABUSHED IN 1895. DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 9. 1909. / VOL 15, NO. 32
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BUILDING THE
SAND CLAY ROADS.
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I. E. Watson Insists on his 'a
A
^ R i g h t as Originator, b;
Vrosecuted in Court by ^
. Those Who Afterwards in
Thanked Him for His 2
Senrices-Richlajid and J
Darlington Must Seek w
Other Fields of Honor.
From the Florence Times. CC
Editor of the Daily limes: I
feel very grateful of letting the ^
public know I was the originator
of the sand clay road idea and w
- that I was so far in advance with tc
it that when I first 'orced it our sc
good citizens of that great old
county, that I was arraigned before
the courts and ordered to put le
the road back like it was. Y
I had told the people that I
could make a permanent and good c{
road anywhere and their section y
of road being a great deal of time li
under water and as bad a mud a'
hole as I ever saw. so bad that ^
travellers wuuiu iuiica uui. kjl ^
the way rather than go through. jc
1 Futhermore it was a road that to
i was used a great deal from the tr
fact that the branch and swamp
that caused the trouble could not ^
L be crossed for some distance l,
above or below. The citizens of pi
* that day thougnt that it was im- PI
t possible to keep the place passi- ^
ble, so they would meet there
* every year and have a fuss and a th
t great deal of trouble and falling tn
out about this road and when I tr
' went there and threw loose old ^
rails out, the people who put them ^
there were naturally enraged. It
They said that even if I was su- w
pervisor and had the avthority^ to ^
do so that I had ruined^he road. ^
Before I got through with it the af
rain set in and I had as fine a bed of Y
water as I ever saw on a road.
Those people, many of my special t0
friends thought that I had ruined
the road, so they had me indicted C(
and the case came up before.^the w
spring term of court and I was ^
ordered that honorable body to ^
change the condition and put the st
road back as it was before. As jt
soon, however, as the water ran p,
off and the bed dried it was al- ^
most as solid as a rock and it has re
remained so ever since with ali
most no repairing. So when the
fall term of court came the very f
people who had prosecuted me ol
* made a.statement in writing that
the road was in a better condition "
* than it had ever been and'i signed 01
, a petition requesting the court to w
let the road stay as it was. T
Now if Darlington or Richland hi
0 can show a man who twenty years th
, t ago was indicted for making sand ai
* clay roads they will have a little of
0 more to brag about. If they were th
up with me in the matter of build- !
p ing and in sympathy with me what ai
|^- were they at when it looked like n<
the whole people would jump b<
* on me about pushing such an w
_ absurd idea on them. w
It is all bosh, the idea was born, it
* dead and buried and Watson run m
I ot,t of the county long before it d<
,was resurrected in Richland and cr
r' Darlington counties. Besides,
I c?U?jiho\v experiments that have pi
1A trooro oo/\ ?K/*f K'
L W II UWIIIV TV TV?io agv/ llial Will
W convince anyone who will go with if
m me. I tan show that these ex- lii
periments were made with a view rr
of road building:, but these ingre- as
dients when mixed made a firm, e^
oosKtpact body and it occurred to fc
* my mind that it would be practi- hi
m cable to use it on the roads, which I
after 1 had made some experi- m
ments, I was elected to office
} which gave me the poweij to put hi
it into practice.
My honorable friend Mr. J. C. F
Setters has come out into the
Newa and Courier giving a brief
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Bound for (he Atlantic Ocean.
(From the Nashville Tennesseau )
In the early history of this
>untry sailing ships from Europe,
den with cargoes for the North
tlantic coast towns, were forced
y the wind currents to come by
harleston. There they landed,
id often stayed for months waitg
for good weather, to cont? iue
leir journey. Money was literly
poured into Charleston's lap
uring this period It was richer
tan it has ever been since. Here
as the real beginning of Chariton's
if not all South Carolina's,
herewith to take it easy and beinifc
a highly cultivated society.
Then came the steamships, drivig
trade to Boston and New York,
he rest is known.
New York dug canals to the
est and to the southwest, and
K)k trade from the territory
>uth of the Great Lakes, east
I the Misissippi and north of Tenessee,
that ought to have gone
nwn the Mississippi to New Orans.
This helped to make New
brk the money centre of America.
The Panama Canal bids fair to
rings about a great change in the
immercial supremacy of New
ork. The Southern people are
ve to the possibilities the Panna
Canal will bring to them,
very Southern paper that comes
> our desk reports movements on
>ot to improve rivers that lead
> the Atlantic, or to the Gulf, or
the Mississippi or some of its
ibutaries. A Lakes-to-the-sea
jep waterway convention is to be
ild in October, when President
aft will go by boat from St
ouis to New Orleans. The old
*oject of cutting a canal across
lorida has been revived. Every>dy
seems to have their heads
t on getting to the South Atlan:
coast quickly from the Sou
era interior, to tacmtate ship*
cnts to and from foreign counies.
The Burlington people
ddently appreciate the impornce
of the South and its coast
ne in the commerce of the future,
they are impressed, other roads
ill be impressed, and the wealth
int was taken from the Southistern
section by the invention
steamships may come back
ter many years cf enriching New
ork and New England.
The completion^of the Burlingn
system as contemplated would
ean the building of more branch
ties as feeders into territory
jntiguous to Nashville, and it
ould mean a great financial upft
to the people of thi* city.
It would help us as the sailing
lips helped Charleston, as the
eamships are helping New York,
would put us in touch with the
rairies of the Northwest and the
;acost of the Southeast. Trade
Nations with both ends of the
ne would attract many people to
te advantages of Nashville and
ennessee, and would increase
ir wealth and population.
Jtline of what was due me and
hat was the effect of my work,
he piece ot road that he spoke of.
Dwever, is now eight miles from
le piece that I was indicted for.
id I ordered that different piece
work done, giving directions to
le overseers. Some of them
>eyed and some did not. I urged
id threatened tl? *law if they did
it cause each and every able
xlied man to do $2 worth of road
crk. Some of them had the
ork done and some did not but
was acknowledged that I got
iore work done than had been
me for several terms before 1
ime into office.
I claim that this is the most
racticablc idea of road work
is ever been advanced, and that
any other man in South Carona
or anywhere else has d >ne as
inch as I have done, or suffered
? much ridicule for the idea and
/en been threatened bodily harm
r using: it, I want to shake his
and and form his acquaintance,
am ready and I have a great
lany witnesses who will now
>e&k out and say to whom this
onor is due.
I. E. Watson,
lorence, S. C.
The bttloh Herald *1.50 a yaar.
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Nigh Schofl Opera Monday.
The Dillon High School will
open next Mqnday morning, Sept.
13th., at 9 o'clock. Everv pupil
of school age in the school district
should enroll the first day.
This would enable the pupils and
1 teachers to do much more satisfactory
work during the coming
year. It is impossible for a teacher
to do nine months of good work
in seven or eight months. It is
greatly desired that every patent
will put forth an unusual effort to
have their children in school the
first day.
The pupils should bring with
them the opening day the text
books which they used last year,
for in many cases the same text
book is used longer than one year.
Thev should also bring their promotion
cards. The Superintendent
has a record of each pupil's
work and class standing, but if the
pupils have their promotion cards
it will make the organization of
classes easier.
Pupils who are not hopelessly
behind in their work and have
done some stlldvincr Hnrinor
summer, will be given the opportunity
of standing examinations
the first two days of school. If
the results of these examinations
are satisfactory the pupil will be
allowed to advance to the next
higher class.
An incidental fee of $1.50 per
session is charged each pupil
and no pupil is entitled to enrollment
until this is paid, so each pupil
should bring his enrollment card
the day he entehi school. These
cards can be secured from the secretarvand
treasurer of the Board
of Trustees, Mr. A- J. C. Cottingham,
on Friday or Saturday
morning at his office.
The Dillon High School is a
state aided school and this entitles
any pupil in the county to free tuition
in the high school department,
which is the eight, ninth,
tenth and eleventh grades. Any
pupil from any other county would
have to pay tuition in these grades.
The Dillon High School would be
glad to have any students from
any part of the county, who wish
to take advantage of the High
School coarse, which it offers.
Pupils coming from outside the
Dillon school district, who entei a
class below the high school classes,
have to pay tuition.
The rates of tuition are as follows:
First, second and third grades,
$1.50 per month.
Fourth, fifth and sixth grades,
$2.00 per month.
Seventh grade, $2.50 per
month.
The Dillon High School, in addition
to the regular course of study,
offers to its patrons the opportunity
of taking vocal and instrumental
music, and art. Miss
Bauman will be in charge of the
department of instrumental music.
Miss Breuser, vocal music, and
Miss Gilbert, the art. It is hoped
that each of these departments
will be well patronized.
The public is cordially invited
to be present at the opening exerA.1
A
uKa hi mc Auauorium on Monday
morning. There will be six
new teachers and they would appreciate
the opportunity of meeting
the patrons of the school.
May the patrons and the teachers
be so united in their purposes
and efforts for the welfare of the
school as to make this year the
best in the history of the school.
W. W. Nickels, Supt.
f
A love-smitten youth asked one
of his bachelor friends if he thought
that a yoong man should propose
to a girl on^his knees.
"If he doesn't" replied the
friend "the girl should get off."
?Everybodys Magaaine.
An Old Time Hanging. i
"As dark as the day when old
Jennie was hung" is one of the jUj
many quaint sayings that for generations
has been used on the
lower eastern shore of Maryland,
but from the accounts that haVe a i
been given by those who livevb in
old Jennie's day there never/ has
. / ws
been a day since that time as? dark y,
as the day on which she wqrs exe- be
cuted for wholesale murder in the gr
neighborhood in which slie lived. m<
The old murderess \va* publicly ca
hanged in 1815 in the olil jail yard nj
at Princess Anne, and all those T1
who remembered thati particular ge
day have passed into tl e great beyond
long ago. The murderess ^
was a white woman, ti ll and an
gular, and it was said ihat she re- th
sembled wnat was jxjpularly supl>osed
to be a witch far \nore than
she did the up to date woman of
that day. In fact, locaV history
records that she practiced wd^ch^ jsii
craft. No one ever knew where bi
H r>(
she came from, she having. "dropped
down" very mysteriously in- ^
to the neighborhood, where she
killed a family of four. th
Old Jennie was not hanged on a ?j.
scaffold. In those days murder- ^
ers were executed with as little ta
trouble and eXnense as nossihle. w
The wizen faced terror of all th
Somerset was placed in a cart
drawn bv two oxen and placed
directly under a stout limb of an fQ
old oak tree which stood in the of
jail yard. The rope was fixed in ht
rude fashion around her neck, t(>
amid the hurrahs of the crowd and ^
the curses of the doomed woman n(
and when all was in readiness a
bunch of fodder was placed ten
paces from the oxen's heads, and 'K
... an
they were given the word to start.
Obeying- the command, they made or
a bet linJ for the fodder and left
old Jennie dandling at the end of
the rope.
That day, it has been told
thousands of times, was the dark...
ou
est ever known in this section,
Chickens remained on their roosts
throughout the entire day, while
candles by the score burned in the
wa
houses that the servants might
see to do their work. The local
i- , scl
cpinnficfo rvf fnof /?/?? ? 1
ui nun uay ?cic ill il
*
loss to account for the strange rej
phenomenon, and the graphic descriptions
which they gave of it o?
and which were recorded years
ago make interesting reading.
The darkies and superstitious jn
whites of those days naturally
thought that the end of time tjn
had come. A great many negroes trg
declare today that the ghost of ?aj
old Jennie may be seen stalking we
around on the edge of the woods j
near where she committed her
crimes any time on dark, cloudy j
night, and they arc very careful j
not to encounter her.?Oriole ^
(Md.> Cor- Chicago Inter Ocean. f
CV'
Three hundred bales of cotton
were sold on the Dillon market tet
Saturday. The cotton was of a c'h
good quality and the highest an
price for the day was 12.52J4. to
There is a strong crops of buyers ex
on this market representing the
several large exporting hoyses in W1
the south and competition between mt
them Saturday was so lively that art
it looked at one time as if cotton r(X
would go to 13^ cents per pound. ,
The price of seed reached a new
high level also and every bushel
that was offered was taken prom- u
ptly at 33 cents. Thirtythree cents
for seed and 12.52/4 for cotton
makes a bale of cotton worth $73.
00. The only other market in the
state paying 33 cents for seed, of
so far as could be learned, was de
Bennettsville. Cotton is opening ag
rapidly and is being sold as fast foi
as it can be picked, ginned and ke
put on the market. Out of the W
62 ginneries in the upper end of sic
the county only six were not in mi
operation on Sept. 1st., whereas pe
in the past it was quite unusual ta
to find more than six in operation fa
that early in the season. If the ed
present good weather continues sc
the cotton crop will be pretty well it
gathered by Nov. 1st. et
I
?-A
GIRLS SPANKED THE PREACHER,
it as a Joke, But They Laid it on
Pretty Heavy.
The Rev. Howard W. Benedict,
popular young preacher of East
>rwalk, was in bed and in pain
it evening, says a South Norilk
dispatch to the New
jrk World, when he should have
en conducting the Union Conegational
and Methodist tent
eeting in Wcstport, and all beuse
some young women friends
anked him too hard Saturday
ght in celebration of his birthday.
ie Rev. Mr. Howard is able to
t up and be out this afternoon,
it it will be some days before he
ts his meals elsewhere than from
e mantlepieee.
It was no gentle birthda>r*rfps
at were administered to M^TBenict.
They were gfirtxi, sound
aeks from barre}, staves. Many
V..W jvu??5 J'UIUCH IVVIIIKILI .*> U1
e youngfJ>Tinc wished to rememr
hiip <Sith slippers and other
ttffar "honey" gifts upon his
rthday, but all in vain, for Mr.
?nedict resisted all insinuations
id question* which pertained to
e date of his birth.
Hy a ruse and the town records
e desired information was finally
itained, but by this time the zeal
the young women took on a lit:
rancor. Thev accordingly obined
barrel staves from the L'ommedieu
grocery and waited in
e shade of a tree for Mr. Benefit
to pass.
The young: minister had too
ueh respect for the sex to use
rcc to bring' about a suspension
the birthday remembrance, and
k tl'rtl' f/\# . /I ? *-??*? ? .Cyv J *' 1? ?
- LUU Ul^lllllCU IU IUI1, MJ lie
ok it for the most part where his
other applied it in childhorxl
iys, but the effect was more pro>unced
and lasting.
Witch hazel, arnica and other
lin killers were applied in the
>pe that ne might get to that
i-eti ng Sunday, but all in vain.
L* was too sore to pray, preach
sit down
Artesian Well at School.
The impression having gotten
t that the pump water at the
gh School was contaminated
d that some of the children had
veloped fever from drinking the
iter, the trustees have decided
bore an artesian well on the
tool grounds. The pump
iter may be pure and the childit
might have contracted the
lease elsewhere, but an ounce
precaution is worth a pound of
re and in order to be on the safe
le the trustees will invest $175
an artesian well. It was hoped
have the well bored by the
ne scohol opened but the conictor
who was to do the work
led to put in an appearance this
lek and it will probably be the
ter part of next week bciore the
ill is bored. In the meantime the
100I children will be supplied
th ice cold artesian water which
2 janitor will bring: each day
>m Mr. J. W. Dillon's well,
le trustees and teachers will do
erything in their power to proit
and preserve the health of the
ildren and parents need have
y fears that children entrusted
the school authorities will beposed
to any dangers. School
II open at 9 o'clock Monch^
>i mux; anu a irrsn supply Oly
esian water will kept in each
>m until the school well is combed.
R. ELLERBE ABLE TO
WALK.
Marion, Sept. 6.?The friends
Congressman J. E. Ellerbe are
lighted to see him on the streets,
ain on foot after being laid up
r several months with the bron
leg which he received in
ashington during the extra ses>n
of congress. It will be reembered
that Mr. Ellerbe slipd
on the floor of the Metropolin
hotel and broke his leg in tfee
11. Though he has not dlscardl
his crutches, he can make
me use of the injured leg, and
will not be long before he has
itirely recovered.
^??-?H>
PROF. COLCOCK \
COMPLETES SURVEY.
Has Secured all the Data
He Wants in Reference to
Area of Marion County
and Returns to Columbia.
Prof. Colcock and his party of
surveyors completed their work
Thursday and returned to Columbia
that night. Prof. Cylertck
spent Wednesday ni^ht at the
Price Court Inn aftd in reply to an
interrogation from a Herald man
he said-tfiat he had about all the
d^ta he needed and after running
another line or two on the ' <
lowing day he would return to
Columbia. It will be a month
before Prof. Colcock can make a
report to the governor. After
spending a dav in Columbia he
will go on to Brevard, X. C.,
where he will spend a two week's
vacation before school opens.
Returning to Columbia he will
begin the preparation of the ivpor:
he will submit to the governor and
this work will require about two
week's time, therefore it is seen
that at least a month will elapse
before the report is placed in the
hands of Gov. Ansel. Of course.
Prof. Colcoek would give out
nothing concerning the survey
and 110 one has any idea whether
his report will be adverse or favorable
to the New County. All he
would say was that he was em
ployed to run certain lines in the
u.,, ..in 1 1 t
? V.? , HI !' MUM I ,
and that lie could not say jxisitiv? ly
whether or not Marion contained
more than 9n<> square miles
without making a survey of the
entire county. This view of the
situation is shared by other wellknown
surveyors who are in possession
of the facts bearing' on the
matter and really no one can see
what is to be gained by this useless
expenditure of money, except
time, which all along seems
to have be<jn the essence, of the
fight p u t up by the opposition.
Frof. Colcock's survey, it is understood.
has been greatly delayed
by the taking of pluses at every
angle and readings at other points
for the purpose of making a topographical
map of the county. No
one can understand what connection
there is between a topographical
survey of a county and a survey
to determine the length of
a county. JSueh a map would be
of value to no one except the
county and the county would not
be showing the part of wisdom by
putting several thousand dollarsinto
a topographical map when
the money could be spent to much
better advantage building good
roads and better bridges f
course, the citizens of Marion aie
to pay for the test survey, but at
the risk of appearing captious or
hypercritical The Herald would
like to be made acquainted with
the reason for this topographical
survey? /
^hkeaboro(N. C.) Patriot.
Crazed by Snake Poison.
La Cross, Wis., August 21.?
Made mad hv a onmhinaHnn r>f hpp
and rattlesnake poison, R. Lane,
a farmer of French Creek, fought
his companions for three hours
until medical aid arrived. One
of the men killed a rattlesnake
and donning a pair of gloves
skinned the reptile.
In the afternoon Lane borrowed
the gloves to wear while loading
lumber. While engaged in
this work he disturbed a nest of
little yellow bees, which stur.g
him on the neck and arm and in
fighting them he kept rubbing the
gloves on the spots where the bees
had punctured the skin.
The poison took effect at once
and Lone became a maniac. He
is recovering.
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