g w The Dillon Herald. __ w PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. h< A. B. JORDAN Editor. n< ? p, SUBSCRIPTION. SI.SO PER YEAR sv _________________ *s si Entered at the poktofflce at Dlllou. 8. C.. w CC aeroud-ctaaa mail matter* ^ ca Wllon. S. C.. OcUfr' 7. 1909. h< o\ mmxammm . _ . as -g Commander Pearv will malre a u. fatal mistake if he does not get th Mr. Wiswall to do a "little figur- Ct ing" on Dr. Cook's observations. ar ? fa The magnetic wave that parasc lyzed telegraph wires over half the world might have been caused a* by the hot air Taft is giving the West on the tariff. G L. We suggest that the American Society of Scientific Research take up the New County matter and do a little practicing before they tackle the polar controversy. , le S It is rather singular that Count p< Zepplin's air navigation school tx opened with only four pupils, e: when the foot-ball colleges always ai open at their full capacity. si .. h There is money in 12 cents eotton n when a farmer can gather 4,100 " pounds of seed cotton from two S1 acres. But such tales of fabulous 11 yields do not excite much comment now. 11 w Wylie said Farnum gave him ^ $400 to help him (Wylie) get elected on the board. Now the Sumter Watchman and Southron wants to know who got the $400 w If Wylie's "conscience" is forcing 11 his confessions he has omitted the most important part of his testi__ a) mony. st n The cotton manufacturers are l ni worried because the price, ot yarns is not advancing al<5ng with the ^ price of cotton. But the southern ^ consumer is not worried over the si price of the manufactured article. He is perfectly willing to pay $20 t for a $10 suit if^the price of cotton p will go to 15 cents per pound. a The cotton crop is shorter than m it has been in years and the sec- w ond ginner's report, issued on jt Monday, was decidely "bullish\>^ but the price of cotton did not Advance but 25 points in New York. 'v If the condition had been revers- ^ ed cotton would haye dropped 100 w points. The bears are making a ctrnnor fifrVit r\ty fV*** morl/nf OVAVM6 V?** bliV lilftiftVl, UUL for once in their lives the farmers ^ have the situation in hand and ^ they ought to hold it. When the SI south sells enough cotton to pay ** its debts it will be independent and the surplus cotton ought to be stored in bonded warehouses and e< kept there until the price reaches j1 15 cents per pound. The Herald lh has never believed in 15 cents cot- p ton but everything points so strong ^ ly to a higher price for the staple c< that it firmly believes cotton will ^ reach the 15 cents notch befcre n January 1st. The farmers of the ^ south will make a mistake to. ^11 ? more than enough cotton to paV d their debts. They ought to makfc the most of this opportunity to w force the price of the staple to a ^ new high level. ?. h Southern spinners are unnecces- b sarily alarmed over the high price S of cotton and the low price of b yarn. Several years ago when h the mill situation was so acute the A spinners held a meeting in Char- tl lotte to discuss ways and means aj of putting the price of the raw p material and the manufactured ar- la tide further apart. After several w pessimists had addressed the T meeting and declared that bank- ti ruptcy was staring every southern ai cotton mill in the face, D. A. d Tompkins said he was not afraid pi m^r' to Invest money in southern mill a as .shipped across the Mason and *ixon line - His optimism, back- ( 1 by the sound philosophy of his 1 ords, put new life into the manfacturers and tbev returned 3ine and vent to work with reswed energy. In the face of resent conditions the position asimed by southern manufacturers I without justification. European )inners are buying heavily and >tton is being rushed to Liverx>l as fast as the steamships can Lrry it. New England is not >lding meetings and howling rer the high price of cotton, but buying every bale it can get its inds on at present prices. If ie southern manufacturer can't .mpete with the New England id European manufacturer the ult cannot be attributed to the gh price of cotton; there is imething wrong with the manrement of his mil!. Speaking of the death of Ex- j overnor McSweeney the Gaffney edger says: "He arose from i >scurity to a position of honor I irough a chain of circumstances, * id acquired a comfortable commence through industry." But ien are not all of us, more or ' ss, creatures of circumstances? ^ cores of good presidents are 5 During over ledger.- and account " Doks, and thousands of men of tecutive ability are moulding ] ad shaping steel bars in machine ? aops. Tillman will go down in < istory as a gTeat man, but is it ot possible that Tillman would ( ave remained in obscurity if a < pirit of unrest had not seized the ' lasses of the people just about the , me Tillman made his appearance [ \ the political arena? The time ] rill come when Roosevelt's name ? rill adorn the pages of history, ut the world might have never eard of Roosevelt if it had not een for the Spanish-American rar, while on the other hand the lap of Europe would nave re- < lained unchanged had Napolean < een born 40 years earlier. Look t tUte lives of nearly all the great 1 :atesman and warriors whose! ames are linked with the history ; E the world and it will be found . lat some great political uoheaval rought them into prominence. < nd so does that irresistable 1 >mething_that moulds and shapes ' le lives of men go right on down > the humbler walks of life, hilosophers call it' 'opportunity,'' J le thoughtless and indifferent j ill it "luck," but whatever it is 1 lost men succeed because of it, ' nue very tew succeed in spite o? ' _ Here is the way the papers s ill write up weddings ten years , snce: "The bride looked very ell in a traveling dress, but all fes were centered upon the j room. He wore a dark suit that s tted his form perfectly and in his J linty gloved hands he carried a s nail rose. His curly hair was ^ ^autifully done, and a delicate ' dor of hair oil of the best quality 1 oated down the aisle as he passi. The young people will miss im now that he is married. He i loved by all for his many accomlishments, his tender grace and is winning ways. The bride :>mmands a good salary as bookeeper and the groom will miss one of the luxuries to which he | OQ cfnrr.o^ A ? ?MWMUbviuvu* i x V.i UWU f pretty men saw him off at the epot. A f^old chain and locket whichf ere lost in Buckingham a few ays ago were recovered in a sinular manner. A gentleman and is wife, to whom the articles 1 elonged, lost them duringa walk. | everal days after what seemed to e the chain and locket were seen I anging upon a telephone wire, j .ladder was .obtained, and as lere was nothing t o rest it gainst some men held it a perendicular position while the idy's husband ascended and uuound the chain from the wire, he find proved to be the lost -easure. The theory is that the rticles were picked up by a jackaw which alighted on the telebone wire and that the wind Mised the chain to swing until it >ecame wound around the wire. There will be a special meeting < of the Civic League on Friday afiernoon promptly at 5.30 o'clock in the Town Hall. All members are urged to be pre pent as important business is to be transacted. New members are also cordially invited to join. It is time for the members of the League to get busy ;utcr the summer's rest and it is earnestly hoped that all will ?me to this meeting with new ideas and plans for civic improvement. Mr. J. W. Moore butchered a cow a few days ago that had two hearts. The hearts were distinctly formed and were not growing logether or twin hearts, as one might suppose.?Camden Messenger. I C^i _ - a SPECIAL M3LUMN. Farm Land for Sale. I will sell for cash, or on easy :erms, some of the best farming ands in upper Marion county. One farm of 700 acres with good esidences and necessary out buildings, on the Cashua public oad leading West from Little Rock. J. D. McLucas, Marion, S. C: : : : ? Lr you don't pay a cent for it. Pays you for all losage and damages. Give us a trial. Geo. Brunson, Agt. . Office in Brunsons Drug Store. Throw away that piece of stove your wife is trying to cook on and ^et an O. K. stove from Wheeler Hardware Co. It is the best meiium price stove on the face of the ;arth. We buy them in car lots. For Sale.?40 acres good farm land, one mile from Dillon, on Little Rock road. Apply to J. W. King, or W. A. Blizzard at Dillon lt^ - a a. I nuwe s. ti. j I For Sale.?Place containing 8 t teres, one mile front Passenger Sta- I Lion. Good land for trucking or \ cotton. S. T. Rogers, Dillon. *t. i For Sale.?350 acres of land, 200 acres under good state of cul:ivation; 7 room dwelling, Health:ul, 2 miles from Kingstree, Williamsburg County, Good water, rerms easy. Will be sold within JO days. ALSO several small pieces ganging from 50 to 200 acres. \NApply at once to N\ H. E. Montgomery, 9-3b-4t. Kingstree, S. C. If you are in the market for a ?ewing machine inspect our line Defore vou buy. Our machines ire made by the Standard Sewing Machine Co. and are unexcelled, ind the price is low. Wheeler hardware Co. ?. r. beaty. r. n. beaty. BEATY & BEATY civil engineers. Office over L. C. Braddy Co's. DILLON. CHARLESTON. Musical And Festival Week. October 25-30. russian symphony orchestra The best organized and most uniform in talent in the United States, supported by a splendid chorus of two hundred male and female voices. Special rates from all points in South Carolina. Ask the preacher Ask the Doctor Ask the Lawyer Ask the hanker. r" ' ~ ' a] l ? | One Car Crescent Stoves 1 I and Ranges J! ^ ^ ' Stoves made. Every one iS | absolutely guaranteed, thty^ ZC are the prettiest line ever~~^ ^3; shown, and prices right. ? ii i iii iiiimT EI WE SOLD 12 ^3 *~- Celebrated Malleable Ranees i HBB^^HbIH last week, the finest on earth, they ^5 have advantages over any other Range . made. Come in and see us we can fix W ;1 , J^Z you from a $6.50 stove to a $65.00 BH||H ?ZZ Malleable Range and guaraneee very one. ZZS ^ We want your business. 9*^- ^vQ rc^2 ^ (111Inn Harrluarp f nmnanv 3 nui unui u vjuih|juiij ^3 -~*m j phrv fwtiiitiUUUttitii iiUMiiittiittUMiK i ?- . ?I .... .... _ . - ?= 4 | The Perfect S \ I Garment? I Designed by the Master de- ^ I jjj ipr /jit measurcu ana cui on lines as r Wk ^jH| Suits, Extra Skirts and Corsets, ^ | I W. H. DUNBAR 1 9 a N MM