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[ Thfv* DiCCoti iCeratd. ?7 , b b t ESTABLISHED IN 1895. DILLON. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 25, 1909. VOL. 15, NO. 43 $25,000.90 IN CASH. Vr, Donation of the Messrs. DilP > Ion to be Ued in the Erection of the Court House and Jail De)osited Equally in the Two Banks. * A Herald man \*as shown two checks of $12,50(.00 each the other day which represents the $25,000.00 Messrs. ]. W. and T. A. Dillon have donated for the erection of a court house and jail, provided the county seat of the New County is located at Dillon. ? The checks ire made payable to Mr. W. T. lethea, trustee and treasurer of the New County Central Executive Committee, which ~--w"plaoes the fund absolutely in the j hands of Mr. Btthea. / At each of thibanks the Mes?ir< f Dillon have debited $12,500.00 in hard cash t? meet the checks and as the cashsrs at both banks have certified to the checks there is nothing for he New County commissioners tcdo but call on Mr. Bethea and get the money - ^ immediately aftei the bill to create the New Cotnty has passed the legislature ar.l the commissiomers have beer appointed. There is no >romise on the part of the Messri. Dillon. The money has been doosited in thi? ' banks and the checcs have been issued without any strings tied to them and the fundis no longer in the hands of the coitributors. Twenty-five thoisand dollars is a big sum of inone? for two individuals to contribut< to a public 1 cause but the Messs. Dillon have k had the matter under consideration for some months aid the gift was frj^Tt^andvCheerfuliy made at the C ->ro peime. ? Th is probably the largest araou of motey ever contributed I to a plic cause by two individuals ithe history of the state. Lifea Funny Proposition. I 1^- Aancomes into this world with^ ut hs consent and leaves it ,^<^Bgrains his will. During his stay n earh his time is spent in one ontimous round of contraries Bnd msunderstandings by the balSnCve o our species. In his inlancy he is an angel; in his boy iood he is a devil; in his manBiood lie is everything from a lizMivd. up; in his duties he is an utter wool, if he raises a family he is a chump; if he raises a small check he is 1 thief, and then the law raises the devil with him; if he is a poor man he is a poor manager and hts no sense; if he is rich he ? is dishonest, but considered smart; it he ii in politic; he is a grafter > fl and a troak; if he is out of poli .tics yoi can't place him, as he is fl {in undesirable citizen, if he goes I to chuich he is a hypocrite, if he I stays avay from church he is a I sinner tnd is damned; if he donates I to foreign missions he does it fcr show; if he doesn.t he is stingy M and a tght-wad. When he first i comes ~.nto the world everybody wants to kiss him?before he goes out they all want to kick him. If he dies young there was a great m future before him; if he lives to a M ripe old age he is simply in the * wav and living to save funeral ex ^B| penses. Life is a funny road, but JL' we all like to travel it just the M same.?Selected. m : COMING. I' Nov. 29th-30th. m The Comedian. John B. Willis and Company "Two Old Cronies" (mostly girls) ir Comedians? Singers? Dancers ? Price Beauty Chorus?Gorgeous jfl Costumes?Special Scenery. KIND WORDS FROM A VISITOR. Florence, S. C., 11-19-09To The Herald: I am just back from District 2 K. P. Convention in Dillon, and fearing all the good things relative to what was done might not be said, I shall add a feeble expressions. The night of the 17th and school auditorium was the time and place arranged by the Committee for the first meeting owing and to the delay of the train in bringing the grand C. C. Rembert and others the meeting was not called to order until after 10 o'clock. Dr. A. J. Evans presided over the meet ing which was a public one and in his introductions he proved himself fitted for the position* The K. of P. opening ode was first sung by Miss Gertrude Browser's vocal class of girls accompanied on the piano by Miss Myrtle Beauman; "Lightly, Lightly" .was then rendered by the class, after which they replied to an encore in a pretty selection, '' Dixie Moon'' The next on the program deserves a master pen, more than mine tc describe; for the talented Miss Kathryn Whitley of Charlotte, N. C., had been selected to give a recitation on Daymon and Pythias, and I feel sure, from the hearty, and prolonged applause of the large gathering, that its equal had never before been giver in Dillon, and I only wish every Castle Hall in this broad domain of ours could have the same. The one selected to first welcome the delegates, was the noble and very dignified Pyth-1 ian, H. K. Cottingham and to prove the committee made no mis-1 take in their selection I will say that the good Bro. did himself J proud, and talked himself out of business. His narrative of '' Moonshine fishing" led us to believe that he got his inspiration from moon shine on the outside rather than from the inside. Mr. E- R. Hamer then followed with appropriate words, when G. D. Douglas Mclntyre replied in behalf of the delegates, the Hon. J E. Ellerbee was called on and pleasantly responded and was followed by G. C. C- Remberton Pythianism. As late as the hour and the unfavorable situation Mr. Rembert gave the audience a treat they were not looking for and his speech of an hour I will not comment on further than to say he held his audience until after midnight and then they were not anxious to say quit, when he closed his remarks. In the forenoon of the 18th, the District Lodge was called together by Grand Deputy Mclntyre and the time passed too swiftly to do the work that had to be done, the detail of which I leave for the appointed reporter to narrate; will simply state that Mr. Rembert gave the convention, in the closing hour words that will surely bring a harvest of good things in the days to come. Convention closed 1 P. M., 8 P. M. Dillon Lodge met in their Castle Hall for their regular meeting, and several of the delegates were present to enjoy all that was coming, which included talks from the visitors (the writei can say but little for he was one of them) and the advancement in rank from Page to Esquire of S. T. Bailey and C. L. Daniel, and I can tell vou that with the help at hand the lessons were well given and Pythianism made stronger by the exercises. When the meeting closed the surprise came in the shape of a well preoared lunch, coffee and cigars, and since the writer did not smoke he had to eat, and my only wish was, that there might be more Dillon's and more of us to enjoy the things that Dillon has to give. Yours truly, W. H. Bartlett. The Dillon Herald $1.50 a year, j DILLONITES AT RALEIGH. 1 he National Farmer's Conj ress held at the capital of the O North State some weeks ago \vj a repetition of the one held ; Oklahoma last year. Represent; tive men and women from 34 stat* were in attendance. It was a occasion in which our Tar He friends d i d themselves proiu The accredited delegates from th congressional district were Vic* President H. McRae, J.J. McKa W. B. Allen. E. C. Edwards ar last, but not least, our gay Latl ario, (). C. Hayes, who kindly r< lieved David Bethca of his duti( as a delegate. The disseminata of ideas that tend to the bette ment of the agricultural class ar educating them along scientit lines is one of ?hc chief objects * these annual gatherings. Mar. able and encouraging sneccht were made and papers were rea< one especially by a talented lac on "the drink habit." The lac and her subject so impressed M Hayes that he soupht an introclu tion and his < rst query was "a you married?" "Alas, yes," si she said, "but I have ever wantc a,man like you." Then deep clown in Haves' hea Cupid's dart had struck, He rushed away to another ;*roi Hopinjr tor better luck. Mr. Hayes saw the whole sho\ He was domiciled at the Tarbo notei and would make daily excu sions to the congress and tl museum. At the latter place 1 he saw many wonderful thing but his trip out to a model fatin a S4.000 auto and with a mo charming young lady as his cot panion capped the climax of h enjoyment. The free excursion to Palml Sound and the grand oyster bill was all that could be desire Hut our friend Hayes was .all cy in this swell set of beauties from . states. Eagerly he watched ( him) this angelic throng. Ev< now his ribs are sore from the e; cited pounding of his great b heart. For one thing Mr. Hay deserves the plaudits of the enti new county. His patriotism sto< the test. An exquisitely beautif young lady from the Hoosier sta fe*>l a victim to his manly propo tions and by every blandishmei known to the faix sex tried take him boldly oft" to her westei home. Here the true patriot shoi in resplendant light. His vote t Dec. 14th. was paramount to i other considerations. Hurrah f< Brother Hayes! Would that the were more like him. ?J ^ Hi ^ TWO OLD CRONIES. tMacon Telegraph.) Two Old Cronies at the Grar last night had a good audience bi not so large as the excellence i the show by The Willis Compar deserved. John B. Willis ar Harry Mack as Prof. Kreitzmey* andO'Donovan Duff, respectivel' were very funny, the German di; lect of the Professor being perfec The two comedians on sever occasions brought down the hous< The ladies of the company wei heard to great advantage in seve al of the latest popular songs ar choruses, and while pretty to lot at they also possess good, we trained voiees. Miss Kate He ston makes a big hit with her dan ing. The whole company did mo creditable work and should ha^ large audiences to-night and t morrow matinee and n.orVif oo H j performance is certainly one | the funniest and best staged th 1 has been in Macon this seaso j They will appear at the Dillc I Opera House Nov. 26*27. Tic ets on sale at Brunson's Dri Store. I ^ >! ^ The Dillon Herald $1.50 a yea . . ,... . l \ l The Abuse of Those Who Mould the Future of Our Country. The president of one ot our State 1S Colleges told the following incident at sometime ago, at an educational a. gathering: He said that a few days before he had received the following letter?"Dear Dr.. We nerd ,t in teacher for our school. We want i el man not less than thirty years <>t 1. age, who is married, has had not js less than ten years experience is a teacher and is a graduate. We will be able to pay him forty dollars per Ly month for five months." Five id times forty are two hundred do! i- la'rs a year for a man with a fame. ily, experience and an education. What negro who runs a share crop "* doesn't make double this amount? Then add to this fact that for the r- other seven months during tinid year he makes nothing, for as :c everyone knows, any one who , gives his life to teaching is unsuitJ ed for anything else. No man >V can do anything outside his vocals tion. Now take into consideration ;Pt the fact that you intrust to this jv man the care of your children and ' that on him depends the future ^ welfare of your country and that r- you arc paying him for this mestic mable service the iniscrable pit id the circumstances in a matter >k about which he thought it would be :1- profitable to "go to law. ' 1- "You think I hev a good case?" c- he finally asked. "Very good, indeed!" the lawycr assured hitn. "You should certainly.bring suit." o "What would your fee be fer the whole* thing," the farmer 1e asked. "Fifty dollars," was the prompt at response. q. The client pulled out an okl >n wallet, extracted a roll of bills and , counted out $50. "Now," he said, "you hev got all you would get out of this case anyhow; so s'pose you tell me honestly just what you think my chances of winiq' a suit are." r. ?The Green Bag. ) ... j ,..L, re lanLc wi iwu nunureu uonars a 1C year- This is a case for the hitI inane society to take in charge This is not an extreme case at all, lint is the rnlc, rather than an rt exception, for in my report to the State Superintendent of halm a tion, the average salary for white teacliers in this county i- three hundred dollars, and if you leave v. otT the town schools we will lind ^ that it fails to two hundred dollars for the others. Now what do r I you think of the other schools in ie the State when w e stand up ie among' the fu>t counties? s, Any kiud of a teacher is worth m double the salary he gets and no teacher falls short of his duty cxs cept in one particular and this is n" that he is a human being. The lis One Great Teacher whom all teachers are expected to emulate co was a God. Of course no teacher , t has ever yet been able to reach e the standard that Christ set for him, but just think for a moment es and see if really down in your 34 heart you do not expect your to teacher to be just as he was. For instance, if your child is ;n dull and stupid, do you not expect x" the teacher to take him and in ig some miraculous mannci make an es intelligent man of him? If lie is re unruly and cannot be managed at home do you not expect the teacher to take him and make him ul sweet tempered and law abiding? ie ii mc readier does take him and r. punish him as he deserves: do you nt not indict him for cruelty? Then what do you expect of your teachto er? Remember that he is only a rn human being and can not as Christ ie did remove mountains nor cast )n out devils. Often we hear peoole say that the teacher is a good one, but she is ill naturcd. Is 3r your temper very sweet on rainy re days when all the children are in 4. the home? Just think of it then when your teacher has from fift\ to sixtv children in her room all day. There are teachers in this countv that are wealing away their lives at that for the bcnefii of your id children and for this they neither L1t receive credit nor remuneration to 0? the extent that they deserve. When we have learned to look af Iy schools from the teachers' point o l(l view and not till then will we have sr good schools, yr Very truly, a' Jcx- P. Lane. al INSURING HIS HONESTY. e. A shrewd old Vermont farmer re came into a lawyer's office the r- other day and proceeded to relate Coast Line Will Double Track. , I ? '{ichniond. Va.. N'oyemhcr Hi./ ?The stockholder- ot the .\t!auf'tit-C??ast Line Railroad met hetv todav .mil tv i !? ted the >ld d:tv< . tors, who re-clot cd ail the old s. 1 A semi-annual !:yidend <?tt the e in nion stock ot a :kt cent, payable { in January. was do 1. A blanket wort pijjeot'SJtMi.dtMi, I i>00. ami a spei ;.i. issro ? ! delicti tare lsmds ot 5t>n,ooo oiinv:;-, ible into omitiion stock at ^l.v^i was authorized, these issues tm coyer outstanding obligations. The issuance >:" >jno,oin .noo 1 in bonds is niainh to provide fori' the double track in a ot l.Soo ni'k- ! ot" tiie main line of llu road tr >tn !:i Rielmioml south. The impvow ttu-nt is designed t > make the A.- ' lantie Coast Line the greatest h trunk route ot the Atlanta- mm hoard, and includes the erection tl of shops and new ti nninals a- w 1 as the dotiok tracking. Mrs. M. C. Harrelsot, Suicides. .Mill!ilis Knt ipiis : Tile sad news w is n-. . n-n! ti. ' at an early hoi,i mi last Mond.n\ ; morning l>v h> r husband. <>1 the!v tragic death oi Mrs. >'. C. Ilar-I* relsoti, who t????k her life by bane iny herself at the State hospital in !. Columbia sot? t me during the'. I 1 night of N< ?v- ) l*.h. !. The ImmIv was f< ittidat f? o'clfiok J| on Mon 1 ?v m?>rn: 1 I *r. Sny j der. \\ nil : lopi'. . ile n fr?ni the' ' straight nu kel ' whit ii she wore, ; aroiuul her neek. hanging from .. . vvi Hi' nv* \eil i i " ' > Mrs. 1 IiiiTcl ?n's mind had been I in ;i bad coiiditi ?r aboui ; r. ! She was taken t<? a h'?; ilai in W 1 mintfton last May. bat was ..iter removed to Oilumbia. I!er condition. mentally and physically, was improving t - such an extent that she would ha-a been able to return home in a couple of weeks, H in fact, at the time of lu-r death!! she was stouter and stronger than she had been in ten years. Mrs. 11 aire 1 soil is survived by , her husband and one little soil, ; besides bei mother, Mrs. Rebecea McMillan, anil two sisters and ciyfht brothers. She was jo years ! of ajje. The body was brought here', Monday evening f >r burial and i the funeral services were held 1 yesterday mornim; at b1 .so o'clock conducted by l<ev. J. b. Daniel, , assisted by Revs. I>. T ller and i 1?. K. Mason, at Millers, at which > church deceased was a member K.M.ll I \ i - iohii en o< u :ooi i. ,\ laP'V llllllHK'l' i V oi svmpathi/.invr triends leathered', t to render their i.ist tribute of re-jv spcct. When deceased was taken t< ! the State hospital the doctors! there diagnosed her disease as j, pellagra, and it seented that herfli principal purpose was self destrue- s tion front the very bcjrinninj;: she :i having made several attempts otilj, her life even before she was earn- ] ed off for treatment. The stricken faittilv have the!" sympathy of the entire commanity. ! > Free State News. t Mr. Curtis LcCctte of Lanes''1 spent Sunday with iiis parents here. 11 i? Mrs. W. L. Tillman of Bennetts- j r ville spent a few days last week ! v with relatives m this section. t Mr. I). L. Cottintfhant ??f Wih^d* mitprton'visited his sister, Mrs. V ! Oscar Fenejran. Wednesday last. Mrs. 12. C. Mo >re, who ha* been visitin.y relatives in Marlboro, rei turned home a week or twoatfo. I ? Mr. Kufus Allen of Bennetts- p ville is expected home to spend , 1 Thanksgiving with his parents, j Mr. and Mrs. 1) 12. Allen. | ) ' Miss Mary Hays has yone to Au- ^ i jjusta to visit her sister, Mrs, I John Dunnawav. 1 , tl I Mr. J. P. Rojrcrs of Columbia. j came to visit his parents some \ ; time ago and has t>ecn confined t<> 1' his bed with an attack of tonsoli- ;i is. * it Mr. A. C. Ray went to I'ittsboro, r N. C.t on a business trip last * week. Cor. o V\ W OUTSIDE VIEW OF NEW COUNTY. he Following from the Florence Times Shows how T?iose on the Outside View the Effort to Divide Marion County. There is ii'.t .. thin*. considered i 1 ;it all l<> da\ except tile s ai.tl tin new county fi>4lit. 'Ii< interest it the new county :h: ' elite s chi Sly around the tie M* >sts. I>i!lon ot" 5_>5.i i to'- the erection ot a courtottsv. and tail. The S25,'KH) ti er of Little- Ro. k on condition li tt tile court house- should he >e-alcd lte'ie-, was thought at one :-r. to have h e ll ail etToft to split h new c unity people In exeittc a taet-onttl liyht het ween llietiii *\vs. ;< t: i; has t\ su1te*<i in opera itv.f in tiic opp'.-ite- direction, i n>- etui aid;'.e f- ail indications a t now Tite |>illon Herald this .. . . i i i ,> wuiei; in iciayeu i<? print Hint- thi' m \v matters coming ;; i'li*M - a u;< >-i admirable eda'' : .tn this ;>apcr is the ; ... ;ri 'he new county . it na> i e t..k a as authoritutiv u. which it i- stated that h t l>e t' '.ie;ht n; iw was a: . tin. locution of the v'.'.s .i side issue en. 1.. ttk R- iek. Latta < ?r .a : lace that the ><>oplc o iie eel >!. cut oil. valued, had a 1 - at- and might lay them ' V'.u; and the one dc!."the greater number of v .vould tin- place select cel. I? i. .:i was not hoggish in the matter. The 1 Utile K'i'k donation, instead "i being a lump of dynamite it11 >lo\v i th?' new project as so in.tin in nylit has .-venimyly dune yrc.it y< t<> tlu cause of the new .minty advocates. They will certainly have the c>urthouse mil ail wi'inmt. i i i? on; eiuliture of any r.? >ney. The 1" at ion f<>r which Mr. Dil<>n sne.iks is one that meets with in.- :;cni ral approval of the pco i?. of I >i 1 i< >ii and of the county nerali; . It is ?.11 Main street, wo si|uues from she railroad iaeny the street and the main busiicss h<>u>c>, and yet far enough >ut to he f've from the turmoil of asinesN. It is a charming locaion. Nothing is said about the tattle of the new county in the eticrofMr. l>illon. though it is indcr* ood that he would be glad o ii.tvc bear the name of the own a.: . its founder, but as there S' !! , who liylit oil that pfopoit oti, Mr. I Mlioii makes no pro ision in that matter, which will trobablv result in securing more otcs for the name "Dillon" couny than if no action had been taken >y iiim . t all. or if lie had made hat condition. It is yen rally conceded that Dil>n is going to win out on this ight. The old county people cent to have exhausted all of their minimi*, ion, exploded all of their nines and are readv to except the allot box. There is no telling, towever. there arc all sorts of luick turns in these lights and no lew county is safe until it has aiidcd completely. Interest is running high here, sew county headquarters are >pened where the voters are taken are of and business is transacted nd ii is re.allv surprising the tivngth gained by the new conns' advocates lately. The winning" t Latta was the greatest achievenen. They count certainly on ictory in the election, (though w??-thirds majority is hard to get, / nd may be missed by a mighty / L'W VOteS. // \ 4/ \ . . In his haste to sidetrack a train t the Harrison street crossing I the A. C. L. Saturday, a negro hrcw the swith too quick and he heavy engine pulling the ?c:il f* :ght left the rails and In :heu its way through the road ed for several yards. The denied engine was helpless until lie northbound local freight came long and pushed it back on the nils. Ouite a crowd gathered round the helpless monster while was being pushed back on the ails and there many suggestions rom the si>ectators as to how "it ught to be done." 4