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V Tffa DiCCon Kera&. mferABUSHED IN 1895. DILLON. SOUTH CAROLINA, THUREDAY. DECEMBER 23, 1909. VOL 15, NO. 48 in MEW COUNTIES ARE ORGANIZED. as Easy Jab to Pat the ! oanty Jachinery m Mo- . ion and to Keep it Workif Saaootbly. The Pri- ( Kary Next Spring. gfccmgh the election is over the new county is won the , ic is still interested in the ; ition, and now that there are tore battles to fight The Herald turn its attention to the matthat will absorb the people in ( onronivotiAn vi. wuv wuuijr tfnery. It is not an easy j er to put the county machin- ' a motion and to keep it running jthly. There is lots of work i done before the new county hold court in its own court e and the commissinors who be appointed to look after the ' ic buddings, the transcribing < e records.the apportionment of ounty's * indebtedness and the y other details incident to the tter will earn every dollar of 12 per diem they will receive j heir work. < H?gAii6iiiBv step cu.tr i me canvassjr jpjf'fcoards have passed upon the , BVflEorns from the election is to get Sr aiM through the general assem- { creating the new county of [^tlTon. Calhoun was named in M^Pba^Btition under which the elecB>ou was oxdered, but of course, cttMbtiame will not be considered 1 fcajfe the bill to create the county. ^fllk-general assembly meets Jan. BjtfgUth. and the bill can be introduc- j gflflPfal soon as the legislature is ( ftSqunized. Senator Montgomery BT^hay^een asked to introduce the J *Wl in the senate, and Mr. R. P. 1 Hv2fa&er has been asked to intro- 1 Bg NtpCB the bill in the House. In < BS| 'Y Wll are named three or more , Ewho are to look of organizing: the 1 lery and to supe*- 1 ion of the" pnblic ] tie fund tor the erec- : >lic buildings will be 1 the commissioners the plans made for ! idings and then ad- < ids. The commisIso vested with, au- , jrtion the county's to transcribe the 1 be books of the sevetaof county govern- 1 in turn vhe whole icers who will be j iminister the uew rs. After the regul- ' officers have taken 1 nmissioners will sur- i ammissions and the j IW UMiVUlUVl J Will Ut 111 lie bill to create the new I, Erie not delayed in the legis the primary should be held to the spring and the new < ty may be Folding its first 1 of court by June or July. 1 lb commissioners also have < fivilege of naming the salaries ^ ?e different officers. i ? 1 A Correction. 1 litor Herald: In your last is- t k>u published an account of t ad death of Mrs. H. Witcover c lb you were evidently misin- t ed I desire to correct same 1 P both my departed sister- in- c Mrs. E. H. Whitcover and 'f Cher, Mrs. C. S. Whitcover. Bioat of friends both in counLd state'of South Carolina I a fit you publish this letter, s state Mrs. H. Whitcover was e T of Mrs. Max Fass, Mrs. t cover was wife of Hyman lifer of Marion and was Mrs. |to8 s4&ter-in-law (not moth- * Witcover was about a old and is survived by a a aid and 4 childred. Marion b8n her home since her* mar- R ye^irrgtr ^^tolptooor mother, Mrs. C. S. ii JgyBHhpr she is at present a gruest p IgjPk. and Mrs. Max Fass and is J years old and in the besf and we hope that she urll fWs^gjpMd to us for a good many * come. Pincus Witcover li yjP^FTlB-Herald regrets very much it ?w!>^^fctt>0ate error r^erre^p^? t JMM& was a very busy one in e [afSSfc rRpald office and the reporter 8 B^Hfilklan account of Mrs. Wit- t t J8^ffinrTi^aeath without making any ? to the particulars. S^M^^^counTof the sad circum- c mSKSMwbL A,Si1 \vU 'J Conference Appointment*. [Marion bit trie t. ] Marion District?R. E. Stacl house, presiding elder; Blenheii S. J. Bethea; Brittin's Neclc-,* P. Meadors, Jr.; Brownsville, C M. Peeler; Bucksville, O. > Roundtree; Centenary, W. 5 Meyers; Conway, G. E. Edward: Conway, E. E. Scoggins; Clio, C C. Herbert; Dillon. W. C- Kirl land; Gallivants; J. W. Bailej Latta, J. E. Carlisle; ILatta, B. . Guess; Little River, W. R. Barne: Little Rock, W. C. Owen; Lorii H. L. Singleton; Marion, S. I Harper; Marion, J. A. McCrav Mullins, J. L. Daniel; Mullin: circuit, W. A. Beckham; Nort Mullins. W. B. Baker; Waccaroav S. M. Jones; conference secretai of education. W. C. Kirkland. Tillman Talks About Clemson. Senator Tillman says it's "s non-sense" about his being pr sident of Clemson. "rv^ J ? rvu mi Liu my wruii something: about it?" "Oh' it isn't worth writing: abo Nobody but a blame fool woul ;ver think of such a thing:." "Well, but, you know, I wri for the blame fools as well as tl ather folks." Only "blamed" wasn't the wort "The presidency of Clemson, said the senator, "requires son peculiar training:. The presidei should be a man of culture as wc as experience in agn*iculture at industrial education, a man of ex sutive ability, also a man of a tivity for which he must have goc health and strength. I migl have some ot these qualities; ion't know. But I have not ha my training as an educator, ar it my time of life I would be afo to branch out into a new field, have been doing all I could as member of the board to get ever thing to running smoothly, 1 straighten out the kinks, and gi iown to business. "Yes, several men have at dif srenttimes suggested it tome, bi I never gave it a serious thougl because the thing was so man festly out of tne question." Senator Tillman seems deep! interested in Clemson college, ar whenever the subject is mentionc he drops what he is doing or sa ing, becomes thoughtful and se ious, and talks about it. i nmxncr new uwray "oouquers. flews and Courier: We beg to extend to the peop )f the territory which will be en araced in the new county of Di Ion, and especially to the citizer jf the enterprising: town froi which that county will take it lame, our heartiest congratuk ions and best wishes upon th realization of their ambitious hope iVe trust that they will see to hat the new county shall quickl ake a foremost place among: th >ther South Carolina counties, < vhich it will be the forty-thirc it ought to do so. Its lands ma ?urt comparison with any to b ound in the entire South, bein wonderfully productive, havin ilreadybeen brought to a hig tate of cultivation, and bein asy to till. Its citizens are in elligent, energetic, educated an efiined, and they have show hemselves to be possessed of ertinacity which augurs well fo .prosperous future. It will ha v s its county seat a town whos Towth during the last few * year as been nothing short of amaz ig. We are confident that it wil tomptly adjust itself to its ne\ esponsibilites and will make itsel pronounced factor in promotinj lie advancement of the State a irge. To this end, we trust tha :s citizens wil) see to it that onl tie beat men who can be muster d from within its borders ar ent to the General Assembly t tke part in the deliberations o sat body. By the calibre of it sffistators will the county b idged by the people of Sontl arolina, for the time being, a y nub. THE FARMERS WAKING UP. ' If you are a farmer, did you ever stop to inquire what makes your land valuable? It is not the >* land itself, nor you; that's certain. "Suppose your land, with all 5. its great natural fertility, your \'t splendid methods of cultivation, ' were located in the middle of Ari.. zona," with no other cultivated [. ground and no railroads within s; hundreds of miles of it. 5? "It wouldn't be worth much, would it? s' "The sole reason your land is of h more than nominal value is bev, cause a community has grown up "v around it. "If you acquired your land years ago when the neighborhood in which you live was sparsely settied, you have had the pleasure of e. watching it grow and prosper. "First came the neighborhood jg farms, then the towns, finally the railroads, which the towns brought ut near to your land, all contributing d to yours and the general prosperity. te "I must be clar to you, in the le light of history that your interests can continue to grow and prosper jj only if the entire community in > which you live shall continue to 1C grow and prosper. lt "If your community goes back.11 ward: if its frowth and nrnsnpHtv .11 ' " - - > ? l(j are retarded, the growth andprose. perity of your individual interests c_ are retarded." ^ Is not this sound argument? The man who bought his farm for $2,j Ooo ten or fifteen years ago and l(j holds it at $6,000 or $8,000 or $10, l(j 000 or $15,000 now shoulcj be able 01 to appreciate its force, for he is 1 $4,000 or $6,000 or $8,000 or $13,a 000 richer now simply because a ? prosperous city has grownup outof to our old lumbering town and his et farm has increased proportionately in value. The moral is: Support your home townt its markets, its stores, its institutions. Discard the mail order catalogue, for it is the guide book to ruin. ly FAREWELL UNTIL 1910. This is the last issue of The :c* Herald for the year 1909. There v~ will be no issue of The Herald r" to reach the public before Jan. 7th., 1910. This is the first time The Herald has missed a single issue in the 11 years it has been under the pre'e sent management, but during the New County fight the printers 1S and employees were faithful to n their post.s often working farinto ts the night to keep up with the Tush of work and to get the "New tc County Edition" out on time, and ^ they are entitled to a brief holiy day. We feel that each of our 'e subscribers will agree with us and we do not believe there is a y reader of The Herald who will not e willingly do without the paper in g order to give the boys a few days g of rest and recreation. The entire h Here^d force, from the office g- "devil" up to the foreman, joins L. the editor in wishing everyone of d our friends a happy Christmas n and a prosperous new vear. a Cutting Scrape. Elbert Staples was cut and paine fully wounded by a young boy e from the Maple Mill village Tuess day night. The cutting took place near the depot where a crowd U of young men had gathered to celebrate the new county victory. v There are conflicting stories reIf garding the affair, neither of the ? principals having as yet given out t any statement that would place . the responsibility on either party The wound is in the ritrht aid* y The knife penetrated the cavity but did not reach the intestines, e Mr. Staples was able to walk home 0 and the physicians say he will be f able to leave his bed in a few days. s e Messrs. J. W. Dillon & Son are . . remodeling' and covering their cot^ ton platform near the oil mill. The Dillon Herald $1.50 a year. Boqucts. Columbia State: King Cotton has created already a number of cotton and tobacco courts in Dillon County. Columbia State: Dillon is the baby?little Calhoun's nose is woefully out of joint. Columbia State: By tlie way, Calhoun for a time was brought up on the bottle but Dillon was born in the dry lands. Red Springs Citizen: Dillon, S. C., and its adjoining territory have been fighting for a new county for fifteen years, and in an election, held last Tuesday, won a decided victory for the new county, the majority being about 600. The voters decided upon Dillon as the county seat. This news should give encouragement to the supporters of the North Robeson movemen', and in the next campaign with united forces under the organization of the North Robeson Out tney can make a stronger fight for the new county than they did two years ago. McCorinic Messenger: The good patriotic people ol Marion County are to be .congratulated on the success of the election held Tuesday on the proposition of forming a new county - b> dividing the old one. Although Marion County contained over 90( square miles, certain interested parties opposed the formation of a new county, using as their mair argument against the measure the unfounded assertion that taxes would be higher in the new coun ty. This statement was suceessW.. *1 ' tuny itiuKu uy iiiciicw couniy au vocates with figures from tht books of the Comptroller Genera showing that in the case of near ly all the counties formed sinc< 1895 the tai; rate is lower than ii the older counties. Gaffney Ledger: Cherokee felicitates Dillon upor the success of the recent electior which resulted in the creation o the new county. This is an in stance where persistence in i good cause finally triumphed. Fire at Sellers. Sellers, December 18.?Special The dwelling house of Mr. D. M Watson, near here, burned dowr this morning about 1 o'clock The fire started about the kitcher and dining room and in a few min utes the whole house was wrappec in flames. Part of the furnitun in the house was saved. The house was a large two-storv build ing, of ten rooms, built in 1872 i ne insurance is $1,000, which i; but a small part of the loss. o Young Man Cuts Another. John Gray and Manning Har relson, two young men of the Ber muda section, got into an altercation Tuesday afternoon anc Gray cut Harrelson in the bad and shoulder with a knife, inflicting several very painful but nol dangerous wounds. There had been a previous difficulty between the young men* and they were members of a party having a "good time"when the quarrel was renewed with the above result. Gray at one time werked for Herrelson and it is said the origin of/ the difficulty between the young men grew out of a settlement they had over a crop. Harrelson is nol seriously cut and will be out in a few days. The N. & S. C. railroad has extended its lines across Main street and on to the A. C. L. railroad near the Dillon Mill. A tower statisn is being erected at the junction of the two roads and it will not be necessary for the trains to stop when they reach the crossing. The tower will be kepi open night and day and will require the services of three operators who will work eight hours each. Three surveys have been made to Mullins and it is probable that the railroad will be built on to that enterprising town in the next few weeks. The opinion is that the N. & S. C. railroad is making for tide-water and the line will be , extended either tc Georgetown, .Conway or Eddy Lake. \ i i -? i t The Pilkm /Herald $1.50 a year A Plea For Education. Is it possible that the people o South Carolina realize fully th significance of the clause in th Constitution governing the rules o suffrage in which it is stated, tha every voter must be able to expiaii a certain clause in said Constitu tion, which is a test as to the ex tent of his education? Do the fully realize that unless they ar educated, they will forfeit thei right ot suffrage? *\nd further more do they realize that this claus is a blessing in disguise for the ne gro? Do they realize that the ne gro is doing everything in his pow er to obtain an education on ac count of this same law which wa aimed at his disfranchisement D they fully realize that he is no only tryiner. but that hf. ic t-m1P obtaining an education much to hi credit be it said and that the day i not far distant when there will b no ignorant negroes? For not lik the whites is he always blockini everything that tends to iinprov schools, but in every case wher ( he has the opportunity, he is help . ing to build up the schools to th | full extent of his ability in a finan cial way and not only is he doin this but he is seeing that his chile ren arc in school every day that i F is possible for him to send then. 1 True, he has only on the averag of three months school, still h takes advantage cf every day c ' this. While on the other hand i visiting the schools of this count! 1 often I pass white children playin in the road, which is almost blac with negro children going t 1 school. For instance look at our fact< ; ries, no negroes work in them, bi ' they are full of white children, wt should be in school. The factori? are sapping the life blood of tl white race and the negro is grov : ing strong on the farm. There ai so many worthless white peop who look upon their children i : servants. They are everlasting! 1 talking of a child's duty to his ps rents and seem to think that ju: because they have children to rea: that they have a right to look upo 1 these children as they do the 1 mules and horses, that they fee f them, therefore they must worl * i! they would but take time t 1 think that their child owes thei nothing and that they owe all t mcir cniiaren, tney would soon g< on the right road, for as surely a . there is a God, he will hold vo ] resix>nsible for the welfare of you j child. Your child owes you notf ing until you have become old an j unable to support yourself, and . would bfe but justice to you if, afte j you had allowed him to grow u ? in ignorance, he should abando . you in vour o'd age. Possibly you think me overzea] ous and that really as you do nc i happen to see any white childre out of school, that such is not th case to any great extent, howevc if you would enquire a little an look around about you at the youn, . white men who can not write thei . names and at the same time try t . find a young negro who can nc 1 sign his t ame, you would begin t : see things immediately- This i . no humbug but a disgusting fad t Sometime ago a man came t [ me and said that this way of tax i ing the county fo? schools was gc > ing to ruin the trountv. I askei i him how much taxes he paid a yea i and he said thac he paid two dol lars last year, but this year it hai been raised to three on account o ! the four mill tax levied recently ; There is a patriot for you and i - man, who ifit were left to hiti ; would see this country in Egyptiai ? darkness so far as education goes Good schools .mean progress taxation means good schools, th man who fights taxation for school is opposed to progress. He is als opposed to the best interest of hi [ children and what pray is a mai . who is not a friend to his childrei and is not willing to give then every advantage within his power [ Our funds for school purpose | are not halt what they should be . and as a result our schools are no ' half what thev should be. Prac ticallv all our country schools an , on the one teacher system whicl on the face of it is a travesty or common sense. Will any one wh< knows anything about school: , whatever sav that any school i j complete without at least two teacl ers? I go even further and say tha , no school is complete without a t least three teachers however smsl . the attendance may be. It is kn possible for a teacher to do botl primary and high school work a the same time. . J How much longer will it be be BLUM RELEASED < ON $3000 BOND e ? MIS RELEASE WAS FOUGHT MARO 1 Attorneys and Others Interested in Re[) cent Homicide at Sellers Appear in Chambers Here To-day. ^ Florence Timon. e r J udjfc Shipp to-day granted bail in the sum of $3,000 in favor of Morris Blum who is charged with _ the murder of James L. Whitehurst - some weeks agro The hearing: was conducted in 3 the county court house and was t attended by a number of witnesses y and attorneys of Marion county. s Mr. J. W. Johnson represented the s stite in the place cf Solicitor W. e tt ii. wens who is in Baltimore with ^ his wife. e The defendant was represented e by Attorneys Henry Mullens, E. ?* T. Huggins, N. B. Hargrove and e P. B Sellers. Others here in cong nection with the hearing are Mr. I- and Mrs. Goldstein of Sellers, the it latter is a sister of the defendant, the defendant Morris Blum, W. T. ? Bethea, J- F. Easterling, John D. Bethea, John C. Sellers, Isadorv n Blum, brother to Morris Blum. r, Mr. ). T. Dozier, of Marion, is f here lepresenting the Sheriff. :1c to Dennison's elegant line of Christmas tags, cards and letter initial seals at the Herald Book Store. io _ _ js " ie An event of much interest to if. nillnn ? is me marriage ot re Miss Argent Gerald Bethea, eldest le daughter of Mrs. Marietta Georgia is Bethea, to Mr. James Breeden ly Gibson, which has been announced i- to take place on the evening of the st 29th. at the Methodist church at r, six o'clock. The bride-elect is in one of Dillon's fairest and most ir popular young ladies and is posd sessed of a charming personality c. that makes her greatly loved and :o admired by a large circle of friends. Ti The groom is a well-known and o prominent member of the Dillon ;t Bar whose friends in the two is states are legion. Immediately u after the ceremony the happy ir young couple will leave on the 6.20 t- southbound train for Florida and d other points of interest. it ? r Oh, mamma, I want Old Santa P to bring me one of those pretty n little chairs and sewing tables at The Herald Book Store. * Bro. Curtis Rejoices With U*. e A. Jordan, Esq., r Editor Herald, d Dillon. S. C. cr TV..' U-~.i ^ ' ? uiuuicr^- i^ongratulations. r The victory grained is an exbibio tion of what pluck and tireless en t ergy can accomplish. I do not beo lieve the splendid manhood of the ? Dillon territory ever saw defeat, or entertained it for a moment, o The name and county seat are all right. I shall watch the growth * of the little city with interest, and d sincerely trust that civic r fhteousr ness will prevail everywhere. Kind I- rememberances to all the folks, d Yours very sincerely, if F. O. S. Curtis. a fore the trustees begin to take an n active interest in the school in n their charge? It is very strange i. but nevertheless true that in some i, cases there is no one who knows e less about the school in a cotnmus nity than the trustee. Theynevei o seem to have time to sit down and s think about the real needs of the 1 * ? u suiwi. Ana as to making some a plan for its improvement, this is i entirely out of their line. In the ? fitst place they get no pay for their s services except abuse, especially , if they do peradventure try to do t something: and in the second place their predecessor never did anye thing:, therefore why should they l b-stir themselves? A trustee t should really receive pay for his j work just as a juryman or any one ' s else does in the public service. It s they were paid for so many days 3 work during the year then we t could at least count on having that t much of their time* If they were 1 paid, say for four days work dur rag the year, I fully believe that I in one years , time there would be t|a remarkable improvement in our I schools, V?ry truly, -1 Joe 7. Lane. .1 I r,\